Review: Romance and Action with Sparks Flying
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 30, 2012
Sparks immediately fly when Special Forces veteran, Caleb McKenna accidentally falls at the feet of Blake Sera, the woman he's been hired to protect. If the attraction he feels is any indication, he may have an even harder time protecting his heart. Blake is  a Malibu glamour girl, but he soon learns nothing is as it seems. As she gradually reveals all her secrets, he holds on to why he crossed her path even tighter. But, being her secret bodyguard is bound to lead to trouble at some point in their newly found love.This book had more profanity and was steamier than STILL WATERS, although I've seen much worse.  In the short 179 pages, there must have been well over two dozen curse words. I was turned off at the beginning when the analogy of criminal activities danced through Blake's head "like sugarplums." Misha Crews usually has a much better command of the language than this, and the quality of her writing has always been one of her strengths. I had a hard time liking Blake in the beginning, but, the more I read, the more I warmed to her. Caleb was lovable all the way, although I failed understand why he didn't tell Blake he was brought there to protect her before he did. I had who hired the agency to protect Blake and who was trying to kill her figured out from their introductions, but this didn't spoil anything for me. I like being able to do this early in the story and then see if I'm correct. Near the end, there were some very abrupt point of view changes with no indications and some all-knowing comments, like "`Nobody knows we're here.' But he was wrong about that. Outside in the darkness two figures crouched low...." Using "this" for "his" and "he" for "the" may have been scanning errors.Despite the small array of problems, I liked the story. I think Misha Crews has talent as a writer. I just wished she would clean up her writing some. Still, even the love scenes are not as distasteful to me as many other romances. After reading two very different books of hers, I would read more.