Dee Davis (1)

Exposure
3 Stars

The final installment in Dee Davis's Last Chance series focuses on British MI6 agent, Nigel Ferris, and photojournalist Melissa Hope, the woman with whom he had an intense affair with 15 years earlier. Nigel and Melissa are reunited when the cases they are each assigned coincide and they must work together to stop a deadly threat.

Nigel and Melissa have excellent chemistry and their initial scene together is definitely the most fiery in the series. The two work well together show more to overcome the obstacles to their relationship and there is, thankfully, no unnecessary angst.

The suspense plot is comprised of several threads that ultimately come together although it does get confusing at times trying to keep track of the various villains and their agendas. The primary villain is particularly menacing and the climax and resolution are intense and exciting.

Davis's writing style is good overall, but she does have a tendency toward over-description, which can slow the pacing during the action scenes.

In sum, this is an enjoyable series recommended for fans of romantic suspense. show less

Dark Deceptions
Dee Davis’
Grand Central Publishing
384 pages

When you think of operatives working covertly for the CIA and what they do when they’re not out there saving the free world did you ever in a million years see them as college professors. Well neither did I that is until I read Dee’s exciting first book in her brand new series about just that. Picture our dangerous world, getting more dangerous by the minute and you have to know that somewhere out there are men and women who show more fight behind the scenes, take orders that may end their lives and take on the worst of the worst kind of villains and do it knowing that they are ghosts, will never be publicly acknowledged for their brave deeds and have to be content in that fact. See it now, well then you have just glimpsed Dee Davis’s new world order with Sunderland College and more precise the Aaron Thomas Academic Center think tank created by the CIA at the forefront. Here you will find the men and women of A-Tac a black ops group of patriots who’s sole reason for being is to see the world a safer place.
Eight years ago after a successful partnership in more than one way CIA agents Nash Brennon and Annie Gallagher part ways each one thinking the other was to blame and each one thinking the other one betrayed them. But all of that has to be put aside when it becomes known that Annie is operating again in a terrorist plot against the very government she used to work for. The arrows all point this way, but there’s doubt in the one mind that used to be able to finish her sentences as well as sleep in her bed, Nash Brennon.
Dee Davis gives us a unique look at what goes on behind enemy lines even if those lines are in your backyard. Her story line/plot is a roller coaster, edge of your seat, nail biting ride that will leave your heart beating faster and your pulse racing. She gives us exciting and descriptive dialogue that fits my perception of those individuals and scenes that pop off the pages and into your mind’s eye. Her characters are so interesting, so complicated and in some instances so tragic and in others so evil, characters that she knows elementally. Her hero Nash and heroine Annie are the couple voted most likely not to succeed, but you want them to with all your heart and as you learn their personal stories you want it even more. Her supporting characters are all equally important to the tale and you find yourself looking forward to the time when their story will be told. Her villains are cruel, vicious people who will make you cringe. Her love story is one that I particularly love, that of ex-lovers reuniting and either finding love again or realizing that love never left. Her love scenes are spicy, visceral and sizzle on the page but are never tawdry or crass.
If you look for excitement in a read, you’ll find it here. If you love the reuniting of old lovers, look no farther. If you love romance on the Sizzle Burner, here it is. If you love series where you re-connect with old friends while making new ones, start at the beginning with this new one. show less

I loved the cover of this book. A great visual to lead us into our story. This was a bit of the normal romantic suspense that you would expect but half way through it got really fun and I truly was looking for the signs to answer my questions and solve the mystery. A very good read.

Dee Nichols took to yoga as a way out of her pain. Her pain stemmed from injuries caused by a car accident that also saw her then fiance walking out on her for fear she’d be crippled. Yoga has now become Dee’s career too – she’s a yoga teacher. One of her students, Lucy Roxburgh invites Dee to a Christmas party, where she meets Lucy’s brother, Ethan Roxburgh. Ethan is the head of the powerful Roxburgh Holdings and a regular feature in the social pages of the newspapers.

Lucy offers show more Dee a job as a model for their health insurance company and overnight she’s a celebrity. Ethan offers to coach her in how to make the best use of this offer and leverage it for other contracts. Dee is attracted to Ethan but thinks they’re too different to get together. Ethan thinks otherwise………..

This is one of those books that I read all the way through. Sweet, touching, humorous and overall, entertaining.

I got this book for review via NetGalley. show less