About The Escape:
US Marshals Madison James and Jonas Quinn are thrust into a high-profile case when they are called on to transport two prisoners across the country on a private plane. But when the plane experiences engine trouble en route from the Pacific Northwest to Colorado, the pilots crash-land the aircraft deep in the heart of the sprawling Salmon-Challis National Forest.
When Madison and Jonas regain consciousness, they find both pilots and one prisoner dead–and one fugitive on the run. They’ll have to negotiate the rugged and remote backcountry through Idaho, Wyoming, and Colorado while tracking a murderer who is desperate to disappear–and will do anything to stop them.
Don’t start reading The Escape until you have time to read the whole thing, because once you pick it up, you won’t be able to put it down! Harris has created the perfect blend of action, suspense, and romance in this book. It’s one of my favorite books of 2020!
I love the way that Harris keeps you hanging on her every word throughout the story. It’s not just the suspense, although you really want to know what’s going to happen next. It’s not just the romance, because although you hope that Madison and Jonas will end up together, nothing is a given. It’s the combination of those two with the missing backstory: Harris dribbles out the details of the trauma that both Madison and Jonas have endured, keeping you craving more, while pushing the other two elements simultaneously. The resulting blend kept me up late, happily removed from the 2020 craziness while caught up in search for the missing fugitive.
One of my favorite elements of a good story is getting so lost in the plot that I am along for the ride with the main characters, and Harris excels at this. Although I would have no idea how to hunt down an escapee, I felt as if I was right there with Madison. I think that a book can have the biggest impact when it feels the most real, and The Escape definitely gives off that vibe to me.
I think that most of us are ready for something new this year. We want a way out of the instability and unpredictability that seem to be around every corner – but it’s also hard to let go of that. It’s hard to put down the hurt and the trauma and even though we may not have experienced the great personal loss that Madison did, we can still glean lessons from her experience about how to move on.
I loved The Escape for all of these things: the suspense, the escape, the romance, the lessons, and the adventure. I bet you’ll enjoy it, too.
I received a free copy of this book from the author. All opinions are my own.
