Review: fab, fun read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 21, 2014
Covert Cover Cracked, Missy MarciassaReview from Jeannie Zelos book reviewsI enjoy some romantic suspense, that which has more of a focus on romance rather than the suspense angle, and this novel had that balance perfectly for me. It's the third book in this series, and though its about Elle and her CIA connection, if like me you haven't read earlier books its still easy to follow. I looked at the decriptions of the previous novels to get a sense of where the story was going.At this point Elle is a field trained operative, and we start with her on the first mission. As usual its a last minute job ,so she wasn't around when boyfriend Lyle wanted to see her as he had some unexpected free time....Poor Elle, its rock and hard place for her, she's been dating Lyle for a while but he's not happy that she's often unavailable. When things go wrong yet again she decides boyfriends are out and flings are in. She goes to local bar and meets Reese...they both agree to a fling, he's a SEAL and off for a six month mission soon, so it suits them both. From one night though they gradually see more and more of each other, and of course poor Elle is stuck in that place again of not being available but unable to tell him why, and unable to explian her bruises and injuries. Then he sees her with Preston, her ex and her partner for the latest job.....it was a tough decision for her to do this job, but she chose it, loves it and now has to see it through even if it means no personal relationships. Can she make Reese understand without telling him the truth – does their relationship stand a chance.Then things go really wrong, and her past and present collide in a huge way in a mission thats going astray...Elle has to step in and put herself into real danger to save the mission, but that brings forward other very serious and dangerous  consequences.  I'd say the personnel that get invloved in this part of the mission are too connceted to be real, but as they say truth often is stranger than fiction. I recall many years ago deep in the woods  falling off my horse, after a dog startled him. I was knocked unconsious and came round to see the face of my ex GP staring at me. It was his dog and I was currently pursuing a medical negligence claim against him....needless to stay he just muttered it couldn't have been his dog, and left me. Luckily there were other riders with me....Its a fun read, perfect balance of danger for me, I don't want the suspense angle to get too technical and this didn't.Stars: Four, excellent read.Arc supplied via netgalley