I can't explain what happened to me reading this book, I just know that I stayed up til 1am finishing it and have no regrets.

Disclaimer: This is book 3 in a series (kind of standalone though) and I did NOT read the first two before reading this. And I still had a fantastic time. The benefit of reading them in order is that you will meet two other central characters and their love stories rather than meeting them all after they have gotten together.

- FBI agent MMC x Former Psychologist FMC
- FBI man Evan has a K9 partner and works on the Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team... aka hot
- Psychologist/hospital custodian Marlie has some deep abduction trauma but ends up being the one person the recently rescued Noah will talk to and is drawn into a massive abduction investigation
- I really love the dynamic between Evan and Marlie - they quickly learn a deep respect for the other, while acknowledging their priorities within the situation. PLUS they are like immediately attracted to each other and spend the whole book being like... are they hot or am I just really messed up?
- The ACTION in this book is insane, like the actual FBI scenes, the guns drawn, helicopter flying, door breaking action was so exciting and the main reason why I simply couldn't put the book down once we got to a certain point in the story
- This book deals a lot with child abuse, child abduction, trauma regarding abductions - those who were taken, and the families as well. It is handled VERY respectfully and maturely and I really loved it.
- The helicopter scene. DANG.
- Marlie + Noah's relationship and Evan + Noah's relationship was so sweet and I really feel like the depth of these characters contributed to how much I love them and rooted for them.
- I was honestly disappointed by Evan's approach to the Marlie relationship following the final major event in the book - he had that moment of realization and worry and then still acted like a fool causing the third act conflict?

Let's talk about the writing:
- I think this book was overall written very well. The author has personal experience in some of these fields, and that shows
- The phrase "True that" was used 4 times in this book unironically (yes, I counted) and honestly it was so funny. Like I used to say that all the time, but that phrase hasn't been used in normal conversation in years soooo yeah 
- I'm sorry but using the word "nightie" like 6 times in the span of 2 pages right when they are about to hook up for the first time... is not as sexy as you might think it sounds. Do I have a solution? No. But the term nightie really just had me raising my eyebrows.
- The writing felt very natural, like it was easy to read and felt like a much quicker read than most 400 page books feel.

Thank you to Tee O'Fallon and Entangled Publishing for the eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.