Former career military officer, Miranda Soto's first mission for the Civilian Personnel Recovery Unit is her first love, Glenn Danning. After being tortured for months, Glenn escapes captivity and is on his way out of Venezuela, when Miranda finds him, but now they are both in the jungle and as suspected spies, are on the run from the military police. Their time together rekindles their attraction for one another, but secrets from their past threaten to derail their budding relationship.

Forced Disappearance contains both strengths and weaknesses as a romantic suspense novel. It is tricky to balance romance and realism during a run through the jungle, and there are some aspects in this book that are not plausible. Due to the length of the novel, chunks seem glossed over or left out all together, causing unnatural time jumps, and the character development is thin. However, the torture scenes at the beginning are engrossing, and the ending of the book is very sweet. Overall, Forced Disappearance is a good introduction to the Civilian Personnel Recovery Unit series, but with more length, it could have been outstanding. ( )

I thoroughly enjoyed this from beginning to end. There were plenty of twist and turns and surprises throughout the story that mainly takes place in the Venezuelan jungle.

The two main characters started out as brainiacs at MIT. Even their first foray into sex was done more as a scientific experimentation. They were best friends and lovers until she left him for the military.

Ten years later finds Miranda Soto a shell of the person she used to be from many losses in her life but yet also a tough, trained warrior. After being discharged she is given the job of joining a new government group that rescues civilians. Her first assignment is an American that went missing in Venezuela who so happens to be her ex-boyfriend from MIT, Glenn Danning.

Glenn Danning came from a wealthy family and he now runs his family’s business. He was taken while on business in Venezuela and is being tortured for being a spy. Glenn has changed a lot himself during the 10 years, he’s not the nerdy looking geek anymore but a buffed up man with a high IQ. He uses two things to get him through his torture – humor and thinking about his first love, Miranda.

The story moves along at a pretty fast pace. We bounce back and forth between Miranda trying to find him and Glenn escaping on his own before they finally meet up. But things don’t end there. Soon they are both on the run for their lives and it was interesting having the woman be the more experienced in the situation they were in but Glenn’s sense of chivalry of wanting to be the man and protect Miranda kept getting in the way.

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My first time reading a Dana Marton story, but it certainly won't be the last one I read. This book has mystery, suspense, romance and a happy ending. Exactly what I usually look for in my books. I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. ( )

This is a gripping action-packed tale featuring Miranda, a personnel recovery agent who is trying to locate a man who has disappeared in Venezuela, and turns out to have been captured and tortured by a Venezuelan military faction. The fact that she was once in love with him adds an interesting perspective to the story. Miranda is a likeable and admirable character, who is not only fighting to rescue this man, but is also fighting to come to terms with her own troubled past. I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish – well done! ( )