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Tempting Danger (Retribution #2) by Katie Reus-a review

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TEMPTING DANGER (Retribution #2) by Katie Reus-a review

Tempting Danger

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ABOUT THE BOOK: RELEASE DATE December 5, 2017

They’re enemies.

Alena Brennan’s relationship with Andre Makarov is… complicated. The casino magnate was a means to an end. Nothing more. At least that was what she tried to tell herself. Then she fell for him. Hard. But he kicked her out of his life when he discovered her lies.

Now she’s pregnant with his baby.

Andre understands why Alena wanted revenge. His father took everything from her, leaving her an orphan at a young age. But Andre still had to cut her out of his life. Now that his father is dead, she’s safe. He should just move on. But when he learns she’s carrying his child, all pretense is gone—he’ll protect Alena whether she likes it or not. She may kick up a fuss, but Andre knows the gorgeous model with a party-girl rep attracts attention…including the dangerous sort.

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REVIEW: TEMPTING DANGER is the second novella in Katie Reus’ contemporary adult RETRIBUTION romantic, suspense series. This is American model Alena Brennan, and casino magnate Andre Makarov’s story line. TEMPTING DANGER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story line is revealed where necessary. Alena and Andre’s story line began in book one-RETRIBUTION.

SOME BACKGROUND: Years earlier Alena and Nika’s parents were murdered by four men from Russia, and in the ensuing time our heroine made it her sole purpose to kill the people responsible including the father of the man with whom she would fall in love.

Told from dual third person perspectives (Alena and Andre) TEMPTING DANGER picks up several months following the events of book one –RETRIBUTION-in which Andre Makarov discovered that everything about the woman with whom he fell in love was a lie. Hoping to end Yasha Mkarov’s life, Alena devised a plan to seduce our story line hero in order to get close to the man who ended her mother’s life. Fast forward four months wherein our heroine, who has been laying low, heads to Florida to visit her sister, only to come face to face with the man that she still loves. Enter Andre Makarov, the man who stole Alena’s heart, but the man Alena destroyed in the process. What ensues is the rebuilding relationship between Alena and Andre as they work together to forge a deeper bond with the impending birth of their unborn child, and the potential fall out when someone from Alena’s past seeks retribution for a perceive sin.

TEMPTING DANGER is a quick read; a second chance romance; a rekindling trope that focuses on forgiveness and understanding; retribution and revenge; falling in love and happily ever after. Nika Brennan and Declan Gallagher (Retribution #1) play secondary and supporting roles as the author revisits some of the events of book one, that will outline the reasons for the breakdown in Andre and Alena’s original relationship. The premise is revealing and entertaining; the characters are colorful and dynamic; the romance is sensual and seductive. There is a minimal amount of story line conflict between our leading couple; Andre easily and readily accepts Alena back into his life, and Alena is willing to acknowledge the potential damage she caused in her need to seek revenge for the death of her beloved parents. Katie Reus continues to pull the reader into story lines that will leave you breathless and wanting more.

Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one-RETRIBUTION

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Reviewed by Sandy

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Retribution by Katie Reus-a review

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RETRIBUTION by Katie Reus-a review

Retribution

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date May 12, 2015

She sees brief glimpses of the future…

Nika and Alena Brennan will do anything to kill a vicious Russian crime boss and they’re using his only son to get to him. Yet when the time comes to execute their plan, psychic Nika hesitates due to an unexpected entanglement with sexy security expert Declan Gallagher. When her sister is kidnapped and all their carefully laid plans go awry, Nika must depend on Declan and her mortal enemy’s son to get her sister back.

He invades her dreams and teases her with sensual pleasures…

As a dream walker, Declan is capable of seeing anyone’s innermost thoughts as they sleep. With Nika, however, he finds himself playing a deadly, seductive game. He knows she’s not who she says she is and he’s determined to find out the real reason she’s in Miami before she gets herself or someone else killed.

Time is running out…

Nika’s window of opportunity is closing to save her sister and find a way to protect their secrets without landing them both in jail. With innocent lives at stake, Nika must decide if the retribution she’s waited a lifetime for is worth losing the man who has won her heart.

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REVIEW: RETRIBUTION is a romantic suspense storyline with a paranormal twist from author Katie Reus. The storyline follows dream walker and former CIA agent Declan Gallagher as he is tasked with uncovering the truth behind two sisters and their involvement in a string of unexplained deaths connected to the Russian crime syndicate.

Told from third person point of view, RETRIBUTION focuses on a vendetta and retribution against a group of men who, twenty years earlier, destroyed Nika and Alena Brennan’s family but the twist comes in the form of psychic Nika Gallagher as she is able to see the future as well as visits ghosts from the past. When Declan contacts Nika in her dreams, she is unaware that the sexy man will become a dangerous part of her future. As Alena sets into motion a deadly plan, Nika will begin to fall in love with the man who has been tasked with stopping the sisters before they can put their plans into motion.

Declan is a dream walker. When a favor is called in from the FBI, Declan must traverse a minefield of information; the possibility of betrayal from one of his own; and falling for a woman he believes is connected to a series of possible murders. The $ex scenes are intimate and provocative but the relationship has been based upon a series of lies of betrayal.

RETRIBUTION is an intense and suspense filled storyline with a large ensemble cast of characters that play secondary and supporting roles throughout the story. WE are introduced to Declan’s telekinetic brother Riley, as well as several members of Declan’s team at Gallagher Security. I am not sure if Katie has plans for additional storylines but there are many more characters waiting for their stories to be told. The requisite evil comes in the form of the man who ordered the hit against Nika and Alena’s parents, and the conundrum focuses on the growing relationship between Alena and the son of the man she is determined to kill.

Katie Reus pulls together a story of drug smuggling, human trafficking, retribution and revenge. As one couple struggles with the possibility of a future another couple will be destroyed by lies and deceit. The premise is intriguing; the characters engaging, believable and realistic; the storyline fast paced, imaginative and dramatic.

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Reviewed by Sandy

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