Over the Line by Lisa Desrochers Series: On the Run, #2
Published by Intermix Publication Date: January 1st 1970
Also in this series: Outside the Lines
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The USA Today bestselling author of Outside the Lines once again explores love on the edge in an explosive new romance about obsession, betrayal, and a killer attraction.
Lee Delgado never planned on falling in love with the irresistible Oliver Savoca, son of a Chicago crime lord. Considering that their families are rivals, she knew it could never work. And now that both their fathers have been nabbed on racketeering charges, any real chance at a future with the man she loves has been shot to hell. But a greater blow is yet to come.
Not only does Lee learn that a contract is out on her life, she has reason to believe that Oliver is behind the devastating betrayal. Now she’s working closely—very closely—with Federal Agent Sean Callahan to help bring her man down. But however she’s come to feel about Callahan, Lee is still deeply, hopelessly, unabashedly in love with Oliver.
Where that fearless love takes Lee next is beyond her control—but the risk is worth every beat of her heart.
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I have read both books so far on the On the Run series and I have to say I enjoyed book 1 but book 2 I loved.
This story takes place immediately after Outside the Lines ends. Lee the oldest sister of the Delgado siblings has been having a hard time since the family went into witness protection – the guilt of what she has done is weighing on her on top of walking away from a career that she loved has made the time in Florida that much harder.
Oliver Savoca needs to save his skin and he knows who he has to find in order to do that – Lee. After a year together during grad school, she betrayed him in the worst possible way and know he needs to track her down in order to save himself from his mobster father. The problem is that he is in love with her and he doesn’t know how to deal with that along with her betrayal. She, of course, thinks it was him that put the hit out on her family which is why they are in witness protection in the first place. When he shows up in her house Lee does the first thing that comes to mind and that is to shoot him – which of course sets off a chain reaction and the story goes from there.
I loved Oliver and Lee’s story. Told in dual POV’s you know right away what they really think of each other so good some bad but the passion was always there. I think the author did a fantastic job weaving in both the present time and their time in school so you can get some background on the pair and what happened when Lee made the choices she did. Then when she realized that Oliver was the love of her life and how many ways he showed her was a great revelation in her story ARC which was a testament to great writing. We do see the other family members as well as some new and old characters but this is truly Oliver and Lee’s story. The payoff at the end was done well and the set-up for the next story was definitely there.
If you are looking for a great summer series you won’t be disappointed with this series.
