First the confession: I read this book over a month ago and haven't found the time to do any reviews since.
Second, because this book came to me as a complimentary review copy, I learned how to open pdf files into ibooks. (Just some useless information for you, but it made me quite happy.)
Third, the review.
Another enjoyable read in 2012. Pursued is romantic suspense, and it does have some suspenseful moments. The book opens with Reggie Meyer simply having a bad day, from work issues, to car issues, to house issues. But the trashed house is criminal and would be terrifying if it wasn't for the fact that the new guy she just met in a little, um, fenderbender is with her and offers her a place to stay — his sister's home. Really, guys, this is Christian romantic suspense, and he is the hero, not a villain in disguise.
Bad guy ex-boyfriend is probably the one who trashed Reggie's house, but she doesn't believe he would shoot at her. She doesn't know who else would. But someone is definitely trying to kill her.
Some readers may have a problem with professional lawyer, Reggie, allowing a practical stranger to take charge of her life. Not me. The author kept Reggie's disbelief at her own choices so open that I believed circumstances were pushing her to places she wouldn't normally go.
Some readers may have a problem with the lengths our helpful hero, Dylan, took to care for our heroine, a practical stranger, no matter how attractive he found her. Not me. He was a good guy, looking for ways to show this woman he cared.
Pursued moved from plot point to plot point as the bad guy attempts to silence Reggie, and Dylan manages to keep her alive. Oh, perhaps there is more to Dylan than a farm boy who simply wants to make a good impression on an attractive woman.
Compelling story. Interesting main characters and a fun supporting cast. Lots of danger. If I could have asked for anything more, it would have been a deeper building of the romance. But perhaps that isn't realistic when you are on the run for your life. I wouldn't know. Thankfully, I've never been Pursued in that sense.
I have had a farm boy woo me by going out of his way to be helpful, and, like Reggie, I have been pursued by a mighty God who wanted me to see His reality. But the danger and suspense … I'll take that in my fiction, thank you very much.
