“A story of reckoning that walks a fine line between vengeance and obsession…..”They killed his brother. They stole a piece of his life and got away with it.Antonio “Parker” Denoti has dedicated his life to bringing down the man responsible, Mano Torret, the boss of one of Chicago’s most notorious crime families.His only hope lies with Cashenna Ramsey, a beautiful young woman- unwittingly sucked … young woman- unwittingly sucked into Torret’s web of deception and crime- who agrees to testify against him. Now Parker must keep her alive long enough to take the stand.
Cashenna is taken into protective custody and whisked away to a secret location. Under Parker’s protection, he was certain she was safe. But when he arrives at the safehouse, he finds nothing but bloodshed and bodies. His team is dead, and his witness….
….is missing.
Under His Protection, promises to be a suspense filled, action packed romance, full of desperation, hope and passion.
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I absolutely loved the dedicaction, which gave me a greater appreciation for the cover. Great story that kept me turning pages. Wonderful characters with a bit of mystery to go along with the suspense.
Had to take a star away from the 5 star review for the editing, which was a distraction throughout the whole book. This will NOT keep me from reading more from this author. I enjoyed her creativity and imagination.
I bought the paperback copy from the author at Commited in Louisville 2021.
This is a well written book with a cast of strong characters and an interesting story line. The author brings a page turning romantic suspense filled with tons of action and danger and had me glued to the pages with all the twists and turns throughout. She throws in the sizzling hot romance and delivers a great read.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book. All opinions in this review are my own and freely given.
Such a great romantic suspense story. Parker, who is a detective, is after the man who killed his brother and causing havoc in the city. Cash is just trying to get through college and start her career and life when she gets sucked into Mano’s chaos. Can Parker help Cash in getting justice for his brother and save her life? This story has many twists and turns that will keep you turning those pages.
This story had me roped in from the start. It was exciting, suspenseful and had me guessing throughout. Just when I thought I had the characters figured out I was surprised with something. Parker was the perfect character for this story. His connection to both his past and present kept the story alive and wanting to know more. The scenes were well thought out and I could picture everything as I read, as if I was there. The characteristics of each person were very on point to how I kept thinking they would be. The evil that is the character Mano Torret made me want to rip him apart. The things he was capable of made me grimace. The attention to detail made me feel as if I was part of each scene watching from the same room as they were in. I highly recommend this book.
This is the first book I’ve read by Author K.C Rice. Under his protection was a dark suspenseful read that at times had me holding my breath. You wanted to nut sack the bad guy so bad he was evil twisted an ego maniac who thought the world owed him and pity help anyone who stood in his way. Mano Torret was just pure evil . Cash and Brianna identical twin sisters paid the ultimate price for decieving Mano and with the help of Parker a former police detective who has a personal vendetta against Mano they try to bring his organization down to it’s knees but at a personal cost. Lies , bribery , deceit and corruption go hand in hand in this story. And the ending you don’t see coming or do you ?. K.C. Rice
Buckle Up Buttercup! Debra @ Janise’s Jivin’ Book Blog
I enjoyed this books story. I admit to a few times have to go back and make sure of where I was. It keeps you in the thoughts of so many characters and admittedly that can be a bit confusing until you get the feel of authors storytelling. Once I was in it there was no going back till the end!
The plot was original and the characters were well written and had lots of depth (even the ‘bad’ guys)! It had high anxiety moments, a deep love and not necessarily from our lead male and female. It has lots of action, lots of twists, turns and breath stealing moments.
I will definitely read more from this author.
This is my first K.C. Rice book, and in a favorite genre.
The suspense and action kept me glued to each page.
There were very intense scenes; INTENSE SCENES!!! Vivid word building and characters. I just loved Parker!
I’m enticed, and will be checking other works by this author!
I received an advanced reader copy, and this is my honest and voluntary review.
Under his Protection is a new author for me and K.C. Rice did not disappoint. The story is one of revenge and justice with family as its backbone. A cop wanting to avenge his brother and a sister wanting to protect her twin. All this while going up again a crime boss that has no mercy. I found the twists and suspense in the story addictive and the characters full of intrigue. I found my heart was beating so fast for most of the book as I was worried as to what would happen next. Overall a great read and one I would definitely recommend.
I hadn’t heard of this author until Under His Protection was introduced in book club. It was a riveting storyline and delivered lots of twists and turns, there were moments I wanted to shake some sense into or kill a character. I really enjoyed it and the author delivered a great book.
After working in law enforcement for 20 yrs Parker is disillusioned with criminal justice and the corruption. He was unable to fulfil his mothers dying wish to put Mano Torret a ruthless, trigger happy, crime boss behind bars. Deciding to leave Chicago and his career behind, finds him isolated in a small community in the mountains. When he finds a unconscious, bruised and battered woman out in the middle of a snow storm. Taking her into his home, he brings her back to health and this time around he’s going to protect her.
Cash took an accounting job for the owner of the pub she worked at. She had no idea he was the head of a crime family. Faced with the evidence that he was laundering money, she took the chance to get out and went to the authorities. As you’d expect it was never going to be that easy, Mano has been looking for her and doesn’t plan to give up until he gets what he wants.
There are moments in our life when we are all faced with choices, some we are forced into, others not so much. Owning and confronting those choices made under duress, with intent to correct them are life changing moments.
Under His Protection is by far my favorite KC Rice book as of yet! This book sucker punched me right in the gut in so many different ways. It brought me to tears and the end redemption put a smile on my face. My heart broke for Cash and all that she had been through. I could picture the cover model as Parker’s character in almost everything he did. This is seriously an amazingly written story.
This one will keep your attention
Parker was a cop, his last case was sent south badly, his crew and the witness, dead bunt in the safe house. He left that life, finding a secluded place to heal his wounds, but now his past is back. Three years ago Cash became involved with the mob, she was just trying to put her degree to work off her college school debts but when she turned state’s evidence things went wrong, majorly! This is definitely a page turner with mob ties, identical twins, running to survive , hot sexy ex-cop, abandoned mines and drugs, a real page turner!
Once I started this book I could not put it down, as I was dragged into the sick world of Mano Torret as he leads one of Chicago’s major Crime Families into Crime, corruption and depravity.
Cashenna Ramsey is manipulated into Mano’s web and as she try’s to get away from him and have justice served, this only infuriates him more, having him act out in the cruellest and most despicable ways possible. My heart was in my throat as this story played out, with my heart being absolutely broken with the outcome. I thoroughly recommend this book.
Holy hell.. This book was nonstop action from beginning to end.. The story was heartbreaking but had its happy moments too.. The characters Parker,Cash & Bri were so amazing you can’t help but fall in love with them, cry for and with them.. I could not put it down…
A roller coaster ride of emotion, suspense, twins identity-confusion, romance, vengeance, drama, adventure and a little bit of everything… The story between Cash and Parker will keep you riveted and capture your heart
I received a copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.
A well-written intense book you do not know which twin is which, this book had me on the edge of my seat, It has twin sisters, drama, danger suspense. I did find that I had to put the book down at some points and then come back to it, this Author makes you feel like you are watching what happens. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Well written. Interesting edge of your seat suspense. This pulls at your heart. Twin sisters, Cashenna and Breanna. Cashenna finds out that the job she has is ties to the mob and the owner is the boss. He has taken a fancy to her. She gets info that can put him behind bars. Parker is assigned to keep her safe. Can he keep her safe of will they get to her. Read and find out what happens it is well worth it. I recommend it. I received it as an arc and voluntarily reviewed it.
This book is filled with suspense and intrigue. His brother was killed and he vowed he would get those involved. When a witness is placed under his protection he is sure that she is safe but when he goes to check he finds the house in flames a the witness nowhere to be found. Cashenna escapes but her twin is taken thinking that she is Cashenna. Parker races against time to find his witness only what he finds is more puzzles. Will he get to her in time before she is killed?
This was an amazing story of kidnapped absolutely identical twin sisters, one of whom had found evidence of a gangster’s crimes and was supposed to be in witness protection. She escaped when the safe house burned down. Everyone thought she was dead. When the gangster finds her later, and his men find her twin, there begins a suspenseful time when no one (including the reader) really knows which twin is which. The torture of one of the twins, and injuries to the other while trying to escape, become a major part of the book. In fact, this painful section (for both twins) was really too long, in my opinion, and leads to horrible things, though there are great sex scenes for one twin during this time. I read more for escape from reality (!), so the horror of this long section of the book was a little too much for me, but worth reading through to get to the HEA at the end. Some readers won’t be as sensitive to the tortures as I was.
This is the 1st book I’ve ever read by K.C. Rice, but it won’t be the last! “Under His Protection” is a fantastic, well-written, romantic-suspense must read, that has a dark, intense mafia plot, with a retired cop and a set of twin sisters! … Plus an emotional roller-coaster ride that grabbed me from the start, so that I was hooked & didn’t want to stop whenever real life got in the way! … Even tho the beginning chapters have some dark violence, (*warning* may cause triggers for some readers*) but that’s only a small part & the story itself is a unique page-turner that will keep you guessing, which twin is which throughout until the very end. I loved the chemistry between the H/h and the action had me on the edge of my seat holding my breath at times! Even tho I volunteered to read this, these are my honest feelings without any outside influences & I honestly recommend this to adult 18+ fans of fiction!
Awesome read and very emotional, the interaction between Parker and Cash as they try to survive being hunting by so very bad people. The problem is that they seem to be just a step ahead of the bad guys. Can not wait to read more form this author.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.