Review: Action & Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 26, 2014
Nothing will make you long for spring quite like a short and sweet book set in sunny Florida. Get transported to a warmer place for a few hours and enjoy the beginning of a beautiful relationship between Drew and Bree.When Drew Arnoud got called down to Destin, FL to be the forensic accountant on a suspicious suicide, the last thing he expects is to be reeled in by the pixie-like beauty Bree Finley. Bree is a local headhunter, just out on the water relaxing after a tough week, when she winds up saving a sexy numbers nerd who whips her libido into a frenzy.As the two spend time together, Drew begins to confide in Bree about his mission...investigating fraudulent activity by the city and economic council with BP oil spill claims. Bree begins to discover that not everything is what it seems in the city of Destin or with the people around her. Together, Drew and Bree must confront the suspects before the corruption turns deadly.DESTINED FOR DECEPTION was a well written novella by Sandra Tilley and Suzanne Purvis who clearly set out to torture us all with beautiful descriptions of sun, sweat and sea in this book. As a short book, I felt that the authors did an excellent job giving the reader just enough action and romance to leave us wanting more. In fact, I wanted a lot more of this cool crime fighting duo, especially on the romantic front. DESTINED FOR DECEPTION could have handled a bit more in the way of sex scenes. They were too glossed over for my personal taste.Though neither main character was very deep, I felt like they didn't particularly need to be in this book. Having little backstory on either of them allowed me to stay in the moment and learn about each of them as they learned about one another. The sparks between them were nicely written, though I did hope for a little more flame to go with them. Since the ending hints at future stories featuring these two, consider this my plea to the authors to throw some more sex and action in for us next time! Bree and Drew have the potential for a very steamy and suspenseful series!While DESTINED FOR DECEPTION isn't the most unique book out there, the writing and tight storyline will be one that you'll enjoy.<a href='http://www.theromancereviews.com/viewbooks.php?bookid=13316'><img alt='The Romance Review' src='http://www.theromancereviews.com/images/trrreviewed.gif' border='0'></img></a>