BOOK REVIEW- Guardian Ranger: A Special Agent Romantic Suspense (Shadow Agents Book#2) by Cynthia Eden

   

 "Trust me."

The Last Chance bar was Veronica Lane's last hope. Desperate to find her missing brother, the sheltered computer programmer turned to Jasper Adams—the man she'd been warned to stay far away from. Veronica knew she was putting her life in the hands of the former Texas Ranger, who aroused desire she had to resist at all costs.

Posing as a ruthless mercenary was a cover for what Jasper was really doing: hunting a killer. And Veronica was in the line of fire. The soldier-turned-elite-ops-agent knew he was playing a dangerous game—trying to win her trust while deceiving her about his true mission. What would happen once Veronica discovered that everything about him was a lie…everything except his passion for her?

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 4 STARS

This story had good main characters that I really liked a lot  Each had their weaknesses and strengths like most people do. 

 I really felt for Jasper when it comes out in the story that he was never wanted.  Even his mother had run out on him.  

 Veronica was the opposite, she had her protective brother Cale watching out for her. They lost their parents at a fairly young age in a way that still gave Veronica nightmares at times. Cale had  taught her a thing or two on how to protect herself.  She wasn't highly skilled like him but she did have some skills.  My favorite thing was when Cale had told her that people saw her as weak and that she can use that if she needs to.  She might be shy and stammer when nervous around Jasper but she also had a spine of steel.

Plenty of danger in the story.  I didn't even get a suspicion into who the murderer was until about three quarters of the story.   But then I thought, "Nah, couldn't be that person." Guess what? It was that person killing and blowing up stuff.

Everything gets cleared up except who was the person who was behind the whole assignment not just the trigger person. Looks like will go into another story but the main story ends well. 

I liked how it ended and that it included an Epilogue.

I read this book through the HOOPLA Library app.