Jen Logan is living her dream life on the water in a small community in Florida. Content with her husband and twins, she feels settled and at peace in nature. But when frightening notes start appearing in her home-signed simply by Invisible-her perfect world shatters.
Then she arrives home to find flowers placed all over her house, and the gift passed down through her family tells her she's in terrible danger. The delicate white blooms of the oleander plant are an omen of death, and whoever is sending them knows this too. But why are they targeting her, and what do they want?
Before Jen can begin to find the culprit, her children are taken. In a shuddering heartbeat, she realizes that Invisible isn't out to destroy her, but her family. And with the light fading and a storm brewing over the water, Jen knows there isn't much time to find her children before darkness falls...
Can she find them before it's too late? And if she does, will she do what it takes to stop Invisible forever?
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Blood. Everywhere (PROLOGUE, THE COTTAGE, GULF BREEZE, FLORIDA)
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(Bookouture, 4 June 2024, e-galley, 376 pages, ARC from the publisher via NetGalley, Blog Tour 5 June)
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I enjoyed Taken in the Dark. I think it's the first book in a series. I wouldn't mind reading the other books. My only gripe is the sequence of events, the actual taking mentioned in the title and blurb didn't happen until I'd read about 80% of the book. I'm not sure this event should have been the focus of the book's title and the blurb as I expected this to happen much sooner. Structure aside, this a good thriller. You never quite know what's going on and where the story is going to go next. The villain of the book didn't come as a surprise to me but the story is well executed. I'd recommend this.
