The Domino Effect

Domino Black was recruited into the super-secret agency known as The Shadow when she was just a teen. Her latest mission is to investigate sexy Chicago club owner Luke Brasco to determine who in his club is selling government secrets to terrorists. But Domino is usually just an assassin, she has no experience undercover - and she certainly doesn't know what to do when she finds herself falling for her target.

This certainly deserved the appellation 'extreme' - the assassin plotline, the very hot sex. The spy story was intriguing, and the scene in the cab in the beginning was very cool. Given the extreme circumstances and the chemistry smoldering between the main characters, I even bought them falling in love so quickly. My favorite scene show more was when the two of them went to the ballpark to watch a baseball game - it was just so quintessentially normal fun.

The issue I had was the resolution. Assassin plots in particular are very difficult - assassin characters tend to be such loners (not to mention a bit screwed up). It's hard to convincingly write a story that allows them to back out of that life and begin a more normal existence.

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