You can't outrun the past
FBI Special Agent Lynda Culter is investigating an ecoterrorist organization in
the Alaskan wilderness when she and her partner are taken captive and he's
murdered before her very eyes. The only person who can identify the key players,
Lynda gets assigned to take part in a joint operation in Istanbul to take the
organization down.
As a woman in a Muslim country, she'll find it much easier to move around
undetected with a fake husband. Unfortunately for her, the one assigned to play
the role is none other than Army weapons specialist Bill Sanders--the man who
crushed her heart in college.
With a cargo bay's worth of hurt and baggage between them, these two consummate
professionals must play their parts perfectly if they hope to stop those
responsible for bombing oil pipelines, which has killed innocent civilians and
threatened to destabilize the oil markets. Protecting Lynda becomes Bill's
primary focus--but love long buried has a way of resurfacing at the most
inopportune times.
My Thoughts:
I so very much enjoyed the first in this series, Love and Honor, and this second offering did not disappoint. This story picks up right after Honor Bound, focusing mainly on Bill Sanders, one of our wounded soldiers from the first book. He is all better now and needs to go on a mission he was not expecting. Especially a mission where he has to pose as a husband for his college sweetheart whom he has not seen for ten years. Things did not end well between them.
Lynda Culter is a special FBI agent who has seen three of the global terrorists that have become very important to the world to apprehend. She was held hostage by them in Alaska and they killed her partner/ boyfriend, Jack, in front of her. Now months later a pattern is emerging that the FBI can finally see. Due to unforeseen circumstances, she is partnered up with the man who shattered her heart and messed with her self-worth years ago, Bill.
The special ops team is back for another dangerous mission along with all of their fun nicknames for one another. Though everyone knows this is a very serious threat to all. Lynda and Bill have some major issues to get over if this mission is to be a success and not get themselves killed. Their undercurrent of anger was felt by all.
Besides the mission, the past comes back, and it needs to be reckoned with. Both Bill and Lynda need to forgive one another, and Bill needs to set right some family issues. This was a very edge of your seat read but also showed their humanity beyond the mission and the need to forgive and let go and learning their self-worth.
This book, like the first, really took me along with the team and their travels and made me feel like I was right there with them. This is a series that gets under your skin and very hard to put down. Many surprises, twists, and turns included.
I received a copy of this novel from the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.
About the Author:
Hallee Bridgeman is the USA Today bestselling author of several action-packed romantic suspense books and series. An Army brat turned Floridian, Hallee and her husband finally settled in central Kentucky, where they have raised their three children. When she's not writing, Hallee pursues her passion for cooking, coffee, campy action movies, and regular date nights with her husband. An accomplished speaker and active member of several writing organizations, Hallee can be found online at www.halleebridgeman.com.
