Book Review: Covert Mission (Triumph Over Adversity #5) by Lynn Shannon

About the Book:

Duty is all he knows. 

Logan Keller spent his military career saving lives, but none of that prepared him for raising his out-of-control teenage niece. He’s desperate to get through to her. A charity designed for teens seems like the answer, but when Logan arrives to speak to the director, he interrupts an attack on the woman’s life. 

Danger surrounds her. 

Willow Cassidy has dedicated her life to helping teens in crisis. When she’s assaulted in the parking lot of her charity, Willow fears the lime-light created by her uncle’s state senate run is to blame. And the threat isn’t over. A second attack proves someone is determined to kill her. 

A tenuous plan. 

Logan can’t leave Willow unprotected. Pretending to be her boyfriend is easy—keeping his growing attraction hidden is much harder. Every move designed to keep her safe ramps up the threat against her. Will Logan’s covert mission save Willow’s life or will it be a deadly failure?

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My Review:

Covert Mission by Lynn Shannon
Rating: 3/5
Pages: 178
Published: November 29, 2022
Series: Triumph Over Adversity

This was an interesting mystery and a good addition to the series. I didn’t love it as much as I felt I might have in the past, there were just a few things that I’d rather not have been mentioned and didn’t even really add to the story. Things that others might not notice or care about, but still didn’t sit right and took away from the reading experience at times.

On was the two mentions of Halloween, then a couple mentions of country music, and one of the teens was a well known “Christian rock” musician. I know it seems silly but none of these details were necessary, and the story would have been just as strong without the distinctions, just the mention that she was a talented musician and that they listened to music still gets the point across here. Halloween is a whole other thing, but yet not really. They all come from the same place in the end…oh well. I do appreciate that she did choose to go vague and avoid naming any actual names or bands, that’s a point in it’s favor.

(SLIGHT SPOILERS) >>>The Halloween parts were also just part in a passing conversation which I suspect was mostly to show readers the time of year and passing of time between scenes? I’m thankful that I didn’t actually have to read through a whole Halloween scene like I was somewhat worried would happen. I personally would have stopped reading if that had been the case, even so close to the end.<<< (END SPOILER)

So, overall I almost didn’t include these issues in my review, but in order to be honest with my actual thoughts I would have rather it not mention or include the at all, but I find myself very appreciative that at least it was kept vauge and handled the way Ms. Lynn Shannon choose to handle them here.

I did end up liking Logan in this one, and enjoyed meeting his niece, Mia. Willow was also a wonderful addition to his growing family, and I loved her kindness and loving nature as she got to know them both. The mystery was interesting and had some surprise twists of it’s own, and reading this has me excited to read the final book in the series!

Other books in the series:
(Below is a list of the other books I’ve read & reviewed for this series)

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