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Review – Flashpoint

January 8, 2011 By
Flashpoint, the next book in Stephanie Newton’s Emerald Coast 911 series, opens with fire cop in training Matt Clark fighting a very suspicious fire with his partner Lara Hughes. And it becomes even more suspicious when the walls are torn down exposing a cache of weapons and large sums of money.

They soon realize this is a house where drugs are manufactured, but not the meth house they are used to finding. No, there is some strange new drug on the market and it is lethal. When Lara witnesses the dealer returning to the scene, she becomes his target and Matt vows to protect her. But can he?

Especially when Lara’s sister who’s had a long history of drug use, disappears and Lara fears her sister might ingest this new drug and die. She heads into the seediest areas of town to find her sister and Matt has his work cut out if he hopes to keep Lara alive.

When I pick up Stephanie Newtons’s books I can always count on well developed, captivating characters, a storyline that keeps the plot moving and a spiritual message that is not forced but resonates with me. Flashpoint follows in that vein and certainly doesn’t disappoint. I devoured the book in one sitting and ended it wishing another Newton book was sitting in my to be read pile. Fortunately, Newton publishes multiple books per year so I have Holiday Havoc her next book releasing in November to look forward to.

Flashpoint (Love Inspired Suspense)
Flashpoint (Love Inspired Suspense)
by Stephanie Newton
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Review – Flashpoint
Reviewed by Susan Sleeman
Stephanie Newton. What can I say? She is one of my favorite romantic suspense writers and if you love to read then do yourself a favor and pick up her latest book, Flashpoint.
Flashpoint, the next book in Stephanie Newton’s Emerald Coast 911 series, opens with fire cop in training Matt Clark fighting a very suspicious fire with his partner Lara Hughes. And it becomes even more suspicious when the walls are torn down exposing a cache of weapons and large sums of money.

They soon realize this is a house where drugs are manufactured, but not the meth house they are used to finding. No, there is some strange new drug on the market and it is lethal. When Lara witnesses the dealer returning to the scene, she becomes his target and Matt vows to protect her. But can he?

Especially when Lara’s sister who’s had a long history of drug use, disappears and Lara fears her sister might ingest this new drug and die. She heads into the seediest areas of town to find her sister and Matt has his work cut out if he hopes to keep Lara alive.

When I pick up Stephanie Newtons’s books I can always count on well developed, captivating characters, a storyline that keeps the plot moving and a spiritual message that is not forced but resonates with me. Flashpoint follows in that vein and certainly doesn’t disappoint. I devoured the book in one sitting and ended it wishing another Newton book was sitting in my to be read pile. Fortunately, Newton publishes multiple books per year so I have Holiday Havoc her next book releasing in November to look forward to.
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Susan Sleeman


Susan Sleeman SUSAN SLEEMAN grew up in a small Wisconsin town where she spent her summers reading Nancy Drew and developing a love of mystery and suspense books. Today, she channels this enthusiasm into hosting the popular internet website TheSuspenseZone.com and writing romantic suspense and mystery novels.

Much to her husband’s chagrin, Susan loves to look at everyday situations and turn them into murder and mayhem scenarios for future novels. If you’ve met Susan, she has probably figured out a plausible way to kill you and get away with it. Don’t worry, she’d never follow through on it.

Her GARDEN GATE MYSTERY series featuring landscape designer Paige Turner, debuted in October 2010 with NIPPED IN THE BUD in Barbour Books Hometown Mysteries line. The second book, READ BETWEEN THE TINES released in e-book format in the Spyglass Lane Mystery series in February of 2012.

Her first romantic suspense novel, featuring the Morgan Brothers, released with Ryan’s story in HIGH-STAKES INHERITANCE , Russ’s story in BEHIND THE BADGE and the Reid’s story in THE CHRISTMAS WITNESS.

This year Susan’s latest series about five adopted siblings who leave law enforcement to form a private investigations firm called the Justice Agency will debut with DOUBLE EXPOSURE in June and in November, DEAD WRONG will release.

Susan currently lives in Florida, but has had the pleasure of living in nine states. Her husband is a church music director and they have two beautiful daughters, a very special son-in-law and an adorable grandson. In her spare time, you can find her traveling to Oregon to visit her children and grandson, reading, gardening or working on TheSuspenseZone.com. To learn more about Susan, please visit her website, or follow on Twitter and Facebook.
 
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