Olivia: A Cold Case Murder Mystery Romance by Brooke Ramsey Genres: Christian Fiction, Contemporary Romance
Source: ARC
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Revenge is a dish best served cold. But it might cost you everything you love.
In this heart-racing romantic suspense, a sister desperate for answers and a newly recruited FBI agent desperate to prove himself team up on a high-risk mission.
Olivia King.Days missing: 1,345 days.
Anna has spent the last three years infiltrating the gang of Diaz Smith—the man responsible for her sister’s disappearance. She’s close to getting the answers she has sacrificed so much for when a newly recruited FBI agent threatens to blow her cover.
Jackson joined the FBI’s narcotics team so that he could put people like Diaz Smith behind bars. When a raid ends with a pistol pointed at his chest, Jackson realizes that the fierce beauty holding the weapon will either be the key to his success or his demise.
Refusing to fail, he devises a plan to recruit Anna as his informant while ensuring she doesn’t end up dead at the hands of Diaz. Everything is going to plan but Jackson didn’t foresee one problem: falling in love with his informant.
The stakes are high and Diaz is watching Anna’s every move. One wrong step could end with another body stuffed in a barrel.
“Olivia will thrill fans of Liz Bradford, Christy Barritt, and Lisa Phillips.”
Pre-order your copy of Olivia, a standalone Christian Romantic Suspense (no cliffhanger), today and have it delivered to your Kindle on release day: 3 October 2022.
Olivia is my first book by Brooke Ramsey! I love trying out new authors. I was intrigued by this romantic suspense read-a girl pretending for years to be a gangsters girlfriend in order to find her sister’s body.
Anna is the shit. She fooled a majorly scary guy into thinking she loved him. He was a drug king and killer who had murdered her sister and she was still able to convince him she was in love. She was so determined to find her sister’s body. Jackson is an FBI agent determined to bring the drug lord down. He decides to use Anna as his informant.
The story jumps right into the thick of it, which I appreciated. There is a “Christian” theme but it is super small. Jackson discusses his faith as a Christian. That is really the extent of it. I didn’t realized this was considered Christian Romance until I went to goodreads to write my review. So, if you don’t like any mentions of religion, skip this. If you are okay with a character being Christian and talking about it occasionally, you would be okay with this book. If you are looking for a Christian romance where Christianity is the main focus, this book isn’t for you.
All the Christian talk aside, the story is interesting-FBI agent determined to bring down a drug lord, sister determined to find her sister’s body, team up to achieve their goals and in the process, fall in love!
- POV: 3rd
- Tears: no
- Trope: police, secret identity
- Triggers: View Spoiler »
- Series/Standalone: standalone
- Cliffhanger: View Spoiler »
- HEA: View Spoiler »
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authors like Christy Barritt, Lynn Shannon, Colleen Coble…then you will probably like Olivia!
Olivia
I am all for Christian romances, and I have no concerns over that. I like it when you have customers talk about their beliefs even if its just briefly. I can see how that might bother some readers though.
Great review!