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Diverted

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2022

This is a great story with many twists and turns that keeps you reading. This story was action packed from the beginning to the end. The characters were I treating and easy to get to know. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

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Mountain Cat Mom

Partly good & confusing & then became too predictable & long

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2022

Liked the first part & had some good character development + liked the relationship between Nick & Carolina even though it was very predictable & just went on way too long for my taste. Also I do like this author's writing, but since I've read a few, she does get to be repetitive as far as love relationships go with just different names & her various books.

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Diverted

Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2022

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Reading in Morgan Hill

Military thriller

Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2021

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In the first book of a new series by Lori Matthews, we're schooled on exactly what the Coast Guard does! They have an elite maritime counterterrorism unit and our hero, Nick Taggert, was one. Unfortunately he's been injured and is now 'sitting on the beach' in Panama with other wounded soldiers from various branches of the military, doing deskwork that is killing their souls.

Carolina Alvarez, the doctor who did surgery on Nick in Yemen, and saved his life, is also who he blames for his lack of ability to get back into 'real' action. She has been contacted by a former employer to help a native tribe in Central America that is dying due to a genetically modified mosquito. She wants to say no, but when her former employer is critically injured, she finds she can't say no to helping.

Drug lords, the possibility of saving an indigenous tribe from extinction, Coast Guard duties we didn't even know existed, Doctors without Borders, injured warriors from all branches of the military working together, pharmaceutical companies with no ethical compass, and corrupt politicians. This book has it all.

I've been a fan of Ms. Matthews since her first books. Her writing style is very readable and you can tell she has done her homework on all facets of the information she writes about. I can't wait to read the next book in this series!!

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Lily Bailey

The story great

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2022

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I have to say I love the story and the way Caroline and Nick plus he team work together to save an almost lost people. And would recommend this book to everyone. Although for me I was disappointed is the use of Silverstone being used as a bad group of men and I almost stopped reading I just had to keep telling myself its a good story and it is. Once getting over my Silverstone obsession I couldn’t put it down

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Mountain Cat Mom

Partly good & confusing & then became too predictable & long

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2022

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Jason Hitson

What?

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2022

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Just be aware the hero treats the heroine like garbage 85% off the book. There is little to no “romance”- there is a lot of action. But the story of their relationship was very disappointing and his character is a total jerk. I’m not pursuing the rest of this series after that.

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Jenn H

Another great book from Lori Matthews!

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2022

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I'm always waiting for Lori's next book to come out but I was a little hesitant since this is a new series (I love the Callahan series!). But she nailed it with this one. This one might have the most suspense and twists of any one she's written yet and I couldn't put it down. I'm excited for the next one in the series to come out soon!

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lubylu55

this could have easily been a 4 but the author made a big mistake and I caught it!

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2022

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This story is one big surge of energy followed by a slowdown then another surge of energy. The story holds water and makes a kind of sense in a clandestine conspiracy sort of way.

The error the author made? A huge deal was made of the fact that the Doc drank tea and couldn’t abide coffee. All the sudden in the last quarter to one third of the book she’s drinking coffee? An avid tea drinker does not change her brew that easily.

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Patricia

Great book

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2022

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I couldn't put it down. I read the whole book in one setting.

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HappyLady

INTENSE ADVENTURE

Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2022

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Author created strong and very determined characters; each having unique backgrounds. A high jacked shipment of questionable contents and evil parties coming from all directions.

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AngDia

Diverted

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2021

This is the first book of Lori’s that I have read and let me tell you, it is suspenseful. You must keep reading because you cannot put it down. I would categorize this as more suspense than romance even though romance is present. Of course, we know who the bad guys are but how was the RECON team going to get around them to get to their goal and the why’s of the what was happening. therein lies the reason why this is such a good story. I loved this story if you cannot tell already with all of my gushing. I also really liked that they are a little older (not 20 something) which makes how they see and handle things a little different. Three little things that I wanted more of: (1) why didn’t Nick tell Carolina of his anger regarding his back, (2) I wanted more development of their romance, and (3) the ending was too abrupt, I needed more but I am sometimes greedy like that. Other than that, this is a fantastic suspense/thriller and I definitely want to see the rest of the RECON team get their own stories. Who knew Coast Guards were such badasses.

I received a complimentary copy from Hidden Gems Books.

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