Target Acquired
by Lynette Eason is the second book in the Lake City Heroes series. It has two-timelines, one dates to the 1940’s
and one takes place in the present. The
characters are from several families whose lives intersect both in the past and
present day in the fictional town Lake City, North Carolina. Like many families, life can be complicated
and relationships are impacted.
Especially when sinful emotions like bitterness, anger, resentment are
allowed to fester.
The story starts out in the 1940’s with Eliza
Crane who finds herself in state-run mental hospital and locked in her
room. She is hopeful that her friend
Betsy will come to see her again, she is like a lifeline. Eliza is being held against her will because
of the allegations her father made that she tried to harm herself. She is desperate to get out so she can be
with her fiancé William.
Fast forward to current day and we meet SWAT
medic Kenzie King. The SWAT team is
under the leadership of Sergeant Cole Garrison.
Kenzie and Cole have known each other and their respective families since
they were young. Kenzie has had a
challenging time trying to fit in with the team. She is the only woman and a couple of the men
are not sure she is the right person for the job. It is causing division and they need to be
able to work together as a team and have each other’s backs.
Added to the challenges of her new position,
Kenzie seems to be the target of someone who is out to get her. The attacks keep on happening and she is not
safe in her own home or on the job. Is
it someone on the team that wants her to leave?
Or is it a stranger who wants her dead?
I liked Cole’s character the best. He was caring and developing good leadership
skills. Kenzie’s background is explained
so we can understand her motivations.
She was intent on being tough and proving herself. But I would like to have seen her character
more fully developed.
I liked the suspense and mystery while trying
to figure out who done it. I enjoyed the
friendships between the characters that were brought back from the first novel
in this series, Double Take.
The friends were caring and supportive of each other. It was a bit of a challenge to keep the
characters straight because there were a lot of characters between the two
timelines. Thankfully, at the beginning
of the book, the characters are listed with a brief description. I would have liked have seen the character’s faith
more developed. Faith was briefly
mentioned, but was not a big part of the story.
I would like to thank Revell Publishing and
NetGalley for the opportunity to read a complimentary copy of Target
Acquired by Lynette Eason.
I was under no obligation to give a favorable review.
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