Over the Line

Random Retro Re-Read

“You have something we want. We have something you want.”

Gabriella has never forgiven her former fiancé, homicide detective Eli Cavazos, for breaking her heart. Then a man she’s never met shows up at her restaurant, a bullet in his chest and her brother’s name on his lips. Gabby soon realizes this man is connected to a powerful ring of criminals who know far too much about her. Against her better judgment, Gabby turns to Eli for help in finding her brother. When she receives a cryptic text from her brother’s cell phone, she realizes she is in deep and may be dragging Eli down with her.

With her brother nowhere to be found and pain from her past threatening to overwhelm her, Gabby wonders how she will make it through this unexpected quest unscathed—or alive. Taking us into the heat of Laredo, Texas, the secrets of a gun-smuggling ring, and the tensions on both sides of the border, Over the Line will keep you guessing until the last page.

My Review:

published in 2021

This was a fun reread…well, re listen. I needed a standalone novel for a reading challenge and I remembered enjoying some of Kelly Irvin’s. Now I have to revisit the others too. I think I like her suspense more than her Amish novels. 🙂

Whoa! What an intense, complicated, adrenaline-rush of a read! Power. Greed. Corruption. And a desperate race to find Gabriella’s brother…while avoiding capture or death! And the dynamics between Gabriella and Eli — oh la la! Gabriella is still carrying a major grudge after their break up but Eli is so penitent and besotted and all together droolworthy! While Gabriella is super intense and annoyingly stubborn and in-your-face opinionated and not shy about letting Eli know exactly how she feels about him. It broke my heart. And his. So there’s angst in their romance and plenty more in the suspense which makes for a riveting page turner.

9 thoughts on “Over the Line”

  1. Thank you for the reminder of your review on OVER THE LINE. Another fabulous book that’s slipped through my TBR list. Your reminder has me bringing this book up to the top of my list with hopes of reading it soon. I guess our TBR list gives us incentive to keep on going that better is coming – even if through the pages of a book. 🙂

    2clowns at arkansas dot net

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  2. I’ve never read anything by Kelly Irvin I don’t think. Off I go to look her up.

    Happy reading Friday! I’m finishing up an arc of A Hidden Hope by Suzanne Fisher 🙂

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    1. I think she’s more known for her Amish novels. At least that’s the genre I started reading her in. If memory serves me right, she started out as a suspense writer then switched to Amish which really took off for her and more recently wrote a few more suspense which I love. She still writes Amish too though.

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  3. Oooooh….a “local” author (an hour or so down the road) for me and I’ve not read but one of her mystery/suspense novels.  I liked the local San Antonio vibe she has in Trust Me, I’m sure it will have a similar feel.  Her latest contemporary is my fave, The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos.  A tough read, but so much of her personal experience with cancer brought this novel together so beautifully.  Expect some tears!

    perrianne (DOT) askew (AT) me (DOT) com

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    1. You have so many authors close to you. I’m jealous. 🙂 Ohhhh, yes, I just might have to reread Trust Me too. I have Closer Than She Knows on my TBR right now. That was a good one too. I somehow missed The Year of Goodbyes and Hellos. My library has it so I just put it on hold. Thanks for the recommendation! Happy Reading, Perrianne!

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      1. Not tons of authors nearby but Becky Wade is in Dallas (4 hours away). But she IS coming to book club in February! Natalie Walters is near Waco (2 hours). Abigail Wilson is about 30 min, but doesn’t have a contract. Kelly Irvin is about 2 hours because of traffic.

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