Cabin 12 by Freya BarkerMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Three and a half stars, but I'm on a bit of a book downer at the moment - this is the only one I haven't DNF'd this week.
I am a great fan of Freya Barker's novels. First she writes about men and women over 40 which in itself is a rarity, then she writes characters with real issues and disabilities, not in a NA/YA angst-angst-angst kind of way but more in a 'everyone has problems' kind of way.
Bella Gomez has suffered from depression for most of her life, the youngest in a large Mexican family she has always been babied by her older sisters and mother, even at 37 years old and a job as a paramedic they treat her like delicate crystal and constantly try to make decisions for her.
If you have read the first book in the series you will know that Bella's brother is an FBI agent, he works with Jasper Greene, a computer nerd, a guy who just pushes all of Bella's buttons. When her brother goes off on his honeymoon he asks Jasper to keep an eye out for Bella, which is no problem because Jasper lurves to wind up the pampered little princess. But a sneaked kiss has got both of them rethinking their animosity.
When a series of shootings indicates that there is a serial cop-killer on the loose Jasper revs up into uber-protective mode but Bella seems to be in the tick of the trouble.
This was a thoughtful romantic suspense which also touched upon Bella's depression and the dual nature of family love/interference. I enjoyed it, but I didn't love it.
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