Sunny Shelly’s Review: Chasing Shelter by Catherine Cowles

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝑭𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑼𝑺𝑨 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑨𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓, 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆!

I came here seeking sanctuary. I never meant to fall for the broody single dad next door.

I’ve spent my life hiding in plain sight, burying my past beneath layers of carefully constructed lies. Moving to Sparrow Falls was supposed to be a fresh start, a place to lay low. But when I end up living next door to the single dad who just happens to be one of my brother’s best friends, everything changes.

Trace Colson sees too much and asks too many questions, and his protectiveness is as infuriating as it is alluring. 

And when danger comes calling, it’s Trace who stands between me and the darkness. 

But being close to him is its own kind of risk. Because with every heated glance and every stolen touch, Trace tempts me to open my heart, to dream of a life I’d long since given up on. The only problem? Trace has his own demons, and when they collide with mine, the fallout could destroy us both.

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Sunny Shelly’s Review: 5 Stars

Chasing Shelter is another fantastic small-town romantic suspense story from Catherine Cowles! I adored grumpy single dad, small-town sheriff Trace and sunshiney Ellie, not just the relationship they developed with each other, but the unit they became with his sweet daughter, Keeley. These two characters had oodles of chemistry from the start, and the duet narration from Jason Clarke and Desiree Ketchum was a winning combo!

Ellie is the sister of Lincoln from Beautiful Exile (#4), and her story begins when she moves to Sparrow Falls after their father is arrested for his numerous crimes and she ends her engagement with her abusive fiancé. Linc wastes no time setting his sister up next door to Arden’s brother… who happens to be the town sheriff. Trace and Ellie get off to a rather rocky start when he saves her from nearly burning down her rental home, and thus Chief and Blaze are born.

This story is full of heat and heart, and has CC’s trademark element of suspense with a heroine in danger. I loved how Jason Clarke played growly Trace and sweet, vulnerable, scared Trace.

Chasing Shelter also set up the story for CC’s next series, which will begin with reclusive hacker Dex, a former colleague of Anson’s. We get to know him a bit when he helps Trace and Co. rescue Ellie, and I am intrigued!

But first… bring on Fallon and Kyler!

I received an advanced copy and voluntarily left a review.