Publisher: Pocket
Publication Date: September 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4165-6672-4
Romantic Suspense
Paperback
Reviewed by Gina
Spunky and sassy Jenna McMillan isn’t in the habit of running from her problems. Neither does BOI bad boy Gabriel Jones. That was until they found the need to run from each other. Recovering physically and emotionally from an E.D.E.N. mission with Dallas and Amy Garrett, a worn and heart sore Jenna retreats to her family home in Wyoming. She’s lying low and trying to regroup and she’s trying really hard not to admit that it’s her feelings for Gabe that has her running. Her editor calls asking her not only to return to her job as a reporter, but to take on a once in a lifetime story. Unable to look the gift horse in the mouth, Jenna heads to Argentina to interview powerful Emilio Maxim. She tells herself that no how, no way is she excited about the possibility of seeing Gabe Jones again. Nope. No how.
The men of BOI – Black Ops, Inc., have been hired on to what could be, should be, a routine protection detail—guarding Emilio Maxim. Front and center in his surveillance of the National Congress awaiting Maxim’s arrival Gabe tells himself that the stunning red head on the steps of the building is not Jenna McMillan. It can’t be because he doesn’t want it to be. Before he can wrap his mind around the fact that Jenna is standing mere inches from him all hell breaks loose with a car bomb and bad guys firing into gathering crowd. With Gabe injured in the melee the team decides it is best to bring him post haste to Julianna Flores retreat in Bahia Blanca. Still aching and filled with guilt Julianna’s daughter and the woman Gabe loved, he fears his presence there may be a danger to Dr. Flores. Determined to get as far away from Jenna as he can, Gabe heads back to Buenos Aires. Shortly after his team picks him up two things happen that he knows just can’t be a coincidence: someone tries to sneak into Julianna’s house and the bad guys find he and Jenna are at what BOIs thought was a safe house. On the run, time and again they barely escape their pursuers. Then, Gabe’s worst nightmare comes back to haunt him only this is no dream.
When this reviewer finished Dallas and Amy Garrett’s story and knew it was the end of Cindy Gerard’s Bodyguard series I was not a happy camper. I was hooked on Ms. Gerard’s fabulously crafted characters and memorable stories from the first Bodyguard story. That this series was ending was a sad moment. In fact, I wrote in my review of INTO THE DARK in July of 2007 that I couldn’t believe the series could end just after meeting Gabriel Jones. Ms. Gerard promised her readers a new series in Black Ops, Inc. and she more than delivers. Not only are her readers treated to Gabe and Jenna’s story, we receive a bit of a catch up on Amy and Dallas. The weaving of the two series, making SHOW NO MERCY a transition story from one to the other was well done. Details that stood on their own in INTO THE DARK are given more depth, giving readers a richly woven tale. In all of Ms Gerard’s stories readers are not merely passive bystanders, she includes you in the action. Every heart stopping moment becomes a white knuckle ride for the reader.
I liked Jenna’s determination and bravado and kudos to her for making the choices she does. She’s a wonderful contrast of softness, bravado and courage. Gabe comes across as your total alpha who has control of himself and the world around him. When the cracks in his façade start to show, Ms. Gerard does it with compassion and style.
There is no gratuitous violence or drama with this author. Her characters could be someone you know and what happens to them could happen to you. Granted, I do have a few “if only” moments when I read her heroes—and Gabe Jones is one of the finest. If you haven’t read Cindy Gerard, SHOW NO MERCY is a good place to start, but you will want to pick up and enjoy her entire back list.
Publication Date: September 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4165-6672-4
Romantic Suspense
Paperback
Reviewed by Gina
Spunky and sassy Jenna McMillan isn’t in the habit of running from her problems. Neither does BOI bad boy Gabriel Jones. That was until they found the need to run from each other. Recovering physically and emotionally from an E.D.E.N. mission with Dallas and Amy Garrett, a worn and heart sore Jenna retreats to her family home in Wyoming. She’s lying low and trying to regroup and she’s trying really hard not to admit that it’s her feelings for Gabe that has her running. Her editor calls asking her not only to return to her job as a reporter, but to take on a once in a lifetime story. Unable to look the gift horse in the mouth, Jenna heads to Argentina to interview powerful Emilio Maxim. She tells herself that no how, no way is she excited about the possibility of seeing Gabe Jones again. Nope. No how.
The men of BOI – Black Ops, Inc., have been hired on to what could be, should be, a routine protection detail—guarding Emilio Maxim. Front and center in his surveillance of the National Congress awaiting Maxim’s arrival Gabe tells himself that the stunning red head on the steps of the building is not Jenna McMillan. It can’t be because he doesn’t want it to be. Before he can wrap his mind around the fact that Jenna is standing mere inches from him all hell breaks loose with a car bomb and bad guys firing into gathering crowd. With Gabe injured in the melee the team decides it is best to bring him post haste to Julianna Flores retreat in Bahia Blanca. Still aching and filled with guilt Julianna’s daughter and the woman Gabe loved, he fears his presence there may be a danger to Dr. Flores. Determined to get as far away from Jenna as he can, Gabe heads back to Buenos Aires. Shortly after his team picks him up two things happen that he knows just can’t be a coincidence: someone tries to sneak into Julianna’s house and the bad guys find he and Jenna are at what BOIs thought was a safe house. On the run, time and again they barely escape their pursuers. Then, Gabe’s worst nightmare comes back to haunt him only this is no dream.
When this reviewer finished Dallas and Amy Garrett’s story and knew it was the end of Cindy Gerard’s Bodyguard series I was not a happy camper. I was hooked on Ms. Gerard’s fabulously crafted characters and memorable stories from the first Bodyguard story. That this series was ending was a sad moment. In fact, I wrote in my review of INTO THE DARK in July of 2007 that I couldn’t believe the series could end just after meeting Gabriel Jones. Ms. Gerard promised her readers a new series in Black Ops, Inc. and she more than delivers. Not only are her readers treated to Gabe and Jenna’s story, we receive a bit of a catch up on Amy and Dallas. The weaving of the two series, making SHOW NO MERCY a transition story from one to the other was well done. Details that stood on their own in INTO THE DARK are given more depth, giving readers a richly woven tale. In all of Ms Gerard’s stories readers are not merely passive bystanders, she includes you in the action. Every heart stopping moment becomes a white knuckle ride for the reader.
I liked Jenna’s determination and bravado and kudos to her for making the choices she does. She’s a wonderful contrast of softness, bravado and courage. Gabe comes across as your total alpha who has control of himself and the world around him. When the cracks in his façade start to show, Ms. Gerard does it with compassion and style.
There is no gratuitous violence or drama with this author. Her characters could be someone you know and what happens to them could happen to you. Granted, I do have a few “if only” moments when I read her heroes—and Gabe Jones is one of the finest. If you haven’t read Cindy Gerard, SHOW NO MERCY is a good place to start, but you will want to pick up and enjoy her entire back list.
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