MINE TO PROTECT (Mine #6) by Cynthia Eden-a review

Mine to Protect

ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date December 15, 2015

He agreed to protect her…not love her.

Victor Monroe left behind a brutal past when he decided to become an FBI Agent. He knows that other agents think he’s too cold, that he has ice in his veins, but he doesn’t care what folks say about him. He gets the job done–always. No matter the cost.

Then he’s blackmailed into guarding…her.

Zoe Peters, ex-showgirl, daughter of a mob boss and drug dealer, a witness who wants to vanish. Zoe is wild, beautiful, and on far too many hit lists. It’s now Victor’s job to keep her safe–a job that Zoe makes damn difficult. But keeping her alive is his mission. It’s supposed to be strictly professional between them. Just another case. Only…

He never counted on falling for her.

Zoe is not the woman he expected. She isn’t cold or hard. She lights up the room when she walks into it, and despite the hell surrounding her, Zoe is good. Probably too good for Victor because Zoe doesn’t know about the secret deal that Victor worked out with her father. Zoe doesn’t know that Victor intended to use her for information and then turn her over to waiting operatives.

Desire wasn’t supposed to enter the equation. The white-hot lust he feels for Zoe should have never threatened Victor’s legendary self-control. But she’s under his skin…melting his ice…getting to him… Soon Victor doesn’t care about the law or about the lines he has to cross for Zoe. She is his priority. Victor will not rest until every threat to her has been eliminated. And then…

Zoe will be his.

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REVIEW: MINE TO PROTECT is the sixth instalment in Cynthia Eden’s contemporary, adult MINE romantic suspense series. This is FBI agent Victor Monroe, and former Vegas showgirl and mob daughter Zoe Peters’s storyline. MINE TO PROTECT can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from several third person perspectives, MINE TO PROTECT focuses on the protection of Zoe Peters. Zoe is the daughter of a powerful and infamous mob boss-a man who continues to control his empire behind bars-but a man who is willing to kill anyone who stands in his way. When a two million dollar hit is taken out on Zoe’s life, the FBI try to stay one step ahead of the people gunning for Zoe’s life-enter Victor Monroe-the FBI agent assigned to Zoe’s protection and the man who is willing to give up everything to protect the woman with whom he is falling in love. There is only one issue standing between Victor and Zoe’s protection-Victor needs some information from Zoe and the only way he can make her talk is to ensure she trusts him with her body and her heart.

We are reintroduced to Elizabeth and Saxon Black (Mine to Have #5), as well as Jasmine and Drake Archer (Mine to Hold #4). Victor’s connection to each of these couples is paramount to the storyline premise.

The relationship between Victor and Zoe has been building for several months while Victor is entrusted with Zoe’s protection. But Zoe is a woman determined to find her missing friend, and with it comes the probability that the people hunting Zoe will find our heroine before she has a chance to discover the whereabouts of her only friend.

MINE TO PROTECT is a story of mystery and suspense; romance and love; betrayal and heartbreak. Zoe is a strong female character but her need to strike out on her own places her in several dangerous situations. Victor is a man with many secrets; some of these secrets he would die to protect and Zoe pushes all of Victor’s buttons-both good and bad; protective and alpha.

Cynthia Eden writes another entertaining, action packed story of intrigue and suspense. The $ex scenes are seductive and intimate. The characters are likeable, intense and colourful; the happily ever after finds our couple starting a new life with the possibility of a future together.

Reviewed by Sandy