The Value of Valor
by Lynn Ames
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Author: Lynn AmesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-01
ISBN: 1933113464
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Intaglio Publications
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Book Review: Midwest Book Review, December 2005 Issue
Summary: 5 Stars
The prologue of this, the third book in the Kate Kyle/Jay Parker series (The Price of Fame, The Cost of Commitment), starts out by introducing us to a Native American healer tending a young woman with a dislocated shoulder, head wounds, and many bruises, cuts, and scrapes. The blond-haired, green-eyed woman awakens once, long enough to communicate that she doesn't know who she is. The healer and her people have sheltered her for two days, and based upon the testimony of some of the tribal youth, they decide that for her own good, they will keep the injured woman hidden.
In the first chapter, we learn that Kate Kyle has lost her lover, Jay Parker, in a fiery accident in Chinle, Arizona. No spoilers here: It doesn't take long into the first chapter of the book before the reader puts two and two together. The woman the tribe is sheltering must be the same person, right? Can there be any suspense if Jay Parker survived? And will it only be a matter of time before Kate and Jay are reunited-or could that all go wrong?
There's more at stake in this complex novel than first meets the eye. Jay wasn't in an accident; it was clearly a hit, but her head injuries prevent her from remembering much of anything. Not knowing who she is may be more dangerous for her-and for the people who are nursing her-than knowing would be.
And Kate is in terrible grief, but she's still the press secretary to the president of the United States and has a job to do, and therein lies the place where this plot cranks up. It's the president-and anyone with power who is allied with the president-who is the ultimate target here. A treasonous organization hinted at in the first two books of the series finally comes to the forefront with plans that have long been in motion.
After the initial set-up, which also establishes the villainous characters desiring unlimited power and global domination, the tension mounts. Kate struggles to deal with the pain of Jay's death, and she cannot let it go. Despite her anguish, she must learn the truth about what really happened to her lover. Soon she discovers that there is more going on behind the scenes on all fronts than she ever imagined, and only through the help of good friends and patriots might she be able to thwart wicked machinations.
With every chapter that passes, the crosses and double-crosses get trickier and more twisted until the exciting denouement. You'll be left surprised and satisfied by the ending.
This novel can stand alone. You don't have to have read the first two in the series, but this third in the trilogy is a fitting completion to the plot threads brought up in the earlier books. Fast-paced, compulsively readable, and full of twists and turns, THE VALUE OF VALOR will keep you up late into the night. Highly recommended. ~Lori L. Lake, Midwest Book Review
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