This is the first time I have ever listened to Sandra Brown.  I have loved her books for years but have not been able to keep up with the new stuff.  So, this was a nice return to her story telling. 

 

Zach is an ex pro football player.  Kate is a member of the Attorney General’s office, and she is seeking out Zack for one thing:  to turn his ex-wife’s life support off.  Rebecca has been surviving in a special facility after a traumatic brain injury for four years.  Until the incident, Zach had no idea he was still the person who held the power over medical decisions.  He and Rebecca had been divorced for 5 years. Rebecca’s condition is no accident.  Eban was sentenced to prison for his part in Rebecca’s condition, but has just been released early.  Eban comes from an extremely wealthy family.  When he was released, he was given back his passports and his rights to move around as he sees fit. 

 

Kate knows Eban should not be out.  He will just continue to do what he did to Rebecca to others.  But she can not retry him for battery, or anything thing else.  Double Jeopardy.  However, there are statues of limitations for murder, and since Rebecca’s current condition was caused by Eban and his “friends” when she dies, Eban can be tried for murder.  

 

This book was highly interesting.  Was it Sandra’s best?  No, but I still enjoyed the ride of the story.  The end did drag on a little, and parts of it pissed me off, but overall it was an entertaining listen.  I really liked the audiobook narrator.  They had the perfect rasp to their voice for really make it feel like Zach was telling this story.  But at the same time, that rasp could be grating on the ears if one listened to it too loud, for example in the car with all the windows down.  I now have an urge to grab audios of the other Sandra Brown books I have missed over the year.