REVIEWED by Jen B.
TITLE: Deadly Lover
SERIES: Exit Strategy
AUTHOR: Jocelynn Drake
PUBLISHER: Jocelynn Drake
LENGTH: 242 Pages
RELEASE DATE: October 26, 2018
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Justin Mallory has years of bad decisions to make up for, starting with agreeing to join the CIA after being recruited out of the Marines. Now he chooses the jobs and he works alone. It’s safer that way, and he can make sure the good guy always wins.
But this job…he can’t do alone. Two pharmaceutical researchers are dead and a dangerous drug is on the cusp of winning FDA approval if he doesn’t track down the culprit behind the lies and murders.
Gabriel Prescott is a well-trained, efficient, and cold-blooded killer. After a brutal betrayal left his lover dead, Gabriel is out only for himself. But when this lucrative contract lands in his lap, he can’t pass it up. Even if it means working with the unpredictable and insane Justin Mallory.
Dodging bullets and secret meetings find them depending on each other. And one hot, frantic night together leads to a hidden sweetness…and questions of whether they could possibly have something more.
Nice start to a new series by one of my faves. This was exciting and interesting with mystery and suspense, tied together with two sexy mercs. Justin and Gabriel had amazing chemistry as they worked together to solve the mystery and fulfill their respective contracts. This is definitely the beginning of their story together and thank goodness for that, because there is still a lot we need to learn about these two. It was like a mystery within the mystery, and I just wanted to gobble up the details in the little breadcrumb trail we were fed.
Much of this story is focused on the mystery and getting to the bottom of things, which was interesting and horrifying in the same breath. But, it felt like we only got a taste of what these two could have together, and I can’t wait to learn more about both of them as they grow closer and share more of themselves with each other. I did wonder why they had such a difficult time considering giving up their professions, seeing as they had so much money banked already, but regardless, I was definitely left wanting more, which is always a good thing. Thankfully, we get a taste of what’s to come by way of a teaser for the next book.
There have been a lot of comments on this book about the typos, and I generally try to not pay attention to those, as I often have early unfinished copies. There has been an updated version of this story provided, so I’m going under the assumption that most, if not all, of those issues were fixed. This isn’t what I’ve come to expect from this author, so I won’t hesitate to grab the next installment as soon as it’s available.
