Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: Puzzle

SERIES: White House Men #6

AUTHOR: Nora Phoenix

PUBLISHER: self-published

LENGTH: 298 pages

RELEASE DATE: August 4, 2021

BLURB:

Branson loves his job as an analyst for the CIA. Working on the investigation into the assassination of the president is fascinating, and even more so when Ryder, a geeky forensic accountant without a filter, joins the team.

But Ryder doesn’t seem to like Branson. At all. And when he explains to Branson why, Branson is forced to face an uncomfortable truth in the mirror Ryder holds up. Somewhere along the way, he lost sight of who he really is.

As they make crucial breakthroughs in the investigation, Branson is determined to change and earn Ryder’s approval. It seems to work when his tentative friendship with Ryder gets benefits added to it. Really good benefits thanks to a bossy bottom who knows what he wants and Branson having just the right tool for the job.

Sparks fly high between them, and much more is at stake than Branson ever thought possible. Can he become a man worthy of Ryder’s love? Can he show Ryder, who’s got his own wounds and baggage, that he has truly changed?

Puzzle is the sixth book in the White House Men series, a continuing MM romantic suspense series set in the White House that needs to be read in order. It ends with a HEA.

REVIEW:

So, I have really, thoroughly enjoyed this series. Other than paranormal, mysteries/murder mysteries are my favorites. I love trying to figure out the puzzle. ha. Appropriately named. I have loved the same in this series. The build up of finding who did all these heinous acts, the people involved, how deep some betrayals go. It’s been a wild ride.

My only issue with this book in general is that it felt almost anticlimactic at the end. All this build up over the span of six books and poof. It was over. And we definitely know who that final book is going to be about. lol. Should be interesting considering the first real interactions we see of them in the first part of the book.

What I did love about the story though, and the series for the most part, is that, yes, there was the sexual factor in it but it wasn’t the main focus. And that I love. I love a great plot and would rather see it than anything, because without the plot, you have no book. And the way the plot was spaced out over each book was such a way to keep you on your toes and wanting that next book so you could see what happens next. Not that I’m a fan of cliffhangers, mind you, but I definitely wanted to see where this was going to go and how deep it was going to go. Because the fingers in the pies of these wrong doings were long and deep. But, that’s what greed and the need for power do to you.

It’s been a very good series, despite the quick ending in this one. But now that things are pretty well tied up, I’m curious to see how the final story is going to go. I’m not going to spoil it and say who, in case there are some who haven’t caught up, but I have a feeling Calix and a few others are going to get quite a few more laughs out of this one.

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