Cale's book! Cale was awesome in the previous two books and he was awesome in this. I loved that he was willing to go toe to toe with Mercer to protect Cassidy. And Cassidy was another badass heroine. She's got a wicked left hook and likes to conceal a weapon - knife/gun, etc and is willing to use them. I liked that when she's kidnapped in the van she saves herself. None of this waiting for a man. Just point, shoot and jump from the moving vehicle. I felt sorry for her though, she's clearly led a hard lonely life.

The villain was predictable but most villains are once you've read a hundred or so of these sorts of books. I would've liked to know more about why they did what they did though, it was kind of skint on details for that.

The romance wasn't as developed (it was pretty instalove) but I enjoyed the chemistry between Cale and Cassidy. There definitely wasn't as much investigating in this one but there was lots of action and drama. Overall, fun entertaining read, 4 stars. ( )

All the right ingredients where here but it just wasnt as strong as the previous books.

Cale Lane was once suspected of being a killer of EOD agents when it was found out he was being framed. This was from the 2nd book in the series. Since then the anticipation of waiting for his story was even more exciting when it was told who his heroine was going to be at the end of the third book. Mercer is the boss of all the EOD agents and when he puts Cale in charge of keeping Cassidy Sherridan safe in Rio you know there has to be a connection between Mercer and Cassidy and boy was there. With the complexities of all three characters I felt there should have been a more in depth look at each of their histories to see how they all got to this point in there lives. We are given enough to get the jest but it was all so rushed - everything felt rushed in this book - the romance, the conflict, the telling of Mercer's tragic past.

I was happy to get to know more about Mercer and how that all tied into the main plot of this book but was left feeling a little unsatisfied by the end of the book. Hopefully this was just a one off and the next book in the series will get back to the exciting action series it is. ( )

Cale has been assigned to keep Cassidy safe. He has been given no other information about why he is babysitting this party girl. When armed men attempt to take her Cale steps in and keeps her out of their hands. Her actions make him think there's more to her than he had been led to believe. Meanwhile, Cassidy is furious with Cale since she had set herself up as bait so she could stop the man who has been kidnapping and killing her friends. Cale quickly realizes that Cassidy is determined to find and rescue her friend. He is impressed by her capabilities and disobeys orders to help her do so. He is also determined to discover just what it is she is hiding. He is stunned when he finds out what it is.



Cassidy has been protected all her life. She hasn't had many close friendships and those that she had are suddenly disappearing to death. She is determined to find out who is doing it and has set herself up as bait. I really liked her determination. She also had some pretty good skills that had come in handy over the past few years as she would elude her bodyguards. I loved the way that she was surprised by Cale's ability to anticipate her actions. One thing she hadn't expected was her attraction to Cale. I really liked the way that she refused to be separated from him for any reason. Her feelings for him grew rapidly. Even when others were telling her that he wasn't good for her she refused to accept it. I thought that her focus on her investigation made her take some unnecessary risks at times but it all certainly worked out.

Cale is new to the EOD team. He had been the focus of an attempted frame up in an earlier book. Now he puts everything he has into every mission. This one has him puzzled. He has been assigned to protect Cassidy but hasn't been told why or from what. I loved his reaction when she tried to chase him off. After the scene in the ballroom he realizes that she has secrets and he won't be satisfied until he knows what they are. I liked the way that he agreed with her that her friend had to be rescued and how he and the team disobeyed orders to get it done. The events after they returned to DC and he found out who she was just made him more determined to protect her. He was also fighting his growing feelings for her, feeling that with his past he was no good for her. He also quickly discovered that he didn't care about that, nothing was going to keep him from protecting her. It was very tricky trying to do so with the bad guys still after her and also some other manipulations coming from his boss. His part in the final confrontation was very intense and nerve-wracking. Loved the epilogue.



The suspense part of the book is very good as the attempts on Cassidy continued. The perpetrator was pretty well hidden for me until close to the end when I had my "aha!" moment. I found Mercer's actions at the end pretty interesting. I hope that Drew will get a story - he seems to be in need of the hassles the right woman can bring him. ( )

In Eden’s romantic suspense novel, as an agent Cale Lane has his orders: keep Cassidy Sheridan alive. When the party girl is stormed by six armed assassins, Cale is left to wonder who would send such an army to take out one woman. Suddenly his mission changes to something more urgent: discover just what secrets Cassidy is hiding. Cassidy isn’t interested in a bodyguard—she only wants to use herself as bait to uncover the ring abducting wealthy women before murdering them. With Cale hanging on her every move, Cassidy succumbs to the reality that she must put her life, her mission, and her heart in his hands.

A strong addition to the Shadow Agents series. ( )