Title: Full
Disclosure
Author: Dee Henderson
Pages: 373
Year: 2012
Publisher: Bethany
House
Note: I received a
complimentary copy for an honest review of this book. The opinions shared in this review are solely
my responsibility. Other reviews can be
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Full
Disclosure is the latest novel from Dee Henderson, her first in several
years. She continues in the genre of
romantic suspense that she is so well-known for via her O’Malley Series and Uncommon
Heroes series. The main characters in
this book are involved in law enforcement with a multitude of family, friends,
and co-workers as a supporting cast.
Paul is
the head of an FBI team that profiles, tracks, and captures murderers. He is the oldest son of a wealthy
businessman. He is adopted, but treated
as the firstborn son. He will inherit
his father’s businesses when he dies so he is well-versed in business,
finances, as well as the law due to his being a cop. He is a Christian and has a strong
relationship with the Lord. He has a
large family and they are close. He has
decided that he wants to settle down, get married, and have his own family. Is Ann the right woman for him? Can he overcome her need for solitude? Can he earn her trust and her heart? They begin to contact each other more and
more as Paul works on a case that has been on the books for over 10 years. A female assassin with 30 kills credited to
her. Will Paul finally catch this
criminal and succeed where his former boss failed?
Ann is
the Midwest Homicide Investigator (MHI).
She is called in when a case gets too difficult for the local law
enforcement agency to solve. She has a
case that she doesn’t want and realizes it is linked to a federal investigation
so she meets Paul and gives him clues that jump starts his stalled
investigation. She doesn’t like being in
the limelight and downplays her accomplishments. She has many friends who have valuable
connections; she even has a friendship with the Vice President of the United
States. She loves to fly small
airplanes, write stories about her friends, and take long walks where she talks
to God. She never feels alone because
she always has God. She isn’t looking to
settle down. She is very cautious in her
relationships and won’t risk making the first move to initiate anything more
than cordiality. After meeting Paul and
working with him on a case, her thoughts turn to him more and more. Is he the one she might risk giving her heart
to? She has been burned in the past, so
is very wary.
While
there is action in the book at various points, there is a lot of time spent on
the development of the relationship between Ann and Paul. In my opinion, there were too many pages of
this slowly developing relationship that could have been filled with action
instead or eliminated altogether. This
makes for some slow reading. The romance
between the two characters is good just too much video chatting. It is good to see strong family and friend
support, protectiveness, and love. The
characters have a willingness to go the extra mile for a friend without
expecting anything in return.
My rating is 3 stars.
