Mine To Hold (Protection 5) by Kennedy L Mitchell-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 18, 2022.

Can Bryson keep her safe, or will Tinley’s past nightmare become her new reality?

Every moment, Tinley Harper lives in fear that the man who abducted her ten years ago will keep his promise and return to finish what he started. Scared and alone in her older brother’s absence, she welcomes a familiar handsome face, Special Agent Bryson Bennett, when he comes knocking on her door.

FBI Agent Bryson Bennett knows it’s time to put his past behind him and move on from the tragic accident that left him a single father. When his best friend calls out of fear for his little sister’s safety, Bryson jumps in to protect the beautiful Tinley for fear that another person close to him will be taken away.

Stuck together in her tiny apartment, the two fight to control their unspoken attraction. Anonymous disturbing gifts, new murders, and watchful eyes that monitor their every move signal that Tinley’s terrifying past is now bleeding into her present. As passion burns, dark secrets are revealed, and the elusive stalker seeks to catch them unawares. Can Bryson keep her safe, or will Tinley’s past nightmare become her new reality?

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REVIEW:MINE TO HOLD is the fifth instalment in Kennedy L Mitchell’s contemporary, adult PROTECTION erotic, dark, romantic suspense series. This is forty year old, FBI agent Bryson Bennett, and thirty year old bar waitress Tinley Harper’s story line. MINE TO HOLD can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. FBI Agent Bryson Bennett was previously introduced in book four MINE TO KEEP.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Tinley and Bryson) MINE TO HOLD follows the search for a serial killer. Ten years earlier Tinley Harper was abducted and held hostage for three weeks, three weeks in which her brother FBI Agent Tallon Harper nearly lost his mind. Fast forward to present day wherein a suspected serial killer is abducting and murdering women using the same MO from when Tinley was missing, a killer who continues to target our story line heroine. In an effort to protect his sister, Tallon calls in his best friend and FBI Agent Bryson Bennett, the man who had unknowingly stolen Tinley’s heart years before. What ensues is the building relationship between Tinley and Bryson, and the potential fall-out as Tinley as a killer sets their sight on everyone Tinley loves.

Bryson Bennett is a single father having lost his wife to a car accident months before but helping Tallon meant coming face to face with the woman who for years has starred in his fantasies and dreams, a woman whose past is mired in demons and darkness. Tinley Harper knows evil first hand but when the past resurfaces, targeting family and friends, Tinley knows it is only a matter of time before she will have to face her worst nightmare. With Bryson’s help, Tinley battles her demons, demons that are about to come full circle.

The relationship between Tinley and Bryson is a best friend’s sister/age gap romance in which Bryson believes Tinley is off limits but Tinley has been in love with her brother’s best friend for most of her life, and our heroine is willing to take the steps to prove she is worthy of Bryson’s love. Bryson has loved and lost but never expected to find happiness with Tinley Harper, a woman who has suffered more than he could have ever imagined. The $ex scenes are intimate, erotic and passionate-Bryson is a bit of a dominant in the bedroom.

The secondary and supporting characters are colorful and energetic. We are introduced to Tinley’s brother Tallon, their mother Bethany Parker, and stepbrother Bart Parker; Bryson’s mother Esther, and his daughter Victoria, as well as the return of FBI profiler Charlie Bekham and Special Agent Rhyan Riggs (Mine To Keep 4).

MINE TO HOLD is a story of obsession and madness, abuse and power, family and dysfunctional relationships, acceptance and love. The premise is intriguing, dramatic and intense; the romance is provocative and edgy; the characters are resilient, determined and charismatic.

Reading Order and Previous review
Mine to Protect
Mine to Save
Mine to Guard
Mine To Keep

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Kennedy lives in Dallas with her husband, son, and 80lb Goldendoodle who still believes he’s a lap dog. A bookworm at heart, Kennedy loves to snuggle up in bed or by the campfire with an unputdownable book. She began writing two years ago with Falling for the Chance and has no plans of stopping. Her novels are witty, action-packed, and offer enough steam for a great facial. If you like strong heroines and sexy, tattooed men who can’t keep their hands off them, then this author is the one for you.