REVIEW
Phoenix’s Ascent by Winter Austin
Hera Force #2
Excellent second book in a fast-paced action-packed series ~ My interest was caught immediately and held through to the very end.
What I liked:
* The first chapter…wow…definitely caught my attention!
* The Hera Team with three strong women at the core and a few men added in over time
* Nadia “Phoenix” Roth: lethal, assassin, can kill by many methods, fearless, has interesting backstory that is explored in this book, intriguing, dealing with traumatic brain injury (TBI) that can create extra problems for her, has second chance at romance…maybe
* Mitch Edwards: ex-SAS, lethal, on the run, framed for something he didn’t do, worked with Nadia in the past, may get a second chance with Nadia…or not, really like him with and for Nadia
* Seeing how the couple from book one is doing (Jo & Linc)
* Learning more about Jade and her canine partner, Thor
* Seeing who Jade might end up with in her book
* Meeting Matias and his family and wondering what part they will play in the future
* Finding out more about “The Chessmaster”
* That some of the baddies were handily dealt with
* The less fluffy but similar to Charlie’s Angels vibe of the stories
* The twists and turns and forward movement of the story
* Wondering if this will be a trilogy OR if there will be more than three stories for the three women with future missions after they settle in with their partners
* Knowing that there is another book to look forward to
What I didn’t like:
* Exactly who and what I was meant NOT to like…there were some very evil people who did heinous things so…easy to dislike them and want to see the end of each and every one.
* Having to wait for Jade’s story
Did I like this book? Yes
Would I read more in this series? Definitely
Thank you to the author for the ARC – This is my honest review.
5 Stars
BLURB
A maniac developing a fantastical drug wants one more thing to finalize the project—a test subject who fits all the parameters. But that test subject is as elusive as her namesake.
Ex-SAS operative Mitch Edwards has been on the run since the moment he was framed for treason by someone in the British government. But he’s never forgotten the flamboyant and seductive CIA operative with the tongue of a thousand languages. In a bar in Cancun, Mexico, Mitch comes face to face with her once more, and with her comes the full force of her enemies.
Reinstated Hera Force linguist and assassin, Nadia Roth, code named Phoenix, has no memory of Mitch Edwards, or of their affair before her team’s disastrous mission. Her traumatic brain injury is tricky that way. But something about this man sets her on fire and tickles the back of her mind. Her Hera teammates remember him, so why can’t she?
Mitch partners up with Hera, with the sole intent of locating those hell-bent on killing him and all who are associated with him. Yet more is at stake than their lives. A traitor hides among their ranks, one who has been revealing all their secrets to an enemy determined to procure this special drug and Nadia for his scheme.
Hera goes into operation mode, doing what they were created to do, but someone is watching, and the team finds themselves trapped behind enemy lines with no way out.
Will Nadia ever remember the man she once loved, or will they perish with the secret between them?
EXCERPT
http://www.tirgearrpublishing.com/authors/Austin_Winter/phoenixs-ascent.htm
AUTHOR BIO
Winter Austin perpetually answers the question: “were you born in the winter?” with a flat “nope,” but believe her, there is a story behind her name.
A lifelong Mid-West gal with strong ties to the agriculture world, Winter grew up listening to the captivating stories told by relatives around a table or a campfire. As a published author, she learned her glass half-empty personality makes for a perfect suspense/thriller writer. Taking her ability to verbally spin a vivid and detailed story, Winter translated that into writing deadly romantic suspense, mysteries, and thrillers.
When she’s not slaving away at the computer, you can find Winter supporting her daughter in cattle shows, seeing her three sons off into the wide-wide world, loving on her fur babies, prodding her teacher husband, and nagging at her flock of hens to stay in the coop or the dogs will get them.
She is the author of ten novels, with more on the way.
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