Review: Not nearly as good as the previous book in series
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2012
I enjoyed the previous book, Broken Wings, and got this book as well.  I had said that Broken Wings wasn't really a romance novel but felt like a prequel to a romance novel.  This is supposed to be the romance novel of Rio and her soulmate Tajan/Eddie.  They are both FBI agents and partners. Rio is being threatened and they are working on a case involving a poker tournament.  We meet supporting characters (mainly other FBI agents and Rio's dad and her best friend).I never felt invested in any of these people.  The writing in this book was not nearly as strong as the previous book. I kept thinking that maybe the author had spent a lot of time writing and re-writing and editing Broken Wings (her first book) and then rushed through this one.  Additionally, and most annoyingly, Rio was a totally different person.  Suppposedly, she is a competent, well-regarded FBI agent. She was certainly competent in the first book and I liked her a lot there. However, in this book everyone treats her like she can't handle some trouble and she goes along with it.  It felt like she was a civilian rather than an FBI agent!  I could POSSIBILY see her father treating her like this (he may be worried about his daughter); however, for other FBI agents to treat her like this and for her to accept it just seemed stupid. The author ended up falling into a stereotype that Rio needed Eddie to constantly "save" her and it just annoyed the heck out of me!