Raised by a cop, Beth knows she has to do something when she finds suspicious financial activity involving an offshore bank account. This isn't the first time she's encountered the name Cayman Holdings Limited. When she shared information about the company with her mentor, Timothy Swan, he ended up dead. She knows the only way to report the illegal activity without encountering the same fate she has to use the three-day weekend to disappear. Only things don't go as planned when she's attacked and nearly kidnapped in the parking garage on her way out. Co-worker Corbin rescues her from the assailants but his appearance itself brings up concerns for Beth. She's been burned before by an audit client who romanced her with the expectations she wouldn't turn him in for fraud. Could he be working for Cayman and trying to find out what she knows?
Undercover for homeland security, Corbin has been watching Beth for weeks. She may seem innocent but her name keeps showing up in connection with other investigations and the evidence keeps stacking up against her. He'd been the case agent for Tim Swan before he was killed and worried his judgment has been clouded by his attraction for the pretty accountant.
Ms. Shackelford's "No Safe Place" provides a compelling moral dilemma for Beth. She learns that the company she's working for is engaged in illegal activity but coming forward as a whistleblower might cost her life as well as her job. She's put into an almost no-win situation. She can't let the company get away with what they've been doing but in bringing them to justice, she's going to have to go on the run for the rest of her life. Even for someone without family, like Beth, that's not an easy decision. She's going to have to give up every friend she has, every relationship she's built as well as be wary of anyone she meets in the future. What if they recognize her? What if she accidentally reveals part of her past and it gets her (or someone else) killed? She's already lost her mentor Timothy.
When the bullets start flying, Beth starts to second guess her decision, having to rely on her faith to stay the course. Then she finds out the one person she's gotten close to while dodging those bullets (Corbin) has been lying to her and maybe even believes she's at fault.
Ms. Shackelford is no stranger to romance having written several historical romance novels but her contemporary romantic suspense debut takes you for a wild ride from the start and you better hold on tight.
5 STARS!!!
Author's Page: Sherri Shackelford
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