Operation Midnight (Cutter’s Code 1) by Justine Davis

Hello to all,

                     I hope you had a great Weekend, mine was spent trying to recover but it will still take some time but at least now it seem i have the good medecine so soon i will be well and before the exams would be better.
Anyway, as you could guess, june will probably be a special month with less reviews because i have to concentrate on school first but i will try to gave you at least one per week and as soon as i finish my exams i will post more again because i want to complete the challenge i've entered and i need to read.

June would be about military romance ( a subgenre of romantic suspense) with some paranormal romance books too because it's still my favorite genre so far but the priority of my reading after the lessons books, texts books and all will be military romance.

Today, i will start with a military romance Operation Midnight, by an author i had discovered and loved in February Justine Davis. As soon as i saw this title i wanted to know more and i contacted  Justine that kindly answered me so i can already tell you that it's the first book in a new series with, as a link between the different books, the so cute Cutter.

Happy reading,

Editor : Harlequin Romantic Suspense

Publication : 2012

ISBN:  0373277652

Genre: romantic suspense/ military romance
Violence: mild
Langage: normal
sex: mild
Public: 18+

Source: bought

Short description from goodread :

 Being spirited away—with her dog, Cutter—by armed men in a black helicopter is the last thing Hayley Cole ever expects. And why is her usually savvy dog so friendly toward their lean, dark-haired leader? She's determined to escape. Unfortunately, Quinn with his intense, searching gaze is always three steps ahead—and much, much too close….

For Quinn Foxworth, control equals safety. Taking Hayley is the only way his undercover witness-protection team can protect her and their client. But convincing her he's one of the good guys is easier than guarding himself from her innocent courage. And with danger closing in, can he risk letting Hayley into his heart for good?

My opinion:

          I loved this one; really I’m fond of Justine Davis’ books. Cutter is wonderful, intelligent and so funny…even better ^^ Belgian, I was imagining that and when I’ve read in I was just even more immersed in it that before.

The suspense is high because you only get answer in the two last chapters but it’s not bothering at all. You think about several things while reading but theses answers while very important and interesting stay behind the secret and mystery of Cutter and the romance that’s building. I was totally hooked on this book.

Hayley is a strong heroine, stronger that even she know and giving her background that perfectly understandable. I loved her loyalty to Cutter and how she was a bit jealous of the way he acts with Quinn. I could recognize myself in her.  How wouldn’t want a dog like him and with the man added it’s even better.

Quinn is the boss of a elite squad, all members except one are from the military, that act when there aren’t any others options. He is loyal, has a lot of honour and he is very good to his men. I loved the way he doesn’t act superior and can put them before his comfort. (A true alpha^^;;). He kidnapped Hayley without thinking and while he regrets it , he can’t help to feel attracted to her as she fight him while afraid, push his buttons and keep asking questions. Since he doesn’t like to feel destabilised he fight back by threatening, being sarcastic and such.

The others members of the squad aren’t left all, all of them have a speciality and they do their job very well. I love Liam and Teague. Rafter isn’t bad but he is more secret so for me it was a bit more difficult to appreciate him.

Now, I loved this book to the end but I couldn’t help to ask myself if it was going to stay a stand alone or be the first of a series. I sent an email to the author and I received an answer: it’s the first book of the new series called Cutter’s Code. Why did I think about that? The story is finished except for one detail. You can stop at that and imagine what will happen, let your imagination wander or that could receive a answer in a next book starting off where this one stop. You are happy either way. Justine Davis did a great job to make you feel at ease in any case.

To recommend to the fan of romance slowly building and action, secret, suspense with the military touch that make it so much more believable.

Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are my own and no compensation was received in exchange for this review

Score:  5/5

Challenges:

This book enter in the Romance and Me Challenge

Always a Hero by Justine Davis

Hi,

          here is a new review for the romantic suspense reading challenge. It's a author i've already introduced to you and that i like in my discovering of this subgenre so today: " Always a hero" by Justine Davis.

Editor : Harlequin Romantic Suspense

Publication : 2011
ISBN:  0373277210
Genre: romantic suspense
Violence: mild
Langage: normal
sex: mild
Public: +18
Source: bought
 

Short description from goodread :

In his old life as a Federal agent, Wyatt Blake lived wild. But now that he's parenting a teenage son, "square" is a name he wears with pride. Too bad Jordy doesn't agree. The only one who gets through to the boy is Kai Reynolds. Sure, she seems respectable now, but she used to be quite wild herself. Or so Wyatt's heard.

Danger finds Jordy, and drags Kai in, too. As Wyatt and Kai investigate the drug dealers targeting his son, they uncover a deadly link to Wyatt's own past. Now this unlikely duo needs to find the wild side each had thought long buried--for Jordy, and maybe for each other.

Story:

               Wyatt Blake came back to his hometown with his son after the death of his wife and Jordan’s mother. He took a boring job and takes care of his son but for Jordan this life is hell. He hates this father he didn’t know 7month ago so strict and that made him leave the life he knew. They can’t communicate properly …until Kai, the owner of the music shop of the town intervenes. Jordan, called by her Jordy, comes everyday after school in secret, enjoying the music and trying to evade his life. When his father discover that he is quite aggressive with Kai but  after some researches he starts to admire her.  After sometimes, and telling her more than he wanted about his and Jordan’s life, he accepts her help and advice.

But even in this small town , the danger, Wyatt wanted to avoid to his son, is present and soon Jordan is in trouble. With the help of Kai, Wyatt start acting like his old self again, a federal cop and try to put an end to the problem. However, the danger wasn’t what he first thought and his old enemies are there for their revenge.

My opinion:

          Interesting, i saw more the suspense in this one ( in comparaison with the first book of this subgenre i've read " The Final Mission") and i loved it. It was also more violent than the first book I’ve read but still quite mild. I loved the way Kai starts progressively to understand Wyatt and how he is starting to loose his attitude with her.

The origin of his life with Jordan is well thought to adapt to this kind of behaviour and story.

Very good for the readers who want a short story filled with romance and a bit of conflict parent-children.

Score:  4/5

Challenges:

This book enter in the Romance and Me Challenge

Her Un-Valentine by Justine Davis

Hello to all,

                          Happy Valentine's Day  to you.
Today  i give you my review on Her Un-Valentine by Justine Davis  ( quite appropriate isn'it?), enjoy!

Editor : Harlequin Romantic Suspense

Publication : 2011 in Deadly Valentine

ISBN:  0373277156

Genre: romantic suspense
Violence: mild
Langage: normal
sex: none
Public: +16
Source: bought
 


Short description from goodread :


When she's kidnapped, Taylor Burke is shocked to see her new coworker, Angus Kincaid, holding the gun. She later kisses him just to aggravate his partner and is even more shocked that she likes it. Could she be falling for the bad guy, or does Kincaid have other surprises up his sleeve?

Story:

               Strong willed, Taylor Burke has always put her job first and the social and love life has suffered from it. Working nearly not stop as the executive assistant for Whitney Systems,  the company of her  late best friend’s father, she know she can be attractive  but it’s not her priority. When her boss hires a “ geek” Angus Kincaid she doesn’t  understand why since he doesn’t seem to be adequate at the post given to him. After her boss ask her to do some investigations secretly and to speak about it to no one it’s even her priority. Why does he want to know the list of everybody who left the company, and they relations? When she confronts him, he explains that Angus is his nephew and that he needs some time to adjust as for the investigations he can’t tell her.

So on the Valentine Day, worse holiday in the year in Taylor’s point of view, when she is kidnapped by Angus and and an ex-co-worker she is quite outraged. How can a nephew do that to his kind uncle…she doesn’t want to collaborate with her kidnappers. However Angus seems to act strange as a kidnapper and when she tries to make his partner jealous while kissing Angus and speaking of the card he gave her she didn’t imagine the sparks that come to live in her heart and body. Who can she trust?

My opinion:

          I loved it really, there is any sex only kissing and some touching but it’s perfect for the story. Taylor is a normal woman, stronger than what  she thought to be but also vulnerable. She sees Angus the geek and guess that he is not only that but she can’t explain her feeling. When she is kidnapped by him she sees that’s she was right and in the same time she still has the feeling that something is strange. Really good intuition. It’s not love at first sight but interest that grows in something else.

Angus isn’t the hero we could expect, he isn’t a cop and disguise himself but in the same time he wrote her an Un-Valentine card making her day better. He is there to suspect everyone but is it really suspicion that makes him look at her. Justine Davis did really well in such a few pages. The investigations is captivating, the characters help the readers to feel like they could be in the story.

To recommend to all who love sweet romance and want to spend a good time

Score:  4,5/5

Challenges:

This book enter in the Romance and Me Challenge