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Product details Paperback 190 pages Publisher Lyrical Liaison (December 18, 2018) Language English ISBN-10 1516106172

Reckless Deceptions Karen Rock 9781516106172 Books Reviews

• I loved being back in Dallas for the third instalment in this series, this is another action packed story of reunited love and the threat of terrorism, we get to meet CIA agent Ryan Arnell and former CIA agent Erica Keeley, not only is she a former CIA agent but she is also the former partner of Ryan, and they are back working together, will their love ignite again through danger.
  
  Ryan is good at what he does, a top agent in the field and always, always follow protocol, he is back in The States to follow up a lead that has come from his ex-partner and arrives at The Dallas Heat nightclub where she is now working, and meeting up again starts the fire roaring in Ryan, after all that they had been through, could he still feel this way for her.
  
  Erica was dismissed from her role as a CIA agent two years previously for not following orders, but that has never stopped her from investigating what went wrong then and now has found a lead that needs to be followed up and who arrives none other than Ryan, the person she loved, will he let her help in the investigation, will she find that love again.
  
  This is a sensual and scorching journey for Ryan and Erica with danger thrown in, and also some personal family problems that Ryan must overcome and he does so with the help of Erica, together Ryan must learn to follow his heart and Erica needs to find some patience and then they can go into the future knowing that they have caught the bad guys and found their true love and happiness. Another story that I highly recommend.
• Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.
  
  This is book three in the Dallas After Dark series, but you don't need to have read the other two before this these are very much stand alone books.
  
  After going rogue Erica is working at Dallas Heat, trying to clear her name. Ryan is in town on family business, but also following up his own leads to catch an international terrorist who might be in town. When Erica and Ryan cross paths again, and that terrorist is a little closer to home than they thought, Ryan follows his instincts, going against everything to keep Erica safe.
  
  For the most part, I DID enjoy this. It was mostly the HUGE cast of minor characters who, while needing to be talked about and mentioned, that I struggled to keep up with. So many names I just glanced over, not putting the terrorist threat bit together, at all, but I resigned myself to that and after that, I did enjoy it.
  
  Erica and Ryan have history, and it's clear right from the start that the chemistry they had two years ago is still burning bright and hot. Ryan wanted Erica forever then, but the situation blew up around them and Erica was booted out the CIA and Ryan had a hand in that. He regretted that, but still. Revisiting that chemistry would be a bad thing, but when forced into close contact, trying to stop this terrorist, the inevitable happens. It's not until he nearly loses Erica does Ryan finally get his head out his ass and listen to his HEART!
  
  I loved the banter between these two, it bubbles and simmers along in the book, and I thought they would give in far sooner than they do! Loved that Ryan was finally able to break free of his strict upbringing and to break the control he feels he needs to hang on to, and that it was Erica who made him see that.
  
  Both Erica and Ryan have a say, but Ryan speaks first, and that surprised me for some reason! Rock keeps throwing me for a loop with these books!
  
  Aside from the never ending list of suspects, I DID enjoy this so. . .
  
  4 solid stars
  
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• Ex CIA agent Erica Keeley has a new job, one quite a bit different from her previous one. After being let go from the CIA she is now a bartender and premier headliner at the burlesque show at Dallas Heat. Her routine there has all the men in the club all ga-ga. The night Ryan Arnell, CIA agent and Erica's ex-partner as well as ex-lover, stops in at Dallas Heat finds Ryan no less enthralled by Erica's routine. Plus he has the advantage of having touched and enjoyed the beautiful lady to add to his enjoyment. But that's not what he is there for. His boss has sent him there to follow-up after a phone call from Erica informing her former boss that she overheard a conversation that has her believing there is a domestic terrorism plot afoot. Erica was shocked to see Ryan there since, as far as she knew, he was still in Syria trying to track down Khalid Mohammad-al-Harbi, the head of the Jabhat-al-Nusra terrorist organization. He's the last person she wants to see after he refused to stand up for her at her CIA hearing following an operation that went terribly wrong. But as the saying goes, beggars can't be choosers" so she has to work with him.
  
  Reckless Deceptions by Karen Rock is the third book in her Dallas After Dark series. I have read the two previous books in this series and enjoyed them and also enjoyed how the club was the backdrop for the stories. In this book the club, Dallas Heat has only a minor role in the story but it served its purpose by being the perfect place for Erica to go underground. Erica may not be a CIA agent anymore but she didn't stop trying to complete her original mission - find Khalid Muhammad-al-Harbi. There's lots of action and twists and turns in Karen Rock's storyline. I really liked all that action but I also really liked how she developed the renewed relationship between Erica, who is all gut instinct and, yes, somewhat reckless and Ryan who is very by-the-book at all times. She writes a very realistic path to their renewed relationship. This is an exciting series and I recommend this book as well as the two before this one.