I seem to be reading this trilogy of books in reverse order. I started with Run To Me, which is the third in the series, then picked up Return to Me, believing it to be the first; it turns out to be the second. Fortunately it doesn’t seem to matter at all--each story works in its own right.
And Return to Me
is a good read, a book that slowly builds as our heroine, Samara Lyons, finds herself drawn in to a world unlike anything she has
ever experienced or even known about before.
Samara is known to Noah McCall, boss of Last Chance Rescue: she was the former lover of Jordan, one of the LCR operatives (and, I presume, the focus of Book 1,
Rescue Me, which I still haven’t read). She met Noah at Jordan and Eden’s wedding and was instantly attracted to him.
He resisted her attempted seduction and disappeared from her life.
But now Noah’s back. He needs Samara’s help as she has something he needs: her looks. Samara is small and very young-looking, and he needs her
assistance with a sting operation of a group that are kidnapping teenage girls who they contact through
Internet chat rooms. It will, of course, be a safe operation, with Samara always surrounded by LCR operatives. Or will it?
The story might seem slow initially in terms of plot action, but the author
uses that time to introduce the characters properly to each other and build on their
mutual attraction. I liked Samara and her feistiness, as well as her occasional vulnerability. Noah
is rather afflicted by the men-in-action-novels-who-are-hunky-but-emotionally-clueless syndrome, but he sorts himself out eventually.
Parts of this story are actually fairly dark, although Reece handles them well. There’s danger and murder and kidnapping and more, but the focus seems always more significantly on Noah and Samara and their interactions.
Return to Me is a great read, very exciting and--although perhaps a little unbelievable at times--a worthwhile read for those who like action and adventure with their romance.