Book Review: The Last Mile (Blood Ties 2) by Kat Martin

 

Title: The Last Mile (Blood Ties 2) 

Author: Kat Martin

Stars: 4 1\2

Review:

I am not going to lie to you the second I see a Kat Martin book up for review I jump at the chance to review one of her books.  Kat Martin most of the time is able to bring readers into the world she creates using characters that could almost be your neighbor or friend.  The author ability to guide readers though her world of mystery, romance, where anything and everything can happen will keep readers wanting more from Kat Martin.  This story will not disappoint readers.  

The Last Mile is a mix of adventure, romance, and mystery wondering if they will find the famous lost of Arizona. Having lived here at least 20 years there are a few moments that will make native Arizona laugh a little because we know the history as well as the area backward and forwards.

This story has everything readers of Kat Martin love and a great story to introduce readers to Kat Martin.  Yes it might be book 2 in a series but it can be read as a stand alone story.

Readers will not want to put the book down trust me!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the advance copy of The Last Mile by Kat Martin.

Synopsis:

When Abigail Holland awakes to the sound of a nighttime intruder in her rambling Denver Victorian, she knows exactly what the black shrouded figure is after—the map she recently inherited from her grandfather. Whoever he is, the man who grapples with her, then escapes, is willing to kill for the location of a treasure King Farrell hunted for more than ten years. The Devil’s Gold has claimed hundreds of lives, and it was her grandfather’s obsession.

With a killer pursuing her and her own family not to be trusted, Abby decides to take up the search herself. But she’ll need help to do it, and there’s no one better than renowned explorer and treasure hunter Gage Logan. Despite the instant chemistry between them, Gage is reluctant. Innocent people have been hurt on his watch before. But when Abby shows him a genuine gold ingot she found with the map, his curiosity is piqued. Before long they’re heading into the flash floods and brutal winds of the Superstition Mountains, straight into a passionate entanglement—and the dark heart of danger.

About The Author:

Kathleen Kelly Martin (aka Kathy Lawrence, Kasey Mars)

Kathleen Kelly was born on 14 July 1947 in the Central Valley of California, USA. She obtained a degree in Anthropology and also studied History at the University of California in Santa Barbara. She was a real estate broker, when she met her future husband, Larry Jay Martin. A short time after the two became acquainted, Larry asked her to read an unpublished manuscript of an historical western he'd written. Kat fell in love with both the book and the author! Then, after doing some editing for him, she thought she'd try her own hand at writing. She moved on to become a full time writer.

Published since 1988, she singed her books with her married name, Kat Martin, but she also used two pseudonyms: Kathy Lawrence for a book in collaboration with her husband Larry Jay Martin, and Kasey Mars for her first contemporary romances. The New York Times bestselling writer, among her many awards, has won the prestigious RT Book Review Magazine Career Achievement Award. To date, Kat has over eleven million copies of her books in print. She has been published in seventeen foreign countries, including England, South Africa, Spain, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Greece, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Bulgaria, China, and Korea.

Currently residing with her husband, a Western-writer and photographer, in Missoula, Montana, USA. But when they are not writing, they also enjoy skiing and traveling, particularly to Europe.

"I've always loved books. I was an avid reader, with any number of my own stories rolling around in my head. Writing them down seemed a logical step."

"I love anything old," Kat says. "I love to travel and especially like to visit the places where my books are set. My husband and I often stay in out-of-the-way inns and houses built in times past. It's fun and it gives a wonderful sense of a by-gone era."