Tensions sizzle in this electrifying novel guaranteed to capture your heart andtake your breath away. Fans of Julie Garwood, Suzanne Brockmann and Jayne Ann Krentz willdevour this action-packed, emotionally stunning tour de force, where every page revealsanother damning secret and another daring gamble. Rotting in anAfrican dungeon is the last place journalist Tess Newell expected to find … expected to find herself. Heldhostage by the terrorist group she’s been investigating, Tess’s salvation–andtemptation–arrives in the form of another prisoner. A French Foreign Legionnaire witha sinful smile and too many secrets to be anything but dangerous. Yet she knows he’s heronly hope of surviving. The Legion is the only family Flynn has. His sanctuaryand his purgatory, after years spent in hell. When a mission goes south and Flynn iscaptured, it’s not the enemy that worries him, but rather the brazen, alluring reporterwhose prying questions threaten to bring down his world–and the walls he’s builtaround his heart. Yet after a daring escape, Flynn must risk it all and go onthe run with Tess to retrieve the evidence she needs. The chemistry between them threatensto detonate but, with the enemy fast closing in, time is running out to unravel the truthfrom the lies in this deadly conspiracy…
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Journalist Tess Newell is being held hostage in an African cell when French Leggionaire Flynn is also taken hostage and thrown into the dark with her. In complete darkness Tess bandages his wounds waiting for the cell door to open and the terrorist Hamid to come in for another round of torture. Fortunately, Flynn isn’t going to wait around for that to happen and in a daring breakout he and Tess join together to outsmart and outwit the terrorists who want to use them as propaganda for their own agenda.
Just because they had escaped doesn’t mean that Tess and Flynn are safe. They must get to where Tess has hidden a file that will break her story wide open and end the political corruption that is fueling a war and will stop the terrorist plot. This novel started off quickly with a breakout and was running non stop until the end of the book. Did they defeat their enemies? You need to read this book to find out.
I really enjoyed this story. Tess was her own brand of hero, finding a story and not giving up even though her own life came under fire. She and Flynn were not without their problems, but they were stronger together than they were apart. I liked their mix of brains and brawn that didn’t always fall down stereotypical lines. It helped ground their characters and made it easy for the reader to root for and identify with them.
This is the second book in a series, but can be read as a stand alone novel. I didn’t read the first book, and didn’t feel like I missed out on too much back story. I am curious enough to go back and read Deception Island. I think I may have found a new author I can enjoy!
Wow! All the action in this book takes place in two days. Loved both characters and all the supporting folks. And the premise? Fantastic and just frightening enough that it makes you think. The best part, mate, was that Ms. Kelly doesn’t sugarcoat the fact that the characters are banged up, filthy, hurting and stressed. They flat out talk about it. Just picked up the next one and I’m thinking these
Legionares are going to be high on my list of new book boyfriends!
Edge of Truth by Brynn Kelly
The Legionnaires #2
First book I have read by this author
First book with military hero who is a French Legionnaire
First book with a terrorist organization that is…different
Tess Newell – investigative TV journalist
Imprisoned in a hole in the ground somewhere in Somalia
Tortured by terrorists
Soon to be executed live on TV
Lieutenant Flynn – French Legionnaire
Thrown into the hole in the ground prison with Tess
Soon to be executed
Smart with skills that might help him escape
Action-packed romantic suspense
Could not put it down
Liked the characters
Want to read more by this author
5 Stars
Tess Newell, a journalist is captured and being held hostage in Africa by a terrorist group she recently found out was being aided by someone high up in American government. After periods of torture she opens her eyes in her dark cell beneath the ground to find a man being tossed down with her. French Legionnaire Flynn has secrets of his own but the two work together to escape their prison. The story is bland with heavy on being chased and gun play with adult content mixed in throughout the storyline. The adult content not needed and added nothing to the storyline except maybe to get romantic suspense readers to read the book. I kept waiting for the suspense and at least one surprise while reading this book and I was disappointed.