At first, it looks as if Nikki Rose has
written a book that is more thriller than romance. Her free-flowing narrative
alternates between points of view, sometimes tense and para-logical, and at
other times naive and consumingly erotic. It touches upon an issue that has
been close to my heart- trafficking of human. Witnessing something horrible and
then living the life in the prisons of a witness protection programme is “horribler”.
A young woman restarts her life in a new city and then her life goes haywire. She
finds it difficult how to convey the magnitude of her uncertainties to a
stanger. And then a hunk finds himself watching her across the road from his
apartment. Imprisoned by her attractiveness, he goes on doing what he should
NOT, and things take unpredictable turns. Then the twists come, fast and
sirening.
[
I sipped the tea which seemed to calm me. In fact, it was relaxing me a little
too much. My body felt too heavy and I leaned back in my seat.
“You
okay?”
“Yeah,
I just... What kind of tea was that?”
“Oh,
this? An herbal blend. Do you like it?”
I
stood and the room spun, the floor jerking out from under my feet.]
Quite Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock
Holmes type dialogues, and actions too. Will she be a victim or a victimizer? We
don’t know yet- that’s Nikki Rose’s prose style.
As we begin to live with her through the
prose, we understand what identity crisis rally is. How one should behave
during the protection period. The novel is halfway through before its first
reveal, but it’s worth the wait. Towards the ned, plenty of revelations ensue,
and as they pile up, screams, police sirens, fire engines and more nearly
destroy her world of a happy future. Not everything makes a lot of sense, but
the storyline and its characters and the author’s timely installments of shocks
and surprises make Crossing the Line an exciting read.
Sidd Burth
Author of THE POISON EARRINGS
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