Confession time: I haven’t read a book in Harlequin’s Romantic Suspense series since the ’90s. Maybe longer. ESCAPE TO THE BAYOU was a good way to return.
Dr. Grace Lacroix’s past revisits when Javier Rivera, the man who saved Grace and her two best friends from the sex trafficking life they’d been forced into while visiting Mexico when they were 18. Twelve years later, each girl has moved on as best she could. Sounds like the setup for a trilogy of books, right?
The action starts immediately and at times it felt like I was watching a movie while reading. This is a good thing. There is great chemistry between Grace and Javy so the romantic elements are somewhat believable as well. Readers get to meet some of Grace’s friends as well, all of whom I hope to see in the next two books since they are also connected to the other girls. Author Amber Leigh Williams uses locales effectively. A trip through the bayou reminded me, oddly enough, of DC Comics’ Swamp Thing and its setting, both the beauty and the possibility of danger.
A recommended read.
