ATF agents Thayne Wolfe and Jarrett Evans are back and this time, they’ll be facing a familiar foe. International arms dealer, Mills Lang, has acquired a stolen cache of tabun, a powerful nerve agent, to sell to the highest bidder. The last thing either Thayne or Jarrett wants to do is get involved with the psychopath again but duty calls. Jarrett is sent in undercover as an Iranian who’s looking … looking to trade cold hard cash to stop the deadly weapon’s sale only to learn he has to bid against the world’s nastiest scumbags.
Thayne has spent countless nights lost in the nightmare of what happened when he’d been undercover in Lang’s organization. The time has come to face old demons and save thousands of lives, putting Lang down like the rabid animal he is. Unfortunately, the assignment requires Thayne to sit helplessly on the sidelines, forced to watch the man he loves put himself in the monster’s path.
Jarrett has revenge on his mind. Holding Thayne when he’s woken screaming from nightmares, he wants the mad man responsible, behind bars or better yet, dead. Unfortunately, the assignment involves getting close to a former lover. Gorgeous Mossad agent, Adael Dayan, is Jarrett’s only way into Lang’s circle with Thayne forced to watch from the sidelines. Thayne and Jarrett have faced the Devil before, but always together. Will this case drive a wedge between them or will their love endure?
“Locked and Loaded” Contains an exciting excerpt from “Point and Shoot” (Death and Destruction Book 5)
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There are two conflicts overlying the series up to this point that drives this story, in particular. One involves Garrett’s past as a Marine sniper and the other Thayne’s undercover work that stopped a big shipment of weapons. His work failed to result in a murder conviction for the kingpin, so he’s still out there. In ‘Locked and Loaded: Death and Destruction Book 4’, International arms dealer Mills Lang is back, and this time he has gotten a powerful nerve agent tabun to sell to the highest bidder. ATF agent Jarrett Evans is sent undercover as an Iranian to bid for the weapon and is paired with his old lover, Mossad agent Adael Dayan–his only way to be able to bid on the nerve agent with several other truly twisted folk that hopes to win the bid. ATF agent Thayne Wolfe has to sit on the sidelines, much to his consternation, as he would be easily recognized by Mills Lang and his lackeys! They discover that the agent will be tested on a human being who turns out to be a little girl! They were able to save her and reclaim the cache of tabun. This story was such an incredible ride with some unexpected twists and turns delivered courtesy of the Mossad agent. My heart went out to ATF agent Thayne Wolfe as he sits back to see his love ATF agent Jarrett Evans work the horrendously dangerous assignment with the gorgeous Adael Dayan. With the love, tenderness, and devotion between the ATF agents, I had full faith that their relationship would stand the strain of the ex-lover’s presence but the treacherous nature of Jarrett’s assignment had me on the edge of my seat. Patricia Logan’s gift for sheer gut-wrenching excitement in a book was fully demonstrated in the narrative and Michael Pauley’s awesome reading complemented the story beautifully.
Out of all the books that I have read in this series which are 4 so far this is the best. There was always something missing in the previous ones but here everything was as it should have been. Even the presence of an old enemy Mills Lang didn’t detract from the awesomeness of this book.
I like the series that starts with MCs meeting and getting to know each other more in every subsequent book. This particular book tests Thayne’s temper and his resolve as Jarrett has to enter the snake’s liar with the back up of only his ex-lover Adael Dayan and not a lot of hope for surviving. But there is no choice as Lang’s back to his old tricks except this time he goes for something scarier and more destructive – a chemical weapon that can kill millions of innocents. So the agents team up together to take down the monster once and for all.
It’s filled with danger, hideous insanity of a man with no soul, racy encounters and love of two men who will achieve the impossible in order to come back to each other. Jarrett is daring and dashing as ever, Thayne takes on a role of jealous and worrying partner, Adael puts his cards on the table as a supercilious and lacking in depth man and Lang – apart from being depraved and crazy shows how he thinks and that there is a traitor in the agents’ midst. That is a hard pill to swallow as everyone is distrustful of their fellow agents but at least no lives are lost, innocent people are saved and Thayne and Jarrett are closer than ever, their love strong and their faith in each other unbeatable.
A fast-paced page turner. I definitely enjoyed it more than the previous books and hope that next one will be as intriguing and as thrilling! I highly recommend it!
Love the main characters Thayne & Jarrett. They’re great together.