What do Italian food and Italian women have in common? They both give Dante Girabaldi heart burn and, with the exception of his mother, he vows to avoid them at all costs. That becomes impossible when the former military pilot and FBI agent’s first assignment with Deep Six East is to protect Prada D’Angelo, the Italian Ambassador of Women’s Affairs to the U.S.Straight off the runways of Milan, … off the runways of Milan, the gorgeous former model and TV star turned politician has accumulated a string of enemies which includes politicians, a billionaire media mogul and even a prince. Her father wants her protected, but Prada tells him right away she is not going to let him, or idle threats, slow her down. Dante quickly sees she isn’t going to let the threats shut her beautiful mouth either and before he knows it, he is working double time to keep her safe while his team figures out who wants her kidnapped or dead.
A trip to Italy may give Dante the answers he seeks, but it will also bring Prada face-to-angelic-face with her enemies. Can he keep her safe in the most romantic, but dangerous, place in the world? Or will the magic of amore distract him and get them both killed?
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Dante is a gorgeous Italian who has sworn off all women with the exception of his mother. They all give him heartburn and he wants no more of that. This is the first book in the Deep Six East Series and starts the new series off on a high note. Fast-paced and full of action, you will find this book hard to put down once your start. Dante’s a former military pilot who’s now with the FBI and his first assignment is guarding the gorgeous Prada. She has enemies galore and this turns out to be a wild adventure for both of them. Lots of danger and plenty of twists mixed with explosive chemistry make for one page turner. I read an arc and voluntarily chose to review. A must read.
What an amazing start of what promises to be an another amazing series from Becky McGraw. Heart Burn will have you pulled in immediately and will not let go until the last page. The fireworks that are constant is great and you will be hooting in laughter many times. This is one book you need to make sure to set time aside for and read immediately… and don’t stop until the last page!
FAN-TAB-ULOUS!! What a great story to start off a new series! I fell in love with the original Deep Six crew so I knew this new crew would be awesome. This is Prada and Dante’s story and it is intense, exciting, steamy and suspenseful. And it was great getting to know a little about this new crew of Deep Six guys! I can’t wait to read the next story in this new series!
I really enjoyed this excellent read. This series gets off to a great start with Dante and Prada’s story. I loved these characters and the chemistry they shared. The story was fun but had an engaging amount of drama, action, humor and emotions. A very good read that left me eager for book two.
HELLO Dante!!! It is so good to see you again. Oh My how I loved drooling over Dante in this first in a new series. What a wonderful way for the author to start a spin-off series of Deep Six Security. I fell in love with him in Gray Matters, Deep Six Security book 5. Payback is beautiful for what he did to Grayson.
For those who aren’t familiar with this mega drool worthy hunk, he is an ex army pilot and Army Ranger. He has just lost his job with the FBI thanks to what happened in Gray Matter. Deep Six is his last chance at civilian life and he is about to risk everything.
The Italian Stallion has just been assigned to protect the one Italian women that is more stubborn than his sister Micki. Prada is in the US as an Italian Ambassador, far from home her life is threatened. She refused to believe the evidence. She refuses the protection. She will stop at nothing to get away but she can’t run away from her heart. Denial. Denial. Denial.
She is soon back home with a protection detail and investigators. Her problems started in Italy. She back in Italy to end them. She has solutions. She has a goal. She is clueless to reality. Making it worse; she doesn’t share her thoughts. Stubbornness can get her and the team killed.
What happens when greed, the mafia and a determined female cross paths? You have an exciting thriller. Suspense riddles the pages. Bullets fly. High speed driving will have you wishing you had your seatbelt on or a barf bag close by. Hearts break. And all of this excitement is packed into Heartburn.
I am off to find some Tiramisu to help settle my shaken nerves.
A new series from Ms McGraw but man, oh man, this book still has all of the action packed, page turning, heart racing, adrenaline producing, love story she is so awesome at, along with 2 of most stubborn, love crossed people who are funny, strong but so sure that love doesn’t exist. Loved watching them fall. Looking forward to more of this series.
Dante has been burned by Italy in more ways than one. Prada in the beginning is not very friendly and loudly voices her opinions on a regular basis. There is a lot danger, lies, deceipt and surprises.
The Deep Six Team has arrived on the East Coast, and this first book definitely made my heart burn! From the heat between Dante and Prada and the non-stop intense, suspenseful action to Dante’s wonderful Italian family and a new security team with growing pains, I felt every bit of this wild, exciting ride right in the center of my heart.
If you’ve read any of the Deep Six books, you’ll love this latest from these hot, alpha protectors. And if you haven’t, but you like military romance similar to Maya Banks, Kaylea Cross and Lynne Rae Harris, these heroes are right up your alley. I love all of the Deep Six guys and their amazing gals, but I was really tickled to see my favorite couple, Griff and Lou Ellen from Silent Knight, make an appearance in this book.
Although Dante and Prada are more of a match made in a fireworks factory than a match made in heaven, their story had me grinning in anticipation from the very first page. They both have some baggage, but what’s a trip on the road to an HEA without luggage? And Dante had his heart eviscerated by an Italian love long ago, so he’s permanently sworn off amore, but that only makes his journey with Prada all the more delicious.
Grab your copy and read your way through this fantastic journey with Dante and Prada. She’s strong, independent, spirited and stubborn and he’s, well, you got the alpha protector part, right? Dante is tasked with personal protection for Prada and she’s just not having it, trying to fire him numerous times after clashes and head butts, until the truth hits way too close and she realizes her life is truly in danger. Both are staunchly, firmly against anything love related, until they aren’t. But don’t be fooled. Just because their hearts begin to thaw doesn’t lessen the fireworks between them or the danger they repeatedly find themselves in. This is a phenomenal, riveting, steamy, heartfelt read that you won’t want to miss!
*I reviewed this book freely and voluntarily, having made no commitment to provide a review and receiving no compensation of any kind from any source for this review.
Wow I absolutely loved Deep six east new series first book. This book will have you hooked from page 1 with so much action packed and suspense and romance and hate love relationship this book has it all. Dante Girabaldi is former military pilot and former FBI and is now taking his first assignment with Prada D’Angelo former runway model and soap star and now a pain in his butt. His assignment is to keep her safe and alive ,but no one knows who is after and its Dante and the deep six to make sure it happens but when it takes them to her home in Italy will they get out out alive? This was absolutely one of the best books I have read in awhile and truly loved it.
I have been waiting for Dante’s story since Gray Matter and boy was it worth the wait!
Heart Burn is McGraw’s first book in her new Deep Six East series, which is a spin-off of the original Deep Six Securities series. If you are a fan of stories full of nonstop action and suspense and that contain strong alpha males and sassy females you are in for a treat.
Dante Girabaldi is an uptight, domineering alpha male with a weakness for Italian women who is trying to navigate a new environment as well as find his place and settle in with a new team he meets for the first time on his first assignment with Deep Six. He has to find balance between his past life and experiences as an FBI agent and the unknown men who will become his lifeline and new family. He is used to working alone and undercover, making his own rules to stay alive, so now having to rely on and trust in his new team brings an additional challenge to his new assignment. There is some serious testosterone in the mix and several dominant men who have to learn to work together as a unit to complete their mission and some of the interaction is quite amusing to watch unfold. However, regardless of the different personalities and qualities they each bring to the team you can tell they will be a force to reckon with and I cannot wait to get to know them all in their own stories.
Prada D’Angelo is quite a complex character. She is an Italian beauty with a big mouth and fiery temper that is extremely independent, demanding and takes no prisoners. She is a former model from a political family in Italy who was sent to the states by her father after a scandal hit the new media involving a very powerful man and she is the current Italian Ambassador of Women’s Affairs to the US. She ruffled a lot of feathers before she left Italy and now has a long list of enemies including an ex-lover who happens to be a prince, politicians and the billionaire she outed to the police and media who now has put a target on her head. When her past collides with her present, the ante is upped after threats are made and danger arrives on her doorstep and Deep Six East is hired to ferret out the threat and keep her alive.
The new Deep Six office is just getting off their feet with the setup and hiring of teams. They right now just have a skeleton crew as the men are completing previous assignments, training and the like to get ready to move into the compound and get to work. This new job for Dante is not only important to him but to the office as a whole to help secure future assignments so he has to be at the top of his game. Sparks fly between him and his new protectee as well as some male posturing between him and the others on his team as they size each other up and navigate temperaments and learn to work together as a unit. It was amusing to watch some of the scenarios between the men as they work to get along.
We also get a glimpse of Dante’s home life and get to meet his family and catch up with his sister, Mickie, and Gray (Gray Matter). The setting of the book jumps from the states to Rome and Milan where McGraw does an excellent job of describing the scenery and tourists interests to where you feel as if you are there seeing it first-hand. Heart Burn is loaded with twists and turns, family secrets, betrayal, deceit, kidnapping, blackmail, laughs, witty banter, some serious bad guys, sizzling chemistry and an emotional journey of growth, acceptance and all-encompassing love. The characters are interesting and engaging and the storyline is complex and exciting. There is enough ongoing action and suspense to keep you invested from the first page to the last. This book is a great start to the new series and I loved every minute of it!
*I received an advanced copy from the author under no obligation and am voluntarily leaving my honest review. All thoughts and opinions expressed are solely my own.
This talented author brings us a new series, titled Deep Six East. For those old and new readers, it’s a spin off of Deep Six Security. This branch is based in the East (Virginia), and is being led by Griff, whom we met ( and I fell in love with ) in Silent Knight.
Dante Girabaldi is one of the team members. Of Italian heritage, he is not too crazy about Italian women, of course, except for his Mom. Former CIA and military pilot, he has seen it all. But was not prepared or happy to be assigned as a bodyguard to a full fledge Italian woman . Prada D’Angelo is not only beautiful , she’s also bright, full of spunk, attitude and will take no prisoners. She has no use for a bodyguard, especial one named Dante.
But Dante is determined to do his job . Too many want her harm, from an ex-lover, to a former boss and maybe even politicians.
Danger is always around the corner. Filled with suspense, bad guys, a hunky taciturn good guy and a gutsy woman, the action is non-stop. Will they survive this rollercoaster ride, and will the heart burn be worth it if in the end they find their HEA?
Another winner by this talented author. I was entrusted a copy of this book. The opinions expressed are solely my own.