Merciful Death by Kendra Elliot
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Series: Mercy Kilpatrick #1
Released January 17, 2017
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FBI special agent Mercy Kilpatrick has been waiting her whole life for disaster to strike. A prepper since childhood, Mercy grew up living off the land—and off the grid—in rural Eagle’s Nest, Oregon. Until a shocking tragedy tore her family apart and forced her to leave home. Now a predator known as the cave man is targeting the survivalists in her hometown, murdering them in their homes, stealing huge numbers of weapons, and creating federal suspicion of a possible domestic terrorism event. But the crime scene details are eerily familiar to an unsolved mystery from Mercy’s past.
Sent by the FBI to assist local law enforcement, Mercy returns to Eagle’s Nest to face the family who shunned her while maintaining the facade of a law-abiding citizen. There, she meets police chief Truman Daly, whose uncle was the cave man’s latest victim. He sees the survivalist side of her that she desperately tries to hide, but if she lets him get close enough to learn her secret, she might not survive the fallout…
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Kendra did it again!
No one does romantic suspense quite like Kendra Elliot does! The main focus is on the case and not the romance. I love that the romance takes a back seat to the murder investigation, but you can still feel the sexual tension bubbling under the surface of the characters.
A Merciful Death had me all over the place with my emotions, I felt a deep connection to Mercy and my heart broke for her. The current murders took her back to the dark place from 15 years ago, so while trying to solve this case she is also trying to figure out things from her past that she has never told anyone and it’s really hard for her to stay focused and deal.
Truman has his own past that can get in his way at times, but he feels a connection to Mercy almost instantly and can tell that she is hiding something and he needs to figure it out so that he can solve the case.
The beginning of A Merciful Death was a little slow for me, but once it started to pick up I couldn’t put it down. It was an intense, emotionally charged book that you need to pick up today!
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