Review – The Breath of Dawn

Kristen Heitzmann in her new book, “The Breath of Dawn” Book Three in the Spencer Family series published by Bethany House takes us into the life of Quinn Reilly.

From the back cover:  Corporate turnaround specialist Morgan Spencer, dubbed the “success guru,” has a Midas touch in business. But losing his wife sent him to the brink, and his two-year-old daughter, Livie, is all he’s living for–until they encounter a woman whose trouble just might draw him out of his own.

Four years ago Quinn Reilly did the right thing. Now the man her testimony put in jail is getting out. Though she has put up barriers to protect herself and those around her, she has come to care for the Spencer family, especially the winsome Livie and her mercurial father. Unwilling to put them at risk when the threats begin, she requests something she hopes the super-successful Morgan might be able to deliver.

Fixing problems is what Morgan does best, but his counterproposal takes them in a direction neither is equipped to handle. Determined to confront the past, will they survive to build a future?

The director, Alfred Hitchcock, described thriller this way:  a terrorist goes into a restaurant and plants a bomb under a table then leaves.  Two young mothers come and sit at that table with their babies in carriers unaware of the ticking bomb under the table set to go off in half an hour.  As the young women talk the audience is aware of the ticking clock and they begin to scream at the screen demanding the women leave quickly which, of course, they don’t.  “The Breath of Dawn” is a Hitchcock thriller with all of the above elements.  Four years ago Quinn Reilly gave testimony that put a man behind bars and a threat on her life, now that man is getting out of prison.  That’s the ticking bomb aspect.  Quinn gets involved with Morgan Spencer and his daughter.  With her Morgan’s cold heart begins to melt and the three of them begin to build a new life together.  However they are going to have to deal with the man out of prison looking for Quinn.  ”The Breath of Dawn” is pure suspense.  It is also a wonderful romance.  Ms. Heitzmann has crafted a story that will keep you flipping pages as fast as you can read and, be forewarned, you will not want to put the book down and will probably give up sleep to finish it.  It is that good.