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rayray_42's review
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
eandrews80's review
2.0
Meh. A forgettable thriller with a shoe-horned romance plot line. There are some interesting twists near the end, but the end of the book is sloppily written and rushed.
tial6's review
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Love love love this book! It was an easy ready that I just didn't want to put down.
nimrodiel's review
3.0
This was a good little romantic suspense book.
Quinn Harlow, an independent contractor in Washington DC. She used to work for the justice department. Her friend and colleague Alicia from the Justice Department is having a rough time. Thinking that her friend is suffering burnout form work Quinn lets her use her bayside cottage in Yorkville. Quinn becomes worried about Alicia when her friend rushed up to her at a coffee shop yells about how "The Ospreys are going to kill me" runs off and disappears into a black Lincoln town car. Quinn tries to call Alicia, visits her DC townhouse with no answer. She drives to Yorkville hoping that she will find Alicia there. Unfortunately she finds her friend dead on the shore, an apparent drowning victim to a kayaking accident.
Bodyguard Huck McCabe from the Breakwater Institute, a startup security firm is out for a run when he hears Quinn screaming for help. He is in fact an undercover US Marshal investigating Breakwater as he suspects that there is more to the security firm than it looks: a front for a group of violent vigilantes that may be headed by a powerful politician. McCabe tries to keep Quinn from investigating her friends death. However, Quinn doesn't listen and starts asking questions. Questions that bring her to the attention of the vigilantes. Huck finds his attention divided. To continue his undercover work, and to protect this inquisitive woman.
I really enjoyed this because while there was attraction between the two main characters the mystery was the main focus. Which doesn't always happen in these types of romantic suspense books. It was a fairly light and quick read. Just what I needed at the end of the semester. This was an older book from My TBR pile. It came from another bookcrossing member in 2017.
Quinn Harlow, an independent contractor in Washington DC. She used to work for the justice department. Her friend and colleague Alicia from the Justice Department is having a rough time. Thinking that her friend is suffering burnout form work Quinn lets her use her bayside cottage in Yorkville. Quinn becomes worried about Alicia when her friend rushed up to her at a coffee shop yells about how "The Ospreys are going to kill me" runs off and disappears into a black Lincoln town car. Quinn tries to call Alicia, visits her DC townhouse with no answer. She drives to Yorkville hoping that she will find Alicia there. Unfortunately she finds her friend dead on the shore, an apparent drowning victim to a kayaking accident.
Bodyguard Huck McCabe from the Breakwater Institute, a startup security firm is out for a run when he hears Quinn screaming for help. He is in fact an undercover US Marshal investigating Breakwater as he suspects that there is more to the security firm than it looks: a front for a group of violent vigilantes that may be headed by a powerful politician. McCabe tries to keep Quinn from investigating her friends death. However, Quinn doesn't listen and starts asking questions. Questions that bring her to the attention of the vigilantes. Huck finds his attention divided. To continue his undercover work, and to protect this inquisitive woman.
I really enjoyed this because while there was attraction between the two main characters the mystery was the main focus. Which doesn't always happen in these types of romantic suspense books. It was a fairly light and quick read. Just what I needed at the end of the semester. This was an older book from My TBR pile. It came from another bookcrossing member in 2017.
sheramelton's review
2.0
The back of the book sucked me in, and the first few chapters made me really excited to get into the story. It started out interesting and suspenseful and I thought that if the first few chapters were that good, then the book must me one awesome read. I was wrong. After those first few chapters, nothing interesting happened at all. There was no suspense, and there wasn't even any romance. Unless you count one kiss and a dance that turned into third base for a split second romance. When I got to the end, I was hoping that the book would at least go out with the same excitement it started with. Nope. The "action" wasn't even suspenseful or interesting. I just couldn't like this book, because nothing really even happened. It was just a bunch of dialog that went in circles over and over again. And the characters weren't anything special either. The whole book was just a very cliched waste of time. And despite the labeling on the spine, Breakwater was neither Romantic, or Suspense.
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