Jagger (Steele Shadow Investigations #1) by Amanda McKinney-Review & Giveaway tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 18, 2020

Secrets, lies, deceit… A former Navy SEAL turned homicide detective has met his match in this new standalone addition to the number #1 Bestselling Steele Shadows Series…

He found her covered in blood.
She promises she’s innocent.
The question is… Can he trust her?

Feared just as much on the streets as at a crime scene, Homicide Detective Max Jagger has dedicated his life to one thing—speaking for the dead. Everyone and everything else be damned, including his own demons. During one of the most oppressive heat waves to hit the small, southern town of Berry Springs, the former Navy SEAL is called to a scene where a real estate heiress is found standing over a dead body, holding the murder weapon. The local cops immediately dub it a slam-dunk case, but if Jagg has learned anything from his days running special ops, it’s that nothing is as it seems… including this suspect.

Despite her name, Sunny Harper is as beguiling as a fallen angel. Mysterious, clever, completely unwilling to cooperate, and, perhaps his least favorite quality—mind-numbingly intoxicating. When evidence from the scene suggests an accomplice, Jagg begins to believe that Sunny is both innocent and in danger, despite the towns’ uproar to lock her up. Torn between his growing feelings for his suspect, he takes Sunny to a secluded lake house where he discovers there’s much more behind those enchanting green eyes… including secrets that could take them both under.

With his career on the line and the clock ticking, Jagg must decide if he can trust Sunny… before they both get burned.

Jagger is a standalone romantic suspense novel (no cliff-hanger!)

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REVIEW: JAGGER is the first instalment in Amanda McKinney’s contemporary, adult SHEELE SHADOWS INVESTIGATIONS romantic suspense series set in the small town of Berry Springs-a spin off from the authors Steele Shadows Security. This is thirty-nine year old, former Navy SEAL turned Homicide Detective Max Jagger, and K9 trainer Sunny Harper’s story line. JAGGER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. You do not have to have read the previous series.

Told from three first person perspectives (Jagger, Sunny and Darby) JAGGER follows several paths but focuses on the hunt for a cop killer. Former Navy SEAL turned homicide detective Max Jagger lost his best friend and fellow officer to a bullet while investigating the recent theft of the fourth Cedonia Scroll. A potential witness and grainy video eventually labelled the suspect the ‘Black Bandit’ but another murder just days later would find Detective Max Jagger face to face with armed real estate heiress Sunny Harper, a murder that may or may not be connected to the death of his friend Lieutenant Jack Seagrave. What ensues is the building relationship between Sunny and Max; the search for a killer; the protection of Sunny when our heroine is marked for the latest murder; and the potential fall-out as secrets and lies threaten the growing love between our leading couple.

Max Jagger is a mess. A former Navy SEAL who struggles with the lingering pain and memories of a suicide bomber that have left our hero battling for a place to belong. The death of his friend places Max in a vulnerable position, a position whereby Max is slowly losing control. Meeting Sunny Harper, a fiercely independent and tenacious young woman gives Max a hope for the future but all is not well in Sunny’s life when the past returns seeking vengeance, at all costs.

The relationship between Sunny and Max begins with a murder investigation wherein our heroine is the prime suspect in the death of a local man. Max knows to get involved with Sunny could mean the end of his struggling career, a career in which he is barely surviving. As Max and Sunny’s relationship begins to grow, Max discovers trust is an issue that apparently goes both ways. The lone $ex scene is passionate, without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Lieutenant Quinn Colson, Chief McCord and recent academy graduate Tommy Darby; Max’s brother Ryder, wiccan practitioner Hazel De Ville, several townies, Sunny’s rescue pups, as well as the Steele Brothers who make a cameo appearance.

JAGGER is a thrilling story of suspense and intrigue with plenty of twists and turns you will not see coming. The premise is captivating and exciting; the slow building romance is seductive; the characters are broken, colorful, energetic and tough.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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