Keep Her Safe

Noah Marshall had been living a comfortable and privileged life thanks to his mother, the highly decorated chief of the Austin Police Department. But he becomes worried and frustrated as her drinking increases. He comes home one night and she lets out bits and pieces of secrets she's been carrying around for years. She can't handle the guilt of destroying an innocent family's life. Noah's left with his grief and a note to find Grace Wilkes. Grace is living in a run-down trailer park in Arizona where no one cares that her father was a corrupt cop in Austin, murdered in a drug deal gone wrong. She's struggling to get through each day, not knowing if she'll find her drug-addicted mother dead when she gets home from work. It takes some time after she finds Noah on her doorstep to trust him. Despite their differences they are searching for the answers to the same questions. Together they set out to uncover what dark secrets the Austin Police Department may be hiding.

I enjoyed this book from the very first page. It was extremely well-written. There's not a lot of them, but the romantic scenes were tastefully done. The whole story flows smoothly. Every now and then we'd get a glimpse into the past from Abe Wilkes (the cop who was murdered) and from Jackie Marshall (fellow cop and good friend of Abe Wilkes) which helps us understand what Abe got himself into. There's no shortage of emotions for young Grace and Noah - disbelief, hurt, anger, betrayal. There's lies, secrets, corruption. Twists and turns. But there's also peace, the truth, and hope for the future. A page-turner that had me believing everyone had something to hide. I loved it!

I won an ARC through a Goodreads giveaway. Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada for my copy. 

5/5.