Dark Road Home by Angela Bennett
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Summary
“Victor Simone, head of a hit man organization, murdered Belle McBain’s corrupt father. Following in her dad’s career footsteps, Belle becomes an attorney, but she can’t seem to move beyond the whispers of her crooked father’s corruption or his failures to his family. Instead of building a career in law, she escapes to a life of drugs and lives off her trust fund.
Unable to cope, Belle attempts suicide and is soon admitted into a rehab clinic where she tries to heal. However, her wounds run deep, so the healing takes time. Once released and three years sober, Belle begins a new life as a private investigator in Jersey City with the help of a friend in law enforcement. Sixteen years have passed … until everything changes.
One of Victor Simone’s cronies is in FBI custody and makes a deal. He says he’ll tell where the fugitive Simone is hiding if Belle agrees to meet with him. When she does, she begins to wonder if her father was ever a dirty attorney at all. As she searches for answers, Belle discovers more than she bargained for, including something more unbelievable than she could have imagined.”
-From Amazon.com
Review
This was quite an interesting book and it certainly wasn’t a difficult read – finishing it in only a few hours (I also had nothing better to do). I was sent a hard cover copy of the book (which was such an amazing surprise as I love hard-covers…so much classier – Thank you Ms. Bennett!) and immediately got into it because I was just so curious as to what this book about. These kind of books I don’t generally read, just because not many authors send me review requests of this genre and I don’t generally pick these books up. But I think I am going to have to start reading more. Of course I’ll have to read the follow up to this book too.
So the story was just so different. I really liked the fact that the main character had tried to commit suicide, which showed she had once been at a very low point in her life, but then came back with such a vengeance and was so strong. It was wonderful! I mean I love strong female characters and she was strong in this book, but realistic as well.
As for the story, it was really entertaining. It was written like a TV show which is always enjoyable as well. Sometimes reading something that you can follow easily and just get into and enjoy is what you need. Also it was set in a place close to home which was kind of funny. It always tickles me pink when states near where I live gets mentioned within a book, or a movie.
Overall it was a really entertaining and a good read. I’ll definitely be reading the next book in the series because I want to know what happens, as the ending was a cliff hanger (grrrr!).
Give it a go and check out Ms. Bennett’s website!
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Happy Reading!
