Bittersweet: Sanctuary, by Tam D’Lyte
Tam D’Lyte’s strengths lay in her strong characterisation and clear passion for horses. If you love romance, horses and characters with dark mysterious pasts, this book’s for you.
Tam does a great job of building the story world and creating a solid, three dimensional protagonist in Terese, to the point where I’d love to see a story or two about Terese’s black ops days. Her dark and secretive past almost steals the show.
The story itself focuses on Terese’s relationship with her boss, Alex, a genuine guy who clearly likes the chase. Despite her best efforts to put Alex off, Terese’s resolve not to get involved slowly wears down and… well, it’s a romance. Do the math.
As Terese’s backstory is revealed she finds herself drawn deeper and deeper into the appealing life Alex has to offer her. The only problem is, she’s a nomad by choice, and is afraid her past will catch up with her and put Alex and others in danger. As the tension builds the two become drawn to each other, the threat of danger escalates.
It’s a little difficult to get into more detail without dropping spoilers, but suffice it to say this is only the first in a three book series.
