Review: Lynn Raye Harris gives us action, intrigue, passion and good old fashioned steam
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2014
Originally reviewed for Bodice Rippers, Femme Fatales and FantasyThe Hostile Operations Team is back in action and things just keep getting hotter! Dangerously Hot takes place around Hot Package and we get hints of that story but the main focus is on Kev "Big Mac" MacGregor and Lucky San Ramos.Lynn Raye Harris gives us action, intrigue, passion and good old fashioned steam in her second full book of her Hostile Operations Team Series and I loved every minute if it.Lucky San Ramos had fought hard to become a member of H.O.T. but being kidnapped, held hostage and tortured by one of the world's top terrorists will change a girl. She was rescued by her own personal hero Kevin MacDonald. One soul searching, toe curling kiss and he walked away, pushing her towards his best friend. She's a widow now and free of the military just not free of her nightmares. The last thing she wants to see is Kev MacDonald walking towards her with the kind of news that will only spawn more nightmares. All Ahmed is alive.Kevin "Big Mac" MacDonald does not know his own worth. He blames himself for the murder suicide of his family. He blames himself for having to bring his best friend's body back instead of bringing him home alive and he blames himself for wanting Lucky San Ramos, still. When he is ordered to bring her back, that's bad enough. But then he discovers the mission is to go in as her husband. How can he ever survive this?The falling in love with your best friend's girl is not a new theme in romance books and an author walks a fine line when telling the story. If the hero doesn't feel remourse we are Not likely to connect with him, same goes with the heroine. But they can also do some serious overkill, which pretty much destroys the story. Ms. Harris juggled these emotions like a skilled circus clown, sending our emotions soaring before plummeting back to earth only to start the cycle all over again. Wonderfully done.While these two are circling emotionally they still have a job to do. Lucky has to face a past no one would ever want to. She must find AlAhmed and identity him before he sets his plans into action. Sexual tension is NOT the only tension in this story.Watching Kev and Lucky come into their own is beautiful. To see people fighting back against those that hurt them, to see then cone out of their battles strong and true, yeah *sigh* it's a beautiful thing.Find the time, read these books. You will enjoy them.ShauniThis review is based on the ARC of Dangerously Hot, provided by netgalley