Silent Sabotage almost begins with a bang, but due to the work of negotiator Archer Reed it doesn’t. Thanks to his professionalism he is able to talk the shooter down, get help for the wounded and have a team member get the bomb vest off of hostage Emily Graves. The shooter implies that Emily is still in danger so Archer volunteers to stay with her until everything is cleared up and help out in any way that he can. Emily has returned to the area recently to help her beloved Aunt Birdie run the bed and breakfast that she owns because things have been going downhill with both her health and the B and B. For someone that has recently returned there seems to be an abundance of suspects that Archer and his team will have to look into.

One thing that Archer has to help with as soon as they get to the B and B is help chase down a bunch of chickens that have gotten lose. This scene is the funniest to me. He is holding one of the chickens when it poops on his shirt. Archer is OCD about his clothing, so is extremely disgruntled at that moment. Emily starts laughing but when he says it isn’t funny she replies “You’re right. The shirt isn’t funny and I’m sorry this happened.” “But you just stared down a guy with a bomb not more than an hour ago with hardly a hint of what you are feeling, and now? Now the horror on your face is from a chicken. That’s priceless.”

Emily and Archer come from very different backgrounds but both have been hurt deeply by their parents which has caused both of them to be extremely cautious in their relationships with everyone. Theirs is a relationship of one step forward and two steps back. Susan has created two wonderful characters in Emily and Archer. They are believable. So much so, that every once in a while you want to smack them both upside the head and say would you just open your eyes.

The entire series has been full of characters from different walks of life that lends to a tight knit team that work extremely well together. I would recommend this book, and the entire series, to anyone that likes some romance with their suspense. If you haven’t read the rest of “The First Responders” series you can go to this link http://www.susansleeman.com/books/first-responders/ to find out more about it. I can’t wait until the next book comes out.

I received a free copy of Silent Sabotage for my honest review which I have just shared with you. ( )