BOOK REVIEW- The Duke and the Assassin (The Royal Agents of MI6 Book 1) by Heather Slade

   

An M16 agent falling for the wrong woman.
A Russian with secrets to hide.
And the passion that defies the rules...

THE DUKE
My team. My family. My allegiance. As a duke, the boundaries and loyalties are clear. I may be the Marquess of Wells with a stoic and rigid father on his deathbed, but I have desires and needs that break those boundaries. Falling for an assassin may be an issue. But I haven’t faced a problem yet that I can’t solve—other than assembling a crib.

THE ASSASSIN
Secrets. Lies. Deception. As a Russian assassin, I’m riddled with it all. Now, with a ten-million-dollar bounty on my head, there’s no way I can get out alive. But the irresistible and incorrigible duke thinks otherwise. He wants me in his life, in his arms, and in his bed. There’s no declining the desires of a duke. And quite frankly, I have no intention of denying him anything.  AMAZON LINK

4 STARS

 

The book information drew me in.  And I wasn't disappointed because this was a pretty good story.

I liked both of the main characters who have led and are leading such an interesting life.   Orina (Losha) is still in hiding even from Shiver (Thornton) and has been for quite some time.  But he's good at what he does too so he will find her out.

Even some of the supporting people in the story kept my interested.   And a few of them  are holding some pretty dangerous secrets.  One of the other people that I now would like to read more about is "Pinch". I'll have to follow that up.

I liked Orina's best friend, Zary.  The two "girls" have had each other's backs since their teens right into the present time.     They still have such a strong friendship and loyalty. I enjoyed that.

One thing that I did find a bit uncomfortable was when I realized the story had switched back into Losha and Shiver's past.  It wasn't as smooth as I would have liked.   But thankfully that only happened a couple of times.

There is plenty of dangerous times in the story with it ramping up big time towards the end.  It  finishes with a H.E.A. and a good Epilogue. 

 

   I received a free ARC of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.