A favorite theme of mine is when two people must flee a dicey threat and end up in a jungle setting, where they must tackle the hostile environment along with their mounting desire. Countless suspenseful dilemmas plus unanticipated emotional attachments make the first book in the ICE: Black Ops Defenders miniseries totally engrossing, as one riveting situation after another has been created by Melissa Cutler. Every heartfelt scene of TEMPTED INTO DANGER is absolutely amazing.
The secretive missions that Diego Santero and his black ops team become involved in for ICE are often risky. However, he thinks their latest assignment in Panama will be trouble-free but will still take precautions just in case. All they have to do is transport a female bank employee named Vanessa Crosby from her home to a secure location. The U.S. government needs the new program the analyst has developed in order to stop terrorist activities, but they want the meeting kept undisclosed.
When the seemingly simple task turns into a fight to stay alive for Diego and Vanessa, it takes all his skills to get them away from the mercenaries who want their plan to succeed. Hiding out in a rain forest seems like the only way to keep them alive, but even it has hidden dangers. Diego does not plan for his current mission to be a failure, especially when watching out for Vanessa’s welfare seems like more than his duty. Before the undertaking is over, this couple will have to face numerous trials and surprising feelings.
Melissa Cutler writes romantic suspense stories that immediately grab you and never let go. The beginning of TEMPTED INTO DANGER has plenty of intrigue and hostile danger quickly arises. When the physical threats to the main couple become all too real, the story becomes action-packed with hardly a moment for either the characters or the reader to take a calming breath. There is no way I could have stopped reading on several occasions, as the intensity of the moment compelled me to discover how everything would finally conclude. Ms. Cutler never failed to keep my full interest during every single second of TEMPTED INTO DANGER, and I could not stop thinking about Diego and Vanessa even after finishing. These two seem so believable, and their conversations are some of the most convincing I have ever read. They are both intelligent, and their witty remarks are clever and often caused some big chuckles. How they reacted to the various incidents that occur throughout the story proved there is much more to each of them than even they know. While I could tell Diego and Vanessa are very strong-minded individuals and have followed paths of their own making, they bring out the best in each other when they work together. He may be one tough, alpha guy, but he definitely has another side when it comes to those for whom he cares. Ms. Cutler has crafted a hero whom I would certainly want by my side when things go wrong and undeniably would love to wake up beside him each morning. Vanessa is also someone whom I would like in my life, as I see her as a loyal friend. Much of the story takes place in a hot, steamy rain forest, but the atmosphere where Diego and Vanessa make love is even more heated because of their explosive desire. The story is vividly described on every page, making it exceedingly easy to visualize details and feel as though I was right there, too. The adventures in TEMPTED INTO DANGER are realistic and nonstop, while the characters are particularly genuine. Do not know what future ICE: Black Ops Defenders books will be about, but I know they will be mesmerizing if they are anything like the first novel.
All the adventures in the three books of The Hunted miniseries have been packed with dangerous threats, and the peril in the last story repeatedly takes a deadly turn. There are also plenty of tricky circumstances that must be dealt with correctly by the hero and heroine or justice may never be served. SPECIAL OPS EXCLUSIVE has everything you could want in a romantic suspense story. It has bad guys, plenty of secrets, lots of emotional altercations and powerful desire. Elle Kennedy writes from the heart and creates an enthralling novel.
Three teenage girls saw something horrendous while they were runaways, and they never told any of the facts to anyone. Yet someone does realize they know too much, and these unidentified individuals do not want the truth exposed even fifteen years later. Plenty of suspense makes the first book of the Buried Secrets trilogy constantly riveting, while the opposing views of the main characters draw you into their increasingly conflicted lives. FATAL EXPOSURE has perilous threats that result in impulsive decisions and heart-pounding moments.
Elle Kennedy states in her note to readers that she wishes the hero of SPECIAL FORCES RENDEZVOUS could actually be real, and I wholeheartedly agree with her after reading the story. A more ideal man could not have been written for the extremely feisty heroine, as this couple fights to keep others safe while their own feelings unexpectedly change with each passing day.