Fallen (Deep Ops #2)
by Rebecca Zanetti
Blurb:
Too
quiet. A talented hacker who got caught, Brigid Banaghan is now forced to work
with a secret Deep Ops unit. But she won’t reveal any more to these renegade
Feds than she has to. Especially not to Raider Tanaka, her control freak of a
bodyguard and handler. It’s enough that his body is tensed for action and his heated
gaze is always on her . . .
Too sharp. Raider knows there’s more to his
new assignment than he’s been told. Why send a deadly agent of his experience
to guard a computer genius—even a gorgeous, unpredictable, undisciplined one?
But when Brigid’s estranged father is named in an investigation into Boston’s
organized crime, Raider’s mind switches onto high alert, just like his senses .
. .
Too close. To clear her father’s name, Brigid
needs Raider’s help. The Unit’s idea that she bring a straight-laced Fed in as
her “fiancé” won’t fly, though—not unless Raider can release his inner bad boy
and become the rebel Brigid can’t resist . . .
Themes: Contemporary
Rating: 4.25 stars
Heat Rating: 
Review:
Wow
so I didn’t really see any of that coming.
These folks have so many secrets that the layers upon layers of info
they have to uncover about one another just to get to know the individual they
are falling in love with is astounding. Zanetti’s newest series revolves around
a set of misfits that have come together into an oddly effective team of
crime-fighters and each new story just gets stranger and stranger. Raider and Brigid have sparked off one
another since they met and that doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon,
despite the fact that they know have to go undercover as lovers. Brigid is a
hacker, one that has spent most of her life trying to utilize her skills to
make a positive difference in the world, but she has been forced onto this team
as part of a prison-plea deal. Even
though she knows she shouldn’t she desire Raider more than just about anything,
despite his straight-laced and conformist personality and knowing she will
never have a chance with him. Raider has devoted his career to bringing down
criminals and his personal life to maintaining balance in all aspects to
prevent his temper from taking over.
While he wants Brigid, he refuses to give into the desire because she is
a criminal, even though she turns him on beyond any woman he’s ever
encountered. Forced into close quarters
and danger situations repeatedly, they begin to rely on and learn about one
another and soon the pull is no longer resistible and giving in becomes the
most satisfying choices either of them has ever made. Sadly, the secrets they are each keeping
could end up pulling them apart, or getting either or both of them killed, if
the team doesn’t manage to keep them both alive and out of jail. I loved seeing
these two burn up the pages and was reaching for a glass of ice water more than
once to cool myself down, but there were a lot of moments where I wanted to
slap one or both of them for making stupid choices that might have torn them
apart. I am loving this series, with its
ridiculous stories, hilarious scenes between the heavy stuff, and amazing plots
to go along with the intense relationships and emotional connections. I can’t wait for what’s next and to see where
Rebecca takes this series.
*ebook provided by publisher (via
netgalley) for the purpose of an honest and unbiased review. No compensation was provided.
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