5-STAR REVIEW: THE WAYWARD TARGET by Susan Ouellette

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The Description

The Wayward Series: Book 3
Publication Date: April 25, 2023

When a price is placed on her head, Maggie must face the terroristic mastermind to save her lover’s life without betraying her most loyal friend.

Evil Triumphs Only if Good Women Do Nothing

A year after hunting down the terrorist who killed her fiancé, CIA analyst Maggie Jenkins finds herself with a price on her head. In retaliation for chasing and killing an elite member of a terrorist cell, Maggie now is on the hitlist of the mastermind behind numerous terrorist attacks.

With Maggie’s movements severely restricted by the presence of a round-the-clock security detail, it’s up to her boss, Warner Thompson, and CIA officer Roger Patterson to find and eliminate the terrorist who stalks her. But when a shadowy Russian operative surfaces and presents Maggie with intel that might lead her to the man who orchestrated her fiancé’s death, she can no longer watch from the sidelines. Is she willing to risk her growing relationship with Roger, Warner’s career, and her own life to finally get justice and bring down a major terrorist cell?

Excerpt The Review

CIA analyst Maggie Jenkins is still trying to recover from her role in taking down a skilled terrorist when she becomes the public target of retribution for the terrorist group.

Continuing with quick-paced action and international intrigue, author Susan Ouellette delivers the next installment in the Wayward Series with The Wayward Target.

This time, Maggie is stuck on the sidelines while others try to neutralize the threat. Even with both her boss and her boyfriend involved, Maggie can’t let a lead pass by.

The author’s writing style is crisp, leading readers easily back and forth through dual storylines leading up to the moment of intersection that is explosive. There’s a good amount of depth to the story, but thanks to solid organization, everything makes sense.

The Wayward Target pits a powerful female character against a terrorist mastermind determined to seek revenge. Buy Links

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About The Author

Susan Ouellette was born and raised in the suburbs of Boston, where she studied international relations and Russian language and culture at both Harvard University and Boston University. As the Soviet Union teetered on the edge of collapse, she worked as an intelligence analyst at the CIA, where she earned a commendation for her work done during the failed 1991 Soviet coup. Subsequently, Susan worked on Capitol Hill as a professional staff member for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI).

It was there in the Capitol Building, during quiet moments, that Susan conceived of Maggie Jenkins, an intrepid female character thrust into a dangerous situation borne of tragedy. Next came the threads of a plot, and from that blossomed her first espionage thriller, The Wayward Spy.

Susan lives on a farm outside of Washington, D.C., with her husband, three boys, cats, chickens, turkeys, and too many honeybees to count. In her spare time, she loves to read, root for Boston sports teams, and spend time staring out at the ocean on the North Carolina coast.