Series:
South Beach Security (Book 1)
Each brush with death
Makes their shared desire harder to ignore
Detective Roni Lopez has been keeping a secret from
Detective Trey Gonzalez her whole life. When his partner is gunned down in a
Miami Beach nightclub, she has a new secret to keep. Trey can't know that she's
working for Internal Affairs -- just like he can't know that she's always loved
him. But when their lives are on the line, she has to make some tough choices
about what really matters…
Good book that starts with a rush and keeps up the intensity
to the very end. As the book opened, we had three Miami cops undercover at a
Miami club. Trey and his partner Doug were there watching for drug activity and
trying to contact their confidential informants. Roni is there investigating
the disappearance of two young college women. Things begin to go sideways when
Roni witnesses Doug talking to her suspect, and he is later killed under suspicious
circumstances.
Trey received a tip from his CI about women being
trafficked, so he and Doug went to check it out. Trey felt something strange
was happening, and Doug's actions added to that feeling. In the ensuing
shootout, Doug was killed, and Trey was injured. While in the hospital, Trey discovers
that Internal Affairs is investigating Doug.
Roni, who is best friends with Trey's sister and has been
friends with the family for years, is asked to help IA with their
investigation. The thought makes her uncomfortable, but she agrees, mainly to ensure
they don't suspect Trey. Telling him is not an option, but keeping it secret
eats at her because she had a crush on him as a teen, and those feelings have
grown in the years since then.
I liked watching the development of the relationship between
Trey and Roni. Trey had always looked at her as his little sister's friend, but
that had changed since the shooting. He's a little freaked out by his sudden
attraction to her and does his best to keep it under wraps. When Trey asks Roni
to help investigate Doug's death, she's happy to help. This throws them
together, and it isn't long before the sparks between them grow stronger. I
liked how Trey was protective of Roni while still respecting her abilities as a
cop. But their budding relationship hits a bump in the road when Trey learns of
Roni's work with IA, and he wonders if he can trust her. I ached for them both
as they faced this issue. I liked seeing them overcome this obstacle and
realize the importance of their feelings. I loved the role reversal at the end.
The suspense of the story kept me hooked from start to
finish. I could feel Trey's anguish at Doug's death and his rock-solid belief
that Doug was innocent of any wrongdoing. As he and Roni began investigating,
they quickly realized they didn't know who they could trust. The deeper they
dug, the more complex the case became. Dead witnesses, a growing number of
suspects, and attacks meant to stop their investigation kept me glued to the
pages as the book progressed. An unexpected twist sent the investigation in a
slightly different direction, and a nail-biting confrontation brought it to a
fantastic conclusion.
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