A Risk Worth Taking
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Legionnaire Jamie Armstrong lives in the shadows. A medic haunted by his mistakes, he knows better than to hope for redemption. But his latest mission brings a threat he doesn't see coming – an attraction as irresistible as it is dangerous. Hacker Samira Desta is a woman he swore to forget, but as a key witness to a deadly conspiracy, Samira is his to protect.
But the woman he rescues might be the one who saves him.
After a year in hiding, Samira's worst fears come true when her cover is blown and the unlikeliest of allies comes to her aid – the secretive Scot with whom she shared one unforgettable night. Hunted by lethal forces and losing the battle against their desire, Jamie and Samira make a desperate play to take the fight to their enemy – but those at greatest risk of ruin may be themselves…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Kelly mixes romance, technology, and politics in her flimsy third Legionnaires contemporary romantic thriller (after Edge of Truth). Samira Desta, an Ethiopian hacker, is running for her life from U.S. Senator Tristan Hyland. After Hyland kills her fianc and closes in on her, she must team up with Irish former doctor Jamie Armstrong to stay alive. Though the premise and the pairing are promising, inaccuracies and other flaws pull the reader away from the suspense of the story. Readers familiar with black women's natural hair will be skeptical when Samira casually and easily puts on and removes wigs. Kelly writes the characters making quick references to racial stereotypes in a way that feels self-conscious and insensitive ("Jamie, if we're going to judge on stereotypes you'd be grumpy and pasty and miserly and I'd be a kid with a bloated stomach and flies in my eyes"). A number of computer hacking details also fall flat. The prose, however, is adequate, somewhat making up for the story's flaws.
