Review: Cold Cruel Kiss

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When the daughter of the US Ambassador to Argentina is kidnapped in broad daylight on Christmas Eve, the FBI sends one of its best negotiators to investigate.

Supervisory Special Agent Max Hawthorne arrives at an embassy thrown into chaos as US and local law enforcement hustle to track the young woman. Is this a simple kidnap for ransom, or part of a political agenda? Could it be something more sinister?

Lucy Aston has something to hide. Preferring to stay in the shadows, the lowly, fashion-challenged office assistant resents being assigned to help Max. But Max can’t resist a puzzle…he’s starting to suspect Lucy Aston is not what she seems.

When rumors emerge of a suspected Russian spy operating out of the embassy, Lucy’s carefully constructed life begins to crumble. As she and Max race to rescue the ambassador’s daughter, Lucy has to do whatever it takes to keep her cover from being blown—even if that means betraying the man she’s falling for.

Genre: romantic suspense

Publication date: January 2021

Mature content: yes

Review: Cold Cruel Kiss is thrilling and fast paced, with a few interesting twists and turns. 

However, I don't think it's best in the series so far, in my opinion. There were a few plot details that never clicked, and I found a few of them downright unrealistic - such as when, for example, Max brings in a couple of friends to help him find the kidnapped girl, and those friends, despite all the equipment they're carrying and all the surveillance both the embassy and the local police have in place, manage to stay anonymous and move around as if they were in the US or the UK and not in a foreign (and apparently not very friendly) country...

 

Max and Lucy do have great chemistry, and make a great team, and for that alone the book is worth reading. 

Happy readings!

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