"Former Navy SEAL Ian Dunn has been tasked by a mysterious government agency with rescuing two kidnapped children believed to have been taken prisoner in a South American embassy. Leading the mission alongside Phoebe Kruger, the new hire at the prestigious law firm where Dunn is a longtime client, Dunn will embark on a race against time while simultaneously dealing with an equally pressing danger -- he's being hunted by the mob for a job gone bust. In the midst of all this, Phoebe gets sucked deeper and deeper into Dunn's clandestine world, and Dunn faces some surprises of his own as he slowly becomes aware of Phoebe's sharp intelligence, keen sense of humor and generous heart--things he's been missing all his life"--
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While I still like Suzanne Brockmann's writing, this spin-off of the Troubleshooter series wasn't quite up to par compared to the previous books by her I have read.
Although I liked Phoebe as a heroine, she sometimes did acted terribly, predictably stupid, and I somehow didn't like Ian all that much as a hero and his brother more often than not came across as a spoiled brat with a massive chip on his shoulder (and I felt Shelly would be better off without him. :-p).
I would have liked to read more about Martell (I guess we will, this is another series, after all...), and while I loved Jules and his love story in the Troubleshooter series, I would have liked Aaron's story better if it hadn't been delivered quite as heavy-handed and preachy (and if he hadn't been quite as prickish...).
Overall not bad, an entertaining read with some laugh-out-loud moments, but I'm not sure I'm going to continue reading this series.
