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A Covert Affair (Deadly Ops, #5)

Katie Reus,

Sophie Eastlake (Narrator)

Start date: February 3, 2018

Finish date: February 4, 2018

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Jun 24, 2015 Sunny rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Girls are disappearing in Miami and found dead months later. Evidence shows that they had just given birth. Nathan Ortiz works for a specialized covert unit inside the NSA called Black Death 9. His unit is investigating the abductions and murders. While undercover, he runs into his first love, Amelia Rios, who is dating their prime suspect, Iker Mercado. This is the first time Nathan has seen Amelia since she abruptly broke up him years ago. Is Amelia involved in the kidnappings? How deep is she Girls are disappearing in Miami and found dead months later. Evidence shows that they had just given birth. Nathan Ortiz works for a specialized covert unit inside the NSA called Black Death 9. His unit is investigating the abductions and murders. While undercover, he runs into his first love, Amelia Rios, who is dating their prime suspect, Iker Mercado. This is the first time Nathan has seen Amelia since she abruptly broke up him years ago. Is Amelia involved in the kidnappings? How deep is she in with Iker Mercado? Will she blow his cover and reveal his real identity? Why did she cut him out of her life so suddenly?

Katie Reus is very good at writing romantic suspense. Her stories are well-paced and action packed. She creates tension filled storylines that push and pull the hero and heroine together and apart. Ms. Reus creates a wistfulness in Amelia and Nathan drawn from reuniting with a first love. As adults that attraction has not changed. Being in the middle of a covert operation prevents them from fully dealing with their personal relationship. Being a second chance love story, however, they are constantly discovering new things about each other – a new appreciation for what is still there and what has changed. I’m partial to stories about young couples reuniting and rediscovering love later in life.

My critique has more to do with my own reading experience and the disappointment I feel with overdone themes. If you are new to romantic suspense, you will enjoy this story. It has all the pieces for an enjoyable read. There are villains engaged in heinous crimes and the hero and heroine work hard to save the day. There are plenty of at-risk moments to keep you turning the pages. My problem is that I have consumed too many stories from this genre that read exactly like this one. Amelia and Nathan start as younger lovers separated by a secret. Unfortunately for me, I read a book with that exact same secret and result a week prior. Bad timing. After years apart, something happens to one of the characters and that causes them to seek out a person in their past. Suddenly, circumstances bring the past into the present. They reunite and the secret revealed breaks them up again, and then they reunite.

Not all tropes are bad. Second chance romances are one of my favorites. However, in order to keep my attention, I need something new and creative built upon the familiar. When working with a well-used theme, it’s important to inject something unexpected. Unfortunately, this book is too predictable to be more than an average read for me.

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Jul 06, 2015 Darcy rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: e-book, romantic-suspense, spies, 2016, rw

I don't know there was something about this book that made it very easy to put down. I liked the history that Nathan and Amelia had, liked that they were able to connect again and that Nathan was able to clue in Amelia a bit on what was going down. But it seemed like the end was rushed, that things were abandoned with the guy Amelia had to date. ...more

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Nov 02, 2015 Molly Smith rated it liked it · review of another edition

Initial Thoughts: I do enjoy this romantic military suspense series. After the end of the previous novel, I wasn’t sure what to expect in this next novel after the big bad had been taken down. I found A Covert Affair to be intriguing. I loved that Nathan and Amelia had a backstory, a previous connection. It solidified the passion between them. However, I found the mysterious reason Amelia had left Nathan to be easily figured out. That being said, I liked that the confrontation and resolution of ...more

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Oct 28, 2018 Karin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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