Title: Deadly Deception
Series: O'Halleran Security International
Author: T.J. Logan
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: October 16, 2019
Publisher: TJL Creative Works, LLC
ASIN: B07WFMZ31N
A warrior devastated by an unimaginable loss...
Navy SEAL Jonathan O’Halleran’s world is upended by tragic loss. Civilian life as a single father and hunting down the traitor responsible for bringing death to his family’s doorstep are only temporary distractions from his grief, anger, and guilt.
A tough as hell woman who doesn’t know how to trust...
Andréa Swain is a brilliant, stubborn NSA Interrogations Tactics Specialist with serious daddy issues. She is yanked from the front lines in Afghanistan and ordered to work with a surly Navy SEAL who blames her for his friend’s death.
Will distrust and heartache stand in the way of their future...
Andi risks her life to save Jonathan’s daughter from a man desperate to fulfill his destiny in the White House. Jonathan finally lets go of the past and embraces a future with Andi. Will he get to them in time, or will history repeat itself?
My rating:
NSA agent Andréa Swain is loaned by her boss to OSI (O'Halleran Security International) to find the traitor who almost got one of them killed some time ago. She's the best, but even the best can hit a wall. Especially if that wall is made of muscle, stubbornness and mistrust, because he blames her for getting his friend killed back in Afghanistan.
I absolutely loved this one. It was light on the suspense (until the very end, and even that wasn't that suspenseful, since the motive was pretty much in the open from the start), but I didn't mind. I loved it for the main characters and the slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers-to-enemies romance.
Andréa was closed-off and prickly, her tough exterior hiding her vulnerable center (courtesy of her distant father), Jonathan was pretty much an asshole, hiding his feelings and his fears with anger and mistrust. A complete opposite of his two brothers (in the previous two books).
With another heroine, the asshole shtick would not have worked and with another hero, her standoffish-ness would've been annoying. As it was, these two characters were perfect for one another, trusting each other with deep buried secrets despite keeping each other at arms length. It worked. It worked brilliantly, and even though the book was also light on the romantic scenes, the tension, the growing feelings between the two were palpable.
The supporting cast had just the perfect-sized roles to compliment the two leads and the story, the friendships were compelling, the interactions and relationships realistic and the family connections and feelings tangible.
Though it's the middle one in the series (supposedly), the loose ends from the first two stories were nicely tied up, closing off the mini-arc. Loved it.
5 stars, bodyguard/military/merc/gov/cop/spy, contemporary, contemporary romance, favorites, suspense/mystery/adventure/thriller, T.J. Logan
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