Against The Edge
By Kat Martin
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Deep in the humid, rank heart of the Louisiana bayou, a survivalist group has something that belongs to former navy SEAL Ben Slocum...his son.
That he's a father is news Ben Slocum was not expecting. But once the initial shock wears off for the confirmed bachelor, he takes in the rest of what social worker Claire Chastain tells him: that Sam is in the custody of an abusive degenerate, that they've disappeared…and that Ben is now the child's only hope.
As Ben and Claire band together to track the two down, their concern for the boy draws them closer, each fighting feelings there's no time to explore. Because when their search takes them too close to Sam's abductor and his cohorts, the danger hits home – the son he's desperate to save, and the woman he's desperate to love.
Ben's got one chance to take back what's his, but in one gunshot he could lose it all...
'Kat Martin is a fast gun when it comes to storytelling. And I love her books.' – Linda Lael Miller
Kat Martin
Kat Martin’s bestselling novels include Nothing But Velvet, Innocence Undone, and the Raines of Wind Canyon Series—Against the Wind, Against the Fire, and Against the Law. Her book Silk and Steel was nominated for a RITA Award. She is a graduate of the University of California, where she majored in Anthropology and History, a background that helped to develop her interest in the past. "I love anything old," she says. "I especially love to visit the settings for my books. My husband and I often stay in out-of-the-way inns and houses built in times past. It's fun and it gives a wonderful sense of a bygone era." Before becoming a writer, Martin was a real estate broker. She lives with her husband, author Larry Jay Martin, in Missoula, Montana.
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Reviews for Against The Edge
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Martin’s suspense novel, navy SEAL Ben Slocum is shocked to learn that he’s a father. Once the shock wears off, social worker Claire Chastain tells him the rest: his son is missing and Ben is his only chance. Fighting an attraction they have no time for, the duo heads out in pursuit of the kidnappers. As danger moves close to home, Ben is forced to admit that he will do anything to save his family.A well spun story told by a master of the genre.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Against the Edge by Kat MartinBen Slocum has fathered a child he didn't know he had and here is Claire the social worker-friend of the mother who's passed away informing him the child's been kidnapped.Love this series and the meticulous thinking and uncovering clues to find the child. He's an ex-Seal and has friends that are as highly trained as him.Love catching up with the others in the family and the travel involved as the main focus takes you places you've never been.Caring story as the father's never known of the 9 year old existence nor death of the woman he knew. Claire tells me of other things as time goes on making that a mystery in itself.Hot steamy sex as the trail leads them to more places to explore.The trail leads them to a guy in jail and that leads them to more places...The story also follows the group that took the child and what they are up against and what happens on their way to escape...Action really escalates after she tells them some of her secrets.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Against the Edge (The Raines of Wind Canyon, #8) I have read 4 out of the 8 books in the Raines of Wind Canyon series. This one does not disappoint in drama, suspense, action and likeable characters. It is also steamy. I admit to skipping over the sex scenes. Good plot, lots of different characters.Claire is a social worker and she wanted to get custody of her friends son Sam after she dies but judge said no. Then Sam disappeared from his foster family home. Who did not report him missing for 2 days. Claire feels she let Sam down.Sam is 9 years old and still grieving for his mom when he goes missing. The police think he is a runaway. The foster family believes that too. Sam thinks no one cares about him anymore. That even Claire has forgotten him. He does have a friend now a dog. Claire disagrees with them. She thinks it is a old boyfriend of Sam's mom Laura. Who was mad that Laura left him and blames Claire for it. Claire goes to Sam's father Ben and lets him know he is a father to nine year old Sam and he is missing.Ben is a ex-seal and now does security work with a team. They are like a family to him. Are willing to help when they can. Ben doesn't trust women after Laura let him down years ago. He only has one night stands. Now he finds out he is a father and wants to find him. Ben and Claire get close and sleep together. They agree its only for the one night. That does not last for too long.Lots of drama and action that keeps you wanting to read. When you think it has calmed down some something else happens.It brings back a lot of characters from previous books and lets you know how it is going for them now. Which I enjoy.I was given this ebook to read and asked to give honest review of it by Netgalley.Expected publication: April 30th 2013 by Harlequin MIRA 400 pages ISBN 9780778314431
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow, what a book. This was my first Kat Martin, but after reading this book I've put the rest of this series in my TBR pile. This book started with Ben finding out he had a son and that his son was missing. From there the book didn't slow down at all. I really liked Ben and his determination to save Sam even though he had been kept from him for nine years. Claire was just as determined to save Sam any way she could. And of course together they stopped at nothing. They didn't make to bad a couple either. There was also couples from previous books that made an appearance or two. Even though this was the eighth book in the series I didn't feel lost in any way and don't feel as if you have to read the series in order to know whats going on, but I'm sure it would probably be more enjoyable.