Saturday, March 27, 2021

Review: Shattered Duty by Katie Reus

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Title: Shattered Duty
Series: Deadly Ops
Author: Katie Reus
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: June 2, 2015
Publisher: Signet
ASIN: B00OQS4HEM

When his wife was murdered two years ago, Special Agent Levi Lazaro turned his back on everything he cared about. Ever since, he has thought of nothing but vengeance. Now he's finally uncovered the identities of those who killed his wife—and he's ready to destroy them at any cost. He won’t let anything stand in his way—not even a beautiful NSA agent on a mission of her own.

Special Agent Selene Wolfe prides herself on being the best. Her fearlessness and quick-thinking make her the perfect person to take down a deadly terrorist cell. But she needs Levi’s help, and the moment he shows up, Selene knows her objectivity—and her heart—are in trouble.

As the two strike an uneasy alliance, Levi finds himself tormented by his desire for Selene—a feeling he thought long dead. But when their mission takes an unexpected turn, he finds himself faced with an impossible choice: either put aside his need for revenge, or save the woman who’s reawakened his soul...

My rating:

For the past two years, ever since his wife's been tortured and murdered, Levi Lazaro has been living only for revenge. Nothing touches him, nothing moves him, but the need to avenge his wife.

Until his path crosses that of Selene Wolfe, a NSA agent, with a strange fixation of "owing" Levi for something, intent on finding a terrorist that wants to kill thousands...And the man responsible for the death of Levi's wife.

Now, these two lone wolves will have to work together, fighting against their individual trust issues and an attraction that defies everything they thought they knew...


Finally. The book I've been waiting for since the beginning. And I'm far from disappointed. Quite the opposite, in fact.

This story finally showed the potential this entire series's untapped potential. Edge-of-the-seat, nail-biting action from page one, tightly plotted and rather expertly navigated, with one of the best RS duo I've had the pleasure of reading.

I finally figured what bothered me both about the pairings so far. The imbalance between h/H in characters and skill sets. While RS usually involve a skilled/dominant MC paired with an outsider, the discrepancy is too striking in this series (with the exception of the first book).
This story featured MC that were both skilled and deadly, equals on multiple levels with them being on different sides of the "law" providing the conflict needed to keep things interesting. And not only were they interesting and relatable as individuals with their separate issues, their moment they laid eyes on each other, the connection was explosive.

And now, after two years, his cock decided to wake up. [...]

Than to his surprise, she turned and walked away, the sway of that tight ass making him positively stupid for a moment.

The action was captivating, the fact the heroine knew how to kick ass empowering, the suspense, coupled with the fact neither MC truly knew whether they could actually trust the other, intriguing, and the romance scorching from that first meet forward.

"You strip away every once of civility in me, Selene."

This story was everything I had hoped it would be and then some.

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