Lock and Load (PASS #3) by Freya Barker-Review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 25, 2021

Juggling two jobs is nothing new for registered nurse, Hillary Glenwood, she’s been doing it for most of her adult life. She has an objective she intends to meet. But, just months before reaching her goal, she witnesses a violent attack outside her apartment that rattles her determination.
However, her carefully controlled life runs completely off the rails when she recognizes the new neighbor coming to the rescue.

As a hacker, Radar Jansen hasn’t always used his expertise in the most respectable ways until he came to work for PASS Security. Normally his time is spent behind a computer, but that doesn’t mean his skills end there.
When—walking his dog one night—he sees a familiar woman rushing into a dangerous situation, his training kicks in.

With Hillary’s safety compromised, the keyboard warrior puts on his real-life armor to shield the woman who is fast becoming his only focus.

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REVIEW:LOCK AND LOAD is the third instalment in Freya Barker’s contemporary, adult PASS erotic, romantic, suspense series focusing on the men and women who work for PASS (Protection and Security Services) in Grand Junction, Colorado. This is forty-year old security specialist and computer hacker Murray ‘Radar’ Jansen, and thirty-six year old, nurse Hillary Glenwood’s story line. LOCK AND LOAD can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Radar and Hillary) LOCK AND LOAD follows the building romance and relationship between forty-year old security specialist and computer hacker Murray ‘Radar’ Jansen, and thirty-six year old, nurse Hillary Glenwood. Hillary Glenwood works two jobs in an effort to pay down her student loans but witnessing a brutal attack against a Grand Junction teacher placed our heroine in the direct line of fire. Enter security specialist Radar Jansen, a man who specializes in computer hacking but a man who lives in the same apartment complex as our story line heroine. Ever the protector, Radar makes it his mission to protect the woman with whom he will fall in love but the team at PASS will endeavor to hunt down the people responsible for the attack at the apartments, as well as a series of similar attacks across the country. What ensues is the building but often fragmented relationship between Radar and Hillary, and the potential fall out as Hillary is targeted for who she is, and what she knows.

Hillary Glenwood is an independent and strong female heroine who isn’t afraid to protect those unable to protect themselves but Hillary is cautious when it comes to her heart, and in this, her head and heart battle over the man with whom she will fall in love. Radar Jansen has seen his fair share of troubles in the past, and if it wasn’t for the intervention of PASS owner Yanis Mazur, Radar would probably be in jail, or something worse.

The relationship between Hillary and Radar is one of immediate attraction wherein Radar becomes both lover and protector of our story line heroine. As the number of similar murders increases across the country, Radar and the team at PASS discover a connection, that places our heroine in potential danger. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters including most of the team at PASS Security: Jake and Rosie (Hit and Run #1); Dimas and Willa (Life and Limb #1): Yanix Mazur, and Bree Graves. We are introduced to Radar’s father Harold Jansen, and his brother Hugh.

LOCK AND LOAD is a story of obsession and power; of betrayal and vengeance; of family, relationships and love. The premise is intriguing and engrossing: the romance is spicy and provocative; the characters are sassy, edgy and inspiring.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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USA Today bestselling author Freya Barker loves writing about ordinary people with extraordinary stories. 

Driven to make her books about ‘real’ people; she creates characters who are perhaps less than perfect, each struggling to find their own slice of happy, but just as deserving of romance, thrills and chills in their lives.

Recipient of the ReadFREE.ly 2019 Best Book We’ve Read All Year Award for “Covering Ollie, the 2015 RomCon “Reader’s Choice” Award for Best First Book, “Slim To None”, and Finalist for the 2017 Kindle Book Award with “From Dust”, Freya continues to add to her rapidly growing collection of published novels as she spins story after story with an endless supply of bruised and dented characters, vying for attention!

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