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Sanctuary by Traci Hunter Abramson
Book Description:
Kristi Hartinger has come to terms with her life as a single, thirty-something woman. She was in love . . . once. But following her boyfriend's tragic death, no one else could capture her heart. And nothing else could fill that void, though the serenity of the ocean came close. Two years ago, Kristi left the craziness of her Wall Street career behind and embraced a simpler life on her family's private island off the coast of Maine. As a resident of the small beach community, she anticipates a quiet future—until she comes face-to-face with her past.
Ace Samson is dead, or so the world believes. As a member of a secret organization known as the guardians, he was forced to fake his death years ago, leaving everything behind when he became an agent. So when he is selected to offer a potential new recruit a job with the organization, Ace braces himself: for the first time in more than a decade, he must face the woman he loved—and left.
Kristi's world is rocked by Ace's sudden reappearance, and she's soon drawn into his world of danger and cover-up. But when Kristi herself becomes a target, Ace will do whatever it takes to protect the only woman he has ever loved.
Andrea's Review:
I enjoyed the last Guardians book I read, so I had high hopes for Sanctuary. The cover was great, and I really liked the idea of the story (a romance is destroyed when the man "dies" only to come back twenty years later). I typically enjoy the first love, second chances trope.
Sadly, I found Sanctuary to be drawn out and it didn't really hold my attention for much of the story. The action really picked up near the end and that pulled me in. It has a happy ending of sorts, but it really left me scratching my head. It's been a year and a half since I read the last book, so I think I was missing some important points about the Guardian program. The guardians that are focused on in this story are out in public often (At least Ace is). They typically try to blend in, but don't go out of their way to hide their faces or disguise themselves, except in an area they grew up. I didn't understand why Ace couldn't just get a face lift or something to change his appearance so he and Kristi could openly be together with her family.
Tarah's Review:
I've really enjoyed this Guardian series, so I jumped on the chance to read Sanctuary. I really really liked Ace in the other books and I was excited to see him get his own book. However, I found that this book wasn't quite up to my cup of tea. It was well written, and it had an interesting story line, but I never really connected with the characters so I struggled with their struggles. It took me awhile to finish this book when I normally can finish these in a day.
I completely understood Kristi's hesitations in being in a relationship with Ace. I didn't quite understand why she was so important to the Guardian program (she seemed to get a lot more out of it than she was putting in), but the whole conflict between Ace and Kristi wasn't resolved to my liking. The overall conflict was solved well, but I didn't like the relationship resolution. I'm also confused about who the next book in the series will be about. We've kind of hit all the major characters, and so if there is going to be a new book then they will have to be a character we don't know about.
I'll keep reading from this author and reread her other books, but this one was a miss for me.
Rorie's Review:
I have read a handful of Traci's books and every time I do, I'm reminded at how much I enjoy them and also how much I really need to go back and read the earlier books in the series. So much to read, so little time to do it. One of these days it will happen.
Anyway, I remember some of the details from the last book in the Guardian series, and I was happy to see that Renee and Kade had a pretty big role in this story.
The whole "dying" and giving up your entire life, including any loved ones is such a heartbreaking idea for me to think about. I can understand why the Guardians have to do it, but I still can't even imagine leaving everything you've ever known behind.
I don't know how realistic the whole hiring Kristi bit was - one would think that it could really backfire and ruin everything for the Guardian program. But, this is fiction and it worked for me.
I enjoyed this story and tried my best to find every spare minute in a busy week to read it. The ending made me sad, but I'm not sure that the author could have come up with any realistic way to give this story a fairy-tale, everyone is happy sort of ending.
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Title: Sanctuary Author: Traci Hunter Abramson Publisher: Covenant Communications, Inc. Published: March 2019 ISBN: 1524407380 Source: We received copies from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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