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Marked Hostage Rescue Team Series Book 1 edition by Kaylea Cross Romance eBooks Reviews

Where do I begin first I must say that I do not read books that are Black Ops primarily because that's all my boys want to watch on TV. I, however, do like action stories as long as there is romance involved. This book had both with yet another plus an evil villain. The more evil the better. I love a villain that can add that extra punch to a story to get your blood flowing. The villain in this was psycho I just wish we would have got to see his wings spread out a little further. This was due to the length of the book. It flowed nicely as a story but, of course, a shorter book will give you less time for him to create chaos.

The couple's lost love story was focused on which made the story more solid IMO. From the time when Rachel calls Jake for help, taking him totally off guard, she reached across the table and drew her fingers down the side of his bearded cheek. " What's with this?" Even through the thick growth of whiskers he felt her touch like an electric shock across his cheek I was hopelessly hooked. What is it about a story that an author can include a scene that captures your interest? I'm not sure but KC had it with these two. The couple had a romantic past that was never acted upon because the two were dating other people and I liked that the author stressed how Jake would not cheat on his girlfriend at that time. It gave me so much more respect for him and shaped his true character in my mind.

The story starts with the couple in the present living their life with flash backs of the love that was never brought to life. Jake swears after this mission he is going to look her up and make his dream a reality. Rachel is taking care of her younger brother, Brandon, while he goes to college when she stumbles across a shady character to say the least. She actually looks up Jake at this point because he is the first person she thinks of when she finds herself mixed up with her brothers new friend. I really wish there would have been more time to explore more possibilities with the villain because it goes quick and has you on your toes.

I do like the time that was spent with the love story it was believable and sweet and Jake was just the right amount of protectiveness and romantic to convince me of what they shared. Rachel is not overly needy or whiney and even when tension was high she did not lash out at Jake as I thought she would. I expected her to shift blame but that never came to pass and I loved that because of the length you needed the two to be strong and supportive to each other. There is also his team that prove to be awesome and there is budding romances with a couple of them although it has not been fully explored with them. There are love scenes in the story that are hot and graphic but not overly so. It's just a nice, easy story that was a delight to spend my time reading.
Where do I begin with this book? The writing itself is well done. The chemistry between Rachel and Jake is very good. The intimate scenes are scorching. However, there are just too many illogical things for me to ignore.

Rachel is being targeted by an FBI wanted terrorist and her family is in grave danger. However, instead of the FBI putting her in some sort of safe house, her would be love interest, who works for the FBI, checks her into a hotel. And from there coordinates with hotel security, apprising them of the situation. Really?!

I pushed on because well, I had such high hopes for this one. Hopes that were again dashed…fifty percent in.

The story up to this point had been told from the two point of views of the main characters, Rachel and Jake. Then it switched, out of the blue, and we got a scene from a secondary character’s POV. I get it. I do. The author needed to make a transition in the story, move it along. And by move it along, I mean, we had to see the connection of the love interest for the secondary character, thus setting up a future story. So, from here to the end of the book, we now get scenes every now and then told to us from two of the secondary characters. Okay, great. What’s not so great, is the unrealistic way in which the author wrote some of the scenes. For instance, Celida, an FBI agent and previous Marine, is completely taken down by a FLESH WOUND TO THE ARM. The arm! A well trained government agent, taken out by a bullet graze on her arm. She can’t stop the terrorists from coming for Rachel. Which by the way, she wasn’t even assigned to protect, because no one was assigned to protect Rachel. Agents were stationed in the lobby, and don’t forget hotel security was made aware of the danger. So, Celida collapses to the floor and apparently lacks training because the bad guys very easily overtook her and she quickly blacked out. “She’s concussed.” <--yes, that is a direct quote. I would insert an eyeroll if I could.

By this point, my view is tainted. That whole Celida scene and the nonchalance handling of Rachel’s safety stayed in the back of my mind and cast a shadow over the rest of the story. But hey, if plot doesn’t bother you much and you want to read some really steamy, well-written, intimate scenes, then this is the book for you.

I just need to add one more thing, the issues I had with this book should have been caught and pointed out by the author’s editor. Whether the editor failed to catch them, or the author failed to listen to her editor, I’m sure we’ll never know. When writing anything along the lines of contemporary, yes this is a romantic suspense and therefore falls under the contemporary umbrella, a story needs to be somewhat believable. And for me, there were just too many unbelievable things for me to swallow.