Cold Deceit

This review is of Cold Deceit, book 2 in the Cold Justice® – Most Wanted series,by Toni Anderson.
I received an ARC copy and this review is my honest opinion.
Whenever I receive a new book by Toni Anderson, I am of two minds about reading it. On one hand, Toni Anderson is one of my favorite authors and I know I won’t be disappointed in the book. On the other hand, once I start reading it, I won’t be able to stop and it will be over way too soon!
This book is no different. Zoe Miller is one amazing woman. She’s a smart, well educated forensic anthropologist working on finding the bones of missing immigrants in the Sonoran Desert. Seth Hopper is is undercover agent trying to slow the distribution of drugs. And more importantly, find the mole in the group that is giving away all of their secrets. What do these two have in common? A female murder victim who disappears after Zoe reports it.
The author is amazing at bringing together people of completely different backgrounds and getting them to work together for the common good. They may not like each other at first, but the common threads of integrity and justice run through them both.
Does that make it sound boring? Did I forget to tell who killed the missing corpse? Well you’re going to have to read the book to find out! And you will find out a lot more. Like how these two lives become intertwined and why the author’s books are so good. Plenty of action, tensions, secrets, and characters who have their own agendas and secrets.
I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did, but then why wouldn’t you? And if you haven’t read any other books by this author, you will go find the rest of the spell-binding books Toni Anderson creates!

Zoe with a couple of friends volunteered looking for human remains in the harsh desert of Arizona. The. chilling feeling someone was watching in this dangerous park, where she now found a body only a week old, before heading back to town.
After six year a new path away from these friends, a celebration to stay the night.
A stranger catches her eye, FBI Seth, who searching the desert at night for a killer.
Another group going out at night, to cover the mistake that he had made.
Zoe last find, makes her a target, can FBI agent Seth protect her, even when she says no. The plot with Zoe and Seth get your attention from the first pages
Dedicated to what they do, now it’s their lives they need to save.
An excellent series, to read and enjoy, awaiting for the next.
Given ARC for my voluntary review and my honest opinion

An exciting, fast paced read, with no down side. I loved the interaction between Zoe and Seth, both are driven, smart and interesting. The bad guys abound and are not just the regular suspects, but pop up unexpectedly, just when all appears to be settling down. There is romance, steam and the HEA, along with a possible lead in for the next book. Do not miss this one! Add it now to your TBR list.