Fiction Friday | Missing at Christmas by Deena Alexander

Today I am reviewing Missing at Christmas by Deena Alexander.

Book Description:

A dangerous family legacy.
A race to save a baby in jeopardy.

When journalist Lexi McKenna receives a desperate call for help, she rushes to her sister’s home, only to find her sister dead and one of her twin nieces missing. With her past mafia ties resurfacing, Lexi must go on the run with agent Noah Thompson to protect herself from her father’s enemies. Although Lexi is the daughter of the mob boss who murdered Noah’s brother, Noah will do anything to take down her family—even work with her. As danger looms from all sides, they must find the abducted baby and dismantle a criminal empire before Lexi and her nieces end up as collateral damage.

From Love Inspired Courage. Danger. Faith.

Book Review:

Thanks to Netgalley for my review copy.

This is the first book I have read by Deena Alexander and won’t be the last. There is suspense right from the first sentence. Lexi McKenna is a journalist coming home when she feels she’s being followed. She thinks through who it could be one of the people she did an exposé on? Or is it more sinister and related to her father a mafia boss. She left years ago with her younger sister and they have been basically in hiding. Her sister Gia wanted to come back to New York and Lexi hasn’t felt good about it ever since.

On the way home she gets a call from Gia saying she thinks someone is outside. She arrives home to one howling baby Aylssa and her sister dead and the other twin, Avery missing. This where she meets our hero Noah Thompson who she engages to help protect her and Alyssa and find Avery.

This all happens right at the beginning of the story and then the story gets even more intense. Lexi is in danger as are the babies. It seems someone is out to get her and make sure she doesn’t survive. They have a clue as to where to look for Avery and with the help of Noah’s team set up a safe house. We then encounter blizzard like conditions and mountains and hitmen. Not sure what it is but adding the weather to contend with and the ice and snow always adds to the suspense.

This is the second book in the series, but you can read it as a standalone which I did. I didn’t feel I was confused although already knowing a couple of the characters would have added to the overall read. The book kept me wanting to keep reading and find out who was behind everything and why. I also enjoyed the whole premise of children of a mob boss walking away into hiding to get away from the life. Both Lexi and Noah have issues with trust and allowing someone else to take control. Seeing how these issues were dealt with and overcome was good. The faith element had a lot to do with this.

I look forward to more books by this author. If you enjoy suspense give this book ago.