Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Pulling Strings
AUTHOR: Andrew Grey
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 194 pages
RELEASE DATE: September 10, 2019
BLURB:
A high-stakes case of industrial espionage ties them together, but before they can pursue their attraction, they must find out who’s pulling the strings.
Devon Donaldson doesn’t know how a folio of stolen corporate secrets found its way into his bag, and certainly can’t think of anyone who’d want to frame him. The trouble is, he has to convince Powers McPherson.
Devon’s firm hired Powers to investigate the theft of a new banking system, and so far Devon is his only lead. While Powers’s gut tells him Devon is innocent, he has no intention of letting Devon out of his sight… for more than one reason. Working together to get Devon’s life back leads to feelings far beyond cooperation. But before they can act on them, they need to find the group of thieves intent on ruining Devon’s reputation.
REVIEW:
This was a really good book. Really was. It’s not a murder mystery but there’s a mystery to solve. Corporate theft and espionage, and a lowly programmer and a PI with his twin sister, who is a hoot, to figure out who is stealing specs and setting someone else up.
Devon works hard. He’s only been with the company 6 months but he works so hard. This is his first gala and he’s as nervous as can be. It doesn’t help when tall, dark and broody, (Powers) seems to keep following him around the place. Then he finds out why when Powers comes banging on his door and accusing him of stealing corporate plans to sell them to someone else. But Powers starts to believe Devon is innocent when he starts having several panic attacks. No one can act that good. Or can they? Either way, if Devon isn’t the one who’s done it, then someone is setting him up. And they quickly find out that’s the case. Stuff is planted on him, his apartment broken into and set up to kill him, his computer stolen, and programming set up or him to take the fall. So between himself, Powers, Lucy (Powers’s twin) and a friend of Devon’s, they have to devise a plan to trap and capture the culprit. But then Powers is kidnapped and Devon is listed into the trap. Now they not only have to have the guy arrested for what he’s done, but make it out alive.
Quiet, shy, nervous Devon. Sure he was lonely and a little down on himself from asshole exes, but he’s such a sweetheart. He’s just a quiet guy. He tries so hard to push himself to do more and be better but it’s hard. So when all this happens and Powers enters his life, he really feels like a loser. Panic attacks, being scared to death. Of course, I’d be scared too, if someone was robbing and trying to kill me. But what I love is that Powers saw the real strength in Devon. Sure, Devon was scared and all but he kept getting up and kept trying. He kept going. And even when things turn heated between him and Powers, once he realizes Powers is actually enjoying being with him, he lets loose and it’s like a whole new Devon.
What made the book funny though, was Powers’s sister. She is no holds barred and has no filter and it is hilarious. But she’s loyal as hell and handy to have watching your back because she doesn’t take any crap from anyone. I love her.
This is a really good book you guys need to read. It’s been a blast.
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