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livandherbookbfs's review against another edition
3.0
Overall good, but it's hard for me to get into books that deal with this particular bad guy's main enterprise.
gossamerwingedgazelle's review against another edition
4.0
A perfectly acceptable romance. I didn't adore it, but it wasn't bad at all.
kathydavie's review against another edition
5.0
Third in the Black Ops, Inc. romantic suspense series revolving around the BOIs, a mercenary troupe working way undercover for Uncle Sam. The couple focus is on Johnny Duane Reed and Crystal Debrowski.
Cindy Gerard includes information on learning more about human trafficking and the over 800,000 annual victims it claims at www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking or through the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 888-373-7888.
My Take
Ooof, there's so much action and tension in this story...I almost needed a hot pack for my stressed-out muscles!
Gerard goes all out with her depiction of Yao Long and, unfortunately, it's not that hard to believe that scum like him exists. What's hard is the attitude the BOIs cop about helping to rescue Yao's captives. Yeah, I get that they have to be realistic...and it's damned scary to realize how true to life that attitude must be in the real world. Thankfully, we get the fictional one..!
It's both sad and funny about Johnny's mental state in Whisper No Lies. Typical male, he's terrified of falling in love. It's why he's afraid that's so very sad. I swear...licenses to have children!! Crystal, of course, has her own avoidance issues---Abbie calls it the Debrowski Dodge. I wish Gerard had spent a bit more time making this "dodge" more believable.
Oh, too cute—"Tinkerbell in Terminator mode"! So cute---and lethal---that the BOIs on this op would welcome her aboard.
The Story
Okay, so working casino security is not the same as being on the LVPD, at least Crystal is able to work where she can help people. Unfortunately, with her figure and beauty, Crystal is also at the mercy of clientele who believe that "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas". At least that's what she thought when she's propositioned by Yao Long.
The only thing staying in Vegas is the continuing sabotage that keeps showing up on Crystal's shift. Nor does any of Crystal's training do her much good when she's attacked. It's only the conversation Crystal had with the Langs and Reed about whom she suspects of the damage that will help Crystal escape. Escape her prison, but she refuses to leave Jakarta until her fellow captive is rescued.
And it gets very bad...from being touted as "mercenaries who attacked his business and killed his 'innocent' employees" to terrorists, the BOIs and Crystal are hunted throughout Jakarta by Yao's men, the police, and the army.
The Characters
Crystal Debrowski is Abbie's best friend and she's just been promoted at work to Gaming Manager where she works casino security at the Bali Hai.
Johnny Duane Reed is one of the BOIs, an operative for Black Ops, Inc., and becoming very obsessed with one Crystal Debrowski.
Abbie Hughes Lang is pregnant and married to Sam Lang and living just outside Las Vegas on Sam's family ranch with his father and little Tina, Sam's sister's orphan daughter (Take No Prisoners). Other BOIs include Raphael Mendoza; Luke Colter, a.k.a., Doc Holliday; Wyatt "Papa Bear" Savage; Mean Joe Green; and, their CO, Nathan Black.
Cavanaugh is a CIA contact Savage knows in Jakarta who "talks" a fellow ex-pat, Windle, into helping the fugitives. Anna and Bob Tompkins are the surviving parents of one of the soldiers the BOIs knew before they quit the military. They have adopted the BOIs in their son Bryan's place. Lucky for them as Anna is an attorney with the U.S. Attorney General's office.
Yao Long is one of Crystal's admirers. Unfortunately, he's one who will not take "no" for an answer. And when you consider that he's considered a major player in the white slave business… Wong Li is Yao's assistant. Amazingly, he has a conscience, but it's superseded by his loyalty to Mr. Yao. Dina Stornello and Mary Connors are some of Yao's slaves and Dina is the only reason Black gives the go-ahead.
The Cover
Oooh, pretty light green cover. Oooooohhhh, ever prettier hunk under that transparent green. All those muscles with that close black beard and mustache…
I can't even come up with a guess as to why this title.
Cindy Gerard includes information on learning more about human trafficking and the over 800,000 annual victims it claims at www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking or through the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 888-373-7888.
My Take
Ooof, there's so much action and tension in this story...I almost needed a hot pack for my stressed-out muscles!
Gerard goes all out with her depiction of Yao Long and, unfortunately, it's not that hard to believe that scum like him exists. What's hard is the attitude the BOIs cop about helping to rescue Yao's captives. Yeah, I get that they have to be realistic...and it's damned scary to realize how true to life that attitude must be in the real world. Thankfully, we get the fictional one..!
It's both sad and funny about Johnny's mental state in Whisper No Lies. Typical male, he's terrified of falling in love. It's why he's afraid that's so very sad. I swear...licenses to have children!! Crystal, of course, has her own avoidance issues---Abbie calls it the Debrowski Dodge. I wish Gerard had spent a bit more time making this "dodge" more believable.
Oh, too cute—"Tinkerbell in Terminator mode"! So cute---and lethal---that the BOIs on this op would welcome her aboard.
The Story
Okay, so working casino security is not the same as being on the LVPD, at least Crystal is able to work where she can help people. Unfortunately, with her figure and beauty, Crystal is also at the mercy of clientele who believe that "what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas". At least that's what she thought when she's propositioned by Yao Long.
The only thing staying in Vegas is the continuing sabotage that keeps showing up on Crystal's shift. Nor does any of Crystal's training do her much good when she's attacked. It's only the conversation Crystal had with the Langs and Reed about whom she suspects of the damage that will help Crystal escape. Escape her prison, but she refuses to leave Jakarta until her fellow captive is rescued.
And it gets very bad...from being touted as "mercenaries who attacked his business and killed his 'innocent' employees" to terrorists, the BOIs and Crystal are hunted throughout Jakarta by Yao's men, the police, and the army.
The Characters
Crystal Debrowski is Abbie's best friend and she's just been promoted at work to Gaming Manager where she works casino security at the Bali Hai.
Johnny Duane Reed is one of the BOIs, an operative for Black Ops, Inc., and becoming very obsessed with one Crystal Debrowski.
Abbie Hughes Lang is pregnant and married to Sam Lang and living just outside Las Vegas on Sam's family ranch with his father and little Tina, Sam's sister's orphan daughter (Take No Prisoners). Other BOIs include Raphael Mendoza; Luke Colter, a.k.a., Doc Holliday; Wyatt "Papa Bear" Savage; Mean Joe Green; and, their CO, Nathan Black.
Cavanaugh is a CIA contact Savage knows in Jakarta who "talks" a fellow ex-pat, Windle, into helping the fugitives. Anna and Bob Tompkins are the surviving parents of one of the soldiers the BOIs knew before they quit the military. They have adopted the BOIs in their son Bryan's place. Lucky for them as Anna is an attorney with the U.S. Attorney General's office.
Yao Long is one of Crystal's admirers. Unfortunately, he's one who will not take "no" for an answer. And when you consider that he's considered a major player in the white slave business… Wong Li is Yao's assistant. Amazingly, he has a conscience, but it's superseded by his loyalty to Mr. Yao. Dina Stornello and Mary Connors are some of Yao's slaves and Dina is the only reason Black gives the go-ahead.
The Cover
Oooh, pretty light green cover. Oooooohhhh, ever prettier hunk under that transparent green. All those muscles with that close black beard and mustache…
I can't even come up with a guess as to why this title.
hpitcher15's review against another edition
3.0
good book. i love books that have a military idea to them.
theproficientreviewer's review against another edition
5.0
This has got to be my favorite of the Black Ops series, so far. What a kick-ass heroine!
sbauer378's review against another edition
1.0
Trigger warnings: sexual assault and suicide.
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Pretty much every woman/girl in this book was raped or sexually assaulted. Neither main character was a good person. The hero was a misogynistic pig. The heroine threatened to commit suicide if the hero left her. What a train wreck.
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Pretty much every woman/girl in this book was raped or sexually assaulted. Neither main character was a good person. The hero was a misogynistic pig. The heroine threatened to commit suicide if the hero left her. What a train wreck.
ria_mhrj's review against another edition
3.0
Good romantic suspense is hard to find. You need a strong central pair, a dramatic story that keeps interest but doesn't detract from our heroes, good villains and a belief that when the drama is done and dusted, love will persevere. Because, to quote Annie from Speed, there is always the danger that "relationships that start under intense circumstances, they never last".
And so we come to Whisper No Lies, book 3 in the Black Ops Inc. series. This series offers good romantic suspense and this book was my favourite so far, I loved the story (human TRAFFICKING! So awful, so tense) and Crystal and Johnny were great characters. Yet this book made me realise that whilst I like Black Ops Inc., I just don't think I'm ever going to LOVE Black Ops Inc., which is a real shame, because I felt like Johnny's book should have been the equivalent of a Sam or a Hawke book - one from a great series that I eagerly anticipate and eventually end up exulting above all others. But I just don't think I'm going to remember Whisper No Lies a month from now.
It feels like I bring her up in virtually every genre review these days, but one thing I adore about Kristen Ashley is that characters always come first, and huge amounts of time are dedicated to couples just talking to each other, pushing each other's buttons and getting to common ground. And I really felt like I could have done with more time spent with Crystal and Johnny, being sparky and winding each other up and really getting under the other's skin. Maybe Ms Ashley has ruined me for all other romantic suspense, but I'm going to keep on believing something's out there, waiting to be discovered.
And so we come to Whisper No Lies, book 3 in the Black Ops Inc. series. This series offers good romantic suspense and this book was my favourite so far, I loved the story (human TRAFFICKING! So awful, so tense) and Crystal and Johnny were great characters. Yet this book made me realise that whilst I like Black Ops Inc., I just don't think I'm ever going to LOVE Black Ops Inc., which is a real shame, because I felt like Johnny's book should have been the equivalent of a Sam or a Hawke book - one from a great series that I eagerly anticipate and eventually end up exulting above all others. But I just don't think I'm going to remember Whisper No Lies a month from now.
It feels like I bring her up in virtually every genre review these days, but one thing I adore about Kristen Ashley is that characters always come first, and huge amounts of time are dedicated to couples just talking to each other, pushing each other's buttons and getting to common ground. And I really felt like I could have done with more time spent with Crystal and Johnny, being sparky and winding each other up and really getting under the other's skin. Maybe Ms Ashley has ruined me for all other romantic suspense, but I'm going to keep on believing something's out there, waiting to be discovered.
laneylegz's review against another edition
4.0
Johnny & Crystal's story! Crystal is accused of a crime she didn't commit & is kidnapped by a foreign sex trafficker. Johnny goes in search of her and rescues her but he & the BOI team have to go back to help rescue another trafficking victim. Feelings start getting in the way and the danger escalates for the entire team and Crystal. Working against a sadistic madman pits the team against a formidable opponent who will stop at nothing to get Crystal back. Johnny is caught in between wanting to help Crystal but also keeping his feelings at bay. BOI strategically come up with a plan for an explosive ending.