Meet the women of Elite Metal, Ghosts, and Elements:Sachi “Copper” James and Addison “Arsenic” Leeds come from two very different backgrounds, but these women are the best at what they do. This collection features two tales about Copper and one about Addison. Get ready for a wild and dangerous ride.Pure CopperCopper is a chameleon and thrives on being someone else. Her mission? Identify the rat … mission? Identify the rat who sold her team bad intel. The only problem? Gabriel Danvers.
Target: Tungsten
A Ghost for years, Bradley “Tungsten” Peck wants back in Copper’s life. His mission? Protect her and win back her trust. The only problem? Their past is hunting them and may cost them everything.
Asset: Arsenic
For more than a decade, Arsenic has worked in the shadows. Her mission? Get the last piece of intel they need to nail their nemesis. The only problem? Sam Reese, the loose cannon her brother despises and the only man crazy enough to help her.
Three tales of action, adventure, love, passion, and a second chance to fix the past.
Previously published as part of the Elite Metal collection. Each of those stories tied to the other, though these individual novellas have their own version of an HEA.
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Her Elite Assets Kindle Edition
by Heather Long (Author)
Thanks to the author for the complimentary eARC. I’m choosing to leave a fair and honest review
From the same collection that brought us Rebecca Royce’s The Men of Elite Metal, this trio of military romance stories shows Ms. Long’s talent for uniquely deep characters and interlocking stories. Her ability to lay the grounds for shocks and surprises also shine.
Pure Copper
A hot, fast burn romance that will leave you panting after chapter 2. Gabriel is after the woman he saw only twice. He hasn’t forgotten about her, even as he leaves the CIA after a disastrous mission.
Then, Sachi, codenmane: Copper comes back into his life and he will never let her go. He will follow her to the far edges of the Earth.
Copper is still recovering from losing Brad, Codename Tungsten, is that same disastrous mission. She isn’t ready to let anyone in… Until she realizes she can’t live without Gabriel.
Seeing a female member of a Spec Op team was inspiring, particularly since the character could not only keep up with the male members of her team. The way that Ms. Long describes and voices of the character never devalued her femininity nor relied only on her feminine wiles. That is a wonderful change.
Gabriel is fascinating as a character. He is not only a few steps ahead of the characters, but he seems to be even a few steps ahead of the writer and the reader. His ability to read people and understand motivations is nearly preternatural. He strength is mental as much as physical, making him a very unusual military romance hero.
The other stories are just as awesome, but at least one will have spoilers if I describe them!
Read this book if you enjoy a smart, strong heroine who could fight alongside Navy SEALS, a hero who is a Sherlock in his field and many more characters who go beyond stereotypes.
5 stars out of 5
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To say I literally soaked this one up in a minute is not a lie. This one does it to you because once you get into it you will not be able to back out. Copper and Arsenic will certainly grab your attention. They are in 3 tales that will give you the pleasure you were seeking in a novel. The first two will feature Copper with answers being just one thing she wants. You also will get some heat with this one along with Sachi andGabe’s part in this unfolding. Will they dance around each other or will they waltz together? You will be locked on them until the answer is shown. But do not get too comfortable because in the next one along with drama that ensued in first one we will be smacked with more and so will Sachi. With another one on the horizon Brad will have his work cut out for him. Along with that danger is close on their tails with heat pushing them also we are so tangled up we can not see. We will get some relief but it comes with the words that tell us all about it.
Arsenic comes along with hers when we think we can not last much longer but we want to have it all. She does not do it all along she gets Sam to clean up the target and along with that desire will be just the beginning of what will take them thru this.
This author has us combusting more than once with when you are all done leaving you with not much left to even drool.
I really enjoyed this set of 3 stories which revolve around members of an under cover military/spy type organization. Many are ex marines and one ex CIA. The stories are totally engrossing and filled with intrigue and plenty of twists and turns that keep you guessing. There is also an underlying love story that contains a surprising twist in the second story. All of the characters are pretty badass and their team protects their own very well. There is however someone in the organization who has turned against them. Can they find out who and bring them and “Red Wolf” down before any more members of the team get hurt or worse. If you want to find out I recommend you check it out. You won’t be disappointed
Pure Copper:
Sachi, aka Copper may be the sole female on the team but she is far from being the weakest link. This female has brass breasts not balls and I defy you to find a stronger soldier. But everyone has their limit. After losing her lover, who was also her colleague, she is shielding herself more and more. Mercury, Merc, has made himself her defender, like she needs one, but they’ve been friends a long time.
Gabriel is a retired spook from the CIA. He keeps seeing Copper in various places, but is this a twist of fate or is she targeting him?
Copper and Gabe are like fire and gasoline! Explosive and hot to the touch. There will always be a 3rd person in their relationship and that suits them fine. Poor Merc has his hands full with this livewire!
Target Tungsten:
When the ghosts finally reveal their identities to the rest of the teams there are more than one or two. stupefied looks. Copper nearly falls flat when she recognises the lover she thought she had lost, Brad, aka Tungsten.
How will the relationship of Gabriel and Sachi manage to survive the former ghostly lover coming back to life. They are in love but can Gabe open his arms to an actual third partner in their relationship? You can’t help but feel a bit sorry for Brad – he has had to watch Copper grieve and then fall in love with Gabe!
If you’re going to thrash out a complicated relationship, a cabin in Montana is probably as good a place as any.
Asset Arsenic:
Addison is a former Lady – titled and all, but she got sucked into the family business and went to work for MI5. They trained her to be very talented with poisons. Now she is playing a dangerous game, working as a double agent in deep cover, attempting to trace the network that wants Elite dead in the water.
Sam is existing in a an alcohol induced stupor in Costa Rica. He is finished with the spy game. Or at least he was until a cryptic email pings on his laptop. It’s a code used by only one person and he is her only back-up!
Witty sarcasm, pointed digs and a chemistry thats flammable!
Lots of action in the stories. You will be hooked. Copper and Arsenic are strong women and will need strong men to support them. These stories are ready good. You will be addicted and want more.
Pure Copper:
Copper is the only woman on the team, but don’t tell her that. Operation Phoenix took away more than just her identity and her teammates it also took her love. Brad was a member of that team that didn’t make it back. She owes Red Wolf revenge.
Merc has been her best friend since childhood and as fate threw them together on the teams, he is also her self appointed protector.
Gabriel Daniels is retired CIA, now teaching with no hope of finding the mysterious beauty that caught his eye. First in Miami and then again in Nigeria she slipped by him, but he sees her, recognizes what few can. Then she walks into his classroom, is he her next target?
Oh the tangled web as Copper and Gabriel both struggle to have something they want, each other. These two are explosive together, and Merc as always tries to protect her yet stay away. I am totally in love with this couple.
Target Tungsten:
When the ghosts removed their masks, I think my heart stopped for a moment. When Copper locked eyes with HIM, Tungsten/Brad, I thought my heart would break.
Gabriel and Sachi/Copper are so good together, I couldn’t grasp the possibility they could end because of Brad. That he had been there all along with the others, watching and protecting and never said a word. Even Merc/John didn’t trust Brad, and they had been friends.
Oddly enough I trusted that something good would come out of this difficult situation.
As the story unfolds with Sachi, Gabriel and Brad in an isolated cabin in Montana, and John keeping watch outside. Deep cover to protect them from someone looking diligently for Brad and possibly Sachi.
But before they can pursue a mission, Sachi either has to choose or they need another plan.
Two big questions: Can the men share her long term? and Can she accept them both for forever?
What ensues is a sizzling hot relationship, followed by a yet another difficult mission.
This book had me at the edge of my seat, biting my nails, and turning the pages. I couldn’t stop reading, I had to know what would happen next.
Asset Arsenic:
Addison “Arsenic” Leeds has gone dark making the Elite crew wonder if she has been turned, killed or too deep in to make contact. Tasked with getting rid of the leaks in Elite’s ranks she does what she must to protect her team.
When she’s headed into trouble she contacts the one person outside of the Elite she can trust. Sam Reese, the man she didn’t kill but probably should have.
These two team up to take down yet another Red Wolf crony and in the process rediscover themselves through barbs, sex and a mutual desire for revenge.
An action-packed tale with sizzling sex and a past to resolve. This one even has some family issues within the ranks.
If you are looking for a story that will keep you guessing, make your heart pound, and keep you on the edge of your seat, then you are in luck because you have found three! Pure Copper is tied into Target: Tungsten and in Asset: Arsenic part of what the series stories are about comes to completion. REALLY simple explanations but I do not want to give any spoilers.
As you can see, the operatives have code names that are elements. The first story, about Copper, is really about the person, not the operative. So it is the story of Sachi and Gabriel – how Gabriel first “meets” Copper (the operative) and helps Sachi (the woman) come back from the edge. In the second story, Tungsten, or Bradley Peck, shows up (you’ll have to read how and why) and plays into the healing of both him and Sachi…alongside Gabriel. Great relationship story here! And in the third story, we meet a deep operative, Addison ‘Arsenic’ Leeds. She is SO deep undercover that her other elemental friends believe she has turned. When she gets herself into a really bad jam, she calls on a burned operative, whom her brother despises but she was in love with, Sam Reese.
These stories are what made me a fan of the author and it is a spectacular example of intrigue and action and romance with a whole lotta great reading thrown in. Loved these stories and hope there are more of these to read in the future.