THE RED LEDGER: PART 2

by Meredith Wild

Book Synopsis

Six years ago, Tristan Stone was everything to me. My whole heart, my future. We were unshakeable, bound tighter by any force that tried to drive us apart. Then he disappeared from my life, leaving me in tatters, broken and running away to one of the most intense cities in the world. Somehow he found me, but now nothing is the same…

Tristan claims someone wants me dead. He’s scarred and dangerous, but all of that seems to melt away when we touch. I might be the only one who can give him his memories, but I want more. The lover I could never forget is trapped inside the heartless man he’s become. I won’t stop until I reach him. I won’t stop until I find the answers he’s not giving me.

My Review

As we embark on part two of this addictively suspenseful novel, we find Tristan and Isabel separated.  Isabel is fleeing Brazil for the United States under Tristan’s orders.  With a new passport and name to go by, she tries to make sense of the past ten days of her life.  The past ten days, since reuniting with the man she loved; the man she thought was dead.

Meanwhile, Tristan continues to evade the men on their tracks and reconnects with Isabel in the states.  He starts to track down more details in hopes of stopping the madness that is following them, and putting both of their lives in such peril.  Tristan is, however, caught off guard by the sudden and unexpected changing emotions he is beginning to feel when it comes to matters regarding Isabel.

I was gripped from the first page of this book and found myself holding my breath at times; waiting to learn the fate of our main characters, and those who are after them.  I found myself consumed by Tristan’s character and could not get enough of him and how his mind and heart are both slowly evolving concerning Isabel.

With Isabel’s sudden disappearance, will Tristan be able to find her before the contract killers?  Or has time finally run out on our reunited lovers? I for one don't know how I will wait for these, and so many more questions to be made clear in the next installment of this deliciously habit-forming new series.

As Always, Happy Reading!

THE RED LEDGER: PART 1

by Meredith Wild

Book Synopsis

Some people measure life in hours. Days. Weeks. I measure mine in kills. A covert military mission gone wrong robbed me of my memory and any link to my past. This is my existence now. I execute and survive. Nothing more, nothing less. I was ready to write Isabel Foster’s name in my ledger of unfortunate souls until she uttered the one word that could stop the bullet meant for her. My name.

She knows my face. She knows me. She’s the key to the memories I’m not sure I want back. Now nothing is simple. I still have a job to do, and my soul isn’t worth saving. I’m not the man she thinks I am. I can’t love her. And sparing her life puts us both in the crosshairs.

My Review

Seeking refuge from a family that doesn’t understand her; Isabel has made Rio de Janeiro, Brazil her home, teaching English to the youth of the poor country.  She never in a million years expected to see her one and only true love, the man who left her heart-broken and devastated, to turn up and turn her life upside down.  If she thought it was a surprise to see him, she would be shocked to find out why he was there in the first place.

Tristan, a body for hire, knows one thing.  Accomplish the task hired for and move on.  There was something different this time, this kill.  His mark was a young American, living in Rio de Janeiro, teaching English to the youth in the small community.  He kept a watchful eye on her for nearly a week, sensing something familiar in this woman.

What Tristan didn’t expect was to be greeted with the one word from her lips that would change everything, his name; a name that had a past that he himself did not remember.  Maybe Isabel was the key to unlocking his memories.  Still he had a job to do.  Take out his mark or he would be the next one dead.

With his job on the line and Isabel’s life at stake, could the two join forces to both live to see another day?  That was what I kept questioning throughout this gripping novel.  I was hooked from the first page.  My mind was engrossed in a city I had never been, yet it felt familiar.  I could not let this high voltage connection between Isabel and Tristan out of my grip.  I was only more and more invested as the story continued. 

I have so many more questions that have yet to be answered.  I think to help keep myself sane, I might just have to have another go at this engrossing book while I wait for the next book in this heart-pounding series to release.

As Always, Happy Reading!