Romance

This latest book in the series is to me more of a character driven story than action and suspense. Now I am not saying there is anything wrong with that because I think it was the best way to write Arizona's story. I think Ms Foster did an outstanding job with Arizona and Spencer's story.

Arizona was sold by her father to a human trafficking ring. She endured many horrors during this time and after months managed to escape only to be caught again and thrown off a bridge to die. She was saved by Jackson who took her in and sent her off to school to try not only giving her an education but also some lessons on how to be a young lady.

In Jackson's book all she wanted was to kill the woman who took her all those years ago. But Spencer had his own plans for revenge as she was also remotely responsible for his wife's death. He was the one to kill her in the end and Arizona felt he robbed her of the revenge that she felt she needed to bring closure to that part of her life.

We find Arizona sitting on Spencer's bed watching him sleep after breaking into his place. She is so full of conflicted emotions. It’s her birthday and she is physically 21 but we the reader can see that in some ways she is very much older than that and in others can see that she still has all the insecure thinking of a young lady with the added confusion on relationships and sex of someone that was sexual abused.

She has come to Spence because she thinks she has found another human trafficking ring and she wants Spence to be her back up. This is a huge step for Arizona to ask for help and to even share her feelings.

Spencer struggles with his feelings for Arizona. One the one hand he finds her extremely attractive but he also knows she is 11 years younger than him and he still thinks he isn’t over his wife. But he also knows that she doesn’t give trust easy and she always seems to have her nose in trouble and needs someone watching her back.

From here we get to watch as Spence tries to get Arizona comfortable with intimacy but always with the understanding that he was not the long term man for her. It was very amusing to watch Spence squirm with the sex questions Arizona would ask - she is very blunt and to the point :)

It was a great emotion journey we took with Arizona as she faced alot of her fears not only in having sex with Spence but also with the team and their wives on building a family bond.


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wow ! This book was engaging & captivating! love the symbolism of two broken people healing old wounds & falling in love at the same time! ( )

Spencer Lark already knows too many secrets about Arizona Storm, including the nightmare she survived and her resulting trust issues. But in order to expose a smuggling ring—and continue avenging his own tragic past—the bounty hunter reluctantly agrees to make Arizona a decoy. Yet nothing has equipped him for her hypnotic blend of fragility and bravery, or for the protective instincts she stirs in him.

Arizona wants to reclaim her life, which means acting as bait to lure the enemy into a trap. Sure it's dangerous, especially with a partner as distractingly appealing as Spencer. But as their plan—and their chemistry—shifts into high gear, Arizona may discover there's an even greater risk in surrendering her heart to a hero….

Spencer Lark already knows too many secrets about Arizona Storm, including the nightmare she survived. Now in order to expose a smuggling ring, the bounty hunter reluctantly agrees to make Arizona a decoy. Arizona wants to reclaim her life and this is the way she needs to do it.

Arizona is a complex character and I love her. She is so strong in her planning to take down human traffickers but so unsure of her feelings about love. Spencer is a strong man in belief and feeling, but is also struggling with his feelings towards Arizona. My favorite scene in the whole book is Arizona’s birthday party, where Chris, in giving her a gift that is truly her, shows everyone else that they need to stop trying to change her.

A great book, a must read 8 out of 10. ( )

Another good story... I don't really think some of that stuff would have really went down that way, though... pretty sure everyone would be dead instead, but it's fiction, so why not? I liked Arizona. Nice to see a ballsy heroine now and then. Every once in a while, I remembered that she was so young and he... wasn't... yeah, she was mature and had been through hell, but in many ways she still acted like a VERY young girl.

I'm looking forward to Chris and Matt (at least, I hope the story is about Matt!). ( )