Posing
as a couple leads to passionate nights and dangerous days, but when their
undercover mission implodes, revenge is everything, love is impossible, and
they have nowhere left to run.
Zach has always been a man torn between duty and family. Strong, capable, and
fiercely dedicated to being a SEAL, he’s made countless sacrifices to ensure
the safety of his son and his country. Driven by guilt, he leaves newborn
Charlie in the care of his estranged twin brother, and no one, not even his
self-destructive team mate, Kai, can make him change his mind. Their
partnership can never be anything but a clash of personalities, with Kai’s
fiery nature and Zach’s stubborn focus on duty, but as they navigate their
latest undercover mission, one more stolen moment is all it takes for every
barrier between them to disintegrate.
Kai, former 427 Special Operations Aviation Squadron, raised in a survivalist
environment, is a skilled helicopter pilot, a loner, and never wanted a
partner. When he’s kicked out of the service for not being a team player, he
moves from black ops to the new Shadow Team, alongside Zach. The team wants his
ability to color outside the lines, and challenge authority—he just wants a job
that gets him into the action.
As their covert operation in the Canadian wilderness takes a dangerous turn,
they run for survival, hemmed in by imminent dangers. With no one else to
trust, they must lean on each other. But as their bond deepens, and passion
explodes, will they live to see another day?
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He was laying down protective fire in controlled bursts, but what did he think was going to happen when the bullets ran out? With grim determination, he fired his weapon, each shot aimed at the enemy, but stopping my team from getting close. How had he not gotten himself killed yet? I closed the distance between us, moving swiftly and silently. A body lay behind the man with the weapon—a captor in flowing white, blood in a pool under him, his eyes wide and vacant, his throat cut. I jumped over the crumpled heap of man, reached out of the door, exposing myself to bullets, and gripped the gunman by the scruff of his neck. He whirled on me, his knees bent, already pivoting to take me down as we fell backward into the gloom. His eyes widened in recognition as his fist met my eye socket, but he was exhausted and beaten and I shoved him down with a knee to his lower back, holding him away from the line of fire and then dragging him into the relative safety of the darkened interior of the house.
“Stay down,” I ordered. Despite his exhaustion, evidenced by his hollow cheeks, dulled eyes, and blood-covered body, I recognized him from the pre mission briefing—Kai Henderson, 427 co-pilot. His clothes hung loose on him, evidence of the weight he had lost during the three weeks’ captivity. Dark bruises and scrapes marred his skin, showing the physical toll of imprisonment, but there was a defiant glint in his eyes and he gripped the stolen AK-47 tight as he rolled to stand.
“Get the fuck back,” I snapped.
He didn’t move a freaking muscle, just tipped his chin.
“My crew, my responsibility,” he summarized, and shifted to the other side of the door.
“Bravo 3, clear, hostages to the rear,” I said as I stared at the scrap of man who thought he could be a human shield to the people behind us. “Fucking idiot!” I cursed at him, but he didn’t waver. Brave or stupid? I couldn’t tell. Maybe torture had caused him to lose his mind? He glanced at me, focus in his startling blue eyes, and despite the chaos unfolding around us, he didn’t move. It wasn’t until the rest of the SEALs breached the door and flooded into the house that he relaxed, albeit for a millisecond. When they reached us, they began to secure the area and half the team split for the hostages.
McKenzie, a twenty-year SEAL veteran and our team leader, faced up to Kai, and tried to take the weapon, but Kai wasn’t letting go, his eyes flashing with defiance as he moved between the SEALs and the hostages, torn between his instincts to protection and the authority of a ranking officer.
“Stand down, airman,” McKenzie said, firm and commanding.
Kai’s grip tightened on the weapon, his jaw clenched, his eyes unfocused, and it was then I saw the drip of blood from his hand, a steady splash of scarlet on the ground. I inclined my head at the evidence of his injury, and McKenzie nodded. Henderson was losing blood, oblivious to it in his attempts to save his crew and the hostages, and for a moment, it appeared Kai might defy the order. His gaze locked in a silent standoff with our leader. I held my breath, ready to step in, but then with a resigned sigh, Kai lowered the weapon, his shoulders slumping, and adrenalin flooding away from him. McKenzie took Kai’s weapon, then placed a hand on his arm.
“You did good, kid,” he said.
“Not a kid,” Henderson snarled. A myriad of emotions swirled in his blue eyes, just beneath the surface—exhaustion, defiance, and a fierce determination to hold his ground. Although his features showed signs of exhaustion, he was all raw energy, prepared to confront any challenges and pissed at the kid label. “Not. A. Fucking. Kid.”
Ruthie
– ☆☆☆☆
This is the third book in the series, and I would definitely recommend that you
read them in order to get the full goodness of the stories – and some early
insight into these two characters.
Zach and Kai are an unlikely pairing. Clearly fated to be thrown together and
find the trust they desperately need to believe can be real, as well as to
learn about love. For Zach, discovering he is a father, and trusting the twin
he was separated from as a tiny boy to care for him starts the journey to
having feelings. For Kai, it is much more the feelings he has for Zach which
are far more than attraction.
As they work together in desperately dangerous missions, that trust of a
comrade develops into something distracting and urgent... so the tension and
the drama ramp up very nicely for the reader – and the outcome can only be
spectacular and life affirming!
Another good read in this drama intense series.
Shannan
– ☆☆☆☆
How Much for a Life of Lies? is the third installment in the Shadow Team
series. It can be read as a standalone, but I don't recommend it. It reads much
better reading in the order the author intended.
This book starts with Then, where you get to see when Zach and Kai meet for the
first time. The attraction between them and how they go their separate ways.
And then how they both came to work together for the Sanctuary off-shoot,
Shadow Team. Zach and Kai are the most unlikely as partners. Zach is serious
and dedicated as a SEAL, Kai does what needs to be done to get the results he
wants. They each have tons of their own baggage but when it comes down to it,
they rely on each other in the most dangerous of situations.
I was dying to find out why Zach would leave his son with his twin brother that
he's never met, and it completely lived up to all of my expectations! I loved
everything about it. Zach and Kai were perfect for each other and realized it
before it was too late. I hope there is more for this series!
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Today bestselling author RJ SCOTT has written over one hundred and fifty
romance books. Emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, single
dads, hockey players, millionaires, princes, bodyguards, Navy SEALs, soldiers,
doctors, paramedics, firefighters, cops, and the men who get mixed up in their
lives, always with a happy ever after.
She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn’t with
family either reading or writing. The last time she had a week’s break from
writing, she didn’t like it one little bit, and she has yet to meet a box of
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