Title: Bound to Danger
Series: Deadly Ops
Author: Katie Reus
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: August 5, 2014
Publisher: Signet
ASIN: B00HZ1E5UI
At a benefit dinner, community activist Maria Cervantes overhears two men plotting a terrorist attack that could rock Miami to its core. But before she can alert authorities, she’s almost killed in a massive explosion—and wakes up in a hospital with no memory of what happened. As the sole survivor of the attack, she is now a person of interest to the NSA—and especially to Agent Cade O’Reilly. Because Maria is the one woman Cade has never been able to forget.
Years ago, they were closer than either was willing to admit—until Cade disappeared when Maria needed him most. Now he’s sticking by her, whether she likes it or not. Because the memories locked inside her mind could hold vital clues to the next attack. Because terrorists want her dead—and because he never wants to let her go again.
My rating:
Philanthropist rich girl Maria Cervantes overhears a terrorist plot while being sick at a benefit dinner. It's the instinct to run outside and tell someone that saves her life, as the mansion explodes, killing hundreds—including her mother.
When she wakes up in the hospital, she remembers nothing, but the NSA isn't taking chances—she might know something—so Cade O'Reilly volunteers to keep an eye on her. But with the history they share, Maria would prefer anybody else. Until someone starts gunning for her...
It's amazing how one single character can ruin an otherwise pretty decent story. That character in this instance is the heroine. She came across as an entitled, spoiled, selfish bitch who liked to hold grudges.
If she was in pain, she wanted the world to be in pain too.
The constant rinse and repeat of the fact Cade "cut her out of his life like she was nothing" in the past (when nothing really happened between the two, they were friends who barely shared a kiss!) really started to grate. Then she abruptly made a 180 and started to drool over him, wanting to trust him...Then yet another 180 about him abandoning her...And on and on it went.
It distracted from the main suspense plot about terrorists targeting people in Miami for rather just reasons (if it weren't for that pesky collateral damage). That plot was tight and action-packed, but it was bogged down by the "angst" of the romance.
Which was also ruined by the constant back and forth, until nothing remained, but lust and attraction, no feelings.
A disappointing second installment. I hope the rest of the series redeems itself.
2 stars, bitchslappable heroine/hero, bodyguard/military/merc/gov/cop/spy, contemporary, contemporary romance, Katie Reus, suspense/mystery/adventure/thriller
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