Review: Suspenseful romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 28, 2014
This is third in a series and trust me honey, you want to read the first two books to get the full effect and know what's going on.Michael and Christina have what I would call "not normal" relationship.  In the first book Michael kidnaps Christina to hold as collateral because her hacker dad committed a no-no against the organization Michael works for, IMA.  The second book Michael is working toward taking down Adrian (IMA boss) and protecting Christina from them. Now in the third installment Michael and Christina are working together to stop IMA.As you can probably surmise, this leads to some great push/pull and hate/love moments for these two.  With a continuous series that feature the same characters, development is important.  One of the aspects of this series I enjoy so much is Christina's growth.  She is young (Senior in highschool in first book) with all the insecurities and naiveness that come with that.  Now in the third book she stands up to Michael and tries to assert herself more. She is becoming stronger and Michael is a big reason for that.  While Christina is toughening up, Michael is softening (just a little bit) by book three. He is basically learning how to interact and learn to have a relationship with another human being.The action part of the series is interesting, although can seem to diverge at times. The IMA and BN are two secret shady military organizations picking fights with each other that leaves Michael and Christina in the middle, not the best place to be.  How they finagle out of dangerous spots can make you suspend your belief at times.I like this series, there is just something about Michael and Christina that I can't put my finger on that I enjoy. It's kind of becoming my guilty pleasure. There are a few editing mistakes but like with Kristen Ashley, I can see the author improving, cleaning up her writing, and coming into her own more.So there isn't another book listed in the series but the way this one ended, there could definitely be another in the works.  I need to see Michael and Christina more together, I need more of closure with these two!