Review: Heroine kicked more a** than hero...premise a bit difficult to palate
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
Plot in 3 sentence: Chase O'Malley, an ex-special Ops operative, who takes on a job of kidnapping the wife for a client. The 'wife', Larissa Santos, and Chase immediately have explosive chemistry and end up falling for each other...hard. The bad guy gets his 'just dessert', the H&h; have their HEA (with no cliffhanger).I almost didn't get past the first few chapters. Reading about how a supposedly, ex-special Ops hero (who has a private investigation firm) decides to KIDNAP someone without doing any due diligence on the client. Chase never checks out the client's story, just does it. Also, kidnapping is a federal offense, why would he agree to take it on anyhow. The explanation is so weak. Made the hero look like a total loser. Bad judgement.  Chase also (for a special ops), seems to get 'taken in' by Larrisa time and time again. She should have been the operative, not Chase. There are times when his alpha-male comes out, but he seems to be more a pushover than what the cover art leads the reader to believe.Larissa, on the other hand, is completely the opposite. She is a strong, smart, kick-a** woman. She gets the upper hand over Chase time and time again. Even though he is buff and tall, she is about the trick him. He threatens her, then acquiesces.  Can't really respect a guy like that. We are supposed to see his 'sensitive' side, it just looks weak.Also, how do they fall for each other so quickly??? Chase is her kidnapper. Why would she be able to feel anything for him except hate and/or fear for at least a week. At day 2, she is already excited to jump his bones. Didn't get that. Oh yeah, a couple of hot steamy scenes.Then after the bad guy meets his bitter end. There is a plot twist that gets annoying. Just started to skim at this point. Then when I think things may really fall apart -the way the problem goes away is just too quick and convenient. Wish it resolved itself in a different way.I didn't love this book, and I didn't hate it, hence the 3 stars.