Mackenzie Darroch runs a Women’s refuge. She starting helping women who have been subjected to domestic abuse after she was held captive and abused herself five years ago. You can find out more about her story in the book, ‘In Harm’s Way’.

The plot of the book features the refuge heavily which is threatened when Mackenzie helps a woman out of a burning car and takes her to the refuge. She is also racked with guilt when a woman turns up at the refuge but they are full and can’t take her in. She is determined not to let this happen again and may just have to cross over the line of right and wrong to keep her promise to the women and herself.

Deadly harm had me hooked from the synopsis and believe me this book did not disappoint. It deals with some difficult issues in a very accessible way. I haven’t read the first book featuring Mackenzie and there was enough information in this book that I never felt like I was missing out or any pieces of the plot were hard to understand.

This is a book I savoured. I could have rushed through it, but I found myself so engrossed that I didn’t want to. The role of right and wrong, decisions, morals kept me intrigued and it does make you think what you would do in the circumstances in the book.