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Kit Jernigan despairs of ever fitting in with her new tight-knit K9
unit—they've been through too much to welcome a stranger. So when a
killer strikes, it’s a fight to convince her fellow officers to trust
her long enough to catch the woman she knows is responsible.
She can’t do it on her own. What she needs most is a partner: local fire spotter Wesley March.
Wes knows in his heart that Kit is right, and he's willing to leave his lonely tower to help her prove it. But the more time they spend together, the hotter the fire smolders…and the more danger they're in. A member of the K9 unit's inner circle is determined to have her revenge—no matter who gets burned in the process.
This time, it's personal.
She can’t do it on her own. What she needs most is a partner: local fire spotter Wesley March.
Wes knows in his heart that Kit is right, and he's willing to leave his lonely tower to help her prove it. But the more time they spend together, the hotter the fire smolders…and the more danger they're in. A member of the K9 unit's inner circle is determined to have her revenge—no matter who gets burned in the process.
This time, it's personal.
Genre: romantic suspense
Publication date: August 2018
Mature content: yes
Review: Through the Fire is the fourth and final installment in the Rocky Mountain K9 Unit series by Katie Ruggle. I had some issues with most of the previous books but, one way or the other, I always got hooked into the stories. After waiting several months for it, Through the Fire, sadly, didn't work that way. At least not for me.
I found the plot unconvincing from the start. There is no suspense because a few pages into the book you already know who the culprit is. Kit wavers between a bad-ass female police officer (I cringe at how many times the word "cop" shows up throughout the book, so I refuse to use it here) and a damsel in distress. In a couple of scenes Wes sounded slightly mentally retarded instead of just shy. And the other police officers - Theo, Hugh and Otto - were totally different in Through the Fire than in the other books: half the time they sounded and acted in a rude and unprofessional way.
So, while I think the plot had some potential, especially since it was supposed to bring closure to the stories from the previous books, I was very disappointed with everything else, and I can't bring myself to actively recommend Through the Fire.
If you still want to give this series a try, I suggest you start with book one (Run to Ground) and go from there. While technically independent stories, they are all on a time line and don't work that well as stand alone books.
I found the plot unconvincing from the start. There is no suspense because a few pages into the book you already know who the culprit is. Kit wavers between a bad-ass female police officer (I cringe at how many times the word "cop" shows up throughout the book, so I refuse to use it here) and a damsel in distress. In a couple of scenes Wes sounded slightly mentally retarded instead of just shy. And the other police officers - Theo, Hugh and Otto - were totally different in Through the Fire than in the other books: half the time they sounded and acted in a rude and unprofessional way.
So, while I think the plot had some potential, especially since it was supposed to bring closure to the stories from the previous books, I was very disappointed with everything else, and I can't bring myself to actively recommend Through the Fire.
If you still want to give this series a try, I suggest you start with book one (Run to Ground) and go from there. While technically independent stories, they are all on a time line and don't work that well as stand alone books.
Have a wonderful weekend,
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