Prowl, the second book in USA TODAY bestselling author Colleen Coble’s Sanctuary series (following Ambush), delivers exactly what her fans the ideal blend of suspense that keeps you on the edge of your seat with just the right amount of romance. Perfect for fans of Laura Dave, Allison Brennan, and Dani Pettrey.
When a worker at the Sanctuary is discovered dead in the tiger enclosure, authorities assume the big cat killed her. But when the autopsy shows she was killed by a lethal dose of anesthetic delivered by a tranquilizer gun, suspicion falls on Blake Lawson, co-owner of the Sanctuary. Blake has his hands full trying to clear his name as well as get the Sanctuary finances back in the black. When a soil test turns up traces of rare earth, he’s even more puzzled. Is someone trying to run them out of business to get to whatever is under the ground?
Meanwhile, wildlife veterinarian Paradise Alden is determined to find the brother she only recently learned even existed. When the results of the DNA test she ran mysteriously disappear from her portal before she can read them, she realizes someone must not want her to know the truth. A break-in at her new apartment is alarming, but she tries to pass it off as someone trying to scare her away. She refuses to turn tail and run when she is desperate for answers.
For Blake, the only solid ground is his relationship with Paradise, and he longs to propose–but how can they even think about starting a life together with so many forces working against them?
Colleen Coble’s Prowl combines gripping suspense with closed-door romance and includes intriguing mysteries from both the past and present, sabotage and danger, second-chance romance, found family, and themes of overcoming pain and how the past doesn’t have to define you.
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Summary
3.5 stars Reviewed by Rebecca
"Let's bring the truth out of the shadows. Things hidden are always scarier."
Someone with a hidden agenda is prowling around the grounds of The Sanctuary Wildlife Preserve. When the dead body of a recent employee turns out to be murder, Blake Lawson (whose family owns the property) automatically faces scrutiny while his girlfriend, wildlife vet Paradise Alden, immediately joins Blake in the search for answers. Speaking of answers, Paradise is back in Nova Cambridge to solve the murders of her parents, which propelled her into unhealthy foster care placements. She is also searching for a recently discovered half-brother only to discover that the results of her DNA testing have gone missing.
While Paradise is fiercely independent, Blake is equally protective, causing friction to flare when Paradise feels smothered. As the danger around them escalates, they have have difficult determining their top priorities, which direction to focus their efforts, and how to navigate an abrupt time limit on all that Blake's family has worked so hard to preserve; meanwhile, the person or persons thwarting Paradise's search for answers becomes blatantly agressive.
A good story with multiple plot twists that fight amongst themselves to take precedence, occasionally to the point of distraction. What is not distracting however is the sweet love story that is determined to write its own happily-ever-after, which it certainly does!