Bree Daniels has been living off the grid ever since she escaped from The Organization with her mother when she was a child. They wanted her for her hacker skills. The Organization is not what it seems, and they use the Communication for All Charity Group for nefarious purposes. One night she is given her cousin’s twin infants to take care of as they are in danger. Now afraid she will be found, Bree goes on the run. She is good at that. Eventually she ends up at Risk’s Peak. She is running low on cash and tries to shoplift formula and diapers. Sheriff’s Deputy Tanner Dempsey feels sorry for her and instead of arresting her, pays for the items. He sees that Bree looks tired and hungry and tells her to go to the Sunrise Diner for some food and put it on his tab. Bree is exhausted and stops for just a little while. She nearly passes out and the owners offer her food and a place to stay. Cheryl and Dan Andrews are the owners of the diner and offer Bree a job and a place to stay. She hoped that she had some time to lay low before she had to leave again. She was afraid that Tanner, the Andrews and the other town folks would be hurt by The Organization as they hunted her. Bree and the twins are accepted and protected by Tanner, the Andrews, the townsfolk and Tanner’s Special Forces friends as they work to bring down The Organization.
Wow, this was some story. It was fast paced and suspenseful. I couldn’t put the book down. I felt sad when Bree tells Tanner about what she went through in her childhood while with the Organization and what her life was like with her mother once they escaped. Tanner is patient and protective of Bree and the twins. Soon she begins to trust him but is still fearful that he will be hurt when they come after her. I liked how the town embraced and protected Bree and the twins too. The other characters in the book add to the suspense in the story. Ms Crouch has us looking at them with suspicion until it is revealed whether they are friend or foe. This is the first book in this series and I absolutely can not wait until the next books in this series.

This is book one in The Risk Series: A Bree & Tanner Thriller. She’s been running for more than half of her life, from a danger most wouldn’t believe. Only now, at 24, it’s not only her but her and two babies. Luckily she ends up in Risk Peak where Tanner is deputy captain of the sheriff’s office. It’s hard to trust someone who you KNOW is lying. It’s also hard to tell someone the truth when all you’ve EVER been able to trust is family.

The story line was excellent! The characters were well developed and each had purpose. This story takes you on an EXHILARATING thrill ride! Who are the good guys and who are the bad? The climax of this story was FANTASTIC! It felt like you could finally take that breath you’d been holding onto since early on in the book. I can’t wait for the next one!

This is an intense, intriguing, dramatic, suspenseful and romantic story. Bree is a terrified woman on the run with two babies. Tanner is a sheriff's department captain who meets Bree when she's trying to shoplift diapers and formula. He pays for her stuff and she leaves, but not from his head. A week later he finds her working at a diner. He knows that she's running scared, but can't get her to confide in him about it. The more they get to know each other, the more they like each other, but know that nothing can come from it, because Bree doesn't allow people in, and Tanner knows there's more to her than she's telling. The organization that Bree is running from has technology that is scary and totally believable. I can't wait to read the next book in this series.
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Calculated Rish by Janie Crouch is the first of the Bree and Tanner thriller duet. This book kept me entrigued from the first page. It is non stop action and keeps me screaming to know more. Bree is full of secrets and Tanner has his suspisions but something still pulls him toward her and the two charges she is carrying around. Full of ghusto and ambition Bree will not let anyone close and will stay on the move to protect them at all cost.

CALCULATED RISK is the first instalment in Janie Crouch’s contemporary, adult BREE AND TANNER THRILLER romantic, suspense series focusing on thirty-three year old, sheriff’s deputy captain Tanner Dempsey, and twenty-four year old, computer genius Bree Daniels aka Bethany Malone. There is a slight cross-over with the author’s Linear Tactical series.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Bree and Tanner) CALCULATED RISK follows Bree Daniels, a young woman on the run, but a woman whose life is about to become more complicated. A secret message begging for help finds Bree in possession of her cousin Melissa Weathers’ twins, as she struggles to find food and shelter before it’s too late. Enter Risk Peak, Colorado’s sheriff’s deputy Tanner Dempsey, and the man with whom Bree will fall in love. What ensues is the building relationship between Bree and Tanner, and the potential fall-out as Bree’s past demands payment and more.

Bree Daniels’ has never known peace and quiet. A child genius and prodigy Bree would become the pawn for a terrorist ‘Organization’ determined to control the world by funnelling information to radical groups and revolutionary governments. When Melissa begs for help, Bree knows her whereabouts and safety have been compromised again. Tanner Dempsey knows Bree is lying about the who, how and why of her current circumstance but the people of Risk Peak take Bree under their wing in an attempt to protect a young woman who would become their own.

The relationship between Bree and Tanner is one of immediate attraction but Bree is in no place to start a relationship or fall in love. Tanner wants nothing more than to protect the woman with whom he will fall in love but a woman whose secrets are about to come crashing into the town of Risk Peak, Colorado. There are no $ex scenes-at this point their relationship is only beginning.

We are introduced to a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters: Bree’s cousin Melissa Weathers, and her twins Christian and Beth; Tanner’s brother former Special Forces soldier Noah Dempsey; Linear tactical security specilists Zac Mackay, and Gavin Zimmerman; sheriff’s deputy Ronnie Kitchens ; sheriff’s inter-county task force on communications member Scott Watson ; construction worker Bill Steele; owners of the Sunset Diner Cheryl and Dan Andrews; Organization head Michael Jeter.

CALCULATED RISK is a story of suspense, intrigue, betrayal and power. The premise is captivating and compelling; the romance is subtle; the characters are energetic and dynamic. CALCULATED RISK is a fantastic start to a new series.

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Bree has been on the run for a while and thought she was good until her cousin shows up needing help. Now she's on the run again with two twin infants in tow and her cousin missing. If that wasn't bad enough her money is depleting faster with the two babies and resorted to stealing. Then she manages to be caught by a sheriff who is showing a little too much interest in her. Clearly he doesnt trust her but he will help her and the babies even if he doesn't know what is truly going on.

If you like a good mystery suspense you'll like this book. Bree is a smart women and managed to lay low long enough to be able to outsmart the people who are after her. But when things are tough, she smart enough to let others help her when she truly needs it because its obvious running and having those twins to care for were just running her ragged. I liked that the Sheriff Tanner didn't just brush of her sketchy behavior and just take her word for it. I come to see any books where the Sheriff just blindly trusts a random stranger, like no, person can cause havoc that way. But then again Tanner is the type of learn from history and there's a back story there that will given reasoning as to why hes such a reasonable person and doesn't just trust anybody. I loved how close knit the people where in the town Bree landed herself in, they are willing to help a stranger in need, it was so nice seeing that caring and support and Bree hasn't had much of that in her life. Overall this was a pretty great book I really enjoyed it.

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The first in a new series that will feature the same couple in the four books. Bree and Tanner make an amazing couple, add in a pair of twins and what more could you hope for in a story. Romantic suspense is one of my favorite genres and this book certainly didnt disappoint. It was very well written, great characters and I loved the town and its people. I can't wait for the next book in the series, I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.

Calculated Risk kicks off a new series whose focus will be on the same couple throughout. Bree (aka Bethany) is a girl on the run from a shady organization. She has hid successfully for years until a ghost from her past shows up and throws her world into a tailspin. She takes off again, this time with twin newborns in tow and ends up in Risk Peak Colorado. Here, she meets lots of great people who are willing to help her and one stubborn cop who is sure she is hiding something.

Tanner is a suspicious sort of fella. He can see that Bree is in some kind of trouble. What he doesn't know is what that trouble is: mafia, gambling debt, abusive husband. His fear is that Bree is going to bring trouble right to their tiny town's door and that is not okay with him. He keeps an eye on Bree and soon gets caught up in her life, even though Bree won't tell him what is going on! I liked that Tanner was suspicious. I think that was more realistic than a guy who just sees a woman he has feelings for and assumes she is NOT trouble. Wondering if she did something illegal and that is why she is on the run is realistic to me! Don't assume because she is a woman that she must be a victim.

Bree is brilliant but also VERY naive. I feel like there is a lot more to her story, so I am glad the rest of series continues to focus on these 2 characters. I also loved the nods to other series by Crouch since I have adored all her books. Calculated Risk has no sex at all; the only intimate times involve some kissing. Again, this felt more realistic to me-the slow build of a relationship. So, Calculated Risk is MOM APPROVED!! I do think this series is one my mom would enjoy.

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.)

Calculated Risk (A Bree and Tanner Thriller #1) by Janie Crouch Thank you so much to the publisher and #NetGalley .. I mostly enjoyed this book... so much suspense .. What is going on with Emily Stevens..Bree(young mother of twins in some kind of trouble) that is what Parker Knight (sheriff deputy and all in all agood guy) wants to know. There are good and bad feels, suspense, lots of angst, a few laughs and a little romance all getting us to the happy so far ending of this book... This is a continuing story which is not one of my favorites... the next book is Security Risk in August 1019.

Reasons I enjoyed this book:
Wonderful characters Action-packed Scary Entertaining Easy-to-read Page-turner Great world building

I quite enjoyed the majority of this book. The idea of a young woman at her wits end, trying to hold it together for the good of others who are relying on her, with her being more or less rescued by the kind people of a small town is beautiful . And a police officer who is so protective of everyone under his care in the county he continually sticks his nose in the newcomer's business to only find a woman on the verge of an emotional collapse? Yeah. I liked it, not going to lie.

The dynamic between Tanner and Bree was wonderful. It doesn't start off as an instant romance. Instead it starts with suspicion and distrust between the two of them that slowly grows into something akin to friendship. And when the ball drops and the cards need to be laid out on the table,it evolves into something like a hopeful potential for future romance.

I liked it right up to the ending, which unfortunately requires a bit of suspended belief on the readers part because it is a classic old school thriller movie ending, in my opinion.

All in all I really enjoyed this book and will definitively be waiting on the second installment of Tanner and Bree!