Review: Crossing Lines

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CIA operative Elizabeth Aiken is on her own. After a rescue operation in Venezuela goes south and her cover is blown, Elizabeth barely escapes the country with her life. Set adrift by the Agency and with a price on her head, she seeks out the only person who can help her disappear.

Viper.

Unfortunately, the devastatingly attractive former operative wants nothing to do with her or the cartel-backed Venezuelan president who wants her dead. Worse still, if Elizabeth’s not careful, she’ll end up losing her heart instead of watching her back…and there’s no room for mistakes with assassins hot on her trail.

Genre: romantic suspense

Publication date: September 2021

Mature content: yes

Review: From the action and suspense points of view, Crossing Lines is really good. And the romance between Elizabeth/Faith and John/Shane is interesting, even if a bit predictable. 

 

 My only concern with this book is the fact that both characters sometimes behave rather oddly sometimes - from a professional point of view. How could Shane just disappear in the middle of a stakeout to catch the hit man who's being trying to kill them both to help a damsel in distress - yes, apparently the woman needed help, but didn't he think it could be a trap? Didn't he think that leaving Faith alone could have even worse consequences? And how could Faith enter the hotel room of said hit man without checking her weapon was operational first. In the book, she chalks it up to rookie mistake, but she's been portrayed since the beginning as a seasoned professional. No seasoned professional would make that mistake. No professional would live to become "seasoned" by making that mistake. These are just two examples of the details that niggled me here and there - and the reason why I'm rating Crossing Lines with just four stars instead of five. 

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