Zoë Sharp and Charlie Fox are names I want to come
across in fiction again and again. Charlie is ex-military,
great with a gun and has learned to protect herself from
bodily harm. She works for an ex-military man she also
happens to love. In SECOND SHOT, Charlie's company has
accepted a job protecting a young woman, Simone, and her
daughter from her ex-boyfriend or anyone who might want to
get their hands on them due to her winning millions on a
lottery. Simone wants to leave London for the United States
in search of her long-lost father. She doesn't want a
bodyguard at all, but her banker is demanding it. She's
agreed to have Charlie accompany her. Charlie has bad
memories from her last visit to the U.S., but being the
trooper that she is, she puts her feelings aside in order
to do her job and agrees to travel to New England with
Simone and her daughter.
While in the U.S., Simone doesn't listen to Charlie's
advice, letting emotions cloud her judgment. They don't
have to look far for Simone's father, who actually finds
them. He conveniently shows up at their hotel after trying
so hard not to be found for 20 years. But his story doesn't
add up for Charlie. She implores Simone to be cautious.
Reluctantly, Simone agrees to keep her wealth under wraps
until she's sure, by DNA testing, that her father is truly
who he says he is. Otherwise, Simone could care less what
Charlie has to say.
Things are not as they seem and before long, danger creeps
up on them. Not wanting Simone's four-year-old to witness
Charlie doing her job, Charlie makes decisions that could
mean the difference between living or dying. There's some
question as to whether Charlie has it in her to do her job --
would she kill to protect her principal if need be? Some
say she hesitates -- and hesitating can be a fatal error.
SECOND SHOT is the second book in the Charlie Fox series
introduced here in the United States. The first word in
chapter one hooked me until I excitedly arrived at the last
word in the story. Danger abounds in SECOND SHOT, as well
as the mystery and thrill of the plot. Zoë Sharp has
an excellent understanding of her characters, revealing
their internal strengths and weaknesses with exceptional
ease. Charlie Fox is a true heroine, someone who fights her
own conscience to decide if her actions are just and
qualified. A woman, however, who's unafraid to do whatever
it takes to protect her employers. Zoë Sharp has
joined my must-read list. She definitely has me for an
American fan.
“Take it from me, getting yourself shot
hurts like hell.”
When the
latest assignment for ex--Special Forces soldier turned
bodyguard Charlie Fox, ends in a bloody shootout in a
frozen forest of New Hampshire, she’s left fighting for
her life, with her client dead.
Simone Kerse had just become a lottery millionaire but
never lived long enough to enjoy her riches. Charlie was
supposed to keep Simone’s troublesome ex-boyfriend at bay
and accompany her on a trip to track down the father
Simone had never really known---a relatively low-risk
job. But Simone’s father has secrets in his past that
are about to come back and haunt him, and the arrival of
his long-lost daughter may be the catalyst that blows his
whole world apart. But the closer Charlie gets to the
truth, the bigger threat she becomes. Only this time she’s
in no fit state to protect anyone, least of all
herself….
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