Book Review: Calculated Risk (A Bree and Tanner Thriller #1) by Janie Crouch

Title: Calculated Risk (A Bree and Tanner Thriller #1) 

Author: Janie Crouch 

Star: 4

Review:
With all Harlequin Intrigue series the stories are fast paced, backgrounds have to be filled in though out the story.  Bree background is interesting and while the author had only so many words to fill in her background I wish she had more space to fill in Bree and her Moms life.  Sometimes Bree's actions fit the story line and other times it feels like something is missing.
Tanner is a protector and wants to help while romancing a woman he find to be trouble.  He is your typical Harlequin Alpha male.
I loved the company that is able to find anyone using a smart phone and what their plans are for the future.  The ending is fast pace and ends. Leaving readers either wishing there were more pages or future stories of Bree and Tanner. 
The new mom part of the story is true including the sleepless lights and falling asleep anywhere and everywhere.  The supporting characters are will written each with a purpose and a reason for being in the story.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher Harlequin Intrigue for the advance copy Janie Crouch Calculated Risk. 
(Summer is here and so are my kids. I can't find a place to hid and write review without them finding and talking my ear off. Please forgive the grammar and spelling errors.  If they are bad let me know.)

Synopsis:
She thought she was finally safe, But her past won’t let her go.

Sheriff’s deputy Tanner Dempsey is just doing his job when he stops a shoplifter trying to steal diapers and formula. But something about this frightened young woman makes him want to do more. Bree Daniels is grateful for Tanner’s help, but there’s so much she can never tell him… The truth is dangerous to everyone she lets into her life—and could be lethal to Tanner.

Kindle Edition, 256 pages

Expected publication: July 1st 2019 by Harlequin Intrigue

About The Author:

USA TODAY bestselling author Janie Crouch writes what she loves to read: passionate romantic suspense. She is a winner and/or finalist of multiple romance literary awards including the Golden Quill Award for Best Romantic Suspense, the National Reader’s Choice Award, and the coveted RITA© Award by the Romance Writers of America.

Janie recently relocated with her husband and their four teenagers to Germany (due to her husband's job as support for the U.S. Military), after living in Virginia for nearly 20 years. When she's not listening to the voices in her head (and even when she is), she enjoys engaging in all sorts of crazy adventures (200-mile relay races; Ironman Triathlons, treks to Mt. Everest Base Camp) traveling, and movies of all kinds. 
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Her favorite quote: "Life is a daring adventure or nothing." ~ Helen Keller.

Check out Janie's updates and more on her website at http://www.janiecrouch.com