Title: Targeted
Series: Deadly Ops
Author: Katie Reus
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: October 1, 2013
Publisher: Signet
ASIN: B00C5QZB92
Hidden in plain sight...
Former Marine sniper and current NSA agent Jack Stone has a new face to go with his new identity. But he still has the same tortured memories—which include the woman he let get away years ago, when they were teenagers. Now his new assignment in Miami will put him so close to the woman he’s never been able to forget, he could reach out and touch her—if only she weren’t under suspicion.
When Sophie Moreno uncovers evidence linking the medical supply company she works for with arms smuggling—and worse—she doesn’t know who to turn to. After a shocking betrayal, she realizes the only person she can trust is a mysterious new person in the company—a man with hauntingly familiar eyes.
As Sophie questions her intense attraction to this man and Jack struggles not to blow his cover, the two of them must race against the clock to stop terrorists from killing scores of people—starting with them.
My rating:
Sam Kelly, Marine sniper, died five years ago in Afghanistan. The same day Sam Kelly died, Jack Stone, NSA operative was born. New face, new identity, new past...Old memories. Filled with one woman, Sophie Moreno. The same woman who now works for a company the NSA is investigating as being possibly involved with smuggling of biological weapons. Jack is called in. To get close to Sophie, his boss orders, and find out what she knows.
It seems she knows a little too much since someone is taking shots at her...
To cleanse my reading palate, so to speak, I decided to re-read this first book and actually finish the series.
Stories involving heavy spy lingo tend to go either way, this one was one of the good ones and the whole spy lingo/tech stuff didn't make me want to bang my head against the wall or my eyes go all glassy.
The story was well-paced, the plot was tight and the characters multi-dimensional. I particularly liked the fact the heroine, despite not having a law enforcement background, wasn't just a damsel in distress, screaming and crying throughout the story, but was an active and welcome participant.
The romance could've come across as rushed, if it weren't for the fact the two knew each other from before, though the heroine only suspected it, since he was a new identity and a completely new face, yet her subconscious recognized him. Oooh...
The action was tightly-packed and intense, the spy plot engrossing and intriguing with multiple twists and turns. What more can one ask from a romantic suspense novel?
I'm sure the few loose ends left by the story will be picked up in the following books and I'm looking forward to Jack's friend's Levi's story, hoping he either gets his revenge or a second chance...Or maybe both.
4 stars, bodyguard/military/merc/gov/cop/spy, contemporary, contemporary romance, Katie Reus, re-read, suspense/mystery/adventure/thriller
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