Thursday, December 10, 2009

Breaking Daylight


Title: Breaking Daylight
Author: M. J. Fredrick
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Publisher URL: http://www.samhainpublishing.com/
ISBN: 978-1-60504-869-7
Genre: {M/F} Contemporary/Suspense
Rating: 4 Nymphs
Literary Nymphs Reviewer: Goddess Minx

Isabella Canales is finally able to escape after being held against her will by Saldana, who has used and punished her most of the time since her capture. Her only goal is to find her son and start a life for them elsewhere. When she runs into Alex in the jungle, he has other plans for her, and will do whatever it takes to find the man that was her captor. He is not convinced she is telling everything she knows but finds himself wanting to believe her.

Sergeant Alex Shepard knows that the job comes first and he is on a mission to capture Saldana. Isabella is determined not to be a hindrance to him and does what she can to help him. All he needs to do is get Isabella to town, and then he will be free of her; that is, if he can stop thinking about her. With his emotions so jumbled, and lack of trust issues, it was hard for Alex to decide on his options.

Breaking Daylight is a very nicely done story of murder, suspense, and more. I really was impressed at how much was put into the telling of this tale by M. J. Fredrick. The depth of the descriptions that was put into the characters made them more real for me, and the villain, Saldana, was very slippery and evil. I personally wanted him to see dead halfway through the story.

What is surprising to me is the Dear John letter Alex got from someone he thought would spend the rest of her life with him. Alex and Isabella make a perfect pair and every situation they found themselves in only reinforces their growing love. The history given on these two helped to create a better understanding of why they reacted the way they did. It made it more realistic when you add in the hot sex that they couldn’t resist when left to spend so much time together.

This is the first book by this author that I’ve read, and I am looking forward to reading more. At this point, the story seems to have an unexpected ending. I am hoping that M. J. Fredrick turns this into a series, hint.

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