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 Leo and Audrey both have their fair share of problems. Leo is verbally and physically abused by his father, who thinks that is the only way he can help his son become a good man-better than his own father. Audrey's father is in prison for murder, and she can't shake the feeling he is innocent. Together, these two broken individuals make themselves whole again, showing everyone who the true fighters are. 
 Both raised in a military family, high expectations and a clean reputation have been placed on their shoulders. Some of my friends (back in ye old'n days) grew up in similar situations and it was nice to see the correlation between fiction and reality did not have a big gap. 
 The best way I can describe STEAMLINE is: a contemporary romance murder mystery with swimming. Emphasis on the contemporary romance. I felt like the book would have been strong enough without the main characters having to go through this puzzle. There was almost too much going on. 
 Drawn first to the novel by its cover, when I found out it was about swimming, I had to read it. I love the water and everything about it. STREAMLINE goes into detail about the sport and competitive swimming and I throughly enjoyed that. I also liked how the dialogue between characters was smooth and realistic, unforced and natural. 
 One thing that might bother some readers, however, is the change of POV. You are taken into the heads of almost every main character in the novel, and this is a really hard feat to pull off. It's hard enough to master one character-their flaws, dreams, and fears-but five? Definitely have to applaud Lane on that. 
 If you are a huge fan of contemporary, I wouldn't pass this one up! Swimmers, I also recommend getting your hands on this one!