From USA Today bestselling author Katie Reus comes the second book in the ALL NEW Redemption Harbor series where sparks fly and so do bullets… most dangerous person she ever met blackmails her into doing one last heist, the world she’s so carefully built goes into a tailspin. Frantic, she heads to Redemption Harbor in search of help. Sparks fly when she meets Savage, a man who will do anything to keep Olivia and her daughter safe. He’ll help her get her life back, but can he handle seeing who she once was?
Can they pull it off?
Savage poses as her obsessive ex during a daring undercover operation—and soon the line between reality and their cover story becomes blurred. He’ll use every trick he knows to keep the sensual woman alive and out of jail—and in his life. But the clock is ticking and if they can’t find a way to trust each other, no one will make it out alive.
Length: NOVEL
Author note: all books in the Redemption Harbor series can easily be read as individual titles. There are no cliffhangers and each story has an HEA.
Redemption Harbor Series
1. Resurrection
2. Savage Rising
3. Dangerous Witness
4. Innocent Target
5. Hunting Danger
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This was a hot steamy someone action packed book. Narration was very good. There was more than one point in the book where I really did not like the hero in the story. He just rubbed me the wrong way sometimes with his comments. I realize that was part of her way of describing him but it just didn’t sit well with me. But it still was a good book.
Very good edge of your seat action. Very steamy sex
Savage Rising by Katie Reus
Savage Rising is the 2nd installation in the new Redemption Harbor Series. I love this series! This can be read as a stand alone, but I think it always is great to know the characters and some back story. This story brings us Zac Savage and Olivia Carter. She has had a sketchy past but now as a mom is determined to lead a good life for her young daughter Valencia. Her past has returned to blackmail her and threaten her daughter. Zac is former military badass who works for Redemption Harbor and is brought in to be her undercover partner. The sparks fly, the attraction is real and the story is great. I can’t recommend this enough. I could not put it down!
I received ARC for my honest review.
This was a fast read as I couldn’t put it down. I thoroughly enjoyed this second book in the series. I had previously started the series at books 3, 4 and 5. I loved them and the characters that I knew I needed to read the prior two books. I am so glad that I did. While it is not necessary to read them to enjoy the others, there were a few things that shed some clarity on some certain items.
Savage and Olivia have a complicated journey for their HEA. But with help from the their friends at Redemption Harbor Consulting, complicating issues were unraveled smoothly. I adored both Savage and Olivia a great deal. Valencia, Olivia’s deaf daughter, was a treasure.
There is some strong language that some may find offense but other than that I highly recommend this book.
A little tame, but good writing.
I like most of Ms Reus’ books. She Always has a good story line and great characters.
I really enjoyed this book. Great plot and good character development
Loved it!
Fun to read.
Absolutely love this series by Ms. Reus. It’s a automatic 1-click for me.
Another great read in the Redemption Harbor series from my go to author! This is Savage and Olivia’s story. Olivia was once involved in some shady things in her past that have come back to bite her in the present. Savage doesn’t do relationships, that is, until he meets Olivia. Together they pose as a couple to bring down the man responsible for threatening Olivia’s daughter and Mom. This was fraught with suspense, action, intense chemistry and a HEA for the couple. 4 stars!
I absolutely loved this book. I would definitely recommend it.
I love the Redemption Harbor series and Katie writes fabulous romantic suspense. I’m so pleased I’ve been granted ARC review status so I get my hands on these stories as soon as possible.
Olivia is the college roommate of Skye from the first book in this series. She is probably one of the only friends Skye had over the years before Colt and his friends. Olivia knows the only safe place to go is to Skye when her post college, pre-daughter’s life comes back to threaten them. Olivia has a daughter by her ex, Heath Price. When it became apparent that their daughter, Valencia, was deaf he walked away from both of them. Olivia turned her life around for Valencia and never looked back. Unfortunately Heath’s ex boss, Kyle Neely needs her safe cracking skills and makes a violent demand for her to do his next heist.
Skye jumps into the mess with both feet and set up a way for their Redemption Harbor team to work with her to rescue Olivia’s unofficial foster mother, Martina. Martina has been kidnapped to guarantee Olivia will participate in the upcoming heist. Skye volunteers her teammate Zac Savage to be Olivia’s “obsessively possessive lover” who sticks to her like a second skin. Pretend chemistry becomes very real, very fast. I adore stories with guardian protector heroes and Savage has this in spades. Katie is a master at weaving twists and turns making the story a page turner with surprises around every corner.
I loved everything about this story and can’t wait to get my hands on the next one. Thank you Katie for this ARC opportunity and I’m sorry it’s a bit late.
Savage Rising is book 2 in Katie Reus’ Redemption Harbor series. It is a stand-alone book, but, with most series books, you do get more out of the book if you’ve read the previous book in the series. If you’re unsure of this new series, check out my review of Resurrection posted on July 11, 2017 on http://www.wickedcoolflight.net
Now… about Savage Rising
Sometimes family isn’t blood relatives. For the people of Redemption Harbor Consulting, this is absolutely true. Zac Savage came home to Redemption Harbor when his family needed him the most. He decided to stay and join his family in working at Redemption Harbor Consulting. Olivia Carter gave up her life of crime when she was pregnant with her daughter. But that life has just caught up with her in a big way. So she runs to Redemption Harbor to her friends, and they agree to help her get rid of her past, once and for all. Zac and Olivia couldn’t be more different if they tried. But when they team up to take down a smart criminal from Olivia’s past, sparks fly, of course! Both have major trust issues that stem from some big hurts in their pasts. Yet, they are able to work together and trust each other for the job at hand… but what about when hearts are involved?
So… I’m a big fan of this author’s books. However, this was not my favorite book of hers. Don’t get me wrong… it’s still a good book. Strong characters, awesome chemistry between the lead characters, suspense, and mystery, it’s got it all. However, at times it seemed to drag a bit, and all the twists and turns at the end were somewhat hard to follow. Now, I will say that all of this negative stuff may very well just be me and all that has been going on in the last few weeks in my life. It’s been harder to focus, even to focus on books which have always been my escape and a great distraction in rough times. And not so rough times, too. So I suspect a good bit of this is truly just me. I’m going to give this book a solid 4.5 star rating because of that. I’m going to re-read this book after a few weeks, and I’ll update my review if my opinion changes. Katie was kind enough to be OK with this review being late, so I owe her at least that. All in all, it’s still worth your time and money if you are a romantic suspense fan like me!
4.5 stars–SAVAGE RISING is the second intalment in Katie Reus’ contemporary, adult REDEMPTION HARBOR romantic, suspense series focusing on a tight knit group of friends who grew up together but now work security and Black Ops investigations for Redemption Harbor Consulting. This is former Marine Zac Savage, and single mother/thief/ security specialist Olivia Carter’s story line. SAVAGE RISING can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalment is revealed where necessary.
Told from several third person perspectives including Zac and Olivia SAVAGE RISING focuses on Olivia as she comes face to face with a past she thought she put behind her. A former thief who specialized in big paydays Olivia walked away from the lifestyle following the birth of her daughter. When a former ‘colleague’ threatens the people that she loves, our heroine is forced to do one last job. On the run, Olivia seeks helps from Skye Arevalo, who works and lives in Redemption Harbor. Enter Zac Savage, former Marine and Redemption Harbor Consulting team member, and the man with whom Olivia will fall in love. What ensues is the building relationship between Zac and Olivia, as they go undercover as a couple in the hopes of uncovering the truth behind the threats against Olivia and the people she loves.
Olivia Carter is a single mother whose six-year old daughter Valencia is hearing impaired. When someone from her past threatens not only Valencia but her daughter’s nanny as well, Olivia knows it is time to run. Zac Savage doesn’t do relationships but his attraction to Olivia is immediate and intense. A past mired in too many kills, Zac struggles with his path in life. Pretending to be a couple comes with the perks of the ‘job’ but Zac will soon lose his heart to Olivia knowing their time is limited once the threats against Valencia have been quelled.
The relationship between Olivia and Zac is one of immediate attraction but Zac knows protecting Olivia and gathering information is first and foremost in his mind. Zac will play the over protective lover of our story line heroine- an act that comes too easily for the former Marine. The $ex scenes are seductive and intense; the sexual attraction is palpable.
There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including the men and women who work for Redemption Harbor Consulting: Mary Grace and Mercer, Colt Stuart and Skye Arevalo (Resurrection #1), Leighton Cannon, Gage Yates, Brooks Alexander and his father Douglas; as well as Valencia’s nanny Martina Cruz, and DEA Agent Darius Moore. The requisite evil has many faces including Olivia’s former partner in crime Kyle Neely, and Valencia’s father Heath Price. The entire Redemption Harbor team of ex-military personnel will set up and take down the people threatening our story line heroine. There is something brewing between Douglas and Martina; I hope the author has plans for Agent Darius Moore.
SAVAGE RISING is a story of action and suspense; a fake relationship trope that grows into something more. The premise is dramatic, intense and entertaining; the characters are colorful, edgy and charismatic; the romance is captivating and passionate. SAVAGE RISING is a spirited and thrilling story about retribution and revenge with a remarkable cast of friends and family-by choice.
This is book 2, and wow let me start off by saying I claim Savage. This book gives us everything you’d want in a suspense romance novel. We get the bad guys, the good guys and strong female characters.
We met Olivia back in book one and knew there was going to be trouble. Well, she brings it to her friend Skye and her crews door, and everything just moves right along. The action is nonstop and the hotness well it grows and then BOOM!
Grab your copy now and get swept up in this really good read.
This is the second book in the series and is a great addition to the series. Others have given you details, i will just say if you like action, suspense, and a HEA, then you will like reading this.
OMG!!! This book is so good. Action. Sex. Bad guys. A phenomenal story. Great characters. I read it in one day. Couldn’t put it down.
Olivia is a former thief and now works for a company who checks out other companies security. She has a six year old little girl who is deaf and the sweetest thing ever. When someone from her past comes and threatens and blackmails her, she goes to her best friend Skye. Zac is ex military and has done some stealing himself. He and his buddies own a business called Redemption Harbor Consulting. Zac had a rough childhood and doesn’t believe anything good should be his. Olivia doesn’t plan on doing the job until she finds out Kyle, her former associate, has her neighbor, the woman is more mother than her own mother was.
The team comes up with a plan where Zac and Olivia are a couple and go to meet Kyle. Some of the rest go as backup and it gets more dangerous than any could have known. As Zac’s feelings start to develop, he messes up and could lose the only woman he has ever loved. But they have to capture the bad guys and get Olivia out of the mess she finds herself in.
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