ENTWINED WITH YOU (Stark Security 11) by J. Kenner -review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date August 24, 2023

Braxton Reed has reinvented himself, first burying his past as a con man and thief in order to join the FBI, and now working for Stark Security. But he can’t forget the years he spent with the love of his life, Sabrina. A vibrant woman with a mind as keen as his own, she was killed during a job gone bad, leaving Brax afraid to love again and determined to turn his life around. He’s on the right side of the law now, but when Sabrina’s sister, Samantha, walks into his life, the past comes rushing back.

Samantha is about to pull the biggest heist of her life, but she can’t manage it without Brax’s help. What she doesn’t know—and what Brax can’t tell her—is that Stark Security has been hired to protect the same treasure. And there is no way he’s letting Sam steal it, no matter how hard he’s begun to fall for her. But it’s not just the treasure that Samantha wants. She wants Brax, too. Because there’s one more secret that she knows and he doesn’t, and it’s a secret that will change everything.

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REVIEW: ENTWINED WITH YOU is the eleventh instalment in J. Kenner’s contemporary, adult STARK SECURITY romantic suspense series set in the author’s interconnected Stark worlds. This is SSA Agent Braxton Reed’s story line. ENTWINED WITH YOU can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from first person (Samantha) and third person Braxton ENTWINED WITH YOU focuses on the protection of a group of diamonds known as the ‘sisters’. Fifteen years ago, Braxton Reed aka Brent Travers was part of an organization that set about to steal the ‘sisters’ but an explosion killed the woman he loved, leaving Brent struggling with the guilt. Fast forward to present day, Braxton Reed, former FBI Agent turned SSA Agent is tasked with protecting the very diamonds he once coveted for himself but Brax will quickly discover that all is not as it appears to be, and the people in charge at Stark Security know exactly what is happening and why.

ENTWINED WITH YOU is a story of secrets and lies; double agents, government black ops and rogue agencies all battling for control. The past will return; Brax will be pulled into another disastrous assignment, and the revelations will reveal that no one can be trusted including the people you love. The premise is intriguing and complex- the numerous double agents/double identities/ double plot lines is often confusing. The good guys are bad, the bad guys are good, and only the people at Stark Security are wholly aware about the truth of the matter. The secondary and supporting characters include several cameos from the Stark Security Agents, as well as a rogue group of operatives determined to take control.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Shadows of You (1.5)
Shattered with You
Broken with You
Ruined With You
Wrecked with You
Destroyed with You
Memories of You (5.5)
Ravaged with You
Hidden With You
Charmed with You
Tangled With You

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Reviewed by Sandy

J. Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres.

Though known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit.

JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for them.” A five time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy). Her Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series (as Julie Kenner) is currently in development with AwesomenessTV/Awestruck.

Her books have sold over three million copies and are published in over twenty languages.

In her previous career as an attorney, JK worked as a clerk on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and practiced primarily civil, entertainment and First Amendment litigation in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, as well as in Austin, Texas. She currently lives in Central Texas, with her husband, two daughters, and two rather spastic cats.

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