Repeat Offender by Lani Lynn ValeMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
A Bit Rushed
This book is about a character from another series by this author. Though I’ve read some of her works I don’t think I’ve read the books that relate to this character specifically. I get the feeling that this book might have been more enjoyable if I knew some of the people and their history, however the author did state at the beginning of the book that the timelines were a bit awry to make the story work, so maybe I wouldn’t be less confused by reading the other books.
The story is about Six and Lynn. Six is a woman in her 30s who lives quite a solitary life. She films nature documentaries and is forced to attend her father’s political dinners on an occasional basis through emotional blackmail. She had a traumatic brain injury as a child that lead to her inability to be anywhere on time, keep track of items or plan anything. School was not easy.
Lynn is mature guy (we only know he has silver in his hair, not his exact age) but he’s in great shape. He has a very dubious past with encounters with the seedier side of life, but also serving in the military and recently becoming mayor of his town. He became mayor to clean up the trafficking going on in his locale, even though being a political animal wasn’t something he enjoyed.
Six and Lynn meet at one of these political dinners. They are both intrigued and they keep meeting over the course of several months, until finally they crack.......and that’s pretty much the plot. There’s bad guys and Lynn getting some guys together to help him out .....and that’s about it.
It’s fairly entertaining, but the plot isn’t exactly riveting. The novel is pretty short and it doesn’t leave much space for plot or character development. The romance is also a little bit rushed. I get the feeling that this book will be more enjoyable as part of the series as a whole, but I probably won’t be buying those books. If they were KU, I’d probably do it just to see if I’m right, but I’m not spending money for curiosity about plot structure.
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