Title: Edge of Danger
Series: Deadly Ops
Author: Katie Reus
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: November 3, 2015
Publisher: Signet
ASIN: B00S75RXLY
When an assassin tries to kill undercover DEA agent Tucker Pankov the same week his boss is taken out, Tucker has good reason to be paranoid. And when other members of his elite team are not only targeted, but stripped of top-secret security clearance, Tucker has one shot at discovering who wants them dead—and why. So he kidnaps the only woman he thinks can save them.
Brilliant NSA analyst Karen Stafford doesn’t like being forced into anything, especially by someone she doesn’t trust. Yet after a hijacked US-owned drone starts attacking government installations resulting in mass casualties, Karen has to take Tucker’s side. Now, two unlikely allies must unite to prevent an escalating and unthinkable terrorist conspiracy. But as Tucker and Karen grow intimate, they realize the conspiracy runs deep, and their enemies are closer than anyone realized.
My rating:
Tucker Pankov isn't having the best of times. First, his boss is killed, then he and his three teammates are targeted and their top-secret security clearances revoked. And when they try to contact their boss's friend, NSA deputy director, the man doesn't pick up. But Tucker has a Plan B that will get Burkhart's attention—kidnap the man's right hand, NSA analyst Karen Stafford.
Karen has all reason's to doubt her kidnappers' story...But they haven't hurt her and the files seem legit. And when they're labeled traitors by the stories in the media, accused of planting bombs...It all smells of setup and no one likes that.
Two gems in a row. What did I do to deserve this?
It might've started good, then lost its way a little, but now this series keeps getting better and better.
Another nail-biter, kick-ass-actiony story, but this time, instead of revenge, involving a man determined to clear his and his friends' names, find out who killed his boss and wanted to kill him, and stop traitors from getting into a higher position of power and start yet another war to profit from.
Tucker, the hero, was just the right mix of dangerous and protective, but the real (and pleasant) surprise was Karen, the heroine. For being just an analyst, she was surprisingly resilient and spunky without a damsel-in-distress bone in her body. Which was much appreciated. The romance was rushed (it all happened in a span of a couple of days), but with all that story crammed into such a tight space, with dangerous assassins lurking at every corner and the shadowy big-bad's constant presence, the time-span seemed longer and with so much time Tucker and Karen spent alone, literally dodging bullets, things naturally progressed as they tend to do in dangerous situations.
Though the romance was good, it was the suspense part that really shone. The action was good, the dangerous bits nail-biting, but it was the guessing game as to who was behind all of it and what might or might not happen next that truly drove the story forward.
I was most afraid of the endgame to the suspense. The motive and reasoning for treason had to be believable, not just an afterthought, otherwise it would've ruined the whole story. If you look at the rating, you know my fears didn't come true.
An action-packed page turner with a good balance between suspense and romance and a great cast of characters.
5 stars, bodyguard/military/merc/gov/cop/spy, contemporary, contemporary romance, favorites, Katie Reus, suspense/mystery/adventure/thriller
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