Synopsis:
One year ago, David Church kissed a beautiful, brilliant woman on an airfield in Iraq—and hasn’t stopped thinking about her ever since. Now, the military veteran gets a chance to rekindle that fire when he sees his lost love again—looking sexier than ever—at an international conference in Athens. David yearns to take her in his arms, to hold her close and never let go. But when the bullets begin to fly, it’s not just his heart on the line. It’s his life.
When Molly Solent agreed to deliver intelligence for the U.S. government, she didn’t realize she’d be caught in the crossfire of a surprise ambush—and underneath the hard-muscled body of David Church. Shielding her from harm and swearing to protect her, the elite bodyguard reignites a searing passion that Molly can’t resist. But with unforeseen danger around every corner—and unquenchable desire in every embrace—falling in love could be the greatest risk of all…
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My review:
Blowback is the newest release in author Emmy Curtis’ Alpha Ops series, a series I adore. This was a hot, sexy, and action packed addition and I loved every minute of it.
Having not laid eyes on one another for over a year, neither David nor Molly expected to run into each other at a political summit in Greece. But they did. They also ran into a heap-load of trouble, trouble that Molly unknowingly got herself involved in when a friend in Washington D.C. asked her to do a favor for him. But neither one can be angry at the danger when it was because of that danger that they have a chance at pursuing the feelings they’ve both been harboring over that last long twelve months. Now the only problem, besides staying alive, is giving love and their relationship a real chance.
I adore Ms. Curtis’ writing. Her romantic suspense is the perfect match of heat and action. Molly and David are two amazing characters. He’s trying to get his life back on track and his head screwed on straight…trying to be someone worthy of a woman like Molly. Molly is strong and determined and knows without a doubt that she needs to take this chance meeting with David and make the most of it. And oh does she ever! There were some majorly sexy scenes and luckily, because Molly and David already have a friendship. we don’t have to wait long for the heat. The action was also pretty amazing. With a well thought out and suspenseful plot encompassing a few countries and a mystery surrounding a murder, this really was the whole package. Bombs, spies, assassinations, it has it ALL!
If you’re a romantic suspense fan, this is a series you have got to get your hands on! Thank you, Ms. Curtis, for another kick ass read!
Four Loves
Excerpt:
David Church eyed the people talking to his principal. Close protection was a bitch, but the company he worked for had saved him from self-destruction, so he basically owed them his soul. And this week, his soul was guarding a very important scientist. He had no idea who would want to hurt a scientist, but his boss had assigned him to Athens, and here he was.
Although his attention was on Professor Rankin, he was also scanning the room for someone special, the other reason he hadn’t complained at taking this job: Molly Solent was on the week’s schedule, and he wanted to see her.
Badly. Like blue-balls badly.
He’d kept track of her for nearly a year, since they’d met, briefly, in Iraq. At the time he’d been in no shape to choose a tie color, let alone date someone as…unique as Molly.
From the second he’d laid eyes on her, he knew she was trouble. Trouble for him, anyway. His eyes rested for a second on the far wall, which was adorned with a mosaic picture of an ancient Greek warrior. In some way he was like that mosaic. A fine illustration of a fighter, but when you got up close, you could see the cracks. Millions of cracks. Good for no one, especially someone like Molly. Hell, he was barely in good enough shape to have this job. But his CEO had seen something in him—or so he’d said—something that David couldn’t see himself, and had sent him on a series of low-risk jobs. It had been almost enough to take his mind off Molly.
She had haunted his days and nights with her eyes that were full of promise, full of a future than he couldn’t see. She’d seen him at his worst, and it didn’t seem to faze her at all. Her eyes. He closed his own as he thought about her again. Innocent and totally open. She’d wanted him and hadn’t been afraid at all of making it clear.
Her image had kept him going through the long, dark nights of recovery. The single chink of light in his life. He was scared to lose that. Scared to see her.
The one thing that he was proud of, pretty much the only thing, was walking away from her before he sucked her into his downward spiral.
He had to keep his mind on that one point if he saw her here. He wasn’t fixed yet. Wasn’t entirely right. He still looked longingly at liquor, remembering the peace that came at the bottom of the bottle. He still dreamed that he’d fallen off the wagon. When he woke up, all he could remember is how good it felt. And the hallucinations. Nope. He definitely wasn’t ready for Molly. And she definitely didn’t deserve the shitstorm that seemed to always revolve around him.
The professor moved to speak to someone else, and David snapped back into alertness. He scanned the immediate crowd around him. No threats. But he couldn’t relax. She could be here. Molly could be right here, in the same room as him. He ran a finger under his collar as his temperature rose.
Emmy Curtis is an editor and a romance writer. An ex-pat Brit, she quells her homesickness with Cadbury Flakes and Fray Bentos pies. She’s lived in London, Paris and New York, and has settled for the time being, in North Carolina. When not writing, Emmy loves to travel with her military husband and take long walks with their Lab. All things considered, her life is chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny. And if you get that reference…well, she already considers you kin.
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The Alpha Ops Series: (while books in this series are loosely connected, all function as standalones)
Dangerous Territory- Book 1- novella
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Over the Line- Book 2
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Pushing the Limit- Book 3
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Compromised- Book 5 -Available 03/01/16
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