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Pursuit

Elizabeth Jennings
Forever (2008)
ISBN 9780446618915
Reviewed by Gina Holland for RebeccasReads (3/08)

“Pursuit”-- Elizabeth Jennings thought of the perfect name for this book.  “Pursuit” is a very romantic, yet thrilling story. It’s a story of love, greed and possibilities. The story starts off with a greedy character, named Robert Haine, who works for the Court family. He wants in on the family fortune. The father, Philip Court, is very sick. He is dying from pancreatic cancer. He has a lovely, unspoiled daughter named Charlotte Court. She is very devoted to her dying father and is always by his side. One day when Charlotte is visiting her father, she finds a man and he is smothering her father with a pillow as she is coming into the room. Charlotte tries to fight the man, when he shoots her, and also shoots the nurse, who has been attending to Charlotte’s father. The nurse is dead and Charlotte is bleeding, and in shock. She runs, not knowing what else to do, and tries to go to the police, but Robert has both her home and the police station watched by his people who are ready to kill her. 

Lieutenant Commander Matthew Sanders was shot in combat, shot saving his own team, shot up so bad, that he should have been dead. But he was stronger than that.  He lived. And his living would save another life.

Matt Sanders and Charlotte Court meet up in Mexico purely by accident. Matt is trying to build up his strength once again, and Charlotte needs a place to hide, because she knows that Robert will have someone kill her, just like he did her father. Now she finds out that the police are looking for her as a suspect in her father’s murder. Charlotte watches day by day as Matt is trying to become the man he once was; he fascinates her. He catches her eye while she is watching him, and he believes that secretly, she is giving him the motivation he needs to get better. Life for these two has come full circle. Can Matt help Charlotte overcome her fears? Can Charlotte help Matt overcome his tragedy?

“Pursuit” is one of the best romance novels I have read in a long time. The author makes the characters come to life, and you recognize the pain and hope in both Matt and Charlotte. As they both struggle to find the peace that they are looking for, it’s like you are right there with them. I could not put this book down. It was so wonderful to read and I hated to see it come to an end. I think the point in this story was the fact that sometimes, when you think everything is coming to an end, there can be a wonderful beginning somewhere very near, and you have to fight hard but you can win. This novel would be for young and old adults everywhere who love romance. Even though there is a bit of thrills there as well, it all comes together perfectly. In “Pursuit,” Elizabeth Jennings has you rooting for this couple the entire novel. I really hope that Ms. Jennings decides to visit Matt and Charlotte again in another novel. I am looking forward to see what they are up too!

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