Fatal Fallout (Crimson Point Protectors 7) by Kaylea Cross-review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 30, 2023

When the past isn’t really dead and buried…

After a lifetime of constant danger as an assassin, Ivy is finally safe to step out of the shadows. She’s even considering allowing a man into her life—a sexy former intelligence agent who makes her want more than she’s ever dared hope for. Except he doesn’t know the truth about her past—or what she’s done. She owes him and wants to wipe her slate clean once and for all. But when a past threat suddenly resurfaces, it puts countless lives at stake and threatens to destroy everything she’s built.

No one is safe.

Walker has zero regrets about leaving his intelligence career years ago to take care of his family, but a recent terrorist attack at home thrusts him back into the action. Now recent bombings in the UK all point to one of his former assets—who was supposed to be long dead. Once again he finds himself teamed up with Ivy, the unforgettable and mysterious operative he’s undeniably attracted to. She awakens something inside him he thought was gone forever. But as hot as the unexpected fire burns between them, he knows she’s holding something back. Something big. Even so, he has no choice except to trust her—because they’re running out of time to stop a madman bent on exacting vengeance. And this time, it’s personal.

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REVIEW:FATAL FALLOUT is the seventh instalment in Kaylea Cross’ contemporary, adult CRIMSON POINT PROTECTORS romantic, suspense series- a spin off from the author’s Crimson Point Series. This is former CIA agent Tobias Walker, and assassin Ivy Johnson’s story line. FATAL FALLOUT is a cross over story line with the author’s VENGEANCE series, a series focusing on an elite, all-female group of trained assassins and specialists.

Told from several omniscient third person perspectives FATAL FALLOUT follows in the wake of the return of a man long thought to be dead. Isaac Grey was believed to have died in a fire in Russia, with both Walker and Ivy believing they were responsible for the death. When a series of bombings and kidnappings link back to a dead man, Walker finds himself heading to the UK, in an effort to work with a woman he never met. Enter Ivy Johnson, one of the former Valkyrie assassins, and the woman with whom Walker will all in love. As the threats in the UK become a reality, the threats back in the US become personal for our story line hero. Working side by side is a struggle for Ivy, having issues of trust for as long as she can remember but when the truth about the past is revealed, Ivy hopes Walker will forgive her, for the sins of the past. What ensues is the building relationship between Ivy and Walker, and the potential fall-out as our couple are targeted, in a game of revenge.

Ivy Johnson has never known love until she met the sisters of the Valkyrie program. Having been hurt and left for dead in the past, Ivy battles between head and heart to reveal the entirety of her life to the man with whom she is falling in love. Walker is a man determined to take down Isaac Grey before he destroys everyone Walker loves but Grey is two steps ahead of those desperate to take him down, two steps that threaten the lives of everyone involved.

The relationship between Walker and Ivy is one of immediate attraction. Walker has heard about Ivy for close to a year but meeting Ivy gives Walker a hope for a second chance having already lost the first woman he loved. Working together brings Ivy and Walker up close and personal but a perceived betrayal pushes Walker out of Ivy’s life. The $ex scenes are limited but passionate.

The secondary and supporting characters include a cameo for all of Ivy’s Valkyrie sisters including the more intricate involvement of Kiyomi and her boyfriend Marcus; Crimson Point security specialist Donovan Myers, and Walker’s step daughter Shae. We are introduced to former SAS Agent Warwick James.The requisite evil is someone both Ivy and Walker had long thought dead. Warwick’s story line is next.

FATAL FALLOUT is a story of vengeance and power, desperation and determination, forgiveness and love. The fast paced premise is exciting and entertaining; the romance is seductive; the characters are strong-willed and dynamic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Falling Hard
Cornered
Sudden Impact
Unsanctioned
Protective Impulse
Final Shot

Copy supplied for review

Reviewed by Sandy

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylea Cross writes edge-of-your-seat military romantic suspense. Her work has won many awards and has been nominated for both the Daphne du Maurier and the National Readers’ Choice Awards. A Registered Massage Therapist by trade, Kaylea is also an avid gardener, artist, Civil War buff, Special Ops aficionado, belly dance enthusiast and former nationally-carded softball pitcher. She lives in Vancouver, BC with her husband and family.

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