Cruise by Laramie Briscoe Release Review

I received a copy of this book from the publisher/author to review for Stephanie’s Book Reports.

Cruise is the sixth and final book in the Moonshine Task Force Series from Laramie Briscoe. This series is so amazing that I would recommend you starting from the very beginning so you don’t miss a thing that happens in these characters life. They do tend to show up in other books and you will get more pleasure from the series if you read them all together.

Cruise is now a man and has something to prove. All his life he has looked up to his Dad., there’s nothing he ever wanted to do more than be a member of the Moonshine Task Force right next to him. He said no to playing football professionally to stay in Laurel Springs and fulfill his dreams. He is biding his time,, paying his dues, and soaking up any bit of information his fellow MTF members slip his way. To most of them he is the kid they watched grow up, and while they are proud of him, they don’t take him seriously. Life is status quo, until the morning all hell breaks loose in the small town threatening everyone he knows and loves–including the one woman he can’t get out of his head…Ruby Carson. The girl Caleb saved from the worst date of her life, swooping in like the fixer he is. Smiling his pantie melting grin, he grabbed her hand and extricated her from the longest ninety two minutes know in the history of the world. Instead, he took her on the best date she ever had. They have been inseparable since that crazy night. It hasn’t been picture-perfect. His job is dangerous, it worries her even when he tells her not to. One gorgeous summer day, it all comes crashing down around them. The man who has her heart is in the middle of a fubar situation that has no good ending. Her hope is, when the smoke clears Caleb is walking towards her, arms outstretched, with that grin on his face, before he envelopes her body into the hug only he can give. That is what would happen in a perfect world-but she has never known a perfect world, not even with Caleb.

If you have read this series then you met Caleb when he was a teenager and have basically watched him grow into the man he is now. Caleb has always wanted to be like his father and now that he is he is loving his job. On the night he meets Ruby he wasn’t expecting it at all but it kicks off a love affair you guys are going to fall in love with. I don’t want to say to much about the plot as I am afraid I will ruin something. I have love Caleb since I met him and I was so excited to have this book in my hands. He is everything and so much more than I hoped for. Ruby is an amazingly strong female character too and I really related to her. You see, I am married to a police officer and I know first hand the worry and fear that comes from watching them put that uniform on and go out away from me and his daughter and put his life on the line for people that don’t even realize it. This book also will have you one the edge of my seat and I would be lying if I didn’t say that I did not shed some tears. I wasn’t expecting what happens in this book to happen and it really affected me because of who I am married to and the life I have lived for 23 years of worrying about him. You too might want to prepare yourself for Caleb’s little sister. Oh holy goodness I fell so in love with that child!! She will crack you up and have you smiling just when you need it the most. This book is great and Laramie Briscoe did and absolutely amazing job of capturing the life and emotions of what it is like to married to someone in law enforcement. Thank you for that Ms. Briscoe. I don’t think people realize just how hard that life is on the spouses.