COLD DECEIT (Cold Justice : Most Wanted 2) by Toni Anderson-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 20, 2022

When forensic anthropologist Zoe Miller stumbles across a murder victim in the blisteringly hostile Sonoran Desert, she triggers a chain of events that puts her in the crosshairs of a ruthless killer.

FBI HRT operator Seth Hopper is on secret assignment near the Mexican border when he suddenly finds himself on a rescue mission. The former Navy SEAL is ordered to protect Zoe, whether she likes it or not, which sets them off on a cross-country journey back to Virginia.

Zoe has good reason not to trust a man like Seth, but there is no denying the scorching heat that flares between them, hotter than the desert sun. Can Zoe find justice for the murdered woman? Or will the killers close in to destroy them both…

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REVIEW: COLD DECEIT is the second instalment in Toni Anderson’s contemporary adult COLD JUSTICE: MOST WANTED romantic suspense series- a spin off from the author’s COLD JUSTICE series. This is former US Navy SEAL turned FBI HRT operator Seth Hopper, and forensic anthropologist Dr Zoe Miller’s story line . COLD DECEIT can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary.

WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise,there may be triggers for more sensitive readers.

Told from several third person perspectives including Seth and Zoe, COLD DECEIT follows in the wake of the discovery of a body in the Sonoran Desert. Zoe and her team of forensic anthropologist were on a recovery mission to locate and repatriate illegal immigrants believed to have died in the Sonoran Desert but Zoe and her team stumbled across a a fresh corpse, a corpse whose identity was about to push Zoe and her team into the Mexican Cartel. Enter FBI operator Seth Hopper, the man with whom Zoe would fall in love. On maneuvers in the desert, searching for drug smugglers in the Arizona desert, Seth and his fellow FBI Operators would find themselves rescuing a group caught in the web of the Mexican Cartel, a group whose leader is the daughter of the American VP. Falling for Zoe was never the intention but acting as Zoe’s body guard and protector meant plenty of one on one time with the woman with whom Seth would fall in love. What ensues is the building but forbidden relationship between Seth and Zoe, and the potential fall-out as the Mexican Cartel has set their sights on our story line heroine.

Zoe Miller is an independant, strong willed young woman who has refused the assistance of her mother’s Secret Service but Zoe never expected to come face to face with the Mexican Cartel, having found herself the victim of an abduction and death threat. Seth Hopper knew that to fall for Zoe could mean the end of his career as an FBI Operator but Seth’s only concern was the protection of the woman with whom he was falling in love.

The relationship between Zoe and Seth is one of immediate attraction having briefly met under different circumstances the night before. With a target on her back, Zoe is in no position to refuse Seth’s help but Zoe was something more from our story line hero. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate and intense without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text.

We are introduced to Zoe’s anthropological team (Karina,James and Fred), her ex boyfriend and USSS agent Colm Jacobs, as well as several of Seth’s team members including JJ Hersh, Meghan Donelly, and Ryan Sullivan. The requisite evil has many faces.

COLD DECEIT is a story of power and control, death and destruction, desperation and mistakes, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise is intriguing and captivating; the romance is seductive and proactive; the characters are energetic, determined and dynamic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Cold and Deadly
Colder Than Sin
Cold Wicked Lies
Cold Cruel Kiss
Cold as Ice

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one COLD SILENCE

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

He placed a large palm over her forehead and she squinted up at him from under her lashes. 

He had the most perfect symmetrical features—strong jawline, high cheek bones, a full lower lip. And those eyes…which veered in color from a pale olive-green to light brown and were probably technically hazel. They looked way prettier than any other hazel eyes she’d ever seen. 

An unwanted quiver of awareness shot down her spine at the reminder of how attractive she’d thought he was when she’d first seen him at the motel about a thousand years ago. But, right now, he was examining her more like he thought she was a recalcitrant little kid with a fever.

Toni Anderson is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, RITA® finalist, science nerd, professional tourist, dog lover, gardener, mom. Originally from a small town in England, Toni studied Marine Biology at University of Liverpool (B.Sc.) and University of St. Andrews (Ph.D.) with the intention she’d never be far from the ocean. Well, that plan backfired and she ended up in the Canadian prairies with her biology professor husband, two kids, a rescue dog, and a laid-back leopard gecko.

Toni started writing while pregnant with her first child and never stopped. Her greatest achievements are mastering the Tokyo subway, climbing Ben Lomond, snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, and surviving fourteen Winnipeg winters (fingers crossed). She loves to travel for research purposes and was lucky enough to visit the Strategic Information and Operations Center inside FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 2016, and she also got to shove another car off the road during pursuit training at the Writer’s Police Academy in Wisconsin. Watch out world!

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