Keep Her Safe
A Novel
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4.4 • 28 Ratings
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Making a Murderer meets Scandal in this story of police corruption, family secrets, and illicit affairs from bestselling author K.A. Tucker, celebrated for her “propulsive plot twists and searing seduction” (USA TODAY).
Noah Marshall has known a privileged and comfortable life thanks to his mother, the highly decorated chief of the Austin Police Department. But all that changes the night she reveals a skeleton that's been rattling in her closet for years, and succumbs to the guilt of destroying an innocent family's life. Reeling with grief, Noah is forced to carry the burden of this shocking secret.
Gracie Richards wasn't born in a trailer park, but after fourteen years of learning how to survive in The Hollow, it's all she knows anymore. At least here people don't care that her dad was a corrupt Austin cop, murdered in a drug deal gone wrong. Here, she and her mother are just another family struggling to survive...until a man who clearly doesn't belong shows up on her doorstep.
Despite their differences, Noah and Gracie are searching for answers to the same questions, and together, they set out to uncover the truth about the Austin Police Department's dark and messy past. But the scandal that emerges is bigger than they bargained for, and goes far higher up than they ever imagined.
Complex, gritty, sexy, and thrilling, Keep Her Safe solidifies K.A. Tucker's reputation as one of today's most talented new voices in romantic suspense.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Tucker's heart-pounding standalone romantic thriller opens with a peculiar suicide. Austin police chief Jackie Marshall mutters rambling self-recriminations to her son Noah, makes him promise to keep them secret, and then shoots herself. Noah can't figure out whether she was trying to atone for her own misdeeds or those of her former partner, Abraham Wilkes, or to protect someone in the Austin PD. Then he receives a confidential envelope from his mother's lawyer, and the note leads him to a hidden compartment holding $98,000. Between that and an unexpected visit from a pair of FBI agents, Noah becomes determined to get to the bottom of the story behind his mother's confession and death. He goes in search of Gracie, Abraham's daughter, one of the few people who might have answers. Tucker (Until It Fades) crafts a shrewd mystery that never falls flat, even as the steady, subtle romantic relationship between Noah and Gracie heats up the page.
Customer Reviews
An absolute must read!
Just when you think you know what to expect. K.A. delivers something that takes you to a whole new level. K.A. is known for her amazing contemporary romance and romance suspense, but MAN OH MAN is she phenomenal at writing straight up suspense. Twists, turns, and basically a roller coaster of emotions and unexpected revelations . While this book does have an element of romance, it's not the main theme. Having said that, you'll fall head over heels for Noah!
Noah is the son of Jackie, the Austin Police Chief and he currently works in the District Attorney's office. He lives in a nice, posh neighbourhood, and he seems to have his life on track. That is until his life gets turned upside down after finding his mother dead in the kitchen from a gun shot. He is then given the task of delivering a package on his mothers behalf to a former colleague who she believed deserved to have it.
Grace is the daughter of Abe a former disgraced Austin Police officer. Who just happened to be Jackie's former partner. 14 years later, after her father was found dead in a motel in what looks like a drug deal gone bad, she is now living in a trailer park with her strung out mother and a colourful variety of neighbours working a crappy job just to provide what she can. She is constantly coming home to find her mother over dosed on some drug she was able to score. ( I think my favourite character from the neighbourhood is the dog....you'll see why!)
Noah takes on the task of delivering a package to Grace and her mother that no one else can know about. He drives through the night to get to Arizona where Grace is. In the hopes of simply dropping it off and fulfilling his mother's wish. He had no idea what he was going to find when he got there, or just how much help Grace needed. ( even if she wouldn't admit to it)
Once these two reunite, it's all about finding out the truth. Digging up the past from Abe's horrible reputation to Jackie's involvement in everything. Along the way it's also about discovering that they need each other, and for more then just getting to the bottom of things they thought they once knew! It's an eye opening journey for all involved. A true page turner!
K.A is amazing at providing twists and turns, and while it isn't a romance, there is an underlying element of it. Noah isn't suppose to be a book boyfriend, but he truly is swoon worthy! This book will keep you on the edge of your seat every page. My mouth actually dropped open a few times through out this book, especially the amazingly woven secret at the end. #Noahisswoonworthy #greattothelastpage
** I was provided with an ARC of this book by Atria in exchange for my honest review*
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A-MAZ-ING! A must read! My favourite book of the year so far! I can’t wait for everyone else to read this. You will be blown away! Brilliantly done!