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Breach of Trust by DiAnn Mills is the first in her new Call of Duty series. Paige Rogers, a former CIA agent, is hiding out in Split Creek, Oklahoma. She started a new life as the small town’s librarian, attends Friday night football games, cares for the local high school kids, and finds herself falling in love with Miles Laird, the football coach. In all appearances, she’s just an average person.

But seven years ago, she “survived every CIA agent’s worst nightmare – a covert mission gone terribly wrong and a betrayal by one man she thought she could trust.” Now, she isn’t who she says she is. She’s living another life to protect her family from danger.

Then, that man she thought she could trust, the only other survivor of that mission, shows up. If she chooses to expose him for his wrongdoing, especially in his bid for governor, her family and those she loves will be his next target. Paige is forced to choose between risking her parents’ lives if she returns to the CIA or working for the man she knows is responsible for the deaths of many.

Paige’s choices are complicated by her faith in God, something she didn’t have when she was in the CIA before. If she returns to the CIA, could she handle shooting to kill or ordering someone’s death? How does a Christian agent deal with the ethics of the job?

Breach of Trust is a skilled portrayal of the world of a CIA agent – once an agent, always an agent. I like how Author Diann Mills attempts to answer how a Christian would deal with the duties required.

While Paige is a Christian, the story isn’t “preachy” – no long sermons or religious discussions. Mills uses Paige’s every day life and struggles to illustrate how a Christian should respond to adversity and how every decision should be placed at God’s feet.

The suspense element kept me turning the pages and cheering for Paige and those around her. I do have to say that I figured out who the small town “mole” was early on even though there was no concrete evidence until the person was exposed. Now, doesn’t that make you wonder what all happens in the book?
If you would like to read the first chapter of Breach Of Trust, go HERE

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