“Rachel Grant’s smart, edgy, high-energy romantic thrillers deliver a real rush.” – New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann KrentzRaptor operative Nate Sifuentes isn’t thrilled to find himself back on the job on the first day of his winter vacation, but he can’t say no when his brother asks a favor. At least he’ll earn an easy Christmas bonus—after all, driving a fired military contractor … military contractor home after she’s been escorted off base by military police can’t be that hard.
In a matter of minutes, Leah Ellis has lost everything, and now she’s stranded in the nation’s capital on the first night of Hanukkah without money, phone, or bed. All she has is a mysterious driver who might be after her technical knowledge of the US military’s drone operations.
The former Green Beret’s protective instincts—and skills—kick in when he discovers the alluring AI engineer is being hunted. On the run, they escape the winter cold by generating their own heat, but will they find answers in time to stop a terror attack on Christmas Day?
“The suspense is intense and so is the romance. Fascinating heroines, cool heroes and intelligent plots. Grant sets a new gold standard for romantic suspense.” – New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz
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When Nate Sifuentes accepts a job from his brother’s car service to pick up and deliver a client to their destination, two hours tops, he should have known things would fall apart. He is a former Green Beret and should be able to handle anything, but that is before he meets Leah Ellis. Leah has just been fired from her job writing code for the government. Escorted from the building, her driver is Nate. When someone follows them and tries to kill Leah, Nate as well as his buddies at Raptor are all in. Non-stop action as Nate uses his skills to keep Leah safe, but when the timeline is pushed forward to save others as well, they know failure is not an option. A fun, sexy suspense story as Leah and Nate give in to the attraction between them while trying to stay alive. I received an advance review copy at no cost and without obligation for an honest review. (by paytonpuppy)
Nate is slowly building up a real bitterness at being a Raptor Operative. Not because he hates the job, he’s just fed up of being painted with the same brush as the despised Beck. It wasn’t his fault his original boss was a horrid human being.
Taking over a driving job for his brothers business at the last minute, Nate realises it’s a pretty sucky assignment too – some poor moob is getting canned right before the holidays. But when he sees the sexy Leah strutting towards him, head held high, he can’t help but be turned on. But things quickly go pear-shaped when Leah seems to have become a target. Just what has Leah got involved in.
Leah is damn good at her job. She refuses to let a lesser coder take her job, just because she was better than she was and he’s throwing the toys out of the pram. It;s the first night of Hanukkah, the first Hanukkah without her mother and she has had her home, money, car and career taken away from her. She should be crying in a corner but she is coming out fighting. The plotter obviously doesn’t know how tenacious she is!
With her new driver/bodyguard/hero in her corner Leah is determined to take on the sabouteur.
Utterly fascinating, intensely passionate, fast and furiously paced but a really tight plotted story. Great to have some older leads for a change!