My Thoughts and More on The Targeted by Cara Putman

 

Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for The Targeted by Cara Putman, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

About the Book

Title: The Targeted 

Series: Secrets to Keep #3 

Author: Cara Putman 

Publisher: Kregel Publications 

Release Date: May 19, 2026 

Genre: Romantic Suspense 

Can she protect her gym students before her past catches up? 

When Chloe Ainsworth's older sister reappears after fourteen years, she brings with her the news that Chloe's abuser is back in town. Chloe is a coach at her childhood gym and fiercely protective of her young gymnasts. She won't allow them to suffer the way she did, but she's desperate for an ally—one who can help her make her case. 

 Law student Dare Shepherd works at the local legal clinic, where he meets Chloe and hears her out. He believes her case but can't get the clinic director on board. As he learns more about her story, he finds himself bound by a deepening personal care for Chloe. 

They band together in search of answers, and suddenly the stakes skyrocket. It's clear they're onto something, but will they be able to find the answers before it's too late? 

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About the Author

Cara Putman is a professor, an attorney, and an award-winning, best-selling author of more than forty novels, including the Cornhusker Dreams series, the Hidden Justice series, and The Vanished.

Connect with Cara by visiting caraputman.com to follow her on social media or subscribe to email newsletter updates.

My Thoughts:

The Targeted is a story that unfortunately, happens all too often in real life. This is a story that is told through the victim's viewpoint. And a victim that is actively seeking justice for herself and those who like her who have been abused. 

Chloe is trying to keep her life from unraveling. From caring for her mother with some medical issues, financial problems, and trying to figure out if she should continue her law degree are some big issues she is facing. She is also dealing with a past that has shook her to her core, all the while being a gymnastic coach and trying to protect other young girls from the abuse she and some of her friends have endured. Add that her missing sister for fourteen years is back. And so is the man that has abused them.

Chloe is a character that really considers all of the ramifications that her decisions may have on others. But she seeks justice, and she finds help in Dare Shepherd a law student that takes up her cause. 

There were a lot of moving pieces in this story and some hard issues that were tackled. Trust in others is important, and when that trust is broken who do you turn to?

I was provided a copy of this novel from the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review, and all views and opinions are my own.

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