Book description:
She's seeking answers. He's seeking respite.
The past is seeking both of them.
Mackenzie Hanson's special set of skills opened the door to a successful career as a professor of cybersecurity at a Michigan university, allowing her to put her criminal past behind her. But when a long-ago partner in crime delivers a cryptic message about her father's tech company being under cyberattack, she heads for Montana to secure exposed assets, close security breaches, and protect her father's company.
Diplomatic Security Services special agent Alex Knight is back home in Montana to decompress from a mission gone wrong. But even as he's trying to relax, he's drawn into another mystery, complete with suspicious deaths, lethal threats, and whispers of espionage that all have one thing in common--a beautiful cybersecurity expert with a dark past.
When the situation turns deadly, Alex and Mackenzie will have to work together to find the answers they need--before someone silences Mackenzie for good.
My review:
I first ran across this author when I read several of her Love Inspired Suspense novels, and loved everything I read. This is her second series for Revell, which are much longer novels, and she has written two great series, this being the third and last of the second series.
As always, the author came up with great characters for the book, and brought back the others in the other two books also. Mackenzie, still trying to right the wrong she did as a sixteen year old hacker.... and Alex, trying to get away from what he viewed as a failure on his part in the line of his work.
The plot of the book is centered around cyber security, hacking, cyber attacks, and drone technology. Any time an author tackles that, there is a danger of using too much techno language and having the reader's eyes glaze over like a donut.
Goddard pulled it off without doing that. I found it all very interesting, and actually parts of it fascinating. Mackenzie made an awesome hacker, and Alex a great protector and researcher on the drone technology part of what was going on. A cool thing about Christian fiction, is how you can learn a lot while being entertained and inspired.....and I did learn a lot about drones and cyber security "stuff". The author did a lot of research, and it shows.
The romance angle was different in this book than in the first two. In the first two books, both couples had previously dated and broken up. In Critical Alliance, Mackenzie and Alex had previously met and spent a day together, but had never dated. The romance was much more slow moving in this story, though it was obvious that it was going to happen with the way the two got along. :)
Nebulous 2.0 made a great villain and did a lot of damage and threats. The author totally shocked me when the identity was revealed. I totally did not see that coming.
And the mystery of the memorial vandalism was finally solved.....and that was another great surprise and showed what kind of man Alex was with his reactions and actions when he found out.
This book was a great ending to a great series, and I enjoyed every page and minute of it.
I was provided a copy of this book for review purposes. All opinions in this review are my own.
About the author:
Elizabeth Goddard is the USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of more than 50 novels, including the Rocky Mountain Courage and Uncommon Justice series. Her books have sold over 1 million copies. She is a Carol Award winner and a Daphne du Maurier Award finalist. When she's not writing, she loves spending time with her family, traveling to find inspiration for her next book, and serving with her husband in ministry. For more information about her books, visit her website at www.elizabethgoddard.com.
Critical Alliance will be available July 5 from Revell Publishing, part of the Baker Publishing Group.
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