Take No Prisoners

I'm officially in love with Cindy Gerard! Okay, maybe I'm ore in love with her series and her characters. I think I want to marry every single one of her male heroes, lol.

This second book was on par with the first, [b:Show No Mercy|2258548|Show No Mercy (Black Ops, #1)|Cindy Gerard|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255652485s/2258548.jpg|2264498], and so far it's two for two. This is Sam's story and it starts off with a bang. When Sam gets too close to his target, the German mad man Nader, he sends Sam a message to back off in the form of a car bomb that kills his sister and brother-in-law. Riddled with grief and guilt, Sam leaves Black Ops Inc. to take care of his family. When Reed shows up with information about Nader and his whereabouts, Sam can't resist going back one more time for the ultimate retribution. Their only trail leading to Nader is one of his low-level mules, Cory Hughes. Since Cory is somewhere in Honduras, they focus on Cory's sister, Abbie who they think is involved in her brother's shady dealings. Determined to get some answers about Cory's whereabouts, Sam woos her to get information out of her. He feels guilty about tricking her, and after a night of passion, he finds suspicious packages in her garage, all of them from Cory and all of them from Honduras. To Sam and his team, she appears to be guilty. When Abbie finally realizes she's been played, she's devastated, but she doesn't have time to dwell on that. She receives an email with a picture of her tortured brother and instructions that she's to give up information on the location of a stolen diamond necklace that Cory conveniently mailed back to the US.

Abbie turns the tables on Sam and his team. She holds the cards to get her brother back and for Sam to nail Nader to the wall. And so ensues the dangerous rescue operation.

I love Ms Gerard's series because she not only writes some seriously hot passion that can set the pages aflame, but the passion doesn't dominate the plot. I feel like she has a good bead on what Spec Ops entails and she's very descriptive. The male heroes are all larger than life, all of them deal with nightmares and demons as a result of their profession. So far this series has made me bite nails, cry, laugh and swoon. I can't wait to read the next one and do some more swooning. ( )

Good read in the "Black Ops" series. Sam Lang returns home when his sister is killed by his long time nemesis, Fredrick Nader. Abbie Hughes' brother Corey is mixed up in drug dealing in Honduras, the world that Nader occupies. Sam and Abbie end up joining forces to bring down Nader and save Corey. I enjoyed the book but found the romance between Sam and Abbie to be a bit lukewarm. ( )

Fun, fast read. ( )

Sam Lang, ex-Delta Force sniper, is on a mission to find the man responsible for the death of his sister and her husband. When Cory Hughes's name repeatedly comes up as a mole for the deadly Frederick Nader, Sam goes after Cory's sister, Abbie, for information. Sam and Abbie hit it off immediately, making it that much more painful for Abbie to know that she has been used by Sam for information. Abbie claims to know nothing about Cory's involvement with Nader, but admits that she is extremely concerned for him. It doesn't take long for Sam to realize that Abbie is much stronger than she looks and when she insists on being part of the search for Cory in Honduras, the danger level rises significantly.
Abbie should have known from the get-go that Sam Lang was too good to be true. Good looks, subtle charm and gentle hands - how could she resist? When she discovers that his interest in her was feigned in the search for her brother, she is crushed. That is, until she got mad. When she joins forces with Sam in the search for Cory, she's introduced to a way of life that she never even knew existed, and has no choice but to put her life in Sam's capable hands.
The quality of romantic suspense by Cindy Gerard can be matched by few. Abbie and Sam are both damaged and so desperately in need of each other's love. The suspense is intense, as is the romance. Sam is out for vengeance, but doesn't let it blind him against how perfect a future with Abbie could be. I highly recommend this book to all who love the excitement and intrigue of well-written romantic suspense. ( )