Anything but get emotionally invested-he learned the hard way that can be deadly. He’ll do anything to ensure a mission is successful. Plus the heroine is a chef and OMG this book will make you hungry.Īs part of the elite Centurion Corporation team, military-veteran-turned-mercenary Gabriel Diaz is a natural defender. It’s popcorn action movie suspense, lots of fun but no real darkness. The first book in the Safeguard series is everything I like in romantic suspense–over-the-top heroes, international espionage, things blowing up, but no real threat of violence (physical or sexual) to the main characters. Drake is $1.99! Not only should you check out Elyse’s previous review, but here’s what she had to say: This was going to be the longest season of her life. Or the murderous urges he brought out in her. Nothing could have prepared her for the man she got to know. So she isn’t prepared for this version of Reiner Kulti who shows up to her team’s season: a quiet, reclusive shadow of the explosive, passionate man he’d once been. Sal had long ago gotten over the worst non-break-up in the history of imaginary relationships with a man that hadn’t known she’d existed. It didn’t take a week for twenty-seven-year-old Sal Casillas to wonder what she’d seen in the international soccer icon-why she’d ever had his posters on her wall, or ever envisioned marrying him and having super-playing soccer babies. When the man you worshipped as a kid becomes your coach, it’s supposed to be the greatest thing in the world. “Trust me, I’ve wanted to punch you in the face a time or five.” However, some found the slow burn a little too slow. If you like slow burn romances and grumpy heroes, this one comes highly recommended by the Bitchery.

READER RECOMMENDED: Kulti by Mariana Zapata is 99c at Amazon! It’s a Kindle Daily Deal, but so far isn’t being price-matched.

Seize the Fire by Laura Kinsale