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For years Grace has been hiding a secret, her son Danny’s true paternity from Alex Rossi, Grace’s former partner at the Devlin Group. The Devlin group is an exclusive agency unlike any other. When Grace left the group, it was with a gunshot wound, and the surprise of an unexpected pregnancy. Grace has tried to be the `normal’ mom, even attempting to provide fresh baked snacks at the end of a long school day. When a mad man from the past takes her son in an attempt to get at Alex, Grace is forced to reveal her secret and to reenter the world she left behind; a world of villains, guns, crazy plans, and even crazier stunts. Grace will do anything to get her son back, anything at all.

Alex Rossi has a secret too, only it may just be worse than the one Grace is keeping. Alex too is made to come clean because of the threat to his family. When he is asked to meet with Grace after all the years apart, Alex is curious. He wonders exactly what Grace is up to, and also how he’s going to keep his heart intact. On top of all of this, Alex also has another objective in mind, getting his revenge for his mother’s death and finding out just who was behind it.

A misunderstanding led to the chain of events that kept Alex and Grace apart. To find their son, they have to sort it out, let go of the past and work together. And perhaps along the way, discover that they need each other.

I could not stop reading 72 Hours for a single moment, I read it straight through and then wanted to immediately read it all over again. 72 hours took me on one escapade after another, with each turn getting better and better. The journey to forgiveness on both Grace and Alex’s parts was wrought with pain, trials and a thick mixture of other emotions. Grace’s fear when she discovers her child has been taken is palpable and it flows over into her nervousness at meeting Alex again, followed swiftly by a plethora of other emotions running gambit through the story. There is never a dull moment even after Danny is found. I would definitely recommend 72 Hours to anyone, in fact I already have. As a fan of Shannon Stacy’s previous works, I was not in the least bit let down with her foray into this new genre; in fact, she surpassed my expectations and left me breathless and anticipating her next release.

Cerise
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

I hate to be the almost lone dissenter here, but 72 hours is a story told at break neck speed losing what could have been a very good story and turning it into just ok. I kept wanting to say, “Whoa, slow down. Let’s learn about the characters before they go running off to be super heroes.”

The Devlin Group is a group who stops Big Bad things from happening – like spreading poison all over Gitmo.

Alex Rossi is the Super Hero leader who, at one time, worked with Grace, the Super Heroine. They were a great team with both of them equally able to get to the bad guys. Alex also doubles as Sean Devlin, the founder of the Group. He named the group Devlin to flush out the man who killed his Mother 11 years ago. Grace was not aware of this story. Alex and Grace had a baby but Alex was never told about him because Grace wanted to keep the baby, Danny, safe from the Super Hero’s enemies. All of this is for naught as Danny is kidnapped. While this sounds somewhat complicated, Stacey does a good job of keeping things clear and the reader is never confused as to the story line.

There are two other major characters, Carmen and Gallagher, who also help with the Devlin Group.

The downside is that this adventure/romance is told so fast that there is little character development. I know about as much about Carmen and Gallagher as you do right now. There was a whole story there left on the cutting room floor, so to speak, and the book would have been much better if Stacey had taken the time to allow the reader an insight into these two characters.

Alex and Grace are somewhat better developed but still leave a bit to be desired. Grace comes off somewhat naive in the ways of motherhood, to put it nicely. For some reason we never know, she thinks being able to make cookies is more important in the raising of a child than allowing said child to get to know his father. Go figure. I still want to know what makes Grace tick.

Stacey has talent but needs to learn a little about character development. If the reader knows the characters, they care what happens to them. While this is an exciting story, I never really cared if the characters lived or died except for what would happen to the child.

Sean Devlin serves as the guise for secret agent Alex Rossi — a member of the Devlin Group. He has his sights set on the perp that killed his mother and he will let nothing stand in his way. He also keeps close tabs on a woman that believes the guise, Sean Devlin, is a good friend, but where will this lead when she finds the truth?

Blasts from the past come racing into the story when Alex’s former partner, Grace Nolan, discovers her son, Danny, has been taken. But Grace has been retired for sometime and living a peaceful life in the quaintness of the countryside. Alex realizes this is a dire emergency but also knows that he really isn’t the first person she wants to reunite with.

Now hold on, because this is where the plot starts to get juicy. Alex and Grace were once an intimate couple until work drove them apart. The father of Danny is unknown by Alex and Grace is unaware that Sean Devlin is her ex-lover, Alex. Mmm Mmm Lip-smacking goodness. So work once tore them apart…and how everything comes full circle as work once again threatens to tear them apart.

The book takes place over the span of 72 hours and in that time a lot happens. Shannon Stacey does a remarkable job keeping the story moving smoothly and without prediction. This is a challenge for many authors, but with her flawless approach, Shannon Stacey, draws immediate comparisons to JoAnna Wylde and her novel Price of Freedom: Price of Freedom (highly recommend) With romantic settings and mysterious overtones, I cannot recommend 72 hours highly enough.

Sizzling Passion and a smoking hot cases during the next 72 hours.

Jenny