Review: Turn to Me – Tiffany A Snow

Turn to Me by Tiffany A Snow
Series:  Kathleen Turner Series #2
Release Date:  April 24, 2012
Publisher:  Tiffany Snow
Source:  Provided by author
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When Kathleen Turner, office runner for the prestigious Indianapolis law firm of Kirk & Trent, started dating the boss she knew the risks. Senior Partner Blane Kirk is known for being a notorious player – the Baskin Robbins of dating with a different flavor every month.   Kathleen is the happiest she’s been in a long time, especially as Christmas approaches, but she’s always known there was a termination date on her relationship with Blane.

She just didn’t expect that termination to be her funeral.

A festive afternoon of Christmas tree shopping turns life-threatening when Kathleen and Blane become targets for an unknown gunman. They make it home alive, but Kathleen realizes her boyfriend has been keeping secrets.  The deadly kind.

Blane’s current case is drawing heated debate and stirring the pot of public fury.  Kathleen is horrified by the threats – and worse – being directed at him. A former Navy SEAL stands accused of the wrongful death of an American citizen during a military operation overseas. The case has far-reaching political and military implications.  Someone with a lot of money, and even more clout, wants Blane to lose.

As dead bodies of people connected to the defense start piling up, it becomes painfully obvious that disappearing witnesses and altered testimony are no longer enough for whoever is intent on guaranteeing the SEAL gets convicted.  Kathleen and Kade, Blane’s brother and ex-FBI-agent-turned-assassin-for-hire, are on the trail of the killer.

Unfortunately for Kathleen, he’s already moved for the end-game – by painting a target on her…and pulling the trigger.

Trouble always seems to find a way to attach itself to Kathleen Turner.  While she may have benign jobs as a runner for the law firm Kirk and Trent and bartender at night, people and events seem to use her as a way to move a certain agenda along.  In this installment to the Kathleen Turner series, Kathleen finds herself the target for someone or someones determined to make sure the Navy SEAL Blane Kirk is defending goes down for murder.   They will do anything to make sure Blane loses…even if the loss is Kathleen.

Kathleen goes through quite a bit in this story.  Not only does she have the target of some madman on her back, she’s thrust further into Blane’s world as their relationship grows.  For Kathleen, the death threats are easier to take than finding out that your boyfriend is on the short list for governor and his uncle is a powerful senator.  She’s insecure in Blane’s world and positive the relationship is a short lived one.  But when she stops looking at the ticking clock, the two of them are absolutely smoking hot.

Blane, being raise in the very upper class, becomes a much looser, normal guy when he’s with Kathleen.  You get the feeling he didn’t laugh much until she came into the picture.  She also brings out the caveman alpha male in him too.  When he needs to put his mark on her, his sanity pretty much goes out the window.  Case in point:

Unfortunately, the steps Blane takes to try and ensure Kathleen’s safety play into her insecurities even more and devastate her.  He has a lot to make up for.

But it’s not just her relationship with Blane that has Kathleen in an emotional upheaval, it’s also the one she has with Blane’s half-brother Kade.  With Kade she feels a kindred spirit.  They understand each other on a much more basic level and while he drives her insane with anger at times, she knows he’ll never leave her alone.  Then there is the sexual tension between them.  It’s hot, but in a much different way than what she has with Blane.  It’s hard to describe.  It’s one of those things where you know the sex would be spectacular,  but their relationship wasn’t meant for that.  He’s the best friend she doesn’t have.

The who, what, why’s around the Navy SEAL trial kept you at the edge of your seat.  The person responsible for the immediate carnage was a total surprise, but I have a feeling the details Kade uncovered are going to be even more spectacular (hopefully book 3).  I think Blane and Kathleen are in for quite a bumpy road ahead.

Tiffany Snow has created characters that leave an indelible mark.  Kathleen could be anyone of us and what she goes through feels very, very real.  To me, that is what draws me to this series.  It’s these wonderfully written characters that want to stay with you for a very long time.