Thin Ice

January 18, 2016
Hannon continues her Men of Valor series with Lance, another McGregor brother, leaving his Delta Force unit to become a rookie FBI agent in St. Louis. Christy Reed, a former competitive ice-skater, has lost her entire family; her parents in a car wreck, and her only sibling in a house fire. Out of nowhere Christy receives a note, in her sister's handwriting, which indicates Ginny may have met a bleaker fate. Despite a warning not to contact authorities, Christy calls the FBI and Lance fields the assignment. From their first meeting, Lance and Christy's mutual attraction threatens to distract them from finding the truth about Ginny. While Lance struggles with some misplaced personal guilt, the characters are notably one-dimensional. Lance is the perfect hero: kind, determined, and protective. Christy is the archetype of a damsel in distress: vulnerable, beautiful, and innocent. In contrast, the utterly unsympathetic antagonist is the epitome of sheer evil. While the romance is predictable, a few unforeseen turns maintain the suspense for most of the story. A standalone, Hannon also whets readers' appetites for the next book with a significant introduction to youngest brother Finn McGregor.

January 1, 2016
After Christy Reed's parents die in a car accident, and her sister perishes in a house fire, she resigns herself to being alone, with her faith and her work as solace. That delicate peace is shattered when she receives threatening letters indicating that something far more sinister happened to her sister. FBI Agent Lance McGregor is assigned to Christy's case, his first for the bureau. In Hannon's second Men of Valor novel, following Buried Secrets (2015), Christy and Lance work to unravel an increasingly disturbing crime. Lance uses knowledge from his Delta Force days, and Christy depends on her unwavering faith even as it becomes clear that she is the true target of the perpetrator's sick, meticulous plans. Despite the mounting danger, the case becomes even more personal as Lance and Christy begin to open their hearts to one another. Readers will be pulled into Hannon's story as they try to figure out why Christy would be targeted so maniacally. They will also root for Lance and Christy to not only solve the case but also pursue their romance.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)