HERO’S HEART (Linear Tactical: Oak Creek) 4 by Janie Crouch-review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date February 2, 2025
He was out of the game.
He should’ve stayed that way.
When a former FBI colleague asks Callum Webb to rescue the kidnapped daughter of an American bigwig in eastern Europe, Callum’s just got one word for him…
No.
Okay, actually two words: hell, no.
Callum is out of the international law enforcement game and has been for a long time. He’s happy in his role as gruff sheriff of the tiny town of Oak Creek, Wyoming. Even if the job doesn’t keep his nightmares at bay.
Plus, rescuing a spoiled heiress is not high on Callum’s bucket list.
When he ends up being the only viable option, Callum knows he’s not going to let a young woman die so he prepares for one last daring mission.
But nothing is what it seems, and this mission will change Callum’s life forever in more ways than one.
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REVIEW: HERO’S HEART is the fourth instalment in Janie Crouch’s contemporary, adult LINEAR TACTICAL : OAK CREEK erotic, romantic suspense series- a second-generation spin off from the author’s LINEAR TACTICAL series. This is twenty-three year old Sloane Miller, and forty-three year old, former FBI agent turned Oak Creek Sheriff Callum Webb’s story line. HERO’S HEART can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.
NOTE: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.
Told from dual omniscient third person perspectives (Calum and Sloane) HERO’S HEART focuses on the rescue and protection of twenty-three year old Sloane Miller. Sloane Miller is the neglected and unwanted daughter of wealthy businessman William Getty, and as such has been tasked as the personal assistant to her twenty-two year old half-sister Marissa as she embarks on a summer vacation in Paris but within hours, Marissa and Sloane are abducted, and held for ransom. Owing a former military buddy a favor, Callum Webb reluctantly agrees to set up a rescue, only to discover his target is Marissa, and Sloane is to be left behind. Refusing to leave Sloane with the kidnappers, Callum becomes a one-man guardian and protector of our story line heroine, the young woman with whom Callum will fall in love. Upon there return, Callum and the Linear Tactical team will learn there is more to the story than meets the eye, and our heroine is a pawn in a much bigger game.
The world building follows several paths including the building relationship between Sloane and Callum: the ongoing attempts to kidnap our story line heroine; and the betrayals that set everything into motion.
The relationship between Sloane and Callum begins as a protection and rescue but Callum begins to suspect something else is going on. Days together in Europe, find our couple on the run as each safe-house is compromised and threatens their lives. Falling for Sloane is easy but Callum has loved and lost, and their return to America is only the beginning of another heart breaking betrayal. The $ex scenes are intimate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
There is a large ensemble cast of energetic, colorful and often questionable secondary and supporting characters including the return of Theo and Eva (Hero Unbound), and Dr. Annie Mackay, as well as the introduction of Bear Bollinger (Finn’s Son-EAGLE), and Joy Davis. Joy and Bear’s story line is next.
HERO’S HEART is a story of secrets, betrayal and vengeance, power and control, dysfunctional family dynamics, acceptance and love. The premise is intriguing, dramatic and heart breaking; the romance is passionate; the characters are determined, dynamic and charismatic.
Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Hero Unbound
Hero’s Flight
Hero’s Prize
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Reviewed by Sandy
USA TODAY bestselling author Janie Crouch writes what she loves to read: passionate romantic suspense. She is a winner and/or finalist of multiple romance literary awards including the Golden Quill Award for Best Romantic Suspense, the National Reader’s Choice Award, and the coveted RITA© Award by the Romance Writers of America.
Janie recently relocated with her husband and their four teenagers to Germany (due to her husband’s job as support for the U.S. Military), after living in Virginia for nearly 20 years. When she’s not listening to the voices in her head (and even when she is), she enjoys engaging in all sorts of crazy adventures (200-mile relay races; Ironman Triathlons, treks to Mt. Everest Base Camp) traveling, and movies of all kinds.
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