Reviewed by Kimberley
TITLE: Alpha Chef
SERIES: JT’s Bar # 2
AUTHOR: Sue Brown
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 250 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 27, 2017
BLURB:
When Greg Mitchelson’s home is torched and his employer killed, Greg fears it’s retribution for his past testimony against a notorious drug gang. Alone, with no money and only the clothes on his back, Greg turns to Colm Riordan, the Deputy US Marshall who’s protected Greg for the last 3 years. But Riordan doesn’t return Greg’s phone calls, and the local Marshal’s office refuses to help him.
In desperation, Greg goes on the run to Wyoming to find his brother, Mitch, whom he hasn’t seen in over a decade. As he reconnects with his brother, Riordan appears, searching for his missing witness. But Greg needs the answers to a lot of questions before he’ll trust Riordan again. Why didn’t he return Greg’s call? Is Riordan there to help Greg – or kill him?
REVIEW:
This is the second book in the series and this one was just as fabulous and as action packed as the first one. This story gives us Greg, Cole’s aka Mitch baby brother.
Greg’s life goes sideways when he ends up at the wrong place at the wrong time which resulted in him ending up in WHITSEC.
Just when Greg starts to get comfortable in his new location, his life goes sideways again which required him to go on the run when he couldn’t reach his handlers.
This story was heartbreaking and heartwarming in a weird way. Heartbreaking in what Greg’s life at home was like as a child and what he went through afterwards and heartwarming in his reunion with his big brother. It was absolutely sweet to see how happy Cole was to be reunited with the baby brother he spent so many years desperately searching for.
Like the first book, it has action and suspense, romance and sexy times. This time, you have the sweet relationship between these brothers. To me, that was the part I loved the most. Cole was protective of his baby brother. When Greg showed up out of the blue, seeking safety and shelter, Cole immediately went into big brother protector mode. And his brothers at arms jumped into the fray right along with them.
Riordan’s character was cool but the chemistry between the two MCs felt just a tad bit off for me because you don’t get much of their backstory. You get brief snatches here and there but not a whole lot of background of their relationship prior to the present.
What I love about this author’s writing style is that she expertly tells the story involving all of her characters without losing focus of the main characters. The background activity enhances the MCs in a way. I like that a lot.
As with the first book, there were minor editing hiccups but again, they weren’t enough to be distracting or detract from my overall enjoyment of the story.
The author does a great job of combining action, suspense, romance and humor in the storyline. This story didn’t have an HEA ending. It was more of a HFN ending. I am really looking forward to reading the third book.
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