Their search for an assassin makes her the next target. Two attacks on DC staffer Anne Bellamy’s life are just the beginning of a terrorist threat from a group that aims to assassinate the US president. It’s all-out war for former elite Force Recon marine Jack Snow, who is tasked with keeping Anne alive. As his mission takes him undercover into Washington’s power circles, can he protect his … protect his country and the woman who’s become way more than just an asset to him?
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Great read I loved this book
Good book. Charlie Halverson and Declan’s Defenders continue their quest to find the person who murdered Charlie’s husband, and to shut down the domestic terror organization, Trinity. This book opens with Anne, a DC staffer working for the National Security Advisor, receiving mysterious texts telling her that she is in danger. She was recruited by John Halverson to watch for suspicious activity at the White House, but with his death believed she was no longer needed. When an attempted attack followed the mysterious texts, Anne called the emergency phone number John gave her before his death. That number was answered by Charlie, who sent Jack Snow to the rescue.
Jack is the youngest of Declan’s Defenders and, in their Marine unit, was a jack-of-all-trades. On this night, Jack deals with the memories brought about by the anniversary of his high school girlfriend’s murder. Her death, followed by the deaths of several other women close to him, has left Jack convinced that he is bad luck for any woman. He’s glad to get the call from Charlie, as it pulls him out of his dark memories.
The suspense of this series amps up as Anne receives warning that something big is about to go down. Declan’s Defenders are on the case, as they throw all their resources into stopping it before it can happen. It was fascinating to see how they took disparate events and found the threads that tied them together. I loved seeing Jack go undercover at the White House as Anne’s assistant (loved the role reversal!) as he both protects her and attempts to ferret out who might be working for Trinity. The tension built as the NSC meeting grew closer, with both the President and Vice-President scheduled to attend. There were multiple twists as the mysterious informant stayed just out of sight, the attacks on Anne continued, and Trinity made their move. I loved seeing Anne keep her head and use her brains to aid in her rescue. The final confrontation was a nail-biter as Jack and the others raced to get to Anne and the VP before it was too late. I can’t wait for the next book, and hopefully the discovery and end of Trinity.
I enjoyed the development of the relationship between Jack and Anne. Neither of them believes they are relationship material. Jack thinks he is a death curse for any woman he gets involved with. Since her husband’s death, Anne has devoted all of her time and energy to her work. From the moment they met, Anne and Jack were drawn to each other, surprised by the sparks they felt. I liked the way that Jack respected Anne’s intelligence and independence, even as his protectiveness wanted to keep her out of the line of fire. I liked how Anne’s independence didn’t keep her from listening to Jack when it came to her safety. The intensity of their situation amplified the feelings that grew between them. As Anne said to herself: “How many days had it been since she’d first met Jack? It hadn’t been many, but it seemed like a lifetime.”
Tactical Force by Elle James is the fifth book in the Declan’s Defenders series and definitely worth reading if you love romantic suspense.
When Anne Bellamy starts receiving strange text messages from a number she doesn’t recognize and someone tries to grab her off the street she calls the number that John Halverson gave her before he died. Come to find out the number is answered by John’s widow who sends Jack Snow who is a former Force Recon marine and now works for Declan’s Defenders to protect her.
Now they need to find out and stop whoever is trying to assassinate the US President while keeping Anne alive also.
I’m definitely looking forward to reading more books by Elle James in the future.
I was given an ARC from the author/publisher. All conclusions are mine and mine alone.
ARC ebook for honest review with no compensation
Tactical Force is book 5 in the Declan’s Defenders series by Elle James, a standalone book but reading the prior books gives you a better understanding of who Declan Defenders are and what they stand for!
Jack Snow has been tasked with keeping a NSC staff member, Anne Bellamy safe after attacks have been made on her life. It seems there is more to these attacks and there could very well be sleeper terrorists inside the White House wanting to assassinate the POTUS. Now Jack must go undercover to protect Anne, the President, other staff members and find out who and why this is happening and how it relates to John Halverson and TRINITY…
Lots of suspense, action, intrigue, romance and a page turning fast paced book!
Ms. Elle James – Tactical Force – (Declan’s Defender Series – Book 5)
The 5th installment of Declan’s Defender series focuses on Jack Snow, the youngest of the former Force Recon Marine and now part of Declan’s Defenders. “Tactical Force” starts out at lighting speed and never lets up until the end.
Anne Bellamy, a mid-level staffer for the National Security Advisor, is attacked twice and reaches out to someone she knows is dead, John Halverson, but hopes his widow might be able to help her before she ends up dead. Charlie Halverson immediately sends help by sending Jack Snow to get her safely to the Halverson estate.
To keep Anne safe, Jack must go undercover as Anne’s new assistant. Jack must keep Anne safe as well as protect the U.S. interests. However, after a bombing, Anne is kidnapped and now Jack and the Defender must find her before her time runs out. Jack is determined to no let that happen. Anne has become someone he is beginning to fall in love with.
A must-read!!
I volunteered to read an Advanced Review Copy of Tactical Force for an honest review.
I really like this series and can’t wait to see where it goes. I hope they are able to take down Trinity with the help of some of their ex-members. Jack is asked to help Anne after someone is following her. He knows he has to keep his distance and just protect her, but it become harder as they get to know each other. He feels like he is bad for anyone that he loves. So, he has to keep his feelings to himself. Anne lost her husband to cancer and has had her work for the last several years to keep her sane. She works in the West Wing and keeps herself extremely busy. But, when she finds out she is a target of Trinity, she has to get some help.
Wow! This is an exciting action packed suspense filled thriller with unexpected romance too .Anne Bellemy works for the government in the West wing Some strange things start happening People are dying,she’s getting threats and now someone is following her .She escapes into a bar an tells the bartender someone tried to grab her .Security looked but couldn’t find anyone .She calls a number she’s been given if she ever was in trouble an needed help.Charlie a woman answered then told her a guy would be there in five minutes his name is Jack Snow. When Jack showed up he told her that she needed to come with hi! When they got to a motorcycle Jack said either get on or you can wait til someone else gets here maybe thirty minutes hoping you aren’t dead by then. So off they went.There’s danger,guns going off and so much more.There are so many twists and turns to this story will keep you riveted until the very last page and leave you begging for more.I love the way this amazing author brings the characters to life before your eyes and makes you feel their emotions and their pain.I can hardly wait to see what’s next by this multi talented author.
⁸Delcan Defenders are called out once again to save a lady. Anne Bellamy’s life is in danger. She leave work and feels that she is being followed. She ducks in a bar and needs to call for help. She remembers that she has and that she was told if she ever needs help she can call and they will help her. So she called and Charlie sends Jack Snow to the rescue. He shows up on his motorcycle and a good thing because he can weave in and out of streets. So he takes her to Apt and it has been broken into and spray painted on the walls. He tells her to grab some clothes so they can leave before whoever comes back looking for her. Then they head the estate where they are safe. But followed first and end up missed getting hit by the bad guys. Then they get inside and get to work on how to protect Anne. The Delcan team goes to work and does amazing things again to protect the women they save. The description I could feel the tension between everyone it is powerful and very intriguing story. I recommend Elle James Tactical Force to read if you like the intriguing suspense kinda of books.
This book keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire book!! You won’t want to put it down.
I adored Anne in this book. One of the huge reasons why was because she was a woman who knew who she was but was willing to go above and beyond. In so many books I have read lately the woman is like Anne who has no real formal fight training all of a sudden is able to take on 4 guys and come out mostly unharmed. In this book, Anne struggles with why she was chosen being she is someone who just sits at a desk. Every time danger arrises, she uses her brain. She also fights back but in a way that would seem likely. It made the character very real for me and I really enjoyed that.
Jack is a member of Declan’s Defenders and at first is he is tasked to get her home safely after a scare. Nothing goes according to plan, and these two find themselves working together a lot. Feelings get thrown in and with the danger so high they try and fight the attraction.
This book was both intense and heartwarming at the same time. The natural flow of the relationship between Jack and Anne seemed genuine.
I can’t wait to read more in this series.
A fast paced ride with an intriguing setting and thought provoking situation. This is Jacks story from Declan Defenders. Anne is a staffer at the White House and receives an anonymous text alerting her to something major going down. She is targeted and Jack is assigned to watch her back. She is intelligent which I love! Woman have brains. We get to interact with the other Declan Defenders and there are twists and turns as Trinity raises their ugly heads and shakes things up. This has been a great series and each book twists a little more till your screaming, who is it???? Come along for the ride, I promise you will enjoy it. I received and arc and voluntarily leave my review. All thoughts and opinions are my own and were unsolicited.
Another enjoyable Declan’s Defenders book. I found this an interesting story with the plot twists and the intrigue. It turns out that you never know who your co-workers are. I am super curious who the leader of Trinity is ams what their end goal is. I’m hoping the next book will be the finale that ties everything together.
I have enjoyed this series and watching each of the men falling in love with a strong woman. Each woman offers something different to the team. I can’t wait to see how CJ will fit in. I’m hoping maybe there will be a book for Charlie once Trinity is taken care of. She deserves to find someone too. Maybe Arnold or Chef Carl.
4 1/2 STARS!
With the next book in her exciting Declan’s Defenders series, Elle James brings us Jack’s story in TACTICAL FORCE. It’s fast paced, full of suspense and leads us into the heart of the scandal that’s been festering in each previous book.
DC staffer Anne Bellamy is an interesting character. She’s not as hands on in the midst of knowing everything that’s going on as some of the ladies have been earlier in the series, but she’s really good at her job and at protecting US secrets. She added a lot to the book.
Former Marine turned Declan’s Defender Jack Snow bursts onto the scene in a take charge manner and didn’t stop impressing us throughout. Their romance seemed a little fast at first and the ending was a bit abrupt for me without telling us what the future might hold for them, but the action and intrigue was spot on throughout. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series!
I highly recommend this book and the entire series to anyone looking for a series of quick reads filled with danger, a close knit group of friends and love when they least expect it.
Definitely enjoyed Anne and Jack’s story. Fast paced read with plenty of twists and turns along the way. Well developed characters and a very interesting plot. Recurring interaction with characters from the other books and a continuing theme throughout. Definitely recommend this book along with the series. I received a free copy of the book and I am voluntarily leaving a review
I received an ARC for an honest review. What is better than a romance novel? A romance with mystery and intrigue! I cannot say enough about Declan’s Defenders! You won’t be disappointed reading this series. This book deals with Ann and Jack. Ann works at the White House so that should tell you there is page turning intrigue and romance! And that is all I will say about the story. I highly recommend this book and the entire series.
The return of Trinity. The dangerous covert organization that goes to any and all extremes to get what they want. This time they are after something or someone in the White House. Enter Declan’s Defenders. A band of former Force Recon Marines trying to find and bring and end to Trinity.
Full of mystery, suspense, murder, kidnapping and heated passion. This book has it all. Can’t wait till the next book in the series.
By design, Harlequin books are fast paced and short. While it is quite feasible that the actions in this series could happen in just a few days, the romances that have developed between the former marines and the woman they are protecting is a bit too quick for anything but fiction. But Elle James does a marvelous job of developing the characters in a short amount of space in these action packed adventures. I like the CAST OF CHARACTERS section at the beginning of the books and that all of the other characters still play important roles in each book.
Widow Anne Bellamy works for the National Security Adviser in the National Security Council. She had become disgusted by the reality that many of the people that she worked with had less interest in what was best for the nation than in power and furthering their own careers, and was contemplating resigning when she had been approached by John Halverson to help him uncover the operatives of Trinity. But John had been murdered and now a few days before an important NSC meeting, someone texts her that she is in danger. As she walks to the Metro Station, she sees that she is being followed and barely manages to escape into a pub before she is grabbed. She calls the phone number that John had given if she ever needed help. His widow sends Jack Snow, the youngest of Declan’s Defenders to pick her up. This was a bad night for Jack as it was the anniversary of the murder of his high school girlfriend, which is what lead him to joining the Marines. He is convinced that he is bad luck for women, because every woman that he has ever loved, beginning with his mother who developed cancer, has died, so is he the best one to protect Anne? Anne lost her beloved husband to cancer, and is also afraid to love again. But Anne has grit and is in danger from Trinity as are the members of the NCS, so all of Declan’s Defenders will keep her and the nation safe.
I received a free copy from the publisher as part of the author’s review crew. This is my unbiased and voluntary review.
Jack and Amy meet as she’s requested help as she’s being followed. It’s really a shot in the dark as she does not know who is at the other end of the call that she just dialled. Jack shows up on his motorcycle to the rescue and it takes off from there. Amy is a dedicated White House staffer and Jack is a dishonourably discharged marine. He’s part of Declan’s Defenders and he’s proud of it. There’s a clandestine agency trying to create havoc and Amy has become embroiled in it’s plot by association.
It’s a fast moving story and I had no issues keeping up with the story line and it’s twists and turns. I do love Ms. James books they are all worthy of any reader’s attention and I look forward to the next book in this series and any other book she writes. She’s a one-click author for me.
I received this advanced readers’ copy in exchange for an honest review.
The texts she was receiving really bothered her. Since the death of John Halverson she has been trying not to be noticed. With John’s death her reports had stopped so she thought she was forgotten. No such luck. According to the text messages TRINITY was aware of her. The messenger was looking for her help. Anne Bellamy, DC staffer for National Security Advisor Shaun Lewis, just wanted to ignore the messages. Then on her way to the DC Metro station after leaving work she thinks she is being followed. It looks like there is no open public place to duck into until she spots an open bar. Thank goodness! Just as she is about to reach out to open the door to the bar a hand grabs her shoulder and starts to jerk her back. Fortunately the bar door opens just then and some men exit. The hand lets go of her shoulder so she runs into the bar. Scared to death she feels her only option is to call the number John Halverson gave her to use in case of an emergency. Pray that someone answers! John’s widow Charlie answers and sends one of her Declan’s Defenders to get her home safely. But there is no safety there.
Declan’s Defender Jack Snow picked Anne up at the bar on his motorcycle, managed to lose the car following them and insisted he escort her to her apartment door. Good thing. What they found inside Anne’s apartment was total destruction and a threat painted on her bedroom wall. Looks like Jack Snow and Declan’s Defenders have a tough job on their hands.
Tactical Force by Elle James is book #5 in her Declan’s Defenders series. This series has consistently been a great action adventure read. Tactical Force is no exception. The suspense is edge-of-your-seat. The characters in Declan’s Defenders are hard-nosed, tough guys with tender soft spots for the ladies they fall for. Jack Snow is super protective of Anne Bellamy even when she asserts her independence. Anne is smart and quite brave. I have enjoyed the Defender’s tough fight against TRINTY throughout the series. This is a recommended read for romantic suspense fans.