THE GUARDIAN (The Intelligence Unit 2) by Kimberly Kincaid-Review tour
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date March 9, 2021
Guard against any danger. Especially if it comes from within.
Detective Matteo Garza doesn’t just do the job—he is the job.
He’s learned the hard way that work and pleasure can’t co-exist.
So when his little sister’s best friend accidentally uncovers a money laundering schemeled by one of Remington’s most cold-blooded criminals,Garza vows to keep things strictly business as he keeps her safe.
No matter how much the quirky mathematician makes him feel things best left buried.
No matter how much she makes him want.
Delia Sutton knows she’s not like most people,just like she knows she needs to forget her ages-old crush on Matteoand focus on survival.
But the closer they get, the bolder she becomes—
the more she breaks down his carefully crafted barriers to discover the man beneath.
Danger is closer than either of them could possibly imagine
and no one can be trusted.Delia needs a guardian to fight by her side, and Matteo will do anything to protect her.No matter who the enemy is.
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REVIEW: THE GUARDIAN is the second instalment in Kimberly Kincaid’s contemporary, adult THE INTELLIGENCE UNIT erotic, romantic suspense series-a spin off from the author’s Station Seventeen and Remington Medical series. This is Detective Matteo Garza, and math-whiz Delia Sutton’s story line. THE GUARDIAN can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous instalments or series is revealed where necessary.
Told from several third person perspectives including Delia and Matteo THE GUARDIAN follows the sister’s best friend relationship between Detective Matteo Garza, and math-whiz Delia Sutton. Delia Sutton works in the financial department of the investing firm Cromwell A &M but Delia has discovered a discrepancy in the numbers, and the people in charge do not seem to be concerned about the information she found. An attack against our story line heroine finds Delia talking to the police but more specifically her best friend’s brother Matteo Garza, a man who doesn’t believe Delia’s attack is of significant bother until Delia recognizes one of the men currently under investigation, a man Matteo Garza is hoping to pin down for corruption and fraud. Going undercover at Cromwell A & M, Delia and Matteo battle their attraction to one another until Delia disappears, and Matteo struggles to find the woman with whom he is falling in love. What ensues is the building romance and relationship between Matteo and Delia, and the potential fall-out as Delia becomes fodder in a game of cat and mouse.
Matteo Garza doesn’t do relationships having loved and lost years before. The appearance of his sister’s best friend stirs something deep within our story line hero but Matteo comes across as cold and aloof, ignoring Delia’s concerns and the potential threats against her life. It is only when Delia recognizes a man whom Matteo is investigating does Matteo pull his head out of his ‘proverbial a$$’ becoming both boyfriend and guardian to the woman with whom he will fall in love. Delia Sutton is a whiz with numbers, so much so that she is able to see numbers in colors, and any hint of wrong doing jumps out and stands up. Suspecting the people in charge are laundering money, Delia offers to help the police, placing a larger target on her back.
The relationship between Matteo and Delia is a sister’s best friend romance. Delia has been in love with Matteo for as long as she can remember but our hero has been oblivious to Delia’s attraction until time spend together places our couple together for the long haul. Matteo is a one-night stand kind of guy but one night with Delia isn’t enough for Matteo Garza. The $ex scenes are passionate and intimate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.
There is a large ensemble cast of colorful and energetic secondary and supporting characters including Xander and Tara (The Rookie 1), Isabella and Kellan (Skin Deep-Station 17), and several characters from the author’s interconnected series. We are introduced to FBI agent Kai Roman, and Detective Shawn Maxwell, as well as Delia’s bosses Peyton Willoughby, CEO Kent Cromwell, and mobster Nicky Bianchi.
THE GUARDIAN is a story of betrayal and vengeance, power and control, secrets, lies, friendships and family. The character driven premise is fast paced, realistic and imaginative; the romance is seductive and provocative; the characters are sassy, energetic and edgy. THE GUARDIAN is a gripping story of suspense.
Click HERE for Sandy’s review of book one THE ROOKIE.
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Reviewed by Sandy
Kimberly Kincaid writes contemporary romance that splits the difference between sexy and sweet and hot and edgy romantic suspense. When she’s not sitting cross-legged in an ancient desk chair known as “The Pleather Bomber”, she can be found practicing obscene amounts of yoga, whipping up anything from enchiladas to éclairs in her kitchen, or curled up with her nose in a book. Kimberly is a USA Today best-selling author and a 2016 and 2015 RWA RITA® finalist and 2014 Bookseller’s Best nominee who lives (and writes!) by the mantra that food is love. Kimberly resides in Virginia with her wildly patient husband and their three daughters.
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