“When elite members of the military are murdered on the streets of Washington, DC, FBI Special Agent Bailey Ryan and NCIS Special Agent Marco Agostini must work together to bring the perpetrator to justice. Unfortunately, all evidence points to a Navy SEAL sniper whom Bailey refuses to believe is guilty.
When Bailey and Marco start to connect the dots between the victims, including a link to a powerful defense contractor, they wonder if there's a deeper cover-up at play. Then Bailey is targeted, and it becomes clear that someone is willing to kill to keep their dark secrets.
With the stakes getting higher by the moment in a twisted conspiracy, there's a rush against the clock to determine whom they can really trust. As allies turn to enemies, the biggest secret yet to be uncovered could be the end of all of them.”
Series: Book #1 in the “Capital Intrigue” trilogy.
Spiritual Content- Prayers; Talks about God, trusting Him, having a faith, & seeing others’ faiths; 'H's are capital when referring to God; Lexi doesn’t consider herself a religious person (she goes to church on holidays) but prays for God’s help when something happens; When Bailey says she’s praying, someone else says that her God isn’t going to help her; Mentions of God & having a faith; Mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of churches, church going, & services; A few mentions of thanking God; A couple mentions of an eternity that awaits;
*Note: A mention of a man’s eyes being like “the devil himself”.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dumb’, a ‘shut up’, a ‘tick [someone] off’, two ‘stupid’s, three ‘heck’s, and six forms of ‘idiot’; A mention of a name for a situation that a man won’t say in front of a woman; Eye rolling; Shooting to kill (self-defense, barely-above-not-detailed); An explosion/bomb, Being choked, Being held at gunpoint, Fighting back, Being robbed, A car crash, Passing out, Injuries, & Pain (up to semi-detailed); Seeing others shot & killed (barely-above-not-detailed); Lying (for the sake of the mission and getting information); All about many mentions of murders, bodies, the killers/possible serial killer, how the murders happened, & someone being framed (border-line barely-above-not-detailed // semi-detailed); Mentions of a murder disguised as a suicide (including others saying the person wasn’t suicidal, the barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of terrorism & terrorists; Mentions of the deaths/murders of military men (stateside and abroad, barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of being held at gunpoint, gunfire, being shot at, being shot, shooting to kill (self-defense), seeing others shot, injuries, blood/bleeding, & passing out (border-line barely-above-not-detailed // semi-detailed); Mentions of autopsies & a morgue (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of car crash, injuries, & passing out (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of fights/fighting (self-defense) & weapons (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of a bomb & explosion; Mentions of crimes, organized crime groups, jail/prions, & arrests; Mentions of robberies, thefts, & injuries (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of gambling & other vices and addictions; Mentions of rumors (including one of a man being a killer for hire/assassin); Mentions of someone struggling with PTSD & some believing he’s a murderer; Mentions of a bar fight/brawl that happened because a man riled another man that he’ll ask out his ex-wife; Mentions of lies & lying; Mentions of nightmares (including a woman’s sexual assault, no details); A few mentions of a car accident & deaths (Bailey’s parents); A few mentions of a father dying in the line of duty (police officer); A few mentions of threats; A few mentions of a divorce (due to the husband’s stressful job, they still loved each other); A couple mentions of torture; A couple mentions of a sniper taking a lot of lives in his career & having PTSD from it; A couple mentions of there being “plenty of whackjobs” that would want to kill a Navy SEAL; A couple mentions of throwing up; A mention of men that torture and kill for a living (assassins); A mention of the death penalty; A mention of a thug; A mention of drugs;
*Note: Bailey is afraid to start caring about someone only to possibly lose them, so she found the best way to protect herself was by not letting a man near her heart; A mention of eating crow; A mention of a car brand.
Sexual Content- A hand kiss, an almost (semi-detailed) kiss, five barely-above-not-detailed kisses, and two semi-detailed kisses; Remembering a kiss (barely-above-not-detailed); Talking about an almost kiss & their feelings for each other (barely-above-not-detailed); Wanting to kiss/to be kissed & embrace (up to semi-detailed); Touches, Embraces, Hand holding, Nearness, Shivers, & Sparks/Flutters (barely-above-not-detailed); Blushes; Noticing (barely-above-not-detailed); A young woman tells someone about the time she was assaulted (all that’s said is that he put his hands all over her and she says that it would have been worse she if hadn’t fought him off; it was someone in a higher position at her work and the person she tells says it wasn’t her fault, *Spoiler* This happened to Izzy and the person she told says something that caused the man to retire early *End of Spoiler*); Mentions of boyfriends, girlfriends, dates, dating, & exes; Mentions of flirting & crushes; A few mentions of an almost kiss & kissing; A few mentions of thinking a guy is a player or ladies’ man; A couple mentions of a guy going home alone after a date (and not with his date); A couple mentions of a boyfriend cheating; A couple mentions of jealousy; A mention of a wink (unwanted and uncomfortable); Love, being in love, falling in love, & the emotions (technically for four different people in three different relationships);
*Note: Lexi calls Marco “Marco the Alpha Male” (once); Mentions of it being hard to be a woman in certain fields; A mention of a blond bombshell.
-Bailey Ryan
-Marco Agostini, age 31
P.O.V. switches between them, Izzy, & Lexi
312 pages
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My personal Rating-
Besides a Love Inspired Suspense book by this author, you could technically count this one as my first (full-length) book by this author. So, like always, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but since I enjoy the Christian Suspense genre, I wanted to try out a few of her books to form an opinion.
The back-cover blurb of this story didn’t interest me a lot, but the first page pulled me into the story with Bailey have a late dinner with her friends, one who is undercover with the CIA. I really enjoy books with friendships in them, so I decided to read this book. I’m glad to see that the next books will be about her friends and plan on reading them.
I thought all the different agency parts were fascinating and I liked the team that was formed. I think I cared more for Izzy, though, than Bailey or Marco. Which is my personal negative with the story, that Bailey and Marco’s romantic relationship and a lot of their dialogue felt so forced. A lot of their conversations and falling in love parts felt flat to me. I struggled to not roll my eyes at certain parts, but I will give credit to the author that it didn’t have the typically Romantic Suspense cliches and she added in little details that made the book have a different feel compared to the majority of the other books I’ve read in this genre. I liked that and could see her background of being an attorney within the story.
I was pleasantly surprised by how clean this was in the sense of the suspense elements—particularly the murders and bodies. There was very little descriptions of those parts of the story and the book was able to be suspenseful without being over-the-top with the details of the dead bodies or blood. Those that don’t care for those elements of a suspense novel, but like the suspense part, might enjoy this book because of that.
Overall? Not bad, personally. It was much cleaner than I expected (for this genre) and the plot-line kept me engaged.
See y’all on Friday with a new review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
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