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Miami, Mistletoe and Murder (Red Stone Security #4) by Katie Reus

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Miami, Mistletoe and Murder (Red Stone Security #4) by Katie Reus

MIAMI, MISTLETOE and MURDER (Red Stone Security #4) by Katie Reus

MIAMI, MISTLETOE and MURDER is the 4th storyline (October 31, 2012 release) in Katie Reus’s Red Stone Security contemporary romance mystery series focusing on the men who work for Red Stone Security in Miami Florida. This is Travis and Noel’s story.

Travis Sanchez is a former marine currently on paid vacation from Red Stone Security where he just completed a rough assignment. A quiet man, Travis hides behind the façade of several tattoos and body piercings. And Travis has only one woman on his mind-Noel Baskov. Noel is the owner of the local coffee house that Travis has frequented for over a year. And it has taken Travis some time to get up the nerve to ask Noel out. But on this day, Travis will find Noel worried about a young girl whose mother is being harassed by an ex-boyfriend.

When Travis and Noel arrive, they will soon discover that the ex-boyfriend is armed and to protect Alisa and her young daughter, Travis will have to make a split second decision to save innocent lives. But Noel and Travis will soon discover that not only was the ex-boyfriend looking for revenge, but someone else is now hoping to make trouble for Alisa and the man who saved her life. And to do that, he will go through Noel to exact his revenge.

Travis is the quiet hero who is reluctant to make waves or involve anyone in his private affairs. Two deployments overseas have forced Travis to take a long hard look at what he wants and he wants Noel. When the couple are finally able to have some time alone, Travis’s seduction of Noel on a park side bench is amazing. You could almost feel the electricity and stomach curling sensation. For any man to pull off that feat under the blanket (in public) all I can say is—swooooon much !!!

Most of the action takes place the week before Christmas, and like many novellas, the relationship is very quick to develop. Travis and Noel had been dancing around each other for close to a year and when Travis is ready to take the next step he will find himself both guardian and protector to the woman with whom he was falling in love.

MIAMI, MISTLETOE and MURDER is a fantastic storyline with some mystery, seduction and one hell of an amazing bedroom sequence where we discover the use of one particular body piercing for Travis and Noel. Everyone needs to find their own Travis Sanchez-even if for only one night !!!!!

READING ORDER and links to our reviews
1.   No One To Trust
2.   Danger Next Door
3.   Fatal Deception
4.   Miami, Mistletoe and Murder

LINKS TO ORDER:   Amazon/ Barnes and Noble / KOBO

Reviewed by Sandy

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FATAL DECEPTION (Red Stone Security #3) by Katie Reus – a review

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FATAL DECEPTION (Red Stone Security  #3) by Katie Reus- a review

FATAL DECEPTION is the third e-novella  (October 3, 2012 release) in Katie Reus’s romantic suspense Red Stone Security series.  Katie has written this series so that each storyline can be read as a stand alone or as part of the whole.  Red Stone Security is a high tech firm owned and operated by the Caldwell family.  Each son is a former CIA, Navy Seal or Special Forces agent who will eventually need his training when the love of his life faces danger and death.  Fatal Deception is Harrison and Mara’s story.

Harrison and Mara’s relationship is already established so there is no character development.  They are married and we are not privy to their courtship or how they met.  Harrison is a dominant alpha male who requires submission in the bedroom and the only thing they seem to have in common is great sex. Both use sex to detract the other from problems or stress.  Mara, on the other hand, is slowly pulling away from her Harrison and he fears that she is either going to run or is having an affair with another man.  The couple’s relationship developed quickly and they were married within a short period of time and Harrison finally realizes he doesn’t know his wife as well as he should.  Mara is hiding something about her past and it has finally caught up with her life.

Mara’s love for Harrison is never questioned.  But she isn’t the woman that Harrison thinks he married.  She has a past that has resurfaced and has placed everyone she loves, including her new family, in danger.  Hoping to spare their lives, Mara embarks on a series of covert missions to put distance between the Caldwell family and her former life.  But when Mara is involved in a traffic collision she knows it is time to reveal the truth.  The hidden cache of arms in the trunk could land everyone in prison and end the relationship with man that she loves.  And everything will begin to crash around Mara when a co-worker is abducted and Mara is the only person who is able to negotiate her freedom-for a price.

FATAL DECEPTION takes a bit of a different path than Katie’s other Red Stone Security storylines.  There is no angst or buildup of the relationship.  We do not get any of the intimate details of their courtship or even the how and why’s of Harrison’s involvement with Red Stone Security or his former life.  In fact, there is very little of the Red Stone storyline except for a brief appearance of the brothers and their mates as it involves Mara and her past.  Fatal Deception is Mara’s story more than a story about the couple.  Yes, the sex scenes are hot, but that is basically the only interaction we see between the couple until Mara reveals the truth behind her ‘deception’.  Perhaps that is why I did not feel a connection to this couple, because they did not feel a connection to each other.

READING ORDER
1. No One To Touch
2. Danger Next Door
3. Fatal Deception

LINKS TO ORDER

Amazon Kindle
B&N Nook
KOBO

Reviewed by Sandy

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