Review: Covert Vengeance

 

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He's desperate for revenge... and her.

Navy SEAL Tony "Flakes" Hackenbreg's career and sanity ride on the upcoming mission to hunt and capture a known ARMs dealer. Being forced to partner with the dangerously beautiful CIA Officer Elliot Smith is the last thing he wants or needs. With her love for explosives, sassy mouth, and a body most men would kill for, Elliot is everything he never knew he needed. Nights and days forced together the two shift from enemies to partners before morphing into a sizzling attraction that neither try to resist. 

She's willing to kill anyone who stands in her way... except the one SEAL whose commands she's eager to obey. 

Elliot Smith's last operation to Colombia cost her everything: her flawless mission reputation with the CIA, her partner, and nearly her own life. With vengeance on her mind, she doesn't want or need a mouthy, dominant SEAL monitoring her every move like an overprotective babysitter. But when he sneaks past her defenses, making her open up about her past and hopes of a future, Elliot wonders if she's finally met her equal.

When tension turns to passion in the middle of a covert mission they miss the signs of a trap, putting Elliot's life in the evil hands of their shared enemy. Can Tony find her before the ARMs dealer slips away with the only woman he's ever loved or will Elliot be lost for good?

Genre: romantic suspense

Publication date: November 2021

Mature content: yes

Review: Covert Vengeance is book two in the Seals and CIA series by Kennedy Mitchell, but I read it as a stand alone and had no issues. Yes, some secondary characters clearly come from the first book, but the plot of Covert Vengeance is structured in a way that gives you all the information you need about them anyway, and you can follow the story without missing any crucial piece of information. 

 

I loved Covert Vengeance for the almost non-stop action and for the interesting twists and turns. The romance between Elliot and Tony? Well, that took me a bit longer to digest and I'm still not sure I'm fully convinced. It's all too much too fast, in my opinion - and that includes the a-bit-over-the-top sex scenes. 

Overall, it's a good book especially for romantic suspense and military romance fans, but I don't think it deserves more than four stars.

Happy readings!

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