Review: Tracking Tahlula (On Call Series Book 3) by Freya Barker

Tracking Tahlula by Freya Barker
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Writer and The Firefighter

This is the third book of a continuing series, however, the book works on its own without reading the previous books. The series contains the same group of characters based around a group of firefighters/EMTs.

Tahlula is a writer who has had moderate success until recently when her book blew up the best seller’s lists. All of a sudden her publisher required her to do interviews and appearances, something she hadn’t done before as she wrote under a pseudonym. When she started appearing in public she received threatening messages and someone broke into her house. In the end, she decided to move away from where she felt threatened to Durango where her big brother Trunk lives. She bought a house high up in the mountains, miles from town and loves her solitude.

Evan is a firefighter and paramedic. He works long and often dangerous hours. He is a good man, who loves his widowed mother, and helps her as much as she will let him. He has good friends and when he’s not working ridiculous hours enjoys spending time with them. However, he’s single and has spent most of his adult life in that state and now he’s over 40 he’s not expecting to meet anyone to alter that.

Evan has got a slow period at work and his boss has sent his staff out into the mountains to check on the houses up within reach of forest fires to make sure they are set up as safely as possible. When Evan meets Tahlula he is smitten straight away, as she likes him too, that’s fine. When external pressures push their relationship onto the fast track, neither of them objects too much, except when Evan gets bossy!

I really enjoyed this book. Lula and Evan were great characters and I loved how they were two lifelong single people trying to fit their lives together because they couldn’t imagine being apart once they met. They rub each other the wrong way sometimes because they are both strong personalities but they work their way through it.

The suspense part of the story is good, though the romance is more of the focus of the story. This story also brings characters from different series written by the same author together. In particular, Lula’s brother Trunk is from the Arrow’s Edge MC series and is a huge character and is immensely important to Lula in this book. Having all these crossover characters is great fun, but does take away time from the suspense plot, which means it isn’t as full and rich as other suspense plots written by this author. It’s still very interesting and intriguing though.

Once again Freya Barker writes a great story about people in their forties, still having time to have their dreams come true.

Borrow Free From Kindle Unlimited

Buy From Amazon UK

Buy From Amazon US

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases, made after using the above links.