Love this book! Don't walk, RUN to the bookstore and buy it. Better yet, get it for your Kindle so you can start reading it immediately. Thomas Locke has it all in this book. A well written plot, fleshed-out characters that you can identify with, realism, suspense, intrigue drama, action -- everything is in this story. It is so good, I don't know how I am going to wait for the next installment. You will be hooked within the first 25 pages and it's a book you can't put down. I have to add the disclaimer that I received a free, courtesy copy of this book but I would have paid for it. It's that good. This book is on the order of a Lord of the Rings type adventure so if you like that type of book, you will love this. Even if you don't like a book like that, I'm sure you will en joy this book. The writing is superlative! I read (a lot, probably 4 books a week at least) and this book is one of the best books I have ever read. No hyperbole, speaking the truth. This was such a good read, I am going to read it again....and probably once more in anticipation of the next installment.

Originally posted online in 2011:

Having read and enjoyed Camy Tang's “Sushi Series”, I was ecstatic to see her first full length novel in two years (she's published two Love Inspired novellas during that time). Camy Tang doesn't disappoint in the first entry to the Tessa Lancaster series –with humor, action, unique characters and of course, Ms. Tang's signature “romance with a kick of wasabi”.

From “Walker, Texas Ranger's” Sydney Cooke to “NCIS's” Ziva David and many more in between, I've grown up watching many “kick-butt”, independent heroines on television, but I had never encountered them in Christian fiction until I met Tessa Lancaster in “Protection for Hire” (okay, I admit it, I usually read historicals). I appreciated that despite her strong personality and abilities, Tessa also had vulnerabilities and struggles that made her easy for me to relate to. I think every Christian who has relatives who don't share their faith can understand and emphasize with Tessa's struggle to relate to her family (especially with her mom and sister).

I eagerly await the continuation of Tessa's story in the next “Protection for Hire” novel and will probably peruse more contemporary inspirational suspense in the future.