REVIEW - Protective Custody by Wynter Daniels

 

Author: Wynter Daniels

Pages: ebook

Genre: Erotic Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Carina Press

Protective Custody was provided to me by Netgalley

AMAZON: Protective Custody

From the blurb. (Goodreads)

Shocked by the brutal crime she witnesses through the window of her small office, Megan Jackson calls the police and is devastated when they question the truth of her story. With no body and no evidence of a crime, she’ s written off as a nutcase.

Megan suspects the killer saw her face. Terrified, she calls the only person she can trust—her ex-boyfriend and former police officer, Will McCoy.

Despite a devastating breakup, Will jumps at the chance to help the woman who broke his heart. When the killer ramps up the stakes, Will is forced to take her into hiding—where the passion they once shared reignites, deeper and hotter than ever. But can Will keep Megan alive long enough to win back her heart? 56,000 words

Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars

** Protective Custody includes Mature Content

When Megan Jackson witnesses a man strangling a girl to death in a shop window across from her real-estate agency on Halloween, she immediately calls the police; when there isn’t enough evidence to prove a crime was committed her credibility comes into question. Convinced of what she has witnessed and feeling the killer saw her face; she contacts the only person she feels she can trust, her ex-boyfriend who she had broken up with only 6 months earlier and is also a former cop, Will McCoy.

Will is now working as a Private Investigator so when he receives Megan’s call, he immediately jumps in to help. He doesn’t know why she broke-up with him but is more than willing to offer her his protection and in the process try to rekindle their relationship.

When the killer ups the stakes, Will is forced to take Megan into hiding, bringing them closer together and having to not only work on keeping Megan alive but also face their true feelings. The love and attraction between them is still undeniable, but the negativity from their families and their inter-racial relationship is still a hurdle they need to overcome since it is the reasoning behind their initial break-up, something they need to get past in order to grow as a couple.

The characters seemed to fall flat for me, Megan’s indecisiveness grated on my nerves, she didn’t have the personal strength to stay with her true love because of family prejudices; she gave up too easily and treated Will terribly. I felt he needed more of a back-bone to stand up to her.

I also didn’t think much of the side story, I don’t feel it flowed with the feel of the main plot; resolutions also seemed to come in too late. The mystery and suspense was OK but at times I found it hard to follow,

The smexy scenes were sizzling hot and quite detailed, these two were insatiable.

Protective Custody was a quick and easy read for me, I enjoy Ms Daniels writing style but unfortunately this story fell flat in delivery for me.