Flight Risk by Cara Putman is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the opening: “Savannah, call for you on line one. Says he’s a reporter. Never heard of him.”
But first the photo and verse. As I picked up my mail earlier this week, I looked up and these contrails crisscrossed the sky about my house. I hurried inside and grabbed my phone and came back out and this is what I took. I love to see contrails and wonder where the people on the planes are going. And Proverbs 3:5-6 are two of my favorites from the Proverbs. I’ve found the verses to be absolutely true.
And now for Flight Risk by Cara Putman. Here’s the cover and back copy:
Bestselling author Cara Putman returns with a romantic legal thriller that will challenge the assumptions of truth tellers everywhere.
Savannah Daniels has worked hard to build her law practice, to surround herself with good friends, and to be the loyal aunt her troubled niece can always count on. But since her ex-husband’s betrayal, she has trouble trusting anyone.
Jett Glover’s father committed suicide over a false newspaper report that ruined his reputation. Now a fierce champion of truth, Jett is writing the story of his journalism career—an international sex-trafficking exposé that will bring down a celebrity baseball player and the men closest to him, including Savannah’s ex-husband.
When Jett’s story breaks, tragedy ensues. Then a commercial airline crashes, and one of Savannah’s clients is implicated in the crash. Men connected to the scandal, including her ex, begin to die amid mysterious circumstances, and Savannah’s niece becomes an unwitting target.
Against their better instincts, Jett and Savannah join ranks to sort the facts from fiction. But can Savannah trust the reporter who threw her life into chaos? And can Jett face the possibility that he’s made the biggest mistake of his life?
My take:
Oh, my goodness. Flight Risk was one I could not put down. It kept me up past midnight two nights in a row so I could finish it. I loved the characters, especially Savannah’s niece. Cara Putman has done a fantastic job with all the characters and just about the time I decided I had it all figured out, she would throw in another twist and I would be wrong.
Jett is swoon-worthy and Savannah is tough until Jett breaks through her defenses. This is a great story from start to finish, one romantic suspense readers will love. You can buy it here.
Okay Readers, what’s the first line of the book you’re reading? If you aren’t reading one, Flight Risk would be a great one.
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‘Shirley tracked her finger over her mother’s image in the photo, then shoved the picture into the backpack with her other possessions.’ I wonder who the author is?!
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Had to think there a minute, Sherry. lol. Justice Betrayed. lol My Elvis book–if you write a series set in Memphis, you need to include an Elvis book…I hope you enjoy it!
It sounds like a really interesting book. Thank you for sharing.
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It really is, Diana!
Oh, I love contrails, Pat! And those are go to verses for me as well. I read “Flight Risk” a couple of years ago. After reading my first book of Cara’s, I started binge reading the rest. I completely agree with your review. She is one of the best.
“The only superpower he’d ever longed for was flying.” This is the first line from “One Last Stand by Susan May Warren. I just started reading it yesterday. It’s #4 in her Alaska Air One Rescue series, and full of surprises.
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Contrails are so interesting. I don’t see them that often here in N. Mississippi–too far from a big airport. I wonder what comes together so that I do see them occasionally? And I so agree about Cara’s books. Somehow I missed this one when it released in 2020.
Tim, thank you so much for your kind words. I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed my books.
When she was a teen, my daughter wrote Pr 3:6 on her bathroom mirror with a glass marker. In pink.
Flight Risk sounds like an exciting read! I’m reading This Transfigured Chapel of the Threads by Sarah Law, a collection of poetry inspired by Therese of Lisieux. The first line: “Mon Pere, I thank you for your blessing–in this crawlspace between bed and wall I count it with my precious things.”
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Awesome, Priscilla! I know your daughter made you proud. I think you would enjoy Flight Risk. I looked up Therese of Lisieux…what an interesting person she was. And that opening line is intriguing.
Good review, Pat. I read Flight Risk a few years ago, but you certainly inspired me to do a reread much sooner! I never can remember story lines, so it’s always like reading a brand new book!
“My role as a hostage negotiator often plunged me into the evil designs of the human mind,’ is the first line of DiAnn Mills’ book Lethal standoff.
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Lethal Standoff is on my TBR table, Barbara. I don’t know how I missed Flight Risk when it first released!
Thanks for investing your reading time in my books! I hope you enjoy a reread.
Oh Cara, I will! Love your books! And love rereading them.
The Merry Matchmaker by Sheila Roberts is my current read. She is the Queen of Christmas books. Two of hers were made into movies. Proverbs is a book full of wisdom. My favorite is Proverbs 16:9.
I’ve read and reviewed Flight Risk and was completely intrigued!
Thanks, Gail. I appreciate you reading my books!
I need that scripture from Proverbs very often. This book sounds like a good read.
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Me, too, Judy! It is a good read!
I enjoy seeing those contrails. I don’t see a lot at home, but often have seen them when traveling. I’m always trying to guess which airports they are flying from and to. Those are great verses to rest on.
Cara’s book sounds intriguing. For some reason I’ve never known, our public library doesn’t have her books. I stay so busy reading what they have that I never getting around to asking about hers. I’m reading Time to Pay, Maine Justice Book 8, by Susan Page Davis. It will release on Monday, so I think it will be okay to share the first line: Tony Winfield pulled into Laney’s usual parking spot in front of her apartment building and cut the engine on his Mustang.
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Love Susan Page Davis’ books, Edward. As for the contrails, I’m pretty sure they’re out of the Memphis airport, but where they’re going is anyone’s guess. 🙂 I think you’d enjoy Cara’s books. She is a fantastic writer.
I’ve really enjoyed anything I’ve read by Cara. I missed this one. Blessings
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Me, too, Lucy! Now I’ve got to see what else I’ve missed. lol
Lucy, it’s one of my favorite books that I’ve written. I hope you enjoy it if you get a chance to read it.
just finished a book earlier in the week and not reading one at the moment
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Then Cara’s would be a great one for you to read, Shelia!
This is a favorite verse of mine and that’s a great photo, Pat. I enjoyed reading Flight Risk as well as all of Cara’s books. I am reading A Healing Touch by Suzanne Woods Fisher. The first line: The workday had barely begun and Dok Stoltzfus was already running behind schedule.
Gloria Anderson
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Thank you, Gloria! I’ve always enjoyed Cara’s books…and I’ll have to check out Suzanne’s book!
I read Cara’s book and loved it!
My first line comes from Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright:
“Death had always been fashionable.”
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The special price ends Monday night…
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FROM Caryl Kane:
I enjoy Cara Putman’s novels. I’m reading Brand of Light – Ronie Kendig.
Enjoy your weekend.
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Caryl, I enjoy Cara’s books as well!