Title: Hit & Run (Pass Series #1)
Author: Freya Barker
Genre: Contemporary Romance/ Romantic Suspense
Release Date: September 16, 2019
Returning home to Grand Junction would not have been Rosie Perkins’ first choice, but with her mother no longer able to take care of herself, it’s the only one she has. As is working the night shift at a local hotel to bring in a much-needed income.
Rosie juggles to keep all the pieces of her life together and has no room to add anything more. One morning after a long shift, when she witnesses a hotel guest crash into a dumpster, her careful control starts to unravel.
Security specialist, Jake Hutchinson, has his hands full protecting the arrogant lead actor of a movie being filmed in town. Since the production company and crew arrived at the hotel, the entitled star has been nothing but trouble. The only thing that can improve his mood is the occasional nightly glimpse of the redheaded housekeeper. Until he finds himself trapped between desire and duty.
Security specialist, Jake Hutchinson, has his hands full protecting the arrogant lead actor of a movie being filmed in town. Since the production company and crew arrived at the hotel, the entitled star has been nothing but trouble. The only thing that can improve his mood is the occasional nightly glimpse of the redheaded housekeeper. Until he finds himself trapped between desire and duty.
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One of the ever-present features that I enjoy in all of
Freya Barker’s books is how down-to-earth and ordinary many of her main
characters are. I appreciate the message that yes, there is someone out there
for a person like 42-year-old Rosie Perkins. A woman working an ordinary job,
and coping with a mother on the downhill slide towards Alzheimer’s. It might
not be glamorous but it’s certainly real.
Rosie’s “someone” is Jake Hutchinson. He’s ex-military, and
now working for a security firm whose current job brings him to Rosie’s place
of employment. He’s focused and no-nonsense, but when Rosie crosses his path,
his attention is captured.
The suspense plot running through this book has our hero and
heroine often at odds in this book, but what never falters is the pull of
desire between them. I loved the conversations between them, and I enjoyed how
strong the connection between them came about as they each lowered their guard
over time.
I appreciated Jake’s openness with a somewhat reluctant
Rosie. I never felt that his commitment to her wavered and I am glad he let her
know early and often what she meant to him.
I listening to the audio version of this book that was
dually narrated by Tanya Eby and Patrick Zeller. I felt they both did an
admirable job. The pacing and tone was appropriate, and I they both conveyed
the feelings of each character well. I felt they both accurately represented
Rosie and Jake.
*****
Freya Barker loves writing about ordinary people with extraordinary stories. Driven to make her books about 'real' people; with characters who are perhaps less than perfect, but just as deserving of romance, thrills and chills, and their own slice of happy.
A recipient of the RomCon “Reader’s Choice” Award for best first book, “Slim To None”, and Finalist for the Kindle Book Award with “From Dust”, Freya has not slowed down. She continues to add to her rapidly growing collection of published novels as she spins story after story with an endless supply of bruised and dented characters, vying for attention!
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