BOOK REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: The Search by Iris Johansen - CLOSED

Sarah Patrick and her golden lab Monty are one of the best search-and-rescue pairs in the business. That's exactly why John Logan wants them, has to have them. A key employee of his has been kidnapped in South America - the kidnapping has nothing to do with the employee and everything to do with Logan. Once he forces Sarah into the job, Logan realizes the grave danger he has exposed Sarah and Monty to. Now he'll do everything he can to protect her from the constant threat of his past - whether she likes it or not.

This book is part of Johansen's Eve Duncan series - sort of. Eve and Joe Quinn are in the book, but merely as extras, side-line players. Think of The Search as an off-shoot of the Duncan series. That being said, I really don't think the reader needs to have read the earlier books to make sense of The Search (or any of Johansen's other books). She does a great job of creating separate stories, even when using the same characters.

I really liked this book. Logan's character has always been a favorite of mine. He's a strong and powerful man who (sometimes reluctantly) can accept a strong woman. Logan, Sarah and Monty (yes, he's an important part of the story!) create a fierce unit together, protecting each other from the outside forces that press in. My rating: 4/5.

This book can be yours! A winner will be chosen randomly 12/3 from the comments below. Since the title is The Search, tell me of something you lose constantly - or your most memorable search for something or someone! For instance, I've always been one to lose one earring from a set. As a matter of fact, I'm wearing half a set today in my 2nd piercing because one earring fell out of my ear - somewhere. That has been happening to me since I first got my ears pierced when I was 10!