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Saturday, October 10, 2015

LAST HOPE by Jessica Clare & Jen Frederick



A Hitman Novel #4
Berkley Books, September 2015
Paperback
Obtained via:  publisher
ISBN:  978-0-425-28153-6
Romantic Suspense
****



The latest Hitman novel from the talented writing team of Jessica Clare and Jen Frederick, LAST HOPE, is a fast paced romantic suspense that readers will not be able to put down.

Hand model Ava’s best friend Rose has been kidnapped by her evil boyfriend and he forces Ava into going to Lima with a satchel full of information in return for her friend’s safe return.  Unfortunately, her plane crash lands in the jungle and she is saved by one hot and very sexy man who also wants the satchel.  Rafe grew up in the worst of circumstances and has learned to survive by being a hitman.  His latest assignment is to steal some information that could bring down world governments.  Rafe and Ava both need the information.  Only one of them can have it.  Lives are on the line.  And their attraction is off the charts.

Unlike the first three stories in his series, LAST HOPE leaves the college campus and moves into the jungles of Lima.  Ava has always been second fiddle to her best friend Rose.  While Rose is a famous model, Ave is a less in demand hand model.  She is the mother hen of the group.  So when she meets Rafe and the attraction kicks in, she is surprised by his interest in her.  She is also very intrigued by him.  He is strong, sexy, assured and she feels safe with him, but Rafe has demons of his own that he carries with him and they only serve to make him more interesting to Ava.  As these two race through the jungle trying to save the world while bad guys are looking to end their lives for the satchel’s contents, the action amplifies, the jungle swelters and the characters steam up the pages.

Jessica Clare and Jen Frederick have penned yet another explosive romantic suspense in LAST HOPE, their latest Hitman novel, out in paperback this fall.  Don’t miss out on this terrific series.  If you haven’t started reading it, now is the time.

Reviewed by T. Barringer
tammyLRM@gmail.com

"This is an objective review and not an endorsement of this book."


 

Friday, October 9, 2015

LAST HIT by Jessica Clare & Jen Frederick



A Hitman Novel #1
Berkley Books, November 2013
ebook
Obtained via:  publisher
ISBN13:  9780989247962
Romantic Suspense
*****



The first book in a new romantic suspense series from Jessica Clare and Jen Frederick, LAST HIT, is the impossible pairing of a hardened Russian hitman meeting an innocent isolated young girl and falling in love at first sight.

Nikolai has been a Russian hitman since he was a boy.  It is all he has ever known and he is the very best at it.  Daisy has been sheltered from the outside world her entire life, home-schooled and farm raised, only allowed out for brief trips to the store for groceries by her agoraphobic father.  Finally, she has gotten the strength to leave him and set off on her own to go to college.  Nikolai is doing surveillance on his last hit when he notices Daisy in the apartment across from his and can’t take his eyes off her.

CRACK!  That is the sound of the bat hitting the ball out of the ballpark – exactly where Clare & Frederick hit this one with LAST HIT.  It was everything this reader loves in a good story.  The characters were very different yet really worked together.  Daisy is so shy and awkward in social situations.  Nikolai is big, bad and scary, but not to Daisy.  To Daisy, he is simply her friend and protector.  She is his reason for living.  Neither has many social skills and when they attempt to fit in with the other college kids, the results are both amusing and sad at the same time.  Things that most people would run from, finding out your boyfriend is a hitman for example, Daisy seems to almost accept in stride.  And similarly, Nikolai accepts at face value things about Daisy that others might question.  These two characters were absolutely heartwarming.  And their story grips, pulls you in and refuses to let go.

The storyline was strong, the action constant, the characters are multifaceted and LAST HIT is the first book in the series!  The pairing of Clare and Frederick seems to be a good one.  This reader is looking forward to reading many more interesting hitman stories from this talented writing duo.  Definitely worth four stars.


Reviewed by T. Barringer
tammyLRM@gmail.com

"This is an objective review and not an endorsement of this book."