Guys wouldn’t be caught dead reading romantic suspense novels. Right?
Maybe not most guys, anyhow, but when it’s as good as Christy Barritt’s new book, Race Against Time, they ought to give this genre-or at least Christy’s book-a well considered second thought. Women shouldn’t be the only ones who get to enjoy a read like this one.
When Race Against Time arrived, I took a quick peek at the first page, intending to set it aside and get back to what I’d been working on before the mail came.
My intentions failed miserably.
Christy had done the first thing every writer is supposed to do. And something few writers do very well. She hooked me with the beginning sentence. Nothing like a mysterious ticking to make even a guy curious.
Then she did the second thing a good writer tries to do: She captured and held my attention so completely for the rest of that paragraph and page that I flipped over and kept on reading, stopping only when my wife insisted that supper was more important.
I wasn’t sure I agreed.
I finished my reading that night and would’ve stayed up late to do it if I’d needed to.
At no point did Christy disappoint. Although I had strong suspicions about the identity of the villain, Christy presented such strong evidence against the possibility of it being him that I’d changed my mind until that climactic moment when she removed all doubt. And even though I had an early premonition about the connection between two things I won’t go into here and spoil your reading, Christy really surprised me with the way the two were connected. And that helped to solve a problem in a way I hadn’t anticipated.
Some women write what I would consider disgustingly sappy romance.
I found Christy’s depiction of the romance between Madison and Brody to be quite acceptable, however. I suppose it’s inevitable that a protective hero and an endangered heroine are going to fall in love, especially when both have reasons to avoid it and make a convincing effort to stay out of one another’s arms.
I’m quite fond of inspirational fiction, but I realize not everyone feels the way I do. However, I don’t recall anything “preachy” in this book-just some honest sharing of thoughts and feelings about Christianity.
Although I’m not familiar with all of Christy’s books, Race Against Time is the best of the ones I’ve read. Highly recommended-for women. . .and men.