Dark Summer


Fiction - Thriller - General
Kindle Edition
Reviewed on 02/25/2012
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Reviewed by Dianne C. for Readers' Favorite

What would you do if you had a secret...a secret that could help you and animals alike live a long healthy life? Would you be willing to share it, or guard it with your very life? This is what Jude Marrock is out to do...protect it with his very life if necessary! But this secret is locked up in his 4 dogs, which several sinister people are very interested in. Marrock tries his best to stay hidden, but a natural disaster brings Marrock, who is normally a loner, in direct contact with a veterinarian named Devon Brady. Devon and Marrock have totally different personalities, and sometimes they clash. Will they become allies to overcome their mutual enemies? The situation is dangerous for both Marrock and Devon who is very unaware that this meeting will change her life forever!

This book is only the second I have read by Iris Johansen, and I must say I really enjoyed this story. The book is very fast paced, mysterious, riveting, and exciting. I didn't want to put it down. It was well-written; the characters very believably human. You could not help but to root for Devon and Marrock to come out on top! Animals and humans alike are fighting for their lives in this story, and you have to wonder: are the secrets Devon and Marrock trying to protect worth the danger they are putting themselves in? You actually feel like you are in the story with them!