Reviewed by Dee
TITLE: Tilting at Windmills
SERIES: Claire Lance #1
AUTHOR: Geonn Cannon
PUBLISHER: Supposed Crimes LLC
LENGTH: 234 pages
RELEASE DATE: Feb 5, 2013
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2010 Rainbow Award Finalist: Best Lesbian Contemporary
2011 Golden Crown Literary Society Finalist: Mystery/Thriller
Claire Lance is on the run. For the past year, she has kept on the move, keeping her head down, keeping out of trouble. Until she reaches a tiny town in Texas and trouble finally corners her. Forced to take action to save another woman’s life, she suddenly finds herself over her head. Blood on her hands, forced to go on the run with the woman she was protecting or end up in prison, Lance finds herself forced to revisit the life she thought she had left behind and reopen painful old wounds.
REVIEW:
This is the first book I’ve read by Geonn Cannon and it won’t be the last. He has a very engaging writing style and amazing ability to keep all his ducks in a row, so to speak. The story is told in third person, and from three or four point-of-views, however the majority of the story unfolds through the eyes of our leading lady, Claire Lance. I love stories told from more than one point-of-view, especially when done right. Geonn pulled it off well. There was no head-hopping and therefore I never became confused over whose head I was supposed to be in. Each character plays a very distinct part in this captivating story.
The plot is like four stories in one, each closely connected to the other. Claire and the occasional back flashes to her ex, something that complimented the story without overwhelming it. Gwen and her despicable abusive husband, Roy. Roy and his bandits doing unlawful things. And, Detective Faye Mallory bent on vengeance, but why?
When Claire stops in town to have her car repaired, her world implodes around her. Unable to just stand back and watch she jumps to Gwen’s defense when the woman’s husband starts laying into her with his fists. And so begins the tale of two women on the run. They literally run for their lives with Roy’s cronies closing in on them from one side and Detective Mallory and her love interest, Ranger Lazareva, closing in from the other side! Murder and mayhem literally ensue.
I had no clue how everything was going to come together and couldn’t turn the pages fast enough to find out. The stakes were stacked so high, I started to worry everything would fall apart at the end. Thankfully that didn’t happen. While this story doesn’t end with a traditional happily ever after, the last page made me grin from ear to ear and say “Bloody brilliant give me more.” For me, the ending was perfect.
I highly recommend this story to anyone who enjoys a suspenseful story, with a mixed cast, unpredictable, and a little bit of sexy time.
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