There are an awful lot of romance books floating around, and it can be hard to find something original to write. I think Harber did a pretty good job with that. Colby Winters is a mercenary, but he’s also… other things you don’t normally find in these books. I have a hard and fast rule against any kind of spoiler in my reviews, so you’re just going to have to trust me on this.
Mia Kensington isn’t your usual too-headstrong-for-her-own-good heroine, either. I liked her, actually. She takes care of herself and she grows. But she’s not stupid and doesn’t put herself into ridiculously dangerous situations just to prove she’s independent. Thank god; I hate those women.
The overall story is pretty good. There’s plenty of action, plenty of decent dialogue, plenty of internal and external conflict, and plenty of lovin’.
I don’t know if this is Harber’s first book or not, but I think it might be. If so, there is plenty of room for improvement in both storytelling and construction. Which is not to say that this book isn’t worth reading, because it is. I hope the next book in the series is better.
Actually, the character I ended up liking best, besides Colby’s mom, is Cash, the star of the next book. Cash is a colleague and friend of Winter’s, and he actually made me laugh. I’m looking forward to Cash’s story, and to what I hope will be an improvement in Harber’s style; she’s good, but she can get better.
Jeffrey Kafer has a good voice and once I got used to the pace of his reading the delivery of the story was good. However, at the begining his voice was a bit confucing and I had to reverse and listen to parts over.