Code Name: Pisces (Zodiac Tactical 4) by Janie Crouch-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 16, 2022

My code name is Pisces. The stars say I’m independent, wise, and intuitive.

Still waters run deep.

I’m the leader of Zodiac Tactical’s guardian unit. We’re the bodyguards—the ones who stand toe to toe with danger and refuse to give any ground. We protect people who need it most.

But what if who needs it most is a spoiled diva?

I don’t normally take on movie stars. I don’t have time for the drama nor their self-centered lifestyle. If they don’t take their safety seriously, how can I?

But there’s something different about Alyse Peterson. On the outside America’s Glamor Princess is everything I want to avoid. But behind her perfect smile and sapphire eyes is a heartbreak she’s hiding from everyone.

She has secrets. And a stalker willing to kill to get to them.

My code name is Pisces. And anybody who want to get to her, will have to go through me

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REVIEW: CODE NAME:PISCES is the fourth instalment in Janie Crouch’s contemporary, adult ZODIAC TACTICAL romantic suspense series-a spin off from the author’s LINEAR TACTICAL series. This is team leader and former US Navy SEAL Tristan ‘Pisces’ Zimmerman, and Hollywood actress Alyse Peterson. CODE NAME: PISCES can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information form the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from dual first person perspectives (Alyse and Tristan) CODE NAME: PISCES follows in the wake of an apparent stalker threatening our story line heroine. Alyse Peterson lost her parents the year before, and in the ensuing months Alyse would be besieged with a series of threatening emails and texts. Worried for his client’s safety, Alyse’s longtime manager Jared Darenzo would call in the team at Zodiac Tactical, a team who once worked for our heroine’s father. Enter team leader Tristan Zimmerman, and the man with whom Alyse would fall in love. What ensues is the protection of our story line heroine, as the team at Zodiac Tactical struggle to uncover the identity of the person threatening the Hollywood star.

Alyse Peterson’s reputation as ‘America’s Glamor Princess’ precedes her introduction to Tristan Zimmerman but like everything else in Hollywood, Alyse’s public persona is a well-rehearsed act, an act she struggles to undo at home. Battling between head and heart when Tristan suggests the team remain at her residence, Alyse is about to realize the reality of her situation when Tristan is targeted, as well.

The relationship between Tristan and Alyse begins acrimoniously. Alyse doesn’t believe she needs in-house security but more so because she prefers to hide the painful truth about the real woman behind the Hollywood star. Tristan knows immediately that the beautiful woman is hiding a secret, secrets of which he knows only too well. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include Alyse’s manager Jared Darenzo, as well as the return of Omega Sector special task force specialist Callum Webb, Mark ‘Outlaw’ Outlawson, ZT Guardian Unit member Isaac Baxter, tech expert Nathaniel ‘Nate’ Grubber, as well as the cameo appearances of Tristan’s brother Gavin, Zodiac Tactical founder Ian DeRose, Baby Bollinger, and Kendrick ‘Blaze’ Foster.

CODE NAME: PISCES is a story of obsession, vengeance, power and control; attraction, fear, desperation and love. The fast paced, character driven premise is intriguing, exciting and dramatic; the characters are determined, desperate and dynamic; the romance is seductive and intense.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Code Name: Aries
Code Name:Virgo
Code Name: Libra

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Reviewed by Sandy

USA TODAY bestselling author Janie Crouch writes what she loves to read: passionate romantic suspense. She is a winner and/or finalist of multiple romance literary awards including the Golden Quill Award for Best Romantic Suspense, the National Reader’s Choice Award, and the coveted RITA© Award by the Romance Writers of America.

Janie recently relocated with her husband and their four teenagers to Germany (due to her husband’s job as support for the U.S. Military), after living in Virginia for nearly 20 years. When she’s not listening to the voices in her head (and even when she is), she enjoys engaging in all sorts of crazy adventures (200-mile relay races; Ironman Triathlons, treks to Mt. Everest Base Camp) traveling, and movies of all kinds.

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