Alace Sweets returns to the retribution arena as a different kind of contributor than before. Collaborating with hunters and working behind the scenes isn’t hard, but it sure isn’t easy, either.Alace might have discovered her happily-ever-after in the life she’s building with her new husband Eric Ward, but that doesn’t mean she’s stopped serving her own brand of justice. Turns out, there are … there are plenty more people who’ve come to believe in the rules of Alace, and slowly a solution comes clear. Maybe she can have it all.
With an earnest vow to be everything her hunters need Alace threw herself into the creation of a network with a far deeper reach than her former handler had ever hoped to build.
When a current gig is complicated by something unexpected and Eric’s best friend Todd Worthson is involved, Alace has to pull out all the stops to determine the right solution. Her answer? One of her hunters.
Owen Marcus is an ex-military, ex-intelligence, ex-rogue asset for the government who spent significant formative time in Central America where he developed a hot hatred for human traffickers and people who take advantage of those who are vulnerable. He’s quickly become one of Alace’s best hunters and is now the only one she trusts to do the job as well as she could.
Now if she can just keep from killing him.
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As a long time fan of MariaLisa DeMora I had high expectations for this book, but it surpassed all my expectations. I love Owen! And I hope we get more of him and Alace. The way they interact both cracks me up and warms my heart. This book kept me guessing for a good portion of the book. And the ending just makes me want there to be more, so I can just keep reading! I like their kind of justice. I am so glad there will be at least one book in this series!
Alace Sweets in Seeking Worthy Pursuits by MariaLisa deMora
This second book in the series continues with Alace taking her mentor’s place in a more noble way. She has her “hunters”, one of which is becoming a favorite, Owen. When her husband, Eric, has a friend in need, Alace will help on her terms.
The twists and turns of the story unfold and I found myself so engrossed, I burned dinner! I had nightmares like any good story with evil in it will give. I seriously love the way MariaLisa writes and I shudder to think of the research she had to do to create this thrilling, yet caring story. The epilogue will blow your mind!
The world is a truly scary place. MariaLisa deMora’s mind is equally scary. But like an addiction, I keep seeking more and the next fix. ML can write MC with the best of them, but I swear her true talent lies in mindbending suspense-filled thrillers.
As a woman, a mom, I’m all too aware of how nasty and dark the underbelly of the world really is. I read it in the newspaper and see the reports of missing women daily. Hardly, if ever, do I read of the bad guy getting caught and put in jail. I think this is why I love Alace so much. She does and now Owen, do what we all probably wish we could. Who doesn’t sit around and wish they could do to the bad guy what was done to the victim? Who hasn’t laid in bed and thought of all the ways that you would go about your own vigilante style sentencing?
Alace is at a new place in life and dang does it piss her off a little bit. She’s expanded her web of justice and Owen seems to be her new besties. Just don’t call her that. Between Alace and Owen, we are delivered a case of missing women and the dark and nasty side of life…with a twist or two that I totally didn’t see coming. And the end… oh lord the end.
I read Seeking Worthy Pursuits in half a day and I’ve been sitting on my feelings for it since then. Unable to really explain how I feel about this book and the addition of a character. Alace is hard to love unless you’re her husband Eric, and that’s just how she is. I love her from a distance. She’s a bit prickly. Owen is easy to love as a character, but man he is like Fort Knox with personal information. I can’t wait to see what book three brings us from Owen. I’ve got questions and he better deliver some answers!