Breach of Trust by Rachel DylanFrom Amazon:
Corporate litigator Mia Shaw suffers the shock of her life when she finds her colleague and friend brutally murdered. Grief-stricken and furious, Mia vows that she will do anything to seek justice and make the killer pay.
The man accused of the murder is a friend of security tech guru Noah Ramirez, but the evidence just doesn't add up. To save his former ATF partner, Noah needs to convince Mia that the real killer is still on the loose.
Mia soon has more than the criminal prosecution to worry about, however. She is tasked with taking over her friend's last case and learns he was hiding secrets about his client. She thinks she may have stumbled upon corporate espionage that has turned deadly, but she has no idea of the danger involved. Her only ally is Noah, despite their difference of opinion on the homicide case. Can he win Mia over to his side and protect her from ever-growing threats?
This book was a pretty okay read for me. I really enjoyed the first two books in the series, but I just found this one to be a bit lacking compared to the first two.
I found the characters to be real and likable, but for some reason I just had a bit of a disconnect with them. I guess maybe I saw them more as acquaintances instead of as a friends or someone to really root for.
Mia talked a lot about having trust issues with men but she seemed to fall for Noah pretty easily. I would have liked some more tension or resistance or something.
I like how the author handles Christianity. She does a great job at being real and open and honest without coming across as preachy. As best I can remember, this book out of the three seemed to have the most conversations about faith-being as Mia was a new Christian-but I thought it was handled well.
I really enjoyed the author's explanation of the legal system and how it works. Her experience really shows and she does a great job at showing and explaining without the information coming across as boring or like a textbook.
I had the killer figured out somewhat early on, but I did find the ending to be kind of confusing. There were a lot of attempts at twists thrown together at the end that it got to be a bit ridiculous.
So while I enjoyed this book, I just didn't like it quite as much as the first two in the series. I will say I am excited to see what this author writes next!
See my review for book one in the series, Deadly Proof, as well as my review of the second book, Lone Witness!
I received a complimentary copy of this book from Bethany House Publishers through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
