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Review: Crossfire by JoAnn Ross

Posted September 25, 2008 by Casee in Reviews | 0 Comments

Genres: Romantic Suspense

Caitlin Cavanaugh likes being in charge. Maybe that’s why she’s an FBI Special Agent.

Her latest assignment: Stop a violent madman in Somersett, South Carolina. But even more challenging is working with former Navy SEAL Quinn McKade, who — though Cait would never admit it — makes her feel deliciously out of control.

It takes a sniper to catch a sniper, and McKade begins spending steamy summer nights with Cait, investigating the murders. But when the killer starts leaving chillingly familiar clues, the pair knows that the murders aren’t random. . . and Cait and Quinn could be next.

Though I liked the first book in this series, I wasn’t blown away. I liked this book much better. The plot was more interesting and moved a lot faster. There was a lot of action/suspense in this book, which I really enjoyed.

To say that Cait Cavanaugh is a control freak is putting it mildly. As part of a military family, Cait grew up watching her mother follow her father from post to post at the cost of her own dreams. Whether or not her mother actually wanted to do that was beside the point. Cait made a vow to herself that she would not be like her mother. I think that’s the only part of the book I didn’t really like. The only way the relationship between Quinn and Cait happened like it did was b/c of this weird childhood hangup Cait had. While I understood it, the fact that such a strong woman would let something that seemed almost trivial steer her life seemed stupid.

Former SEAL-turned-author, Quinn McKade, has thought about Caitlin for years. Even before their sex-filled night that ended w/ Cait running out on him, Quinn knew that Cait was someone special. He never has known what he did to give Cait such a dislike to him, but now that he has her in his sights again, he’s not letting her get away so easy.

Cait resents Quinn’s involvement in the case that starts out high profile and gets bigger each day. With two highly decorated military men dead, Cait has to find the sniper before he can kill again. Quinn’s experience as a sniper proves invaluable to the case. Even without that, Cait realizes that Quinn is not going away so easily this time. What she doesn’t think she can ever admit to him is that from the first day she saw him, when she was still in college, she knew he was the one for her. She’s been running scared since that day.

So other than Cait’s weird hangup, I really liked the book. The sniper storyline was really suspenseful and I found myself eagerly turning the page to see what would happen next. The fact that the violence seemed so senseless made the book even more gripping. The secondary characters added to the story, though some of the characters POV’s might have been unnecessary. It didn’t take away from the main characters or storyline, though.

4.25 out of 5.

This book is available from Signet. You can buy it here or here in e-format.


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