Copy/paste of the plot:
Riley Wright was a ghost long before he ever set
foot in Dusty. A former soldier with a past so classified even his
third tour in the Middle East barely exists on paper, he was the man
sent to handle impossible situations—the kind where survival was never
guaranteed. But one mission changed everything. A single shot, a moment
of hesitation, and an explosion that left nothing but ash and regret.
After
the war, he became something else. A name whispered in the dark. An
enforcer known only as Mr. Right—because when he arrived, there was no
second chance to get it wrong. But a decade ago, he walked away from
that life, disappearing into the shadow of the Two Sisters mountains,
where the town of Dusty spun its own myths about the stranger in their
midst. A ghost story for misbehaving children. A legend built around a
man with blood on his hands and a code in his bones.
Now, the
past has come knocking. Natalie Embers thought she was leaving trouble
behind when she ran to Dusty, but trouble followed—and it doesn’t knock,
it kicks the door in. Dirty cops, death squads, and old enemies are
circling, and the only thing standing between them and the innocent is
the man they call The Winter Man.
Riley has spent years trying to
bury who he was, but some ghosts don’t stay dead. And some men? They
were never meant to be saved.
Now that that is done, onto what I think.
This book is well written. The plot, characters. The story is well paced and really doesn't slow down at all. All of the characters are well written. This helps to make them likeable or not.
This is an action packed story. Bloody at times. A lot of the time. The climax has the anticipation of something exciting that is going to happen. And, boy did it happen. It was a bloody good ending. It was left that there could be a book 2 or not. It wouldn't matter.
Now, some of the few minor nitpicks. There was a few formatting issues. It didn't make it less able to read, just a bit annoying. That happens when it's an ARC. Not a biggie. The one thing that I do dislike, is point of view changes in mid chapter. Drives me batty. Again, it doesn't make it unable to read. That's just me and one of my pet peeves.
All in all this was a very good book. I quite enjoyed reading it. I do recommend it for those who are looking for a good thriller to read.
It also has a great cover.
