Dead Reckoning by Ronie Kendig
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
This was one of the first books I acquired for my Kindle. It sounded interesting and it was a cheap buy. The only downside is that I’m not going to get the last six hours back.
Shiloh Blake is an auburn-haired beauty running from her past. She’s prideful and has no religion because daddy dearest made her lose her faith. On a scuba diving expedition in India, Shiloh is suddenly thrust into an international chess match of spies which forces her to face her past and find love. Except it’s not that simple. It’s worse.
The novel is horribly predictable. By the second chapter you know who Shiloh will choose, and that she’ll regain her faith. Her troubled past is treated like a big secret, yet when the truth is revealed at the end of the book, it’s nothing. The male characters are stereotypes. There’s the born again Christian wanting a submissive wife, and the suave, deadly spy unable to dish on his feeling because he just… can’t… go… there… yet.
Under the pretense of being an adventure filled novel, the ease with which the characters get in and out of trouble is ridiculous. Characters are chased, shot, and tortured, and by the next page they’re peachy keen and drinking mimosas by the beach. This book just wasn’t entertaining, although I’m sure romance junkies may find it amusing.