Dangerous Rescue: TAKEBACK, Book 2

Letty is struggling with the death of her sister. River, a man she’s had a pen pal relationship for over fourteen years is devastated she did t turn to him for help. He makes an impromptu trip to see and check up on her.Declaring his love and trying to make her see their relationship is much more is terrified when Letty unwittingly places herself in mortal danger.Feeling Letty’s pain over her sisters death was so sad. Riley was very descriptive about this and was done well. River, we’ll who doesn’t want their knight in shining armour coming to their emotional rescue.I felt his fear when Letty had unknowingly dropped herself badly in the middle of an investigation and again when she was taken.This instalment is an amazing show of family unity and how family isn’t always blood.

Oh my goodness I think I have found my new favourite Riley Edwards alpha baddass hero. River is a sheer delight who once his mind is made up, is so “in” that Letty doesn’t stand a chance.I love the Kent family and like 99.9% of Riley’s readers I’m counting down the days till Echo gets his story (and the little of Echo I saw in this book totally didn’t change my mind at all) but am more than happy to meander through the stories of the rest of the extended family (TC!) on the journey and meet the strong, independent women who will knock them on their behinds along the way.Letty is no slacker in this regard with a flair for drama (that River handles wonderfully) a strong sense of self and so much love for all her family, extended and otherwise. River quite rightly recognises she is one of a kind and locks her down early in the story, with little in the way of angst to come once the initial meet cute passes.I liked how the story linked the family in at the beginning and end, and the brothers pretty much bullied River into making his move, though he stayed true and didn’t even look at a photo of her.This storyline totally captured my imagination when it was mistakenly/originally mooted as the trope for Dangerous Love and it totally delivered. The anticipation, the build up, the “knowing” of each other despite having never met was so well portrayed in this story. I adored how they didn’t have to do the learning of each other’s quirks and instead the story focused on them adjusting to each other as a couple, the back story with Kiki and how Letty recovered and dealt with her feelings on this and also the child endangerment storyline (mild trigger warming here I think!)Altogether this was pulled out of the bag and Riley delivered again a superb unputdownable book that I was thrilled to start and gutted to finish.Also…Is Mrs S anyone else’s kind of favourite side character EVER!!!

River & Letty's love story has been 14 years in the making and is so worth the wait! River is part of the delicious Kent family we first met in Riley's Triple Canopy series and have been desperate to read more about since. He is a wonderful growly alpha and so much more, strong, protective and committed, he and Letty might never have met but when he feels her starting to pull away from him and close herself off he decides, with a little push from his family, to act and finally meet her in person. We saw glimpses of Letty's character in the first Takeback story, you will either adore her or she will exasperate you but she is definitely one of a kind, drama is her middle name along with sass and jump right in but she is reeling from the events surrounding her sister's death and emotionally drowning.I love the accidental text and 'pen pal' premise of the story as it resonates with how my husband and I met and fell in love, so I was always going to love this story. Now he's claimed her there is no way River is letting Letty get away no matter her fears and the roadblocks she throws up. River is strong enough to put her back together and get them both to the place where they need to be. Of course, their story is accompanied by some suspense, lots of drama, emotion, heartbreak and understanding plus plenty of heat and humour. As ever Riley Edwards thank you for a great, truly enjoyable read and I can't wait for the next in the series as well as Echo & Phoenix's future stories.

Boy oh boy, River and Letty, talk about fireworks and meant to be. Loved Rivers determination, for both Letty and himself, and the twists and turns were amazing as always. Another hit from Riley.

This is book 2 in the Takeback series and includes many of the same characters. I loved how River and Letty had had a texting/ phone relationship for years but had never met, I couldn’t do that. Things hot up when River’s family stage an intervention and basically force him to go to Letty in person. Once there he meets the guys from Takeback and he and Letty get pulled into one of their investigations.This is a typical Riley Edwards story with lots of action, romance and great characterisation, I loved it.

So I always enjoy Riley’s books - funny, great stories, fabulous and realistic characters - but this new series is my new favourite (and yes I’ve read them all).In this one, River and Letty rule the pages, and I swear River sounds delicious (even more than usual). It really does help if you’ve read the first in the series to understand Letry’s pain.Letty is an absolute star - both Whitty and sassy

Excellent book loved it very much, thanks Riley for a great read. Awesome adventure and plenty of suspense, action and emotion also laughs along the way, all the characters are very cool. I recommend to everyone to read this series it's fabulous. Thanks hope the next one comes along soon.

This is book 2 in the Takeback series. Great interaction between all the characters and the happily ever after is just as good as we've been used to with books by Riley Edwards 😃