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Summary: engaging espionage romance
Review: As the Chief of Operations for the CIA Tiara Task Force Two, Ricardo Harden knows that Internal Investigations (Eyes) will look closely at his activities since arresting his superior Gorman for treason. Though he is innocent, he realizes he will be the fall guy and probably deserves to be so as he ignored signs of sedition so he could be the safe bureaucrat.Nikki Taylor is assigned to investigate Rick, but not for "Eyes". Admiral Madison wants to know if Rick would make a good chief of Tiara. Nick is stunned because Nikki looks like his wife who vanished during an operation ten years ago. As they make love and fall in love, he hides a secret about his wife that ended his career that he will never reveal while she has even more clandestine confidential information about who she really is. FACING FEAR is an engaging espionage romance that emphasizes the internal politics of protecting your butt when scandal happens. The Agency looks bad as it prefers to ignore a potential monstrous flaw in its process in order to find a scapegoat so that the higher ups in government remain untainted (perhaps that is why the real life leak of the agent's name last Spring still remains unresolved in spite of the President's public desires). The story line contains major twists that will shock readers yet seems apropos because the lead couple make it believable. Fans of terse internal affairs CIA tales with a strong romantic underpinning will enjoy soaring with Gennita Low's fine taut thriller. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: A thrill a minute read
Review: Facing Fear is the follow up book to Into Danger by new author Gennita Low. Nikki Taylor is a woman of mystery. Her past has been erased when she was tortured on a mission over ten years ago. She was saved and retrained by another agency. Nikki remembers bits and pieces of her former life but its just not enough. She comes out of retirement for one last job with the promise to receive answers about her past. Rick Harden, Operations Chief for the CIA, is under suspicion when his boss is arrested for treason. Rick has been dwelling in the dark side of life since his wife died several years ago. He has never gotten over her death and is no longer the man he once was. Nikki's newest assignment is to investigate Rick's team. Their first face-to-face meeting is explosive, filled with passion and intrigue. As they work together to unravel the current problems, the past of each of them starts to play an important part and is threatening their lives. Facing Fear is a fast paced book of suspense and fervor. Nikki and Rick are a couple that have to overcome a lot to have a future. Gennita Low is an auto-buy for me. I am looking forward to the next book in this wonderful series.
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Summary: WOWEEE This book is burning
Review: Facing Fear is the second book from a rising star Gennita Low. If you haven't read any of her books yet go and read one now. In FACING FEAR it is a darker, more intense, sexier than any book I have read recently. The hero is Rick Harden (from the first book INTO DANGER) is a beaurcat with a stick up his you know where after he had been burned badly in the past and vows that he will do everything by the books. Heroine Nikki Taylor is our heroine who is trying to face her fears of the horrors from a mission gone wrong. Rick and Nikki are two tormented people who needs each other to face their fears and get on with their future. What I love so much about this book is that there isn't any whiny hero or heroine. These two characters are extremely well matched. If you expect to see the usual I hate you/I love you characters you won't find it here. The sex will set the sheets smokin'. Nikki a GEM gal is of course worthy of the hero. Rick is very much an alpha male but he does not just redeem himself at the end of the book the way most heros do, instead he will redeem himself as the book progesses. Nikki is fragile but suprisingly strong and never acts the victim or a wimp. People who read Suzanne Brockmann will love this book, bbbuuuuttt in my humble opinion I think that Gennita Low is even better. Why do I say this considering that Suzanne Brockmann (whom I enjoy a lot too) is the queen of the men in uniforms also known as the tall,dark, and dangerous genre? Unlike a Brockmann book where I wish sometimes for more love scenes, more action, more romance, more this or that, I find that Gennita Low is able to maintain a balance on all the things I want. Nothing is sacrificed and that is incredibly hard for an author to do, and this is only her second book!! The first book INTO DANGER was more lighthearted and playful. FACING FEAR is even hotter than the first book, but it is much much darker. It deals more with the psychology of the human psyche. There is a surprising twist at the end and it will be revealed in one of the most touching scene. This book is just excellent. I can't stand waiting another year for Gennita Low's next book to be out.
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Summary: You¿ll never look at your car seatbelt the same again!
Review: I stand in awe of Gennita Low's talent to weave this tale and take me on such a fast pace complex journey. Facing Fear is a contemporary romantic suspense book that could be considered a sequel to her first book Into Danger, although it certainly can stand on its own. Not for the faint of heart nor is it a book for those who aren't willing to explore the psyche. This book is an incredibly edgy and darkly sensual love story. It is a fascinating dichotomy, complicated and tantalizing. The pace is generally fast but it is a labyrinth of dark delights and introspection, at times much like a lasciviously performed dance, a slow strip tease of the senses. She has the talent to slow down the pace when it is needed in order to fully explore and experience the depths and fullness of her characters without causing the story to lag. Normally when I get a new book I inhale it in a nonstop read, then I go back and reread it. Many times reading a romantic suspense book is similar to a fast food meal for me. It is satisfying, filling and I enjoy it while I am consuming it but I don't think too deeply about what I am actually eating and I don't spend a lot of time at the table. This book is like a multiple course gourmet meal served in a four star restaurant with a darkly sensual ambience. You'll savor and ponder each course and its presentation while still eagerly awaiting the unveiling of the next dish. There is a very thoughtful chess game being played out on many levels throughout the book. The hero and heroine are full and complex, introspective and not always comfortably so; both are "darkly tortured" characters. They are strong yet incomplete without the other in a fundamental way. Rick Harden is an extremely sexual alpha male. At times he will make the reader uncomfortable but at the same time he makes you want to capitulate and explore his dark appetites. Nikki Taylor is a fascinating woman whom only another woman would have the insight to balance and draw in a manner that works. This book illustrates beautifully why Gennita Low is a rising star in the Romantic Suspense genre. I can't wait for all the other characters she has created to have their own stories!
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Summary: Wow, this book blew me away!
Review: I stayed up far into the night reading this one. Nikki Taylor is held captive and tortured for over a year after being left for dead by her own government. When she is rescued by another agency she is little more than an animal and doesn't remember much of her past. They rehabilitate and retrain her but for ten years she has been searching for her true identity. Nikki is told one last job will provide the answers she seeks. Rick Harden is under suspicion when his CIA boss is arrested for treason. When Nikki shows up he knows she is using her resemblance to his late wife to investigate him. Rick's devotion and deep love for his late wife is total and he's been going through the motions since her death. Leah was his heart and soul. Nikki's trying desperately to deal with the horror of her past while hoping to find a future. The emotional struggle of these two is heartbreaking. Their struggle to come together despite all odds is heartwarming. This is the first book I've read by Ms. Low but I've now ordered the first in the series and pre-ordered the third. What a wonderful new writer!
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Summary: Wow, this book blew me away!
Review: I stayed up far into the night reading this one. Nikki Taylor is held captive and tortured for over a year after being left for dead by her own government. When she is rescued by another agency she is little more than an animal and doesn't remember much of her past. They rehabilitate and retrain her but for ten years she has been searching for her true identity. Nikki is told one last job will provide the answers she seeks. Rick Harden is under suspicion when his CIA boss is arrested for treason. When Nikki shows up he knows she is using her resemblance to his late wife to investigate him. Rick's devotion and deep love for his late wife is total and he's been going through the motions since her death. Leah was his heart and soul. Nikki's trying desperately to deal with the horror of her past while hoping to find a future. The emotional struggle of these two is heartbreaking. Their struggle to come together despite all odds is heartwarming. This is the first book I've read by Ms. Low but I've now ordered the first in the series and pre-ordered the third. What a wonderful new writer!
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Summary: Low does not disappoint
Review: Low's second novel has a less complicated but tighter plot and I thought it much better than Into Danger. The (...) is still beyond steamy but now it is part of the plot and not laminated on because "that's that you do". Nikki has lost years out of her life, reconstructed from data but not from the memories she carries with her. Her capture and degrading torture, her rescue and recovery-- these are classic themes of the genre. Also, Nikki's memories of her grandmother's teachings were central to her recovery and really gave a necessary ethnic flavor. Regaining her husband and re-establishing trust - a great read, and would have been without all the bedroom action. And Low leaves the door open for a sequel with ancillary characters. I'll be watching for the next one.
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Summary: Low does not disappoint
Review: Low's second novel has a less complicated but tighter plot and I thought it much better than Into Danger. The (...) is still beyond steamy but now it is part of the plot and not laminated on because "that's that you do". Nikki has lost years out of her life, reconstructed from data but not from the memories she carries with her. Her capture and degrading torture, her rescue and recovery-- these are classic themes of the genre. Also, Nikki's memories of her grandmother's teachings were central to her recovery and really gave a necessary ethnic flavor. Regaining her husband and re-establishing trust - a great read, and would have been without all the bedroom action. And Low leaves the door open for a sequel with ancillary characters. I'll be watching for the next one.
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Summary: Another Keeper By Ms. Low!!
Review: Ms. Low is fast becoming one of my favorite suspense romance authors!!! Her fast paced, steamy romance, and page turning suspense are not your typical suspense type read. Ms. Low combines, spy action, spy suspense, and yummy hero's in such a way you will be hard pressed to put the book down until you've reach the final page! I can only say that I am waiting not so patiently for her next read! In "Facing Fear" Nikki our heroine is working toward finding her past. All she knows was that she was a government agent that was left behind during a mission gone bad. She has very little memory of who she was and as a result, has made a deal to do one more mission with the end result being she finds out who she really is. This seems like an easy task but there are many challenges, and fears that she must face. One is CIA Operations Chief Rick Harden. She has a connection to him but how? Rick is under a microscope yet again. His boss has just been captured selling government secrets, an undercover SEAL agent has been responsible for finding the mole in the TIARA office. Rick is saavy enough to realize that he will also be considered a possible leak. Now not only does he have to decide if he wants to do anything to salvage what's left of his career, he now finds himself drawn to Nikki the one person he knows it out to get him...but how? Nikki strongly reminds him of his dead wife and she has touched him in such a way that he begins to feel protective of her. This could only mean more trouble. This was as I stated earlier a very fast-paced read. There are so many twists and turns that you have no real idea who the traitor is until the end. Rick is beyond your typical tall, dark, and yummy hero and is a real treat for readers as a result. The chemistry between Rick and Nikki is explosive and hot! If you love edge of your seat reading do yourself a favor and pick up Ms. Low!!!
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Summary: Another Keeper By Ms. Low!!
Review: Ms. Low is fast becoming one of my favorite suspense romance authors!!! Her fast paced, steamy romance, and page turning suspense are not your typical suspense type read. Ms. Low combines, spy action, spy suspense, and yummy hero's in such a way you will be hard pressed to put the book down until you've reach the final page! I can only say that I am waiting not so patiently for her next read! In "Facing Fear" Nikki our heroine is working toward finding her past. All she knows was that she was a government agent that was left behind during a mission gone bad. She has very little memory of who she was and as a result, has made a deal to do one more mission with the end result being she finds out who she really is. This seems like an easy task but there are many challenges, and fears that she must face. One is CIA Operations Chief Rick Harden. She has a connection to him but how? Rick is under a microscope yet again. His boss has just been captured selling government secrets, an undercover SEAL agent has been responsible for finding the mole in the TIARA office. Rick is saavy enough to realize that he will also be considered a possible leak. Now not only does he have to decide if he wants to do anything to salvage what's left of his career, he now finds himself drawn to Nikki the one person he knows it out to get him...but how? Nikki strongly reminds him of his dead wife and she has touched him in such a way that he begins to feel protective of her. This could only mean more trouble. This was as I stated earlier a very fast-paced read. There are so many twists and turns that you have no real idea who the traitor is until the end. Rick is beyond your typical tall, dark, and yummy hero and is a real treat for readers as a result. The chemistry between Rick and Nikki is explosive and hot! If you love edge of your seat reading do yourself a favor and pick up Ms. Low!!!
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