WOW! This book was crazy suspenseful and insanely sexy! From the first page I was hooked and immediately loved this story…” He wants her off his base . . . and in his bed.The last thing Senior Officer Gabe Wilcox wants on his base is some CIA agent snooping around except when it turns out to be Agent Lucia Rizzo with her smart mouth, killer curves, and legs he can’t wait to have wrapped around … wait to have wrapped around his waist. She should be off limits . . . but then, Gabe didn’t become a Navy SEAL by backing down. He’ll help Lucia with her investigation—and show her his commands will be far more pleasurable behind closed doors.
She’s there to work . . . not fall for the rock-solid senior officer in charge.
Agent Lucia Rizzo has spent her entire career with a singular objective—become the very best the CIA has to offer. There’s just one last mission standing in her way: uncover a traitor within the SEALs and recruit the sexy-as-hell SEAL, Gabe Wilcox. From the moment she arrives on base, Gabe, with his cocky grin and cute as hell dimples, proves he’s the undeniable distraction she never saw coming.
As the investigation heats up, and truths become lies, Gabe and Lucia must work together to answer the only question that matters: When everyone’s lying, and lives are at stake, can they even trust each other?
A Covert Affair is a stand-alone military romantic suspense with a take-no-prisoners CIA Agent and the Navy SEAL who brings her to her knees.
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Kennedy knows what she is doing when she writes these romantic suspense books. She is one of my top favorite on this genre. She just knows how to write just the amount of action, mystery, romance, and who done it. She writes the characters with passion. They are always so entertaining and easy to read. Their chemistry is always spot on. So you know when you start reading a Kennedy L Mitchell story, you are in for a good one.
A Lot happens here so pay close attention. I was very entertained with Lucia and her detective skills. This was just so entertaining. The banter between Gabe and his friends put a smile on face more than once.
This was a great read and I know that you would enjoy it. I would highly recommend A Covert Affair.
This book, is honestly not really what I was expecting. Though I’m not really sure what I was expecting. I loved all of the undercover buisness. And how she just got right in there and it was just one of her things to figure all these people out. And it really didn’t take her long at all for what she needed to do. She is so good at what she does, but really you are kind of kept guessing at what it is that she really is doing.
The writing in this book is honestly just wonderful and for how in-depth it is its really easy to go with the flow amd follow along with. I really enjoyed both characters sides and POVs.
The book is serious a lot, but the wit is amazing. The way it comes out is just hilarious and you totally are not expecting it to be as funny as it is. But I adored the side jokes and jabs that were taken!
Gabe and Lucia are both hard core characters. They fight and go for what they want. They are both driven by their professions and will go to the extreme for their jobs!!
I loved the way Author Kennedy L. Mitchell wrote this book and her characters. It was action packed in the best way possible and her characters are witty and amazing. The way the author writes you have no choice as to get trapped in the storyline and flow of the book.
It’s the first time that i have read one of Author Kennedy’s books and i have to say This was an amazing book and she has a stalker for life!!!
Really good suspenseful romance.
Action packed! Good character development. A well written, strong female with some issues but the author did not dwell on them over and over. Plenty of humor, twists and sexy time. Overall a good story.
Very good story. Really liked the H/H. Both were very strong, likeable characters. Would recommend this book.
Great read from page one! I just finished the complete series; it kept me engaged the whole way through!
Very enjoyable book. It’s well written with characters that are strong and very well defined. I love characters that are self reliant yet willing to give a Little too. Here we have a strong denial lead who is CIA and used to handling her own life/problems and a Navy Seal who is very not the Alpha and wants to protect our heroine even if she doesn’t necessarily want him too.
The storyline is very engaging. It will keep you on edge and have you turning page after page to see what happens next. While the twist and turns have rethinking things often. Lucia and Gabe, the main characters, and along with the supporting cast make for an interesting plot riddled with suspense, action and romance with a bit of humor thrown in.
I highly recommend reading A Covert Affair. The only downside I would mention (if you can even call it a downside) is in a few a spots the storyline drug a bit. But it in NO Way diminished my enjoyment of the book. 2 Thumbs Up for a great read.
~WRITING – PLOT – PACE~
So color me impressed because this book was all kinds of fantastic. It probably would have been a 5-Star book if it hadn’t been SO long. My interest started to wane at about 60% in. That said, I kept plugging on and it started to pick up again around 80%. The writing was fantastic though. The pace was a bit up and down. I am chalking that up to it being a bit too long. I think the author could have tightened up the story a bit. The plot was super engaging and probably one of the best examples of romantic suspense done right. The story is told from both Lucia’s and Gabe’s POV (my preference always). Last, it was all wrapped up in a very satisfactory ending.
~HERO~
GABE…What can I say about Gabe? I ADORED him. He was pretty much a perfect book boyfriend. A smokin’ hot Navy Seal. A player (but it’s not thrown in your face). He was alpha. He was sweet. He was funny. He was a great friend. He was an excellent leader. He was all about Lucia from the moment he meets her. I have nothing bad to say about his character.
~HEROINE~
LUCIA…I’ll be honest, I usually struggle with heroines like Lucia. She attended West Point. She was in the army. She is now a CIA agent. She was tough. She was strong. She was feisty. She was bada$$. But somehow this author managed to also make her very likable. Very relatable. Even vulnerable. I simply adored her character as well.
~SECONDARY CHARACTERS~
This book had some great secondary characters in it. My favorite by FAR was Tony (Flakes). He was such a douche especially in the beginning, but man the banter between him and Lucia and him and Gabe made me laugh my a$$ off at times. I wasn’t sure I wanted to read a book featuring him (he pretty much cheats on his wife all the time) but the author redeemed him by the end and now I am looking forward to seeing him fall in love (hopefully he is getting a book). I also really liked Luce’s friend Brook and there were a few of the guys on the Seal team I wouldn’t mind reading more about.
~HEAT LEVEL~
Medium. The sex scenes were suitably hot and fairly plentiful. This couple also had excellent on-page chemistry.
~ANGST LEVEL~
Highish… I found this angsty mainly because Lucia is keeping a secret from Gabe and I spent the entire book waiting for the truth to come out and the other shoe to drop. When it did finally drop I was impressed by how the author handled the situation. I was expecting the usual cliché reaction by the hero and that isn’t what we get. There is a smidge of OW drama. Toni tries to cause issues between Gabe and Luce and invites some women to join them at a bar. One of them hangs off Gabe all night. He isn’t really interested but stays and ends up dropping the two women and Toni off later in the night (the three being drunk). The heroine sees this because Toni sets it up. She isn’t overly bothered by it and it happens before they officially begin a relationship. I wasn’t bothered by it in the least because we get Gabe’s thoughts. There is also a bit of OM drama in the form of Tony. Lucia and he slept together once ten years prior, and she ghosted him. He is a bit bitter about this for a while.
~IN THE END~
I pretty much LOVED this book. Like I mentioned had it been a little shorter I would have given it 5-Stars. That said, the writing was fantastic. The plot was well developed. The characters were intriguing and very likable. There were twist and turns that kept me guessing right up until the end, and I appreciated the author didn’t go down the usual overdone route with the secret revelation. Therefore yours truly is going to give this one two HUGE thumbs up and I will undoubtedly be keeping my eyes peeled for the next book in the series.
This pair! Yass! I couldn’t put this one down. It was action packed and oh so steamy. Gabe and Luce had me devouring this read! The suspense was on point and the romance hit just right. I couldn’t get enough! Now bring on Tony!!! I need more of him!!
Once again I get mesmerized by this author’s creative writing with another great suspense romance!
Lucia is on another mission for the CIA, this time she knows this one will take her to the next stage in her career away from outside missions and inside to focus on intel and strategies for the top agency.
Until her mission makes her mind for the first time want something she’s never wanted! Has taken away her focus from her main task at hand her promotion and finding the mole.
Gabe is back from a mission with his team when his CO gives him the news. The men are not expecting Lucia, maybe a Luke LOL!
This book is full of fiery chemistry between Lucia & Gabe the suspense will keep you entertained and flipping the pages for more!
4*
Agent rizzo
Lucia has been sent on a mission with two goals in mind, find the mole and recruit the seal.
Gabe isn’t expecting the gorgeous woman in the car park to be the same person his friend has never forgotten about.
She’s there to do a job but is it really what she wants?
Reading people is her speciality so what is she missing?
What a strong independent person Lucia is, I liked that Gabe didn’t want to change her at all.
This book was fantastic! An action-packed, keep you at the edge of your seat, romantic suspense.
I love a good suspense novel. Add in some sexy SEALs and all is even better in my world. The story is well written, gripping, intriguing, entertaining, steamy with so much heart!
From page one you are pulled into Lucia’s life and career. Gabe is a hero with respect for a woman’s abilities to do her job (swoon), but also the ultra protective alpha.
Considering the nature of the intrigue and underworld exposed, it still left me with a nice heartwarming feeling.
It was hard to put down. I’m looking forward to reading the author’s other books.
original story line -kept you guessing right until the end.
Loved this book!
I’m new to this author and she has impressed me with the mystery suspense she writes. A Covert Affair was perfect, it was sexy, steamy and suspenseful. Loved the story line, it flowed nicely and kept me intrigued from start to finish.
A Covert Affair has everything I love in a well written book, intense chemistry, sexy as hell hero, intrigue and a heroine with strength, sass for days! Lucia and Gabe’s story had me wrapped up from the very first word to the last.
Kennedy has quickly become one of my all time favorite authors for her writing style, character development and storytelling. A Covert Affair kept me wanting more and had me laughing along side the characters with the snarky and sassy banter between the characters. Loved everything about this amazing book!
Suspenseful and utterly thrilling!
WOW! This story is fantastic! It has everything you want, suspense, intrigue, twists and turns throughout, and a whole lot of steamy romance. It’s a wild rollercoaster ride of intrigue and thrills that will keep you captivated and highly entertained from beginning to end.
Lucia is a fierce, strong and very witty CIA agent who stops at nothing to get what she wants. She’s definitely a no holds barred kind of woman. Plus she can kick ass! Gabe is a badass SEAL who can’t seem to get Lucia out of his mind. Their interactions are filled with witty banter and intense sexual chemistry. These two together are the perfect combination of strength and passion!
This amazing author kept me on the edge of my seat with anticipation of what would happen next and who the villain could possibly be! It was an amazing adventure to be taken on! I loved every second of it and I can’t wait to read more!