Review: Best so far...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 22, 2012
My 4.5 review from GuiltyPleasuresbookreviews.comI am a big fan of Adrienne Giordano's Private Protectors series and Relentless Pursuit is a fantastic addition to this adrenaline driven series.  In fact, if I had to choose; I'd say this is the best book in the series so far.This is Billy Tripp's story and he's kind of fascinated me from his first appearance.  He's had a minor recurring role in previous books and I always kind of "connected" with him.  After reading this book, I absolutely understand why that happened.  Billy is ADD and as someone who lives with a spouse and a now adult child both of whom suffer from ADD, it's no wonder I zeroed in on his character.  While I appreciate that Adrienne brings up the topic of adults with ADD, I kind of felt at times we were hit over the head with it.  While it is something that people who are inflicted with must deal with on a daily basis, it shouldn't define who you are and I kind of felt that was the case with Billy.  That's not to say I didn't like his character or his antics or this book because as I stated above, I very much enjoyed the story.  I would have enjoyed the story more if it didn't seem to enter almost every conversation Billy had with his boss, his co-workers, and his love interest, Kristen Dante.Billy is on assignment in Kristen's hotel.  He's guarding some high priced jewelry in South Beach and it's basically a punishment assignment for letting his passport expire.  He's not at all happy about it until he meets Kristen.  Let's just say he doesn't make the best first impression.  Soon he finds himself helping out with the hotel's security following some car thefts.  His investigation leads to a lot of twists and turns and in addition it throws him and Kristen together quite a bit.The developing relationship between Billy and Kristen was amusing, interesting, and at times painful.  Between Billy's inability to not speak every thought going through his head and Kristen's body image issues these two had to overcome a lot to be together.  I applaud the way Kristen dealt with Billy and his ADD.  I give two big thumbs up to Billy for his absolute brilliant technique in helping Kristen get past her issues and stop being her own worst enemy.In Relentless Pursuit author Adrienne Giordano gives us to likeable but flawed characters, great dialog, a superb story line filled with international criminals, job and family issues, not to mention a satifying love story.  I found myself so immersed and wrapped up in this story that I simply could not put it down.