Where Death Meets the Devil
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4.7 • 7 Ratings
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- $4.99
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Publisher Description
Jack Reardon, former SAS soldier and current Australian Meta-State asset, has seen some messy battles. But “messy” takes on a whole new meaning when he finds himself tied to a chair in a torture shack, his cover blown wide open, all thanks to notorious killer-for-hire Ethan Blade.
Blade is everything Jack doesn’t believe in: remorseless, detached, lawless. Yet, Jack’s only chance to survive is to strike a bargain with the devil and join forces with Blade. As they trek across a hostile desert, Jack learns that Blade is much more than a dead-eyed killer—and harder to resist than he should be.
A year later, Jack is home and finally getting his life on track. Then Ethan Blade reappears and throws it all into chaos once more. It’s impossible to trust the assassin, especially when his presence casts doubts on Jack’s loyalty to his country, but Jack cannot ignore what Blade’s return means: the mess that brought them together is far from over, and Ethan might just bring back the piece of Jack’s soul he thought he’d lost forever.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this complicated romantic thriller, a spy and an assassin work both with and against each other as they deal with the secrets and lies inherent in their work. Jack Reardon is an SAS soldier turned undercover agent for the Meta-State, an intelligence-sharing operation of several nations in Southeast Asia and the Antipodes. He spent over a year infiltrating villain Samuel Valadian's paramilitary organization only for his cover to be blown by Ethan Blade, one of the world's top assassins. Once Ethan explained his reasons and the two of them teamed up against Valadian, saving each other's lives in the process Jack slowly started to trust his unlikely ally. A year later, Jack has recovered from injuries sustained during the escape from Valadian's forces and is ready to resume work as usual and then Ethan turns up out of the blue and promises to reveal a mole within Jack's agency. Hayward ratches up the suspense in this action-packed piece, with constant twists and betrayals on all sides to keep things unpredictable. The gradually mounting sexual tension between the leads, which explodes into scorching sex, adds another level of energy to the story, while parallel narratives of past and present allow surprises to be revealed at opportune times. Fans of tense action and smoldering romance will appreciate the emotional connection between Jack and Ethan; there's plenty of chemistry and a great setup for future books.
