** Book Review- The Payback (Team Zulu Series, #2) by Julie Weaver

 

 

General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers | Romance  

Three years ago, the Mafia murdered my first love and shattered my chance of happiness. I won’t stop searching for the gunman until justice is served, even if every step toward the killer is a step into the gaping jaws of Philly’s notorious underworld.

If only the new guy in my building, AKA Mr. Tall, Dark, and Annoyingly Alpha, would leave me and my secrets alone. My body might want him, but my head knows better. I’ve lost too much to risk giving my heart away again, especially to someone as deliciously tempting as Brandon Lewis.

When the Mob catches on to my revenge plans and delivers a deadly ultimatum, my persistent new neighbor discovers we share a common enemy. Brandon might be an incredibly skilled hacker, but why isn’t he scared of taking on the most dangerous men in the city? And how does a computer geek get the body of a warrior, bullet scars and all?

Teaming up with the fierce, overprotective man next door becomes a proposition too appealing to resist. Except the more I get to know Brandon, the more I realize he’s the last person I could let pay for my foolish mistakes. If it happened again, neither of us would survive.

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4 STARS

 I was quick to pick up this book because I had read a different book by this author and loved it. 

This book was one that took a while to pull me in.  It took a while before things really took off.  It had good main characters with snarky  Sage and more to him than you think, Brandon. The things that came out of her mouth were direct, sarcastic and often funny.  Her BFF Lettie was a tiny dynamo  who was also fierce in a different way but funny just the same. Wait, maybe they weren't so different because they both said whatever came to mind.  I did get a kick out of Lettie not using Brandon's name but instead addressed him as Muscles. 

When the action starts up its full guns ahead, totally unpredictable with a good explosive ending.   

 

“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book via Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”