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White Soul Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Brandt Dodson / Harvest House 
Reviewed by Laura HiltonWhite Soul is well written and held my attention.Ron Ortega is an undercover agent. His pregnant wife wants him to come home, to give up the assignment so he can be with her when the baby is born. His superiors-and his own ambition-want him in Miami. Ron's assignment is to bring down this one man. But as Ron begins to get close to his target, he learns that he is part of Miami's most vicious gangs. Faced with a critical decision-get his man and get out, or go after the higher ups in the gang and bring it down, Ron discovers that there is no clear choice. Danger prowls the streets, but Ron is determined to bring it down, to let the good guys win this war. As Ron begins to infiltrate the gang, Ron's life is in danger. As his faith is tested, Ron must choose whether to succumb to the challenges and temptations-or live the life he's proclaimed. If he lives at all. White Soul-not just another FBI story. While the story is active, filled with enough action to keep a die-hard adventure fan happy, the story is also character driven. Ron is a hero that I could relate with, and I enjoyed getting to know him, and the secondary characters on the pages of this book. At times, the story is told more than shown, and there is quite a bit of backstory included, both of which encourages skimming, but over all, White Soul is well written and held my attention. I couldn't resist cheering for Ron, and hoping that he will not only get his man, but solve the case as well. |
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White Soul Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Brandt Dodson / Harvest House
Reviewed by Susan SleemanDEA Agent Ron Ortega's deep internal struggle, deciding to do the right thing or the easy thing, is wrapped up in a rapid moving, high stakes, action packed story, that surprises you over and over again with the plot twists.Ever since I read, The Lost Sheep I have become a huge Brandt Dobson fan. When I heard his next title, White Soul was a stand-alone title, not the next book in the Colton Parker Series, I have to admit I was disappointed. I loved the gritty PI feel to this series and the surprising strongly woven spiritual message that was so perfectly written by Dodson that I couldn't wait for another look into the life of Colton Parker. So, with this in mind, I picked up White Soul, hoping at the very least I would like the book. And did I ever. Totally different from Colton Parker, in White Soul we meet DEA agent Ron Ortega as he goes deep undercover in the drug scene in Miami. When Ortega blips onto one of the biggest dealer's radar, Ortega takes advantage of the situation to move deeper into the organization with one goal, to take down the drug kingpin. Ortega, though he had to leave his pregnant wife at home in Chicago, decides to extend his stay in Miami to continue on this assignment. After all, his goal is to achieve success for his family-to make a name for himself in the DEA, where he will then be able to earn the kind of money he needs to care for his wife and unborn child. All this sounds simple, really. Go undercover, catch the bad guy and head back home to the little woman. And this is how Ortega enters into the job. But he soon begins to believe that not everything before him is black and white. There are grays, very tempting grays. A beautiful woman, Rolex watch, money and more money, and a lifestyle that puts the quality of life he provides for his wife to shame. Oh and one more thing, the big one the item that could drag any man into the gray zone, a fabulous car. Forgive me men, but you have to admit it's true. Ortega's deep internal struggle, deciding to do the right thing or the easy thing, is wrapped up in a rapid moving, high stakes, action packed story, that surprises you over and over again with the plot twists. I could easily see this book on the big screen with shoot outs, car chases, and the excessive lifestyle of the drug dealers, And then there's the ending, oh yes, you must get to the ending, where another big bombshell awaits you. If this isn't enough to satisfy, Dodson once again brings the main character's spiritual struggle to a powerful conclusion without an overt, preachy scene. Have I mentioned that I like this book!! You will, too. Buy it TODAY! |
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Romantic suspense author Susan Sleeman's books include High-Stakes Inheritance, a romantic suspense novel to be released in September by Love Inspired Suspense an imprint of Steeple Hill Publishers and Nipped in the Bud, a cozy mystery coming in October from Barbour Publishing. Read more about Susan Sleeman |
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Susan Sleeman
is passionate about Christian Suspense as both a reader and a writer. She is the author of High-Stakes Inheritance, a romantic suspense novel to be released in September by Love Inspired Suspense an imprint of Steeple Hill Publishers and Nipped in the Bud, a romantic cozy mystery in October from Barbour Publishing.
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