Reviewed by Sarina
TITLE: Scott Sapphire and the Emerald Orchid
AUTHOR: Geoffrey Knight
PUBLISHER: Wilde City Press
LENGTH: 144 pages
RELEASE DATE: November 3, 2015
BLURB:
Meet Scott Sapphire—lover of French champagne, Belgian chocolate and dangerous men. He is suave. He is sexy. He is a man of the world—and a man that the world desperately wants to catch.
For Scott Sapphire is the greatest jewel thief of our time.
Dashing. Daring. And always neck-deep in trouble.
But when Scott’s latest heist lands him in possession of a map to a rare and precious orchid, it’ll take more than bedroom eyes and a charming smile to stay one step ahead of one of the world’s most powerful business tycoons, as well as keep the CIA off Scott’s back and a handsome special agent out of his pants—or maybe not.
From the Venice canals to the Amazon rainforest, from Rio de Janeiro to the casinos of Monte Carlo, comes a brand new gay hero as irresistible as diamonds and pearls.
Adventure has a new name! And that name is Scott Sapphire.
REVIEW:
Growing up on the streets was hard but it showed a young Scott just what he needed to do to survive. Now, as an adult, he uses the skills he’s perfected to pull off heists no one else would dare. His latest and greatest find, however, will lead him into the Amazon where more than treasure is waiting to be found. With the stakes higher than ever, Scott’s most recent acquisition may end up being his last.
This was one of those books that packed quite a bit into it. Scott kind of reminded me of a cross between Indiana Jones and Robin Hood with maybe a slight dash of Tomb Raider thrown in for kicks. Overall he was a fun character but I didn’t get a ton of depth to him, even when getting to see bits and pieces of his childhood. The story itself was fairly fast paced and covered more than one heist though the emerald orchid took up the greater portion of the book. Honestly, its kind of difficult finding a lot to say about this one. Did I enjoy it? Yes, for the most part. I can’t even tell you why I didn’t like it more because I’m not entirely sure myself. The character development wasn’t what it could’ve been and sadly, the best part of the book for me was the very beginning and that features a character from another Geoffrey Knight series that you don’t see again in this one past the introduction. It was a fun little read that left off with you wanting to read the second one just so you know things work out okay but I’m not really jumping at the bit to pick that one up when it becomes available.
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