Holiday Secrets is a Love Inspired Suspense by Susan Sleeman and is book number one in her McKade Law series. Lexie Grant is the target of a ruthless syndicate. Riding to her rescue is FBI agent Gavin McKade. He must trust his family to help him watch over Lexie and her younger brother, Adam. But, Lexie is having a hard time letting Gavin back into her life, due to their previous history. Can Gavin keep Lexie safe or will this be their last Christmas alive? Wow! This story starts off with an explosive bang and never lets up. I loved how Lexie and Gavin had to work through their respective difficulties. They finally allowed God to really take control of their lives and then they were able to enjoy His sweet peace. The McKade ranch sounded like such a peaceful place to be. Susan really brought it to life for me. I’d love to spend a Christmas with them and their horses! What a great edge-of-your seat beginning to the series and the plot twist at the end is one that I never saw coming. I can’t wait for the rest of the McKade saga to continue. Way to go Susan!

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Susan Sleeman wastes no time sweeping her readers into the romantic suspense novels she writes. Holiday Secrets, book one of the McKade Law series, is such an example. From the opening sentence,"Lexie Grant's father had to pick today, of all days,to come back from the dead," the reader cannot help but be caught up in the taut action.

Now issues aplenty, the two main characters, Lexie Grant and Gavin McKade had almost reached the altar years earlier. Sleeman puts great emotions into her characters,causing the reader to hope, plot, and cheer as s(he) reads. I especially enjoy seeing the way Lexie and Gavin grapple with their problems and learn how to incorporate God's leading into them.

FBI, abandonment, Medicaid billing fraud, the syndicate, and reconciliation are all themes touched on in this exciting Susan Sleeman book. If romantic suspense is your genre, you won't want to miss this first book of the new McKade Law series, Holiday Secrets.

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