Line of Resistance
Steamy Suspense with a Healthy Side of Snark
I’ve come to expect certain things from Jemma Westbrook’s Alaskan Security series: fantastic edge-of-your-seat suspense, perfect banter between characters, steamy scenes that necessitate a fan and cold glass of water, book boyfriends who step up for their HEAs and their found family, and a girl gang poised and ready to support a heroine who’s already stepping up to support herself. And Line of Resistance brought it all! And then some!
Eloise is a sassy, sarcastic, take-no-prisoners girl after my own heart. But so far it’s only been beneath the surface, hidden by years of well-cultivated words and intentions. A facade. Her true self was always there, just waiting to be brought out by the right mix of situations and a partner who understood and recognized her mask for what it was. Because he wore one very similar, but for very different reasons.
Westbrook does an amazing job of bringing Nate and Eloise together, using forced proximity to bond her well-developed characters through an equally well-developed plot. Weaving in elements of mystery and intrigue—both around the characters and their situation—Westbrook helps the characters and the reader recognize just how perfect Eloise and Nate are for each other. But not as the people they allow others to see, as the people they truly are and reveal to each other through their words, actions, and interactions with others.
I know this is a romantic suspense novel, but when I look back at my Kindle highlights, so many of them are laced with humor and emotional depth. And that is one of the things that truly draws me back to Alaskan Security so often. There’s so much more to every book, character, and storyline than surface level suspense. And after seeing Nate and Eloise finally get their well-deserved HEA, I can’t wait to see who Westbrook brings together next.
