Blurb
Hailey Langley tries to wrap her mind around the news her husband survived a fire she thought had killed him. Before she can search for him, Hailey has a promise to keep that takes her to Colombia where she must face the drug lord behind her husband’s attack.
Mark Langley is suffering from his own plight and insecurities, including burns and PTSD. Beneath Mark’s scarred exterior is a man seeking acceptance from a wife he refuses to see. Uncertain if he will ever reunite with his family, Mark struggles through his therapies, hopeful an experimental drug from the Euphoria plant will heal his scars.
When another villain from Colombia seeks revenge, Hailey and Mark must learn to trust and love again as they battle their newest threat and find their way back to each other.
Review
In the final book in the Euphoria series, Hailey Langley is a woman of many talents. She’s a government agent, a scientific researcher, a college professor, and a full-time mom. Now, she’s trying to rescue a kidnapped child in Colombia. Back home in the US, her estranged husband, Mark, is going through his strenuous rehabilitation in an undisclosed location. Their marriage is on the rocks. All Hailey wants is to reunite with her husband and be a family again with their teenage children, but Mark’s trauma and the danger Hailey finds in Colombia follows her back to the States. How will she and Mark rebuild their lives together?
I’ve been waiting a long time for the conclusion of Hailey’s story. It’s been years since I read the first two books, but they slowly came back to me as I read this one. In my opinion, this series needs to be read in order, so start with book 1 and work your way through. Hailey and Mark are wonderful characters. They’ve both experienced trauma, and their response to that trauma was very real. I really missed not having Parker in this book (he died in book 2), but he was one of my favorite characters in the series.
The POV shifted between Hailey, Mark, and José, the main villain, so the reader gets a wide overview of what’s happening in each aspect of the story. Most of the action/suspense scenes took place in the beginning and at the end. I wish there had been more of them. Ms. Becker does action well. The middle mostly focused on the couple’s strained relationship. At times, the medical/scientific jargon was hard to follow, but it was necessary to flesh out certain parts of the narrative.
Embracing Euphoria is a wonderful, satisfying conclusion to the Euphoria series. For readers who love crime thrillers, espionage, and romance, I recommend you check out this trilogy.
5 Stars
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