Refuge for Cherilyn (Police and Fire: Operation Alpha; Bluegrass Bravery #14) by Deanndra Hall-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date July 12, 2022

A conservation officer. A single mom. And a growing pile of bodies …

Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Conservation Officer Shaw Harrison is still reeling from a nasty divorce. With his ex-wife and daughter states away, he throws himself into his work, trying to numb the pain. But when he discovers a woman and her children hiding in the woods, broken, scared, and defeated, Shaw jumps into action and brings them to sanctuary.

Cherilyn Travis will do anything for her daughters. And when she finds herself as one of the only witnesses to a murder, she knows she must find safety for her children. With a special needs child, her options are limited. Surrendering to the help and kindness of the Kentucky conservation officer is her only option. As Shaw and Cherilyn grow closer, their enemies will do anything to keep them apart. Can Shaw find refuge for Cherilyn, or will his own family pay the price?

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REVIEW:REFUGE FOR CHERILYN is the fourteenth addition by Deanndra Hall in the contemporary, adult multi-authored Police and Fire: Operation Alpha; Bluegrass Bravery romantic suspense series based on characters first introduced by author Susan Stoker. This is single mother Cherilyn Travis, and Kentucy Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Conservation Officer Shaw Harrison’s story line. REFUGE FOR CHERILYN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalment is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Shaw and Cherilyn) REFUGE FOR CHERILYN follows in the wake of a murder in Cherilyn Travis’ building. Cherilyn Travis and her two daughters are hiding in the forests of Kentucky but when they are discovered by Shaw Harrison, Cherilyn doesn’t know whether to run or give up. Hiding from a killer has meant struggling to feed and house her daughters but Cherilyn never expected to find herself falling for the man who would steal her heart. Shaw Harrison was called in when witnesses reported an abandoned car, and three women living alone in the woods. Shaw knew immediately that he would become protector and guardian of Cherilyn and her daughter’s but our hero never expected for his own fifteen year old daughter to be the one who ultimately saves the people he loves. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Shaw and Cherilyn, and the potential fall-out as a serial killer sets his sights on Cherilyn Travis.

Cherilyn Travis is the mother to a fifteen year old daughter, and ten year old special needs child. Having potentially witnessed the person responsible for the murder of her neighbor, Cherilyn and her daughters went on the run with nothing the clothes on their backs, and a car they had to abandon so it wouldn’t be found. Shaw Harrison never expected to come face to face with his future in the guise of a struggling single mother, hiding in the woods in the state of Kentucky but Shaw was immediately smitten with the woman that would steal his heart.

The relationship between Shaw and Cherilyn begins as a recovery and rescue, and from their first meeting Shaw knew Cherilyn was the woman he would one day all his own. Cherilyn continued to struggle with events from the past but her daughters were her first priority, and keeping them safe meant putting her trust in a man she knew nothing about. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Cherilyn’s daughters Maya and Lara; Shaw’s parents Leslie and Johnny, and his daughter Candace; social worker Maisey and her husband deputy sheriff Aaron Friedman, and Sheriff Carly McEvers, as well as the return of FBI Agent Cruz Livingston, and Texas Ranger Daxton Chambers fro Susan Stoker’s Police and Fire: Operation Alpha.

REFUGE FOR CHERILYN is a story of family and relationships, fear and frustration, love and acceptance. The premise is intriguing and captivating; the romance is captivating and seductive; the characters are desperate, energetic yet strong-both have some issues of low self esteem.

Previous Reviews

Shelter for Tanna
Justice for LIella
Fighting For Lorna
Justice for Maisey
Shelter For Nita
Justice forJoElla
Refuge for Flora
Fighting for Amethyst
Refuge for Phaedra

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Reviewed by Sandy

Deanndra Hall is a working author living in the far western end of the beautiful Bluegrass State with her husband of over 35 years and small menagerie of weird little dogs. When she’s not writing, she’s editing. When she’s doing neither of those two things, she’s having dinner with friends, spending time with family, kayaking, eating chocolate, drinking beer or moonshine, or looking for something that she put in the wrong place and can’t seem to find (which is pretty much everything she owns).