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A review by beckymmoe
Undercover with the Enemy by Sharron McClellan
5.0
Enemies-to-lovers AND an action-packed romantic suspense? Yes, please; and thank you!
I had such a good time reading Undercover with the Enemy! Kane and Holly were fantastic characters--a by-the-book operative and a acrobat thief who actually ran away from the circus to help people recover endangered goods--on paper, it looks like they'll never work out. And sure, in the very beginning of the book, they don't have a chance. But they wind up together on their next assignment, Holly makes a teensy little error in judgement, and next thing you know wham! they have to pretend to be in love or risk blowing their cover.
So. Much. Fun.
Of course they're ridiculously attracted to each other--and obviously, they each could benefit from qualities that the other has that they themselves are sorely lacking--but they're both going to resist the urge as long as they possibly can.
Which fortunately doesn't turn out to be very long at all. ;)
But pesky fate is going to keep throwing obstacles in their way, and then their operation turns into the poster child for Murphy's Law...
Seriously--they could not get a single break from start to finish! Just when you (and they!) thought it would be okay to relax--just a little, maybe grab a quick drink, check your email, whatever--bam! something new and disastrous was thrown at them. The best part is that none of it felt forced or at all deus ex machina-ey. (Okay, maybe that's not the best part. Holly and Kane together are pretty awesome. And the way he convinces her to give him a chance? Fantastic. But still, there's a lot to be said for a really well done action-adventure story, which this is.)
Holly's insistence that they could never work out because Kane would run screaming from her circus "family" without even giving him a chance or talking about it was pretty darn frustrating, though. For a woman who was so fearless in every other aspect of her life and never had a problem telling people how things were, it felt out of character and went on for far too long...hence the half star deduction.
Still, such a fun read! Did I mention it ends very, very well?
Now all we need is for Bravo to get his own book. Obviously the guy's got some major backstory going on, and just as clearly he needs to get his HEA...
Soon, please? ;)
Rating: 4 1/2 stars / A-
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.
I had such a good time reading Undercover with the Enemy! Kane and Holly were fantastic characters--a by-the-book operative and a acrobat thief who actually ran away from the circus to help people recover endangered goods--on paper, it looks like they'll never work out. And sure, in the very beginning of the book, they don't have a chance. But they wind up together on their next assignment, Holly makes a teensy little error in judgement, and next thing you know wham! they have to pretend to be in love or risk blowing their cover.
So. Much. Fun.
Of course they're ridiculously attracted to each other--and obviously, they each could benefit from qualities that the other has that they themselves are sorely lacking--but they're both going to resist the urge as long as they possibly can.
Which fortunately doesn't turn out to be very long at all. ;)
But pesky fate is going to keep throwing obstacles in their way, and then their operation turns into the poster child for Murphy's Law...
Seriously--they could not get a single break from start to finish! Just when you (and they!) thought it would be okay to relax--just a little, maybe grab a quick drink, check your email, whatever--bam! something new and disastrous was thrown at them. The best part is that none of it felt forced or at all deus ex machina-ey. (Okay, maybe that's not the best part. Holly and Kane together are pretty awesome. And the way he convinces her to give him a chance? Fantastic. But still, there's a lot to be said for a really well done action-adventure story, which this is.)
Holly's insistence that they could never work out because Kane would run screaming from her circus "family" without even giving him a chance or talking about it was pretty darn frustrating, though. For a woman who was so fearless in every other aspect of her life and never had a problem telling people how things were, it felt out of character and went on for far too long...hence the half star deduction.
Still, such a fun read! Did I mention it ends very, very well?
Now all we need is for Bravo to get his own book. Obviously the guy's got some major backstory going on, and just as clearly he needs to get his HEA...
Soon, please? ;)
Rating: 4 1/2 stars / A-
I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review.