MISSION CANYON
An Evan Delaney Novel
Meg Gardiner
Obsidian Mystery
ISBN: 978-0-451-22472-9
July 2008
Romance Suspense

While out for a bike ride in the foothills of Santa Barbara, Jesse Blackburn and his friend Isaac are struck by a hit and run driver and left for dead. Isaac is killed, but Jesse survives with a spinal cord injury. Now he wants revenge, and his fiance, Evan Delaney, wants justice. Neither is a simple desire. Evan and Jesse have no idea of the power of the person they are dealing with, or the dark places their desire will take them. As witnesses to the hit and run begin dying off one by one, it is apparent no one can stop the killer, least of all, Evan, who is next on the hit man's list.

MISSION CANYON starts off slow with a lot of background and history that builds the case against the hit and run killer. Isaac's brother,Adam, and Jesse are still very close friends and want nothing more than to see Isaac's killer get his just due. What they do not realize is that there is a bigger picture. As Evan's investigation leads them closer and closer to the lead players, their lives become more dangerous. And their love is tested. Evan has been with Jesse through the horrible accident but now he begins to doubt her reasons for staying with him. He questions if she really adores him and wants to marry him. He wonders if the heat of their steamy lovemaking is the real deal. The only way to face their demon's is to go to the root of the problem. To return to Mission Canyon to find out the answers and see who will walk away.

MISSION CANYON has many surprises and the ending is well worth the wait.

Kathy Fisher
Rating: 4