Pivot

Rebecca Zanetti, Alexandra Ivy, Kat Martin — 2020

As girls, they bonded over broken homes and growing up in foster care. As women, they're fighting for their lives, and loves, once more . . . MERI When Meriwether Jones takes her young daughter and runs from trouble in L.A., that trouble follows. By the time Meri reaches Spokane, she's out of gas, money, and ideas. Luckily, ex-cop Ian Brodie hires her to help him with his father's farmhouse, and they seem like the answer to each other's prayers. But Meri is keeping a dangerous secret--and Ian is in danger of losing his heart . . . MELANIE That secret explodes when Melanie Cassidy spots two men trying to kidnap a young boy she tutors and responds by ramming them with her car. The last thing she expects is for the man she once loved, Detective Gray Hawkins, to appear and rescue them both. Now she has no choice but to trust him as they investigate the truth about a conspiracy of dirty, drug trafficking cops--and the truth about their relationship . . . MICHELLE After a rough youth, Michelle Peach was finally content in Portland--until two men broke into her home, threatened her, and sent her mentally unstable mom on a blackmail spree that Michelle has to stop. The last person Michelle wants to see is her ex, Evan Boldon, a former marine turned sheriff. But Evan misses the woman who walked away instead of letting him help years ago. This time he's not asking permission; he's going to put a stop to the trouble stalking Michelle and her friends--and win her heart for good.

Reviews

Nicola Sarah Brooks@nikkisbooknook

Dec 8, 2021

MERI Meriwether (Meri to her friends) & her daughter on the lam from L.A. But where they go trouble is sure to find them. That is until they reach the safety of Spokane and ex-cop Ian. He hires Meri to help out on his father's farm and Ian is falling fast...for mother and her cute toddler! MELANIE Melanie tutors at a local community facility for at risk children. When she sees one of her students being abducted she acts...by ramming the kidnappers car. Before she knows it she's involved with the man that she thought had left her behind. Gray thought he couldn't be in the same city as his brother and new wife..his own ex-fiancée! But he has undertaken an undercover op to catch dirty cops and Melanie has blown back into his life. MICHELLE Michelle lives a safe, peaceful little life in Portland. But when her home is invaded by her horrible mother and then by some really nasty characters, she turns to her former foster brother for help. But Raider is undercover and he dispatches another former foster brother Ethan to help. But Michelle and Ethan have a whole lotta history. But Michelle eventually let him go to his life in the Marines because she couldn't take the heartache of never knowing if he was coming back. But now Evan is the Sheriff in a tiny, friendly, very nosy town which seems to have adopted its newest lawman! An absolute treat. Brilliant writing and all complement each other. I loved the way the characters and storylines are interwoven - they overlap in time so there is a real continuity to the flow of the overall story ARC. Bonus treat Michelle and Ethan meets a couple of...ahem locals in the middle of nowhere - Karys and Kyllwood are on the prowl. Also a great link to the Dark Ops series with Raider, Wolf, Kat and an ever thirsty alcoholic doggy!