Special Agent Mike Flynn owes his friend a favor, and the instructions are clear. Find Lucia Costa. Keep her safe. But Lucia doesn’t want to be found. She’s investigating her brother’s brutal murder and trying to stay alive.When the hot FBI agent knocks on her door in the middle of the night, Lucia has to admit, she needs his help. She’s out of money, on the run, and the files hidden in her motel … in her motel safe could take down a deadly human trafficking ring.
As Mike and Lucia chase down the corrupt cops who betrayed Lucia’s brother, and work the case he died trying to solve, sparks fly. Gruff and jaded, Mike denies his feelings for the feisty grad student under his protection, but Lucia makes him want things he hasn’t in a very long time. With the danger closing in and time running out, Mike will risk everything to give Lucia her life back, and to have a chance at loving her.
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This book starts the action off immediatelty and doesn’t let up. Right away, we sense the danger and magnitude of the situation Lucia finds herself in. Nowhere to go, no one to turn to, only following the cryptic advice of her two older brothers. Enter Michael. Michael is hard in every way. Personality and business. Lucia creeps into his heart with her determination and quick wit attitude. The real depths of their feelings for each other come out in waves as their lives are put on the line.
I got a little scared for a bit thinking there were more people who shouldn’t be trusted with the information they had, but thankfully, my blood pressure stayed in check!
I loved how Jake was back for this one! I love his persona and his all-in attitude.
With one brother dead Lucia is on the run. Alex asks his friend Mike to protect his baby sister. When Mike and Lucia meet sparks fly and they can’t deny the attraction between them as they try to solve the case her brother was working on and she got mixed up in. Things get interesting and intriguing and very dangerous the deeper they get. Good read.
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**I received Run and Hide from Net Galley and Wave Equation Media in exchange for a voluntary and honest review. My opinions are my own and not solicited in any way.**
Run and Hide by Maggie Clare is the second book in her Tactical Solutions International series and I only have one question….when is the next book out? I loved this book from start to finish Lucia Costa is one heck of a heroine and when you add Mike Flynn, throw in non stop action to give you a 5 star story. I went back to buy the first book so that I could read about Mike’s sister Fiona and Jake Evans story.
Lucia Costa receives a call from her brother Cole calls for her to run as his cover had been blown by a coworker. She grabs the items from the safe and runs for safety with a hard drive his last word to her are TRUST NO ONE. She decides to make a fake copy of the drive contents and Her older brother Alex calls in FBI Mike Flynn who’ll find her but they’ll soon find out how deep the cartel is with the human trafficking. It will be a wild ride that Lucia and Mike will be on and using all resources they have. Will they escape in time when Mike is confronted by the cartel?
Mike Flynn know when his former Army buddy Alex calls in his marker and go to LA to find his sister . But what he doesn’t expect is that Lucia is a Forensic computer hacker and has already some idea of what’s on the drive and will do anything to help find her brothers murderers. They’ll need help from Tactical and his former CO now in LA at FBI office to draw out the different movers and shakers until the surprise ending of how deep the betrayal goes through the different agencies. Will they be able to keep alive and hopefully their relationship will be forever.
This is the second book in the Tactical Solutions International series, and I have received both as ARCs in exchange for reviews. I enjoyed this one more than the first one in the series and feel like the author has totally found her footing in the romantic suspense genre.
FBI Special Agent Mike Flynn gets a call from his former Army buddy, Alex Costa, who urgently needs Mike to go to California and help his sister, Lucia. At this time, Lucia had tried to save her other brother, who caught in an undercover operation while trying to expose a human trafficking ring. When Mike gets there, she is running out of money and realizes she could use his help in trying to bring her brother’s killers to justice. Due to her brother’s warning about not trusting anyone, Lucia and Mike try to keep their investigation off the radar. This is where Tactical Solutions comes in to help them and we get reintroduced to Jake, who was the hero of book one and is now Mike’s future brother in law.
While investigating her brother’s death and the cartel responsible for it, Lucia and Mike do give in to their extraordinarily strong chemistry. They also seem to work well together and build a relationship while trying to figure out who killed Lucia’s brother and who can they trust. Lots of action and suspense in this story that keeps you reading. Great couple and other characters included in this story.
This was an excellent addition to the series. I am hoping Alex gets his own book in the futures. I definitely recommend this series and author.
He’s closed off, gruff, and demanding. Mike Flynn is a man who has had love and lost it. Now he is focused on his job. He will do anything to protect those he loves and cares about. When he receives a phone call from a teammate from the Army asking for his help, he won’t turn him down. Now he’s headed to Los Angeles to help Alex Costa’s sister to return a favor.
Lucia Costa is not trained like her brothers to deal with danger and deadly situations, but she will put herself in jeopardy to protect and help her older brother Cole when he is in trouble. The only problem is that she has to go on the run to save her life. She’s talented in finding information with a computer, but her skills to take down a cartel are lacking.
I loved this story. The action, danger, and loyalty of the Flynn’s, Costa’s, and the members of Tactical Solutions International willingness to help, keep the pages turning in this book. The characters are entertaining, loyal, tough, and their willingness to do anything to save or protect family or anyone they care about, makes for a great book and series. Mike is an FBI Special Agent and is looking for justice for his friend and the woman that won’t leave his mind. I give this story a 5-star review and recommend it to readers that enjoy suspense, Alpha males, women who don’t take anything from anyone, or characters that loyal, dangerous, and ready to take down the bad guys.
This is a suspenseful story that quickly caught my attention. Even though this is the first book that I have read by this author, this book can be enjoyed as a standalone. Grad student Lucia witnesses her undercover cop brother Cole lose his life. Now she is on the run. Knowing that Cole was getting ready to bring down a human trafficking ring, Lucia wants to find the cop that betrayed her brother. FBI agent Mike is called in by an old military friend and her brother to find her and protect her. Mike tries to fight the attraction that he feels towards Alex’s younger sister. I received a free copy of this ebook from the publisher through Netgallery. This is my honest and voluntarily given review. Like a lot of romantic suspense books today, this books has a few steamy scenes. I really like that Mike and Lucia’s connection was much more than a physical one. This book has some gripping scenes when Lucia and Mike are in danger. I enjoyed reading this book.
Run and Hide is a pulse pounding romantic suspense. Forensics student Lucia Costa is on the run. Her brother was shot in front of her and she doesn’t know who to trust. FBI Special Agent Mike Flynn goes off books to help Lucia find out who set her brother up to be killed and why. If he happens to fall for the feisty young woman along the way well that’s karma.
This installment in the Tactical Solutions International series is an irresistible romp that will have you flipping pages and chewing your nails.
RUN AND HIDE by Maggie Clare is the second book in the Tactical Solutions International romantic suspense series. The book worked fine as a stand-alone. When FBI Special Agent Mike Flynn gets a call from his friend Alex Costa asking him to find and protect Alex’s sister Lucia, Mike immediately heads to California. When he shows up at Lucia’s hotel room, she is out of money and in need of help. Together, they work to take down a human trafficking ring.
The main characters were definitely someone you can root for with clear goals and believable motivations. The secondary characters were not as well-rounded, but did enhance the story. The prose was entertaining and engrossing. The plot was suspenseful and, at times, it was riveting. However, to me, there were a few too many coincidences. Despite this, there was a nice twist at the end of the book. There are several steamy scenes starting about half-way through the book. Themes include human trafficking, murder, drugs, family, friendship, romance, corruption and much more.
Overall, this was an entertaining book and I would like to read the first book in the series. If you enjoy romantic suspense, then this may be a series you would enjoy. Note: Maggie Clare is the pen name of speculative fiction author Tabitha Lord.
Many thanks to BookBuzz.net – Wave Equations Media and Maggie Clare for a complimentary digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley and the opportunity to provide an honest review. Opinions are mine alone and are not biased in any way.
Wow, I absolutely loved this book! I had not read book one and was concerned I would be lost. This one is definitely a stand alone and so good, I promptly ordered book 1.
The story centers around FBI Special Agent Mike Flynn and Lucia Costa, the sister of Alex Costa, one of his brothers in arm.
When Mike gets a call from Alex and asks him to find Lucia and keep her safe, he takes vacation time, flies to the other side of the country never realizing that his life would be forever changed.
Lucia, a brilliant graduate student, is determined to find out who killed her brother Cole. A cop who was working undercover. Fearing for her life, she took a new identity but she’s running out of money and options. That is, until Mike shows up.
Their attraction is immediate, but danger surrounds them and they have to be a cautious and a step ahead of whoever betrayed her brother. Add to that a drug cartel and human trafficking, and this suspense, gritty romance will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Can’t wait to read book one and whatever else this talented author has in store for us.
I was entrusted a copy of this book by Netgalley.
The opinions expressed are solely my own.
Lucia Costa received a desperate call from her brother. That puts her in grave danger. The cartel have cops on their payrole so there’s no way to know who to trust.
Special Agent Mike Flynn gets a call from an old friend. The man has asked him to find and protect his sister, because he’s on assignment.
This is an action packed romantic suspense. The characters are strong, brave and sexy. Danger comes from all directions and a vicious cartel boss has a long reach with far too many contacts. This story will have you on the edge of your seat.
Exciting reading.