Title: Taxi
Series: Take It Off Novel #11
Standalone novel
Author: Cambria Hebert
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Release: May 6, 2016
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29852433-taxi
The meter is running…
One night as Rose Crawford steps out of a bar, she gives no second thought to lifting her hand to signal for a cab. After all, it’s the responsible thing to do.
A common occurrence.
Far safer than walking several blocks, alone, in the dark.
A familiar-looking yellow taxi with black, faux-leather seats, running meter on the dash, and a smiling driver pulls up to the curb.
Rose slides in. Gives the driver her address…
But she never reaches her destination.
Instead, she finds herself captive, at the will of a man who isn’t a driver, but a bona fide psychopath.
Trapped in a taxi she can’t escape, Rose begins to panic. As the miles between her and safety grow, hope dwindles. It isn’t until someone else joins her in captivity that her spark of hope is rekindled.
Derek is strong, capable, and surely together they can fight their way to freedom.
Then Rose finds out exactly why she’s been driven into hell. Derek may be an unwilling captive, but he isn’t going to help her.
In fact, he’s there to do the exact opposite.
I definitely missed Cambria Hebert’s Take It Off series. I love how she mixes danger, drama, and steam into a complex and intriguing story line. Rose and Derek’s connection seems minimal at the beginning of the story, but after everything starts to fall apart and the puzzle pieces start to align, what they mean or want to mean to one another and the complications that arise due to why the events occurred set in motion life altering revelations.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, but what those actions are bring to light the complexity of human nature and the question of who has the right to make choices of life and death. As a doctor, Derek knows all too well how fragile life is, but where some medical professionals have a God complex when it comes to their role in saving lives, Derek understands how truly human he is and is completely aware of the idea that one person’s life is in no way more valuable than another. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t fight like hell to ensure his patients survive, especially those he’s made a connection with, which clearly illustrates his empathy and bedside manner.
At first, Rose has no idea why she was taken, but when the truth surfaces, there’s only one thing to do – fight – but even that seems futile when everything is stacked against her, including, perhaps, the other person who was abducted.
There are so many twists and turns in Derek and Rose’s story that it forced me to read the text in one sitting, and as their situation seemed hopeless because it looked like neither had a choice in what was to happen, Cambria Hebert inserts a game changing event or reveals a secret that completely alters everything about Derek and Rose’s predicament.
I love that readers are privy to both protagonists’ thoughts because even though Derek and Rose were both taken, the reasons behind that act is much different, and I feel like if I was only given one of their viewpoints that it wouldn’t have allowed me to wrap my head around how complex and difficult that situation was and how Derek and Rose’s separate decisions and actions truly impacted both of them in many ways.
Taxi is a great addition to Hebert’s Take It Off series – it’s suspenseful, steamy, and dramatic in all the best ways!
A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.
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Cambria Hebert is an award winning, bestselling novelist of more than twenty books. She went to college for a bachelor’s degree, couldn’t pick a major, and ended up with a degree in cosmetology. So rest assured her characters will always have good hair.
Besides writing, Cambria loves a caramel latte, staying up late, sleeping in, and watching movies. She considers math human torture and has an irrational fear of chickens (yes, chickens).
You can often find her running on the treadmill (she’d rather be eating a donut), painting her toenails (because she bites her fingernails), or walking her chorkie (the real boss of the house).
Cambria has written within the young adult and new adult genres, penning many paranormal and contemporary titles.
Her favorite genre to read and write is romantic suspense. A few of her most recognized titles are: The Hashtag Series, Text, Torch, and Tattoo.
Cambria Hebert owns and operates Cambria Hebert Books, LLC.
You can find out more about Cambria and her titles by visiting her website: http://www.cambriahebert.com.
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