Killer Looks / Killer Instincts (Assassins in Love .5 & 1) by Tawna Fenske-Review Tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 7 2022.
He’s a hired gun. A hardened killer. So how’d he end up bottle-feeding lambs for his best friend’s sister?
Dante didn’t set out to deceive. His favor for a pal in prison got him this farmhand job, and Jen needs help guarding more than her blueberries. Someone’s set on hurting her, and he’ll make damn sure they don’t. She can’t know who sent him or why he’s handier with a handgun than a hoe. But none of that matters more than keeping Jen safe.
To save the girl, he’ll have to pair old skills with new. A princess tea party and an old-fashioned gunfight? Why not. Grape stomping and grenades? Sign him up.
But as the enemy closes in, there’s one skill Dante finds he doesn’t have: The strength to walk away when the job is done.
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REVIEW:KILLER INSTINCTS is the first instalment in Tawna Fenske’s contemporary, adult ASSASSINS IN LOVE erotic, romantic suspense series. This is assassin for hire Dante Goodman and twenty-six year old, vintner Jennifer Bello’s story line.
NOTE: For fans of Tawna Fenske, there is a slight cross over with the author’s PONDEROSA RESORT series.This is NOT a rom-com…there is nothing funny or humorous in the premise. Some of the retailers have titled this story as a rom-com.
Told from dual third person perspectives (Dante and Jen) KILLER INSTINCTS follows the building romance and relationship between assassin for hire Dante Goodman and twenty-six year old, vintner Jennifer Bello. Jennifer Bello needs to hire a handyman, a farmhand to help with the upkeep at the family owned winery but her ex-fiance is demanding his share of the profits and the business. Enter Dante Goodman, a mysterious stranger whom our heroine believes is her new employee but the man with whom Jennifer will fall in love. Unaware of Dante’s real reasons for working on the farm, Jennifer finds herself on the defensive when she is targeted by three potential enemies including a hotel chain hoping Jennifer sells. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Jennifer and Dante, and the potential fall-out as the threats against our heroine become personal, and the truth about Dante’s identity is revealed.
Dante Goodman is an assassin for hire but our hero also works security and safety. As a favor to Matteo Bello, currently in prison for a crime he did not commit, Dante agrees to ‘keep an eye’ on Matteo’s sister, knowing that to cross the invisible line could be the end of a possible friendship. Jennifer Bello is struggling to make ends meet, and the threats from her former fiance are only adding fuel to the fire. With the help of Dante Goodman, Jennifer puts a plan into place to help save the winery never realizing the real enemy is but a smile away.
The relationship between Dante and Jen is one of immediate attraction; a forced proximity/forbidden relationship in which Dante wants what he cannot have, and Jennifer struggles in the face of secrets and lies. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
We are introduced, via phone, to Jennifer’s brother and Dante’s friend Matteo, their sister Nicole, as well as Dr. Sebastian LaDouceur-Dante and Matteo’s comrade in arms; and Jennifer’s ex Johnny and his fiance Penelope.
KILLER INSTINCTS is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and vengeance, money and power, acceptance and love. The premise is captivating and intriguing; the romance is seductive; the characters are energetic, charismatic and strong.
NOTE: There is a FREE prequel novella KILLER LOOKS (see below) : Amazon / Amazon CA / B&N / KOBO. / Google Play
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Reviewed By Sandy
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KILLER LOOKS
(Assassins in Love .5)
by Tawna Fenske
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 14, 2022
They’re hitmen. Trained assassins. If they nail this job, there’s a payoff. Possibly cookies.
But first, the bad stuff. Dante’s done with hitman life, but there’s one last job to do. A favor to the Duke of Dovlano targeting brutal gun runners. Dante calls on comrades, Matteo—brilliant, brooding, lethal—and charming Sebastian “The Dentist” LaDouceur. Each has skills he’s honed to take out threats at all costs. They’ve also got soft spots for family, lost loves, baby farm animals, and iambic pentameter.
But when the job falls apart, their carefully laid plans go up in smoke. Can three killers with a conscience stick together, or is it every man for himself?
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REVIEW: KILLER LOOKS is the prequel novella in Tawna Fenske’s contemporary, adult ASSASSINS IN LOVE romantic suspense series. KILLER LOOKS introduces three black op assassins-Dante, Dr. Sebastian LaDouceur, and Matteo Bello.
NOTE: This is NOT a rom-com…there is nothing funny or humorous in the premise. Some of the retailers have titled this story as a rom-com.
Told from three first person perspectives (Dante, Sebastian and Matteo) KILLER LOOKS follows our trio in Seattle, as they work together to take down a a group of gun runners but a dirty cop, and a rogue agent threaten the success of their mission. A call from Sebastian’s father sends Dr. LaCouceur back home; a cop on the take sets up Matteo for a take down; and Dante is asked to protect Matteo’s sisters Jennifer and Nicole.
KILLER LOOKS is a fast paced, quick look that introduces the ‘heroes’ and villains in Tawna Fenske’s ASSASSINS IN LOVE series. The author reveals some of the background and history of each character, setting up a suspenseful story and their own happily ever after. The premise is intriguing and swift; the characters are energetic and strong. KILLER LOOKS ends on a cliff hanger-you have been warned.
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When Tawna Fenske finished her English lit degree at 22, she celebrated by filling a giant trash bag full of romance novels and dragging it everywhere until she’d read them all. Now she’s a RITA Award finalist, USA Today bestselling author who writes humorous fiction, risqué romance, and heartwarming love stories with a quirky twist. Publishers Weekly has praised Tawna’s offbeat romances with multiple starred reviews and noted, “There’s something wonderfully relaxing about being immersed in a story filled with over-the-top characters in undeniably relatable situations. Heartache and humor go hand in hand.”
Tawna lives in Bend, Oregon, with her husband, step-kids, and a menagerie of ill-behaved pets. She loves hiking, snowshoeing, standup paddleboarding, and inventing excuses to sip wine on her back porch. She can peel a banana with her toes and loses an average of twenty pairs of eyeglasses per year. To find out more about Tawna and her books, visit www.tawnafenske.com.
