Reviewed by Donna

TITLE: Tracefinder: Choices

SERIES: Tracefinder #3

AUTHOR: Kaje Harper

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 429 Pages

RELEASE DATE: July 30, 2020

BLURB:

An ex-cop and a psychic on the mend find their safe haven threatened by vandalism, arson, and the shadow of their dangerous past.
After overusing his Talent till he almost died, Brian wants nothing more than a quiet job on the farm, with Nick to come home to. He’s trying to start a new life, despite bad dreams he can’t shake, vandalism close to home, and his sister’s problematic baby on the way.
Nick gave up the police force and moved to North Carolina to be with Brian, and he doesn’t regret it. But he’s at loose ends, with no real work, the lurking specter of Brian’s brother Damon hanging around, and a worry in the pit of his stomach that Damon’s old enemies might still be after Brian. Nick’s keeping his eyes open and his gun loaded.

REVIEW:

Choices is the third book in the Tracefinder series and needs to be read as such. This series follows the same couple through each book, with the same secondary characters following along with them. While Choices does still have the mixture of criminals, law enforcement and violence that is a signature of this series, the pace here feels a little different to the previous two books, as this one sees Brian and Nick attempting to put down roots and get on with a life that is as normal as possible.

Brian is loving his new job, working on the farm and sharing a little country home with Nick. Nick is still struggling with who he is now, maybe more so than in the last book, as now he’s no longer a cop. Brian is still dealing with the effect of being Bri for so many years, his natural default whenever things go wrong is to ‘play dumb’. The author did some thought provoking writing, exploring what was going on in Brian’s head and how his childhood had shaped his nature to depths more profound than he had realized.

But when things in their small town start going dangerously wrong, Nick and his BFF, fellow former police officer, Charlie, can’t help but involve themselves. Despite the new danger happening around them, Nick and Brian are solid. I think that’s what I loved most about this book, Brian and Nick’s relationship really felt established now, even though they were still learning things about each other, there didn’t feel like there was any doubt that this couple was in love and they were going to be together forever.

But a normal life for these characters, is not necessarily the same as a normal life for you or me. Because as always, big brother Damon is lurking, running cons, considering the angles, and pulling strings from behind the scenes. On top of that, Lori pops out one extra special baby, who is almost certainly the result of her being impregnated with her brother’s semen. That’s right, I just said that. But if you want to find out how the hell that happened (no, there’s no incest involved) you’ll have to start at the beginning of this series. Speaking of the other books, I’m pretty certain that we’re about due for Damon to get his story, since Doc Zander has been more than patient with Brian’s big, bad brother. I’m desperately hoping that that book will be next in this series.

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