Shadow Game

Shadow Alliance, Book 1

By: Shawna Coleing

Narrated by: Elizabeth Logan

She must put her faith in a God she doesn’t trust in order to save a man she can never have.

Morgan Caine spent three years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit before being acquitted, but that doesn’t mean she’s innocent. While trying to rebuild her life, she takes a gamble and hacks into a computer network, stumbling across an assassination plot in the process. But despite the possible risks, she refuses to sit back and let a man die, even if he represents everything she’s never had.

But Oliver Wright is not the man she thinks he is, and her good deed traps her in a conspiracy that forces her to question everything she’s known to be true and reveals to both of them that they have more in common than they first realized. Now, with time running out, both Morgan and Oliver must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice in order to save each other.

©2022 Shawna Coleing (P)2024 Shawna Coleing

Morgan Is an Interesting Character 4.3

I liked the plot of a woman wrongly accused and exonerated. The story is overtly evangelical so the theme of forgiveness and redemption is carried throughout the book. Characters convert to Christianity within the storyline.

Morgan was an interesting character with interesting talents. There isn’t a great deal of technical jargon but enough to keep the audience interested. Morgan rightly shows disdain for hypocrisy and schools said Christians on their lack of belief. I liked these parts very much.

The book has enough action and pretty good pacing. Coleing writes has scenes from four continents which make the book more rich while remaining easy to understand.

I didn’t like the reader at first, but I found she grew on me. The handled the accents fairly well. I loved her by the end of the story.

I am not a fan of 11th hour declarations of love which this story has. I feel a drawn out “not romance,” which is more like rejection messes with the believability of the relationship and throws cold water on passion, but others will enjoy the prolonged tension and chemistry. The story has a happy ending and uplifting message which many readers will enjoy.