Security expert Luke is intent on seeing the murderous spy known only as Viper brought to justice. The un-spy-like behaviour of his fugitive makes him suspect he’s apprehended the wrong woman. Just as they give in to lust, new evidence convinces Luke that Maggie’s not as innocent as she claims to be.

Devastated by Luke’s inability to trust her, Maggie runs again. She’s determined to clear her name, and if that means tracking down a notorious spy even Interpol can’t seem to locate, then that’s exactly what she’ll do… (Goodreads)

Our hero Luke is a security expert charged with bringing ‘The Viper’ to justice and retrieving the last item, an important military weapon she stole. If I’m honest there’s nothing remarkable about him, he’s your typical romantic hero. Tough, brawn, brave and handsome, oh and super clever. But I liked him never the less!

Perhaps one of the harder plot points is that it takes a very long time for Luke to trust Maggie and at points of the story, after some very sad developments with Maggie’s poorly mother, this is actually quite heartbreaking. I wanted someone to route for Maggie and be in her corner. Just when you think Luke’s there, he takes a few steps backwards again.

The chemistry between Maggie and Luke is fantastic, virtually palpable. And despite Luke’s annoying trust issues they were a couple I really routed for. Which made this a great, sizzling read.

You do have to suspend your disbelief a little as the plot is perhaps a little far-fetched. It’s quite a short book, not quite a novella, but not really a full novel either. And the story is completely, non-stop, action packed. Blink and you might miss something. It’s one of those books that whizzed by as the pages just keep on turning.

One comment… I’m not sure what’s going on with the book cover? Hunky man yes, but I think given the plot the publisher could have easily come up with something much more fun. But I do have a few issues with romance covers in general!