The Renegade (The Intelligence Unit) by Kimberly Kincaid-a review

The Renegade (The Intelligence Unit) by Kimberly Kincaid-a review

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date April 7, 2023

He’s a younger man. An ex-Marine with a traumatic past. And he wants only one thing.
Her.

The last thing Jo Rossi expects when she goes to Remington for a make-or-break audition is to end up meeting an ex-Marine who’s more than half a decade younger than her and hotter than a freaking supernova.

And wait. Is he flirting with her?

The one and only time Jo has ever acted on impulse, she ended up with a surprise baby and a career she had to put on hold for six years. She needs to play it safe. Smart. And she definitely needs to not have a wild, impulsive, no-strings-attached fling so far from home.

Except Sawyer Knox is definitely flirting with her. And the more she gets to know him, the harder it is to resist…

Sawyer learned the hard way how short life can be. So when he sees Jo at the end of his bar, with her sassy smile and her mile-long legs, hell yes he flirts with her. He just didn’t mean to have a scorching-hot fling with her. Or to spend so much time with her after that.

He definitely didn’t mean to fall for her so fast or so hard.

Sawyer wants her. He wants it all. But Jo has to decide—can she risk her heart and go from fling to forever?

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REVIEW: T HE RENEGADE is the fifth instalment and stand alone in Kimberly Kincaid’s contemporary, adult THE INTELLIGENCE UNIT erotic, romance series a spin off from the author’s Station Seventeen and Remington Medical series. This is bartender and former US Marine, twenty-six year old Sawyer Knox, and thirty-two year old, drama teacher/actress and single mother Jo Rossi’s story line. THE RENEGADE can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Jo is Frankie’s sister THE GRIFTER #3.

NOTE: The Renegade book five was released (out of order) after book six THE SAINT.

Told from dual omniscient third person perspectives (Jo and Sawyer) THE RENEGADE follows the quick building romance and relationship between bartender and former US Marine, twenty-six year old Sawyer Knox, and thirty-two year old, drama teacher/actress and single mother Jo Rossi. Jo Rossi is an actress, and her surprise pregnancy six years earlier meant the acting jobs were few and far between. Now divorced, Jo has an audition in Remington, where she will meet former US Marine and bartender Sawyer Knox, a man who stirs something deep within our story line heroine. Sawyer is several years younger than Josephine ‘Jo’ Rossi but watching from the sidelines, struggling with the ongoing affects of injuries suffered on his last tour of duty, pushed Sawyer to reconsider his own future, going forward. What ensues is the quick building romance and relationship between Sawyer and Jo, and the potential fall-out as Jo’s time in Remington comes to a close.

The relationship between Jo and Sawyer is one of immediate attraction but Jo struggles with their age difference and the possibility of a short-term affair. Sawyer Knox continues to do battle with issues of PTSD and the fall-out of a traumatic brain injury from an IED explosion that killed all of his friends and fellow teammates. Meeting Jo Rossi gave Sawyer hope for the future, hope that may be cut short with Jo’s prior commitments. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters are energetic and familiar: Shawn and Frankie; Detective Isabella Walker, Detective Addison Hale, Detective Matteo Garza, Liam Hollister, Sawyer’s boss Kennedy, as well as Jo’s ex husband Derek, and their daughter Makayla.

THE RENEGADE is a quick read; a stand alone story of love and acceptance for two of the series secondary characters. The fast paced premise is captivating- the conflict is limited to personal choices and family commitments; the romance is seductive; the characters are fun and flirty.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
1.The Rookie
2.The Guardian
3.The Grifter
4.The Rogue
6.The Saint

Copy supplied for review

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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The Saint (Intelligence Unit 5) by Kimberly Kincaid-review tour

The Saint (Intelligence Unit 5) by Kimberly Kincaid-review tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 18, 2022

His partner’s most trusted informant is his only hope…and his only weakness.

When Detective Liam Hollister is assigned to an assault-turned-murder, he brings his signature three “C”s: control, calm, and composure. The “C” he wasn’t counting on? His partner’s informant, Carmen Desoto, who’s not only the key to unlocking his case.

The sexy, sharp-tongued nurse is the only person who’s ever gotten under Liam’s skin. Driven him crazy.

Made him want the one thing he can’t have.

And now they have to go undercover together to catch a killer.

Liam knows he must keep Carmen at a distance, no matter how hard it is to resist. But when the scheme they uncover puts them directly in danger, distance isn’t an option.

They’ll have to fight together if they want to make it out alive.

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REVIEW: THE SAINT is the fifth instalment in in Kimberly Kincaid’s contemporary adult THE INTELLIGENCE UNIT erotic, romance series focusing on the men and women who work as first responders for the Remington Fire and Police. -a spin off from her Station Seventeen and Remington Medical series. This is police detective/undercover unit Liam Hollister, and registered emergency nurse Carmen DeSoto’s story line. THE SAINT can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. Carmen was first introduced in the prequel novella THE ROOKIE.

Told from third person perspective THE SAINT follows in the wake of the murder of a possible drug dealer. Nurse Carmen DeSoto is a recovering addict whose ex-boyfriend got her hooked on drugs, and pimped her out for money and fun. Currently Carmen is working as a nurse at a local clinic, as well as Detective Isabella Walker’s confidential informant, a position that is about to place our heroine front and center in an insurance fraud scheme. Carmen is being blackmailed by some powerful people, and with Detective Liam Hollister by her side, our couple will go undercover in an effort to reveal the who, what and why. What ensues is the building relationship between Carmen and Liam, and the potential fall-out as demons from the past threaten our story line couple.

Liam Hollister is the odd man out. He is the last of his crew to have yet to find love but his attraction to Detective Isabella Walker’s CI is visceral and intense but Liam’s past is about to make his life more complicated and uncomfortable.

Hollister’s attraction to Carmen DeSoto is immediate and intense but Carmen is the police department CI, and she continues to struggle with what happened years before. Working together to take down a large insurance fraud operation finds our couple pushed together by outside sources. The $ex scenes are passionate and seductive without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

There is a large ensemble cast of secondary and supporting characters including many of the previous story line couples-Isabella and Kellan, Garza and Delia, Maxwell and Frankie, Hale and Dempsey, Detective Shaw Maxwell, James Capelli, Sargent Sam Sinclair; FBI Agent Kai Roman; drug addicts, Carmen’s bosses Connor and Harlow, who make Carmen an offer she cannot refuse, as well as Dr, Miranda Astor, her husband Royce Gannon, and Liam’s brother Jamie, and their father Daniel McGee. Several characters cross over from the author’s Station Seventeen and the Remington Medical Series.

THE SAINT is a story of secrets and lies, betrayal and obsession, power, greed and control, manipulation blackmail, acceptance and love. The fast paced premise intriguing and compelling; the romance is captivating and intense; the characters are numerous, charismatic, and energetic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
The Rookie
The Guardian
The Grifter
The Rogue

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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.

Connect with Kimberly

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The Grifter (Intelligence Unit 3) by Kimberly Kincaid-Review Tour

The Grifter (Intelligence Unit 3) by Kimberly Kincaid-Review Tour

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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date October 19, 2021

Only one person has ever rocked Detective Shawn Maxwell’s titanium composure.Francesca Rossi, his ex-partner.His ex-everything.

He hasn’t seen Frankie since she left him eight years ago and now he has to work with her on an undercover case that could break them both.

But when Shawn’s world is turned upside down by the news that he has a three-year-old daughter,Frankie stuns him by being an unlikely ally.

The more they’re together, the more the walls between them begin to crumble and the less he can resist the fierce, beautiful woman he fell for.But their past comes with wounds that run deep and the present holds danger neither of them see coming.

Until suddenly, they aren’t just fighting for love.They’re fighting for their lives

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REVIEW:THE GRIFTER is the third instalment in Kimberly Kincaid’s contemporary, adult THE INTELLIGENCE UNIT erotic, romantic suspense series-a spin off from her Station Seventeen and Remington Medical series. This is police detectives/undercover unit Shawn Maxwell, and Frankie Rossi. THE GRIFTER can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary.

Told from third person perspective THE GRIFTER follows the second chance romance and relationship between former partners and lovers police detectives/undercover unit Shawn Maxwell, and Frankie Rossi. Eight years earlier a domestic call landed Detective Frankie Rossi in six months of recovery and rehab following a knife stabbing incident. Having partnered with Shawn Maxwell for close to two years, their personal relationship was about to implode, wherein Shawn filed for a transfer. Fast forward to present day, and Frankie’s ongoing narcotics case has brought her face to face with her former love, working together to take down a known drug kingpin. What ensues is the rebuilding romance and relationship between Shawn and Frankie, and the potential fall-out when their identities are discovered, and our couple are targeted.

Frankie Rossi struggled in the months following the knife attack including the ‘loss’ of the man that she loved but working together brought up too many memories, memories of which Shawn battled to control. Shawn’s past is about to upend his present, and with it, Frankie must decide where in Shawn’s life she belongs.

The relationship between Frankie and Shawn is one of second chances; a rekindling romance wherein eight years apart did nothing to contain their palpable sexual attraction. Shawn continues to struggle with his feelings and emotions, and in this, changes in his life are about to take hold. The $ex scenes are intimate, passionate, and intense without the use of over the top, sexually graphic language and text.

The secondary and supporting characters include Detective Isabella Walker, Shawn’s new partner Addison Hale; Detective Matteo Garza; tech and surveillance expert James Capelli, and Sargeant Sam Sinclair. The requisite evil has many faces.

THE GRIFTER is a story of an undercover and takedown, betrayal, vengeance, friendships, relationships and rekindling love. The fast paced premise is intriguing, engaging and entertaining; the romance is captivating and impassioned; the characters are dynamic and charismatic.

Reading Order and Previous Reviews
The Rookie
The Guardian

Copy supplied for review

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.

Connect with Kimberly

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