Shattered Duty by Katie Reus

Shattered Duty (Deadly Ops, #3)

by Katie Reus

A new novel from the author of Bound to Danger who “has the amazing ability of pulling the reader onto the front lines of the action and drama.” (The Reading Café)

When his wife was murdered two years ago, Special Agent Levi Lazaro turned his back on everything he cared about. Ever since, he has thought of nothing but vengeance. Now he's finally uncovered the identities of those who killed his wife—and he's ready to destroy them at any cost. He won’t let anything stand in his way—not even a beautiful NSA agent on a mission of her own.

Special Agent Selene Wolfe prides herself on being the best. Her fearlessness and quick-thinking make her the perfect person to take down a deadly terrorist cell. But she needs Levi’s help, and the moment he shows up, Selene knows her objectivity—and her heart—are in trouble.

As the two strike an uneasy alliance, Levi finds himself tormented by his desire for Selene—a feeling he thought long dead. But when their mission takes an unexpected turn, he finds himself at a crossroads. Can he put aside his need for revenge to save the woman who’s reawakened his soul?

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This story has been teased for the last two books. Levi Lazaro was a top agent for the NSA until he wife was murdered. After that he dropped off the radar with only one thought -- to find the men who killed his wife and make them pay. This was a thrilling tale of a man who allows need for revenge gets derailed for a woman who makes him feel for the first time since his wife died.

Levi Lazaro is finally closing in on the man who ordered his wife's murder. It has taken him two years and he needs his contact to make an introduction to Tasev, an arms dealer and skin trader who was supposedly dead for the last two years. Levi still has no idea what could have possibly put Meghan on this man's radar making him torture, rape and murder Levi's very pregnant wife.

Levi isn't the only one looking for an introduction to Tasev, he might not recognize the beauty before him, but he knows the name she is introduced to him as that of an undercover NSA agent. Levi isn't going to let his old boss get in the way now that he's finally close to getting his revenge. Selene knows what Levi has been going through, but she can't let her sympathy interfere with hundred of thousands of lives at stake. Tasev is planning on releasing a toxin into the water supply and Selene and her team need to find Tasev and his scientist before that happens.

But Selene isn't entirely heartless, and she owes it to Levi and to Meghan to help if she can. Having an experience agent like Levi to protect her back could just work to her benefit and if she can complete her mission and help Levi get his revenge, it's a win-win all around. She just has to figure out if she can trust the rogue agent not to ditch her at the first opportunity. But can she trust her own judgment in this case? Is Levi really ready to give up his revenge for the greater good or is her lust for the heartbroken Levi doing all the talking?

THOUGHTS:
We have been watching out for the tortured rogue agent for several books. We know that he isn't so focused on his revenge that he reached out to his former boss in the last book to warn them about a potential bombing target, even though letting them know he was in Miami could have started a manhunt for the rogue agent. His need to protect is too ingrained to let innocent people die. So it is not entirely shocking that he agrees to help and push aside his revenge to protect Selene.

Levi has an instant attraction to Selene. I liked the fact that Levi acknowledges that something is different about her that he has felt something for the first time in two years. There was no drama and self flagellation that he was betraying his dead wife's memory by being attracted to Selene. There was no jumping her and then blaming her for making him forget Meghan. Selene knew Meghan and she allows Levi to talk about his wife which he hadn't been able to do since she died and he acknowledged that there was something special about his attraction to her.

This was a great addition to the series and I'm looking forward to the next story.

Received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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