“Badlands”
by Jill Sorenson
It’s been a little while since I’ve read
a great romantic suspense. I’m glad I picked this one up. “Badlands” has it
all: suspense, danger, and definitely romance.
Penny Sandoval is the daughter of a presidential
candidate and has a young son. She is kidnapped and unfortunately, her son Cruz
is taken as well. Her friend and bodyguard Owen Jackson tries to stop the
kidnapping and ends up getting involved. And...it’s Owen’s own brother Shane who’s
responsible.
The three of them are at the mercy of
Shane and his cohorts. They want money in exchange for Penny and Cruz’s lives.
But what about Owen? Both Shane and Owen are ex-convicts, hardened by a harsh
upbringing, but Owen has retained his ability to still care. Shane on the other
hand, is too cynical to overcome his past.
Penny witnesses Owen’s beating and
believes he’s dead. The first chance she gets, she escapes with Cruz. But they’re
in the Badlands, an austere, unforgiving desert, and they have very little
water and no food.
Owen isn’t dead and manages to escape
and find Penny and Cruz. He must keep them alive, but at what cost? Will he
have to kill his own despicable brother, who despite everything he’s done, he
still loves? Will Owen have to make a choice: a woman and son that he loves or
his own blood?
If they all survive, will Penny want
him, an ex-convict with seemingly nothing to offer? Penny is unaware of Owen’s
true past. While she knows of his prison stint, she has no idea what he endured
while there or anything about his cruel father’s unrelenting punishment. Things
that can break a man and turn him sour to some of life’s wonderful things, such
as love. If Penny sees him for who he truly is, will she want him?
Sorenson tells a story of unconditional
love, sacrifice, peril, and heartache. You won’t want to miss this romantic
suspense.
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