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About the Book

Book: Trust Fall

Author: Chautona Havig

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Release date: April 30, 2024

Protecting her without her knowledge might get them both killed.

Grief has held Eve “Kensi” Kensington captive long enough. Determined to move on after the death of her fiancé six years ago, Kensi moves to St. Alyn to help Ezra with the new boat book business. That there’s a great therapist on the island is just a bonus.

When the West Coast Agency learns that the former fiancée of a deceased informant is under the radar, Simon Garver is tasked to protect her—without her knowledge, if possible. Great. Listening in on her therapy sessions might be the worst thing he’s ever had to do as an agent.

Nope… scrap that. Falling for his client takes the cake.

When Kensi learns Simon has been keeping secrets from her, she’s done. Too bad the arrival of a guy sent to “take care of her” means she needs him. She’ll cooperate until she’s safe, toss the trust exercises her therapist has insisted on in the trash, and get back to her job on Ezra’s boat.

If only her heart would listen to the plan…

Take a trip to the Suamalie Islands where palm trees sway, the sand and sea pulse with life, and the people will steal your heart.

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My Adult Review

Havig, Chautona. Trust Fall. 2024.

Suamalie Islands years 2 book 3

Trust Fall by Chautona Havig continues the Suamalie Islands series of stories. Havig brought in characters from her previous books in the series. There is even mention of a character from the Independence Island series. While I have not read them, there is apparently also a character tie-in to Havig’s series The Agency Files. I really appreciated these updates on previous characters. 

Kensi has some trust issues but the more we learn of her background, the easier it is to understand those issues with trust. How can she really know who she can trust, other than the people she’s known for a long time. Simon is just doing his job – staying undercover trying to protect Kensi without her knowing he is protecting her. He’s not even sure who hired him to do this job.

Havig does a great job, as usual, of developing the characters in the story and weaving an interesting plot. She seems knowledgeable about the different topics that come up in the story. 

There is enough mystery and intrigue in the story to keep the plot moving forward. I found Trust Fall to be a great (long) afternoon read. I look forward to more in this series.

Trust Fall is written for the adult audience but I don’t think there is anything that would prevent it from being included in a K-12 Christian school library. It is appropriate for high schoolers. .

I received a complimentary copy of Trust Fall. This is my honest review. 

About the Author – Chautona Havig

Chautona Havig lives in an oxymoron, escapes into imaginary worlds that look startlingly similar to ours and writes the stories that emerge. An irrepressible optimist, Chautona sees everything through a kaleidoscope of It’s a Wonderful Life sprinkled with fairy tales. Find her on the web and say howdy—if you can remember how to spell her name.

More from Chautona Havig

Sometimes life doesn’t go as you’d planned. Like at all. You think you’re going to have a great wedding, an idyllic honeymoon, followed by the perfect, picket-fence existence with the love of your life.

Then some crazy author comes along and rips it all away. Fiancé? Dead. Honeymoon? Not hardly. And by the time she’s done, that fence feels like someone rammed those pickets into her heart. All in a day’s work, and all before the first word of the story.

It’s a wonder that characters don’t revolt or something.

Look, here’s the deal. I just thought it would be cool to bring my Agency Files to Suamalie. And for that, we needed a tough background, because The Agency doesn’t get involved in disputes over spa appointments or boat rental rescues (most of the time).

So, after many hours of plotting and planning, I finally figured out how to torture my Kensi—I mean, give her an interesting backstory—while not tormenting readers. Too much. It’s been a couple of years (okay, it’s been six!), she’s having trouble coping, and…. Then what? How does The Agency fit in?

That started off as a conundrum that got really cool the more I thought about it. I mean, here’s the thing. The Agency is a protective entity. They swoop in and protect people from imminent danger while law enforcement does their job to remove that threat. Sometimes, as in Justified Means, this involves “involuntary” protection where they extract someone from his or her life until it’s safe to return—whether that person wants to be extracted or not.

I didn’t want that this time, but I also didn’t want Kensi to know she was in danger. So, off she goes to visit her friend Ezra in the Suamalie Islands and there she meets Ezra’s therapist fiancé. This much was easy to figure out.

And then it hit me. What if the agent was secretly protecting her? She doesn’t know it… but it’s happening.

Now I feel like Kronk from The Emperor’s New Groove. “Oh, yeah. It’s all coming together.”

Sometimes, I feel like Trust Fall is more romcom suspense than straight-up romantic suspense, but that’s okay, right?

Blog Stops

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Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, May 26

Locks, Hooks and Books, May 27

She Lives To Read, May 28

Texas Book-aholic, May 29

The Lit Lady, May 30

Library Lady’s Kid Lit, May 31

Simple Harvest Reads, June 1 (Guest Review from Donna Cline)

For Him and My Family, June 2

Holly’s Book Corner, June 3

The Lofty Pages, June 4

Stories By Gina, June 5 (Author Interview)

Lots of Helpers, June 5

Karen Baney Reviews, June 6

Sylvan Musings, June 7 (Author Interview)

Mornings at Character Cafe, June 7

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Chautona is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon gift card and a copy of the book!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

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