Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Job Hunt
AUTHOR: Jackie Keswick
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 306 pages
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You don’t greet your new boss dressed like an underage rent boy. But when Jack Horwood—ace hacker and ex-MI6 operative—opens the door to Gareth Flynn, he’s too busy to worry over details like that. And anyway, his potential new boss is his former Commanding Officer – the same guy Jack has had a crush on since he was seventeen. So he should understand, right?
When he applied for the job in Nancarrow Mining’s corporate security division, Jack had hoped for peaceful days repelling cyber attacks. Maybe a bit of corporate espionage on the side. His plans didn’t include rescuing abused children, hunting pimps, or dealing with his overly protective and hot-as-hell boss, Gareth Flynn.
Walking away is not an option. Jack never takes the easy way out. More than that, meeting Gareth raises old ghosts that Jack needs to put to rest. Rescuing kids. Taking risks. Saving the day. Jack can do all that – but deciding what to do about his attraction to Gareth isn’t the sort of cloak-and-dagger game Jack plays well. Yet Gareth, strong and smart and always on hand when needed, might be Jack’s salvation.
REVIEW:
Jackie Keswick is a new author to me and I’m actually really glad I picked up this book. She is without a doubt and without question an amazing writer, talented and I look forward to more stories.
One thing that needs to be mentioned is this is a crime, suspense-thriller investigative story first, the romance comes way second. Obviously, I would have loved Gareth and Jack’s attraction to be the forefront because the potential there was unbelievably explosive. They had several heated moments, where they are in bed, kissing, rubbing ready to take it to the next level we all want and then there’s an interruption and they stop. I get this tact, I really do, but with these specific men, and their history and attraction going back as far as it did the start/stop was frustrating, like punishment and I didn’t feel it completely necessary.
Jack Horwood is a man on a mission. He lives his life serving and saving others. Having come from a rocky past he knows he has the ability to help and help he does. Having entered in the British Army at a young age he discovered his talents very early on. Not only can he use his body effectively as a weapon his mind is an even greater one as he discovers hacking comes easy to him. While in the service he harbors a passionate secret crush on his CO, Gareth Flynn. Knowing the superior officer/underling thing and the age difference deters him from ever mentioning his feelings to Gareth. Circumstances arise that compel Jack to leave the service and start a new life.
Silver fox Gareth has secrets of his own. He’s also harbored an insane attraction to his subordinate Jack. He’s been attracted to him for years but when Jack up and leaves the Army all Gareth’s left with is questions. Years later Gareth finds out Jack is a genius hacker and Gareth knows he could use him in the civilian company he works for, so he’s recruited.
The reunion between these two was pretty nice. The attraction is steaming under the surface and like I said earlier when they realize its mutual you want them to lose control. You want them to rip clothes off, forget sleep, forget rest, and lose themselves in each other but that doesn’t happen. And it doesn’t happen for awhile into the book and that really annoyed me. I needed that “I NEED YOU NOW! I DON’T CARE IF WE HAVEN’T EATEN IN DAYS! I DON’T CARE IF WE HAVEN’T SLEPT IN DAYS! I NEED TO LOSE MYSELF IN YOU AND THAT IS ALL THERE IS!!!” This passion never happened and I was disappointed. The sexual relationship was almost an afterthought and while they were hot together and the chemistry was there, it was lacking something for me.
Like I mentioned earlier this is more an investigative thriller book. There are man hunts, secrets, corruption, child abuse, prostitution, and death. I enjoyed where this book took me. I really was hooked and wanted to see what was going to happen next.
Overall, I enjoyed this story and anyone who really likes super suspenseful storylines will enjoy this one as well.
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