Author:
C.P. Mandara
Synopsis:
My name is Adrien Dumortier. My best friend,
James Leveritt, has just married the woman I love. That’s not the worst of it.
She’s also pregnant with his child. To be fair, the man thinks I’m dead. He was
supposed to rescue me from the clasps of my brother, but turned up ten minutes
late, so had I not managed to get rid of the bomb that was strapped to my
waist, I would now be dead. Thankfully, I am more resourceful than the bastard
gave me credit for. So, how do I get even with someone like that? Not face
to face, that’s for sure. The man is black ops trained and knows more styles of
martial arts than I know ice-cream flavors. No, I’m going to be a little
underhand about this. I’m going to kidnap his sister. Then, I’m going to
torture her until she’s screaming down the fucking phone and send him the
video. Then, I’m going to mess with his wife. Buckle up.
It’s going to be quite a ride.
Dirty Retaliation is
an intense dark romance suspense series. It features a bully alpha male special
agent and a female assassin. They are involved in a underground world of
organised crime and espionage.
I have to confess… I wasn’t
looking for Addie to run his own series.
When his character “died” at the close of the Special Agent series, I
believed it. Opening this book was a
shock to my system! I’m not 100 percent
sure I can buy it yet, honestly, because CP wrote his death very
convincingly! That being said, this book
starts a series that stands on its own- and that I can buy! I love that a character who seemed to have it
all together suddenly is off his game and caught off guard- not just by a woman
who is his equal, but by other women in general! My major struggle with this one is believing
that Addie would believe James betrayed him.
James was his best friend, who had been with him through hell. I haven’t been able to remove that thought,
and it colors how I read this series.
However, love screws with our minds and Addie is in love with Lois-
believing that James betrayed him over believing Lois doesn’t love him the same
way is definitely likely. I immediately
finished this book and NEEDED the sequel.
Author:
C.P. Mandara
Synopsis:
I wasn’t going to hurt her. If I were a
better man, I’d just keep her chained up and then let her go - but I’m not. I’m
a sick and twisted beast that feeds off the fear of others and eats tears for
breakfast. Besides, kidnapping Ione was too easy. James won’t
take long to come to her rescue, though. Right now, he’ll be imagining all the
fucking depraved things I’m about to do to her, and that should be incentive
enough for him to come running. He’s got until midday. If he doesn’t show, I am
going to hurt her. Really. Fucking. Badly.
Dirty Retaliation is
an intense dark romance suspense series. It features a bully alpha male special
agent and a female assassin. They are involved in a underground world of
organised crime and espionage.
I knew how this book would end (and I wasn’t wrong), yet, at the same
time, I was wrong! It ended with me
feeling a book hangout of “I NEED BOOK 3 NOW!” and unable to really grasp an
ending that I fully expected. That being
said, it wasn’t predictable. What led to
the ending was an insane jump off multiple buildings- before you hit the
ground, CP throws you back into the air!
The sex in this one is not only hot, but depraved in places. Emotionally, it is a chaotic journey. While I was fully in the headspace of the
series by this book, I struggle with the knowledge that James (who is a combo
of James Bond and M) would purposely put a woman with Leader’s baggage at such
risk. He knew going in what she would be
up against, and her history makes his choice to embed her a mistake that,
unfortunately for us readers, we have no idea whether or not she will
survive. The wait for book 3 might kill
me!
