After
a grueling assignment with the black ops force known as the Alliance, Weston
Brown is craving downtime. Instead, he's pulled into his deadliest operation,
in the one place he never wanted to see again. No-nonsense and so damn hot,
Lexi Turner lied to get him to her mountain clinic in Pakistan. But the threat
is terrifyingly real.
Lexi
has been asking too many questions, drawing the wrong kind of attention. As
soon as she lays eyes on West, she can tell he's quiet—yet tough—and has a
rescue complex which will come in handy for going up against the world's most
ruthless gunrunners.
Cut
off from the rest of the Alliance, Lexi and West navigate the brutal terrain
and a primal sexual attraction. Sticking around has never been West's way, but
now he'll use every resource to keep Lexi by his side, safe from a killer who
leaves no loose ends behind.
What can I say, I have a thing for military suspense action
romance books. There is just something
about a sexy military hero that gets my book pulse racing. Falling
Hard isn’t an exception, but while I didn’t fall head over heels in love
with it I did really enjoy reading about Lexi and Wes. Please make sure you read the previous books
before starting Falling Hard, I think
it will make you enjoy this book even better.
Especially since the series is about the members of Alliance.
There was action, there was suspense, there was sexiness and
there was romance. So why didn’t I fall
in love with it like I had hoped?
Honestly I don’t know. I devoured
the previous book, so maybe I had too high of expectations when I started Falling Hard, but for me it missed the
mark that Playing Dirty had that drew
me in and kept my attention from start to finish. I honestly think it may have been my mood at
the time so, keep that in mind because if you are a fan of military, action,
suspense and romance like I am then I think you will really enjoy Falling Hard. I know I plan on reading more by this author
that is for certain.
Goodreads Series Link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/127877-bad-boys-undercover
Excerpt
After
spending most of his adult life in the Marines, Weston Brown recognized a
shithole when he stepped right in one. He had no one else to blame for this
assignment. Just his piss poor decision-making. Next time his team leader told
him about an optional operation, he’d take a pass. Wouldn’t kill him to sit one
out now and then.
With his
gun in his hand and his finger skimming along the side, right off the trigger,
he scanned the area, squinting to check his surroundings in the fading light.
Skardu, Pakistan. The town served as the launching area for high-altitude
climbing expeditions. Dusty and barren, filled with grayish-brown boulders and
outlined by a towering mountain range. A few rivers and bursts of green
provided by man-made irrigation systems broke through the rough landscape.
This was
not his idea of the ideal vacation spot, and that’s what he was supposed to be
doing—taking mandatory leave—forced rest between assignments with the Alliance,
the elite black ops fighting force put together mostly from the United States’
CIA and MI6, the British intelligence service.
The work
suited him since he wasn’t a desk guy, but it wouldn’t be a bad thing to go a
week or so without choking or shooting someone. When his eyes locked on the
target dead ahead, he knew the no-violence thing wasn’t going to happen today.
He’d done
this a million times. Careful steps, slowed breathing. A mental countdown to
impact. Calculating the risks and preparing a second option if this one went
sideways. He’d been trained to be ready—always. To kill without thinking.
His boot
hit the ground right behind the armed unknown leaning against a tree and aiming
his weapon at the building in the distance. The guy must have sensed him
because he flinched a second before contact. Started to turn. West locked his
arm around the guy’s neck before he could call out and bring his friends
running.
Flailing
and full of panic, he had one last burst of energy. The bottom of the guy’s
shoes scraped against the loose pebbles on the ground as he beat his fists
against West’s arm. West pressed harder and the guy fell in a heap in the dirt.
West had
been using the choke hold since boot camp. Just shy of thirty-four and he could
still take a man down in less than four seconds.
Oorah.
Author Info
HelenKay Dimon is a former divorce
attorney turned full-time romance author. Odd transition, right? She has sold
over thirty novels, novellas and shorts to numerous publishers, including
Kensington, Harlequin and Penguin, Samhain, Carina Press, and HarperCollins.
Her nationally bestselling and award-winning books have been showcased in
numerous venues and her books have twice been named "Red-Hot Reads"
and excerpted in Cosmopolitan magazine. But the best part of the job is never
having to wear pantyhose.
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