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kathydavie's review against another edition
5.0
HOT, HoT, hOt...kinky with a large whap of bondage.
Should be read along with Elite Ops as the major bad guy and characters from both series visit back and forth.
Should be read along with Elite Ops as the major bad guy and characters from both series visit back and forth.
birdloveranne's review against another edition
3.0
Good story overall, though I didn't really like the characters. 3.5 stars.
mlcreads's review against another edition
3.0
I am a little confused as the blurb on this book says it is the first book in a new series but there is a lot of the story that relates back to an established story between Clint and Reno and Raven and Morganna. The story is steamy and fast paced.
laurenlullaby16's review against another edition
2.0
This book really dragged for me. I was not interested in reading the 2nd book, which is why I gave it 2 stars
laurenjodi's review against another edition
2.0
Dangerous Games
2 Stars
Not as entertaining as Leigh's Breeds books.
The date-rape drug plot has potential, but there are constant references to events that have no foundation or build up.
Another problem is the lack of realistic characterization. Although Morgana is supposedly a DEA agent of some kind, she has absolutely no skills in this area and her only qualification seems to be that she looks good in a mini-skirt.
Clint is a compelling tortured hero despite his domineering tendencies but how exactly does one become a Navy SEAL after joining the ARMY?! It would seem that Leigh skimped on her research into the arms of the military.
Clint and Morgana have good chemistry and a strong emotional connection but the angst in their relationship gets old after a while.
The series continues with other members of Clint's SEAL team and I will probably read them sometime.
2 Stars
Not as entertaining as Leigh's Breeds books.
The date-rape drug plot has potential, but there are constant references to events that have no foundation or build up.
Another problem is the lack of realistic characterization. Although Morgana is supposedly a DEA agent of some kind, she has absolutely no skills in this area and her only qualification seems to be that she looks good in a mini-skirt.
Clint is a compelling tortured hero despite his domineering tendencies but how exactly does one become a Navy SEAL after joining the ARMY?! It would seem that Leigh skimped on her research into the arms of the military.
Clint and Morgana have good chemistry and a strong emotional connection but the angst in their relationship gets old after a while.
The series continues with other members of Clint's SEAL team and I will probably read them sometime.
nikkisreadingx's review against another edition
3.0
I'm in between stars on this. It's probably a 3.5, but my gut puts it at high 3 instead of a low 4. The book was good, the plot line intense and well planned, and the characters well-developed, but a few things were left lacking.
Clint McEntyre is a typical Leigh hero -- domineering, self-depreciating, non-committal. He's known Morganna practically since she was born, has been attracted to her since she was eighteen, but continued to keep away. Mostly claiming that she deserved better and he was only going to be bad for her, a plot device I'm growing a little tired of. Not that I put that onto Leigh and her book, just more a reflection of me and how I read the novel (and how I should probably find a break before picking up the next one).
Morganna has loved Clint since she was sixteen, has an overbearing older brother (Clint's best friend), has been repeatedly hurt by Clint's distance even though she knows he feels something, and is working undercover as a DEA agent. Only when Clint finds her at a BDSM club, he goes apeshit and forces his way into the operation.
There are a few things that kept me from really loving this books:
1. Morganna's character arc makes sense all up until the end.
2. I picked this book up because it was advertised as the first of a new series. It definitely isn't. It may be the first book of this particular "season", but it references entire stories and plots and events that happen in other books. I felt like I picked up the fifth book in a series rather than the first. Again, this is a point that shouldn't reflect on Leigh as an author, but maybe her publishing company that made the advertising decision to claim it as "The first novel in Lora Leigh's brand-new romantic suspense series." It doesn't feel like the first novel at all and so I was really missing out on what I was going for when I picked up the book.
I don't know if this point is why I didn't like it or why I did, but I feel it should be stated: the thread of BDSM in the book is a little weak. Clint's actual relationship with Morganna reads as more of a typical Leigh romance with a dominant male than one further on the BDSM scale. The Dom/sub aspects of the book are more for their undercover operation than what they do in their private life. Considering it wasn't advertised on the book as a BDSM novel, I don't hold this point against it and I rather like the dynamic the two fell in and developed throughout the novel, but it should be pointed out in case people are looking for something further down on the kink spectrum.
Other than that, I enjoyed it. I read it in a day because I could not put it down. The emotions between these two characters carried the book and drove the plot, which is something I love. It's what keeps me enthralled in a novel and it's becoming what has been pushing me towards Leigh's books. She really does a great job of building emotions and emotional tension without toppling the scale.
Clint McEntyre is a typical Leigh hero -- domineering, self-depreciating, non-committal. He's known Morganna practically since she was born, has been attracted to her since she was eighteen, but continued to keep away. Mostly claiming that she deserved better and he was only going to be bad for her, a plot device I'm growing a little tired of. Not that I put that onto Leigh and her book, just more a reflection of me and how I read the novel (and how I should probably find a break before picking up the next one).
Morganna has loved Clint since she was sixteen, has an overbearing older brother (Clint's best friend), has been repeatedly hurt by Clint's distance even though she knows he feels something, and is working undercover as a DEA agent. Only when Clint finds her at a BDSM club, he goes apeshit and forces his way into the operation.
There are a few things that kept me from really loving this books:
1. Morganna's character arc makes sense all up until the end.
Spoiler
At the end, when she's almost kidnapped, they discover the mole, a lot of things blow up, she has this internal monologue that Clint has been right all along in that this job isn't for her and she doesn't belong. It does not fit anywhere in her character throughout the entire book. Maybe I would have taken this easier if she had subtle misgivings or fleeting second-thoughts throughout the book, but she has none of those. She's determined and confident and good at her job, she's just new. So this "development" at the end felt like a curveball intended to soothe the "Alpha male he-man who must protect His Woman" rather than the conclusion to an underlying arc.2. I picked this book up because it was advertised as the first of a new series. It definitely isn't. It may be the first book of this particular "season", but it references entire stories and plots and events that happen in other books. I felt like I picked up the fifth book in a series rather than the first. Again, this is a point that shouldn't reflect on Leigh as an author, but maybe her publishing company that made the advertising decision to claim it as "The first novel in Lora Leigh's brand-new romantic suspense series." It doesn't feel like the first novel at all and so I was really missing out on what I was going for when I picked up the book.
I don't know if this point is why I didn't like it or why I did, but I feel it should be stated: the thread of BDSM in the book is a little weak. Clint's actual relationship with Morganna reads as more of a typical Leigh romance with a dominant male than one further on the BDSM scale. The Dom/sub aspects of the book are more for their undercover operation than what they do in their private life. Considering it wasn't advertised on the book as a BDSM novel, I don't hold this point against it and I rather like the dynamic the two fell in and developed throughout the novel, but it should be pointed out in case people are looking for something further down on the kink spectrum.
Other than that, I enjoyed it. I read it in a day because I could not put it down. The emotions between these two characters carried the book and drove the plot, which is something I love. It's what keeps me enthralled in a novel and it's becoming what has been pushing me towards Leigh's books. She really does a great job of building emotions and emotional tension without toppling the scale.
avid_read's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
booklovinmamas's review
5.0
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I’m going to admit and say I’m a new fan girl of Lora Leigh. I wish I would’ve read her books sooner because I’m officially addicted. I’m in love so far with the Tempting Seals series, but it could because I’m on a military read kick right now and can’t get enough of books like this. Lora Leigh though knows how to suck me into the story…literally. =)
I give this book 5 full moons and highly recommend it to readers out there that enjoy romantic suspense, contemporary romance, Navy Seals, Dom/Sub, and I could go on and on. Let’s say you will not be disappointed.
I’m going to admit and say I’m a new fan girl of Lora Leigh. I wish I would’ve read her books sooner because I’m officially addicted. I’m in love so far with the Tempting Seals series, but it could because I’m on a military read kick right now and can’t get enough of books like this. Lora Leigh though knows how to suck me into the story…literally. =)
I give this book 5 full moons and highly recommend it to readers out there that enjoy romantic suspense, contemporary romance, Navy Seals, Dom/Sub, and I could go on and on. Let’s say you will not be disappointed.
kaziteega's review against another edition
3.0
It was an ok book, originally I thought it was going to be a really good book but it was just ok. There was just too much drama that over took most of the book. I understand people do have issues but when over 90% of the book is about how they can't have something because of "issues" that character has.