Author: Christy Reece
Series: Last Chance Rescue
Pages: 352
Genre: Romance - Suspense
Publisher: Ballantine Books
AMAZON: Sweet Justice
Sweet Justice was kindly provided to me by Netgalley for Random House Publishing Group / Ballantine Books
Synopsis. (Goodreads)
Honor Stone is a young,
idealistic FBI agent when her path collides with Seth Cavanaugh. For a
girl who has never walked on the wild side, the dark and dangerous Seth
is a temptation she can’t refuse. But then Seth walks out the door and
out of her life. Five years later, Honor is an operative with the elite
Last Chance Rescue organization and Seth is a desperate ex-cop searching
for his missing niece—one of many young women who have mysteriously
vanished from college campuses. Going undercover, Honor will attract the
maniacal cult leader behind the kidnappings and find a way to work with
Seth—while steering clear of the passion and need that’s just one touch
away from explosion. Seth knows he had all the right reasons for the
wrong he did five years ago. And from the moment he sees her—and takes
her in his arms again—this former undercover man will risk everything
for one more chance with Honor.
Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
As a huge fan of Christy
Reece’s Last Chance Rescue series, I
was very excited to read an advanced copy of her new book, Sweet Justice.
The story begins with Seth Cavanaugh working deep undercover to catch a known crime lord, Hector Clemmons; part of his ruse included going from a respected cop to a dirty ex-cop, running a restaurant and dealings/associations with criminals all to be a part of Clemmons inner circle. What he didn’t expect during this time was to meet and fall in love with FBI Agent Honor Scout.
When Seth agreed to go undercover he couldn't afford to have any close associations - Honor's career would have been tarnished and Clemmons could have used her or his family as a way to manipulate him so he breaks up with her in an unforgivable way and pushes his family away. Honor is left heartbroken and bitter but goes on with her life without him.
Seth and Honor are
reunited 5 years later when Seth’s young niece Kelli goes missing from her
college campus; Honor is no longer in the FBI and is employed as an operative by
Last Chance Rescue and agrees to lead this case working alongside Seth.
When they notice a
number of similarities between Kelli’s disappearance and other missing girls,
their investigation leads them to all sorts of horrors.
The villain in Sweet Justice is cruel, dominant and
truly evil, the community he has built focuses solely on the males and treats
the women with no respect, believing their sole purpose is to serve the men in
whatever capacity required – they are brainwashed and tortured to believe this.
I enjoyed Honor,
the heroine. She was strong and determined but also had a caring, loyal and
compassionate nature. Her love towards Seth was evident even after such a long
time apart and his feelings were obviously reciprocated although he felt he had
nothing left to offer her.
I absolutely loved
gorgeous, sexy Seth, he is far from perfect but the sacrifices he made in his
relationships with not only his family but also with Honor would have been
devastating. His dedication and commitment to catching Clemmons cost him a lot
in his personal life which I feel changed him as a person.
Sweet Justice has fast-paced action scenes with vivid
details, the descriptions we are given takes you right into the scene and
conveys the dangers and emotions perfectly.
Ms
Reece’s writing is engaging and descriptive, the pacing and plot is solid. I
enjoyed the suspense, mystery, danger and of course the romance, the old
lover’s reunited trope is one of my favorites and you could truly see Honor and
Seth were meant to be. As with the previous books in this series, the suspense
and romance are perfectly balanced.
Sweet Justice is part of a series,
but can certainly be read as a stand-alone novel, although I can’t recommend
the other books highly enough as well. Each set of books read as a trilogy.
Books in Order:
- Rescue Me - 2009
- Return to Me - 2009
- Run to Me - 2009
- No Chance - 2010
- Second Chance - 2010
- Last Chance - 2010
- Sweet Justice – 2011
- Sweet Revenge – 2011
- Sweet Reward – 2011
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