Lethal Betrayal by Kimberly Van Meter Book Review

 

I tore through this book in two days flat, I was that intrigued and invested in the story. And, Lethal Betrayal seemed an appropriate name.

This is the kind of romantic suspense I enjoy. Just enough tension between the two who are attracted to each other, in this case Noah and Sophia, a BIA agent and an FBI agent (in that order). The complicating factor? Noah and Sophia’s stubbornness.

This story revolves around human trafficking of young indigenous girls. The most recent victim having the name of a young boy written on her skin. Travis Longshadow. Travis’s case is the one that has haunted Noah Thunderhawk for the past 15 years. Why is Travis now coming to light again?

In Noah’s quest through the BIA, the FBI is called in and that’s when he meets Sophia Bennett. Sophia turned out to be more than Noah was expecting.

Amber was a journalist and was chasing her next big story. But, she also was around at the time Travis died and was able to provide a lot of insight and had some amazing research capabilities.

Favorite quote: … like the web of relationships in Stone River. One pull of the wrong thread could unravel everything.

This perfectly describes this tale.

Enter all the ins and outs, ups and downs, trials and tribulations of solving this case, and may other interconnecting cases, but how? Who was at fault? You’ll have to read the book to find out how all these things intertwined and came together in the end.

I enjoyed reading about Noah and Sophia dancing around their mutual attraction. I enjoyed the storyline and this author’s writing style and come to find out, this is part of a series that can be read as standalones – Big Sky Justice. I also liked the pacing of this tale, just enough momentum to keep my interest and then a roadblock that Noah and Sophia had to work around to get their answers. Noah may not have found the answers he was hoping for, but he is the kind of agent who keeps going no matter who’s involved to get to the truth.

I enjoyed the characters that the author created and how she tied their stories together in the end. I thought there were a couple of points where this book could have ended, but the final few chapters really wrapped things up. Will Noah and Sophia have more adventures in crime solving? I don’t know, but they sure did make a good crime-solving couple in this one.