Silent Threat

By: Dana Marton

Narrated by: Sarah Naughton

Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's Summary

A former Navy SEAL, Cole Makani Hunter has returned home from a disastrous black ops mission without his best friend, his hearing, or the use of his right arm. So when his ex - commanding officer assigns him to an undercover mission at a rehab center for vets to discover who leaked sensitive military information to an enemy, he'd rather be anywhere but there. Almost immediately, Cole finds himself at odds with Annie Murray - a peace-loving ecotherapist whose dream is to open an animal sanctuary out of her home. While the two seemingly have nothing in common, their spirited arguments soon fuel a passion for each other.

But just as things begin to heat up between therapist and patient, dangerous complications arise. So does the past - and a shocking revelation that puts Cole and everything he now holds dear in the path of a murderous traitor.

©2017 Dana Marton (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Great romantic suspense!

This audiobook was a surprise to me at how much I enjoyed it! The heroine is a quirky, Earth mother type who is working as a therapist at a rehab center for soldiers with PTSD. She also has a bunch of animals she takes care of who have been injured or abandoned. One of my favorite scenes is when she has to “go feed the babies” while the hero tags along and he realizes that it’s a bunch of baby skunks! The hero is really at the rehab center on assignment trying to find a traitor, but he attends the therapy sessions too. He starts to really fall for her, but she’s worried that because he’s a patient at the rehab center it would be unethical ( even though she doesn’t work with him ). Throw in a crazy stalker and the story was so entertaining I listened to it all day in order to finish it. Narration was very well done too.

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

A good start to a new series.

This review is a first for me… It's the first time that I've reviewed a book that I switched back and forth between listening to the audio version and reading the Kindle version. Whispersync really is pretty cool.

I loved this book – while I was reading it – so 5 stars for Dana Marton's writing; it's what I've come to expect of her books. Descriptive prose, a strong male lead and a strong female lead, although not someone who is physically strong.

I'm sorry to say that I didn't enjoy listening to this story very much. When I switched to audio my attention drifted from the book and I had to go back and read the part I'd just listened to. I can't really put my finger on it but I think I would have enjoyed this story more if the narrator had been male instead of female. I think the voice was almost too soothing. When reading the story, in my mind the story felt more suspenseful and I kind of fell in love with Cole. Hearing his words in a deep female voice just didn't really work for me that well. So, I have to give the narrator 3 stars.

I think the story starts out in kind of an unusual way – describing what happened to someone an hour before he died. I was a tiny bit confused at first but loved the way it ended up making sense later in the story. I also think that Dana did a great job of hiding the identity of the villain until she wanted us to know who it was.

The story had my heart pounding in places, breaking in others and ultimately brought it all together. Silent Threat was a thoroughly satisfying and enjoyable story to read. I'm happy to know that there will be another book in this series.

A review copy of the ebook was provided by the publisher via NetGalley but this did not influence my opinion or rating of the book.

***Reviewed for Xtreme-Delusions dot com***

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Good book. Narrator did a decent job

Solid writing.
Sadly though, the female character was fairly stagnant. There was little transformation in her beliefs or relationship as the book went on. Also, her Snow White persona came off as a little corny at times. I know many veterans. The facility in the book only had non-military personnel preaching to veterans on how to heal - that wouldn't happen in reality. I get where the author is going with the 'earthing' - ground healing - science. But the female character didn't quite fit in the role - She seemed like a novice in her field. The villain also had too much going on. He's a spy, he's conveniently obsessed with the female character, He has mother issues, he has all this time on his hands to stand in the corn fields for hours. Some of the action seemed unrealistic.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Story was just so so

The book was pretty good, but I didn't care for the narration. A little bit of romance, action and mystery!

good book

love it couldn't stop listening until it was done.cant wait to listen to another of Dana's books

Too cheesy

Too cheesy for me. I didn’t mind the premise and narration was ok, but the writing was cheesy.

Really entertainin

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, interesting, intriguing. Kinda scary. Interesting characters.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Cole, very interesting .

Have you listened to any of Sarah Naughton’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No, I don’t think I have heard this narrator before. She did an exceptionally good job with each. Haracter giving them personality, reall difference so you could picture who is talking. Very very goo. Narration can be key in an audio book.

Any additional comments?

I recommend this book even though I usually cannot listen to stalker books. This one hooked me. None of the characters were perfect, no one had a easy time of it but they persevered.

Good and bad

The end was good, it took to long to develop the characters, and the eco"thing"was way overdone. Couldn't wait to get to the end of this book.
I sure would have liked better development of Cole and the mission. Thanks for the read.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful

Awesome Book

Awesome book great story. Plenty of mystery and suspense and great interaction between the two main characters. Loved it

hmmm.

This book had too many cliche moments including PTSD storyline. And the gratuitous Hollywood ending went on too long.
And why was the male character's first, middle, and last name mentioned so many times.
I appreciate an author coming up with a story and writing a book; I am sorry I didn't enjoy this book more.

spoilt by narration

could have been a good story but the monotone is a good solution to insomnia. Can't listen anymore. ...

1 of 1 people found this review helpful