Sandra's Book Club: Blog Tour: SECURITY FORCE OF TWO by Tena Stetler

Security Force of Two

by Tena Stetler

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GENRE: Paranormal Romance/Mystery

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BLURB:

Miacoh Zane, a Special Forces veteran, returns to Aspen Ridge, Colorado a small town nestled in the Rocky Mountains, to settle his beloved grandmother’s estate. But the town holds painful memories and family secrets he wants to leave behind for good.

Candle Bearclaw, a gifted computer analyst recruited out of college by the CIA, resigns her position after fifteen years. She returns to her sleepy hometown only to discover her childhood crush has also returned and a violent crime has been committed.

Due to their covert operations experience, Candle and Miacoh are thrown together to assist Homeland Security and her father, former chief of police, with a murder investigation. As they search for the perpetrators, the case takes an unusual twist that could blow the case wide open.

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Excerpt One:

Candle Bearclaw stood in front of Carl's large mahogany desk, laid the unsealed white envelope face up on the polished desktop, and slid it toward her boss.

“What's this?” Carl eyed the offending envelope.

“It's what we talked about last week, my resignation.” Candle swung her briefcase onto the leather chair beside her. Pulling out a laptop computer, a manila file folder, and a memory stick, she sat them on the corner of her boss's desk. “It's all here, including the passwords necessary to access the sensitive files, my work thus far on the assignment, including my contacts, and it's a good stopping point for me. Someone else should be able to pick up exactly where I left off, seamlessly. I am requesting a no contact status by you and the agency.” She pulled out a .380 semi-automatic tucked into the waistband of her slacks, ejected the magazine, and racked the slide open. Gingerly setting the gun on the desk beside the other items, she sighed.

He looked across the desk at her, observing her actions. “I understand your position, but that may not be possible. How deep were you?”

Hands flat on the desktop, she leaned over and glared at him. “Deep enough to understand the assignment went against every fiber of my being. You knew that when you assigned it to me, and yet, you did it anyway, knowing it would be my final act as a CIA operative.”

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Review: Candace, a computer geek that resigned from a special task force agency, was looking for a normal life again. But she wasn’t normal though. Not only did she have a gift for technology, but she also has the gift of “second sight.”

Candace felt like she needed a break, and what better place was there to take a break than home? Back to Mom and Dad. Things get a little slow as the family gets reacquainted again and Candace hears about what’s been going on with everyone in town. Going around town, we meet several of those characters, which felt numerous to me. Not a fan of a story with too many characters. I wasn’t even sure how to pronounce the leading man’s name: Miacoh. Was it Mee-Eh-Ko? Mya-Ko? Or was the last part a Kuh? That was a little confusion. I would’ve preferred an easier name.

The narrative was nice and easy, but the overall progression was slow. It was mostly the characters relating and talking to each other at first; the murders don’t really happen until much later. And, of course, the murders were the best part for me. I liked how the author incorporated some paranormal elements along with a key romance and mystery; however, the whole thing was much too long and slow to keep up my interest. The story was nicely written and it’s definitely worthy of a read.

Rating: 3 stars

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Tena Stetler is a best-selling author of award winning paranormal tales. Some call her crazy others creative. She deals with the voices in her head by writing them down and creating a fantasy world and characters you won’t soon forget. Her books tell tales of magical kick-ass women and mystical alpha males that dare to love them. Travel, adventure,magic, and a bit of mystery flourish in her books along with a few companion animals to round out the tales.

Colorado is home; shared with her husband of many moons, a brilliant Chow Chow, a spoiled parrot and a fifty-year-old box turtle. When she’s not writing, her time is spent kayaking, camping, hiking, biking or just relaxing in the great Colorado outdoors.

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