Review: Wild Card by Lora Leigh

Wild Card

by Lora Leigh

(Elite Ops # 1)

First things first, yes you probably know already how I feel about the new cover of this book.  If you didn't read our cover post earlier this week, you can find it here.

The Elite Ops series is a spin off of Lora Leigh's Tempting Seals, however if you didn't read that series you can still enjoy WILD CARD.  That's actually how I originally read it although now I do recommend that people read the series in order since the story about the hero of this book (Nathan Malone) starts in the previous series and you would know why he is in the situation he finds himself at the beginning of this book.

In the previous series they were trying to bring down a drug lord and Nathan had actually been captured and drugged with a new substance that made him extremely horny to the point of pain and forced to be with women.  He was tortured to horrible extents.  He was put through hell.

His team finally gets to rescue him after a long time of this and they can't believe he's alive.  He was actually declared dead, they had a funeral, his wife mourned him.  Now that he's back, even though with a new face, he wants his wife back but he is a changed man.  The love between Nathan and Bella is a thing of beauty.  It was strong even after death, even after torture.

When Nathan comes back in his wife's life he does so as Noah Blake, mechanic.  Noah is the man Nathan thought he could never be.  He's dangerous, a bad boy, lethal where Nathan was sweet and tender.  And even though I love both sides of him, I do have a thing for Noah.  Sex on the desk at Bella's office?  HOT.  Sex on the floor by the fire?  SCORCHING!  Noah was Nathan's opportunity to truly express his desires, even some light BDSM and plenty of dirty talking, that he was always too scared of showing.

There is still danger, action and mystery but WILD CARD is above all a beautiful love story of two people that can love each other through the hardest obstacles and overcome them.  This is probably one of Lora Leigh's best romantic suspense books.   And of course, a perfect introduction to the Elite Ops series!

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Review: Live Wire by Lora Leigh

Jordan Malone.... What else do I have to say? LOL I've waited so long to read his story!!!!

He is the hard-ass, pain-in-the-ass, commander of the Elite Ops. He's always prided himself of not falling in love, not letting a woman become more important to him than a mission. But we've all seen that throughout the years, he's always had a soft spot for Tehya, fiery redhead, maybe a few years too young for him, but someone who has already been through too much in her life, and is now only looking for love.

The story starts off with the ending of the Elite Ops, all the original guys are being sent home, and a new unit will be taking their place.  And that means Tehya has to start a new life, under a new identity, away from everything and everyone that she has known for so many years, and away from the one man she's always wanted.

This book had just the right amount of suspense and action, there was always something happening and I was pleasantly surprised to see a setup for the next series and the new group of Elite Ops being incorporated into this book.

Now... about Jordan and Tehya.... these 2 did not disappoint me! They got hot and sweaty *wink* in the living room, in the bedroom, on a chair, on the kitchen counter, on top of a conference table, in the back of a limo, just ..... WOW!  Maybe  I'm biased because I've always liked him.
Jordan was a bit too much of an ass-alpha-male, but nothing as close as what I was expecting from seeing him throughout the series, so I found him actually endearing :) Tehya did show a side I wasn't expecting, she was very vulnerable, maybe after too many years of rejection, and she didn't have that spark she's showed throughout the series. I was really missing that, more of her snarky personality.

I was happy to also see updates on the families of all previous members of the Elite Ops and from the Tempting Seals series as well, it gave it an air of finality.  But they were all incorporated very well into the story.

So, I'm sad that's it's over, but it was fun!  And I'm looking forward to Lora Leigh's next Romantic Suspense.