Review: EXTINGUISHED - a must read for fans of Kaylea Cross!!!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2013
Kaylea Cross continues her Titanium Security saga with EXTINGUISHED, her 4th installment.  This book highlights Blake Ellis and new team member Jordyn Bridger, the younger sister to Blake’s best friend.  As followers of this series knows, Blake is a former Marine Scout/Sniper and a key member of the Titanium Team. Black is a superb sniper, a well-trained warrior, a complete alpha male yet has a tender heart and is über-protective of those he considers “his”.  Jordyn is a kick-ass former Marine, she is a tough soldier, a crack shot, an excellent mechanic and still manages to maintain her femininity.EXTINGUISHED begins 7 months in the past as the Bridger family is burying their only son, Jamie.  Jordyn and Blake are both heartbroken over his death and share a passionate first kiss, until Blake pulls away.  Jordyn has been in love with Blake for years but knew he only saw her as Jamie’s kid sister…….or does he???  Blake leaves a heartbroken Jordyn and cuts off all contact with her and her family for the next 7 months.  Moving ahead to present day, Blake is back to recruit Jordyn for a job with his Titanium Security Team.  Both look at this as an opportunity to repair their friendship.As the Team prepares to hunt down their main enemy, Hassani, the crazed, ego-driven Taliban leader who has vowed to eliminate all of them, Jordyn and Blake both try to work as a team and hide their true feelings for each other…….an impossible task.  In a true “light goes on moment” both realize that they can’t keep their distance any longer.Heading to the Peshawar Region of Pakistan, the Team prepares for their final showdown with Hassani.  When tragedy strikes, Jordyn is forced to join them in the field to act as Blake’s spotter.  Blake is determined to protect her…..at any cost.Once again, Cross shows her exact attention for detail as all aspects of this book are well thought-out and well researched.  When she describes each area the Team passes through, be it Islamabad, Afghanistan or Peshawar, Pakistan, it’s easy to visualize where they travel.  I know from reading different blogs and FaceBook pages that Ms. Cross was able to interview a former sniper to gain the information she needed to make Blake’s skills believable…….this attention to detail is one of the things that sets Cross above the rest when it comes to novel writing.EXTINGUISHED is weighed more heavily in favor of the suspense than the romance but because of the storyline any additional romantic scenes would be gratuitous……and there is nothing worse in a book, for me, than inappropriate sex scenes that just don’t flow with the story.  Cross showed her characters can be hot and steamy and playful and sweet.  But it was the suspenseful parts of this story that made the book great.  As the Titanium Team engaged their Taliban enemies I was actually holding my breath from page to page……would the Team survive or would they be captured or, worse, killed?  You’ll have to grab a copy of EXTINGUISHED yourself to find out.I’ll finish by warning readers that there is one event that fans may not like (and I didn’t see coming at all) and the final outcome is one of the two cliff-hangers Cross leaves us with, the second is the story of Alex Rycroft and HIS lady love Grace Fallon the focal point of her 5th Titanium Security book.**Note: Book received from author for honest review**Other books by Kaylea Cross:Romantic Military Suspense:Ignited – Titanium Security Book #1Signed – Titanium Security Book #2Burned - Titanium Security Book #3Deadly Descent – Bagram Special Ops Book #1Tactical Strike – Bagram Special Ops Book #2Lethal Pursuit - Bagram Special Ops Book #3Out of Her League - Suspense Series Book #1Cover of Darkness - Suspense Series Book #2No Turning Back - Suspense Series Book #3Relentless - Suspense Series Book #4Absolution - Suspense Series Book #5Paranormal Romance:Darkest Caress – Empowered Series Book #1Historical Romance:The Vacant Chair