Friction by Sandra Brown
Publisher: Grand Central
August 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4555-8116-0
Pages: 410
Contemporary Romantic Suspense
Prentiss, Texas
Crawford Hunt is a Texas Ranger that wants his daughter
back. When his wife died four years ago he fell into a downward spiral that
left his five-year-old daughter, Georgia, in the custody of her grandparents
and he was relegated to desk work. Since then Crawford has met all the
court-imposed requirements and cleaned up his act. Now the fate of his family
lies with Judge Holly Spencer.
Holly is ambitious and confident. She also temporarily
occupies the bench of her mentor who is recently deceased. She must prove
herself worthy with the upcoming election if she wants to make her judgeship
permanent. That also makes every decision high-stakes. Holly is wary of
Crawford’s checker past despite his obvious love for his daughter and his
commitment to being an ideal parent. Her opinion radically changes when a
masked gunman barges into the courtroom during the guardianship hearing.
Crawford reacting instinctually and saves Holly from a bullet.
Soon though his heroism takes on the taint of
recklessness. After he uncovers a horrifying truth about the courtroom gunman
the cloud over him grows ever darker. He also realizes that the unknown person
that is behind the shooting is still and large and still a threat.
Crawford is determined to catch the culprit as it is now
a personal fight for him. Soon his chances of gaining custody of his daughter
is in jeopardy and Judge Holly Spencer is further compromised as he pursues the
killer with this customary diehard fashion. Holly needs protection not just
from an assassin but also the forbidden attraction between herself and Crawford
but also from Crawford himself.
This is a book that is extremely hard to put down once
the reader starts it. The twists and
turns that the story takes will have readers questioning just what will happen
next and who is behind what is happening. It will also have readers on the edge
of their seats as the action doesn’t stop until the end and as reader tries to
guess where this one will end up. This
is definitely one book to check out for anyone that loves thrillers and/or
romantic suspense. The characters are
flawed and relatable and will have readers hoping that everything will work out
for them in the end. This is a must read.
I give this one 5 red roses
LRH