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Under Fire Kindle Edition

by Rita Henuber (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Coast Guard helicopter pilot Olivia Carver is on a very personal mission. Her twin brother, an undercover officer, was murdered by a drug cartel and she won't stop until she finds the man responsible for his death.

In the course of her own investigation, Olivia meets informant Rico Cortes. He's mysterious and sexy and despite her reservations, the two share a night of passion. But Rico turns out to be more than a one-night stand. He's a DEA agent, deep undercover in Miami's drug world, and possibly the one man who can help Olivia find the justice she seeks.

When Rico realizes his cover is blown, he isn't sure whether it was someone in the cartel or an inside agent. Olivia is the only one he can trust and together they venture on a dangerous, rogue mission to infiltrate a drug lord's inner circlewith Olivia as bait.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005CRQ57S
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Carina Press (August 22, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 22, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 744 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 376 pages

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About me. I grew up running the beaches of a barrier island on Florida’s east coast. An island brat, I spent more time climbing weathered oaks and chasing alligators than playing with the dolls my family gave me. I’ve always had stories in me. Some teachers and adults chose to call them lies. But piff, here I am still sharing them. I married a Marine, a man I’d known since I was fourteen and had actually met when I was eleven. I’m fortunate to have lived many places and traveled to the states and countries I didn’t live. Government service over, I moved back to that barrier island and spend time writing contemporary fiction weaving my experiences into my stories. My first books have heroes and heroines in the military or government service. But, I’ve started on a new series of books with collections of short stories.

I’m looking forward to writing more strong heroines and the men they love, and many, many short stories.

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Wkonsunshine

Lots of nice little surprises

Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2012

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This book surprised me. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. I like books that feature smart, competent, courageous, strong, skilled women as lead characters. You can find them in abundance in paranormal and in science fiction but less so in military stories. Often times women in these books have some sort of weakness or fatal flaw that require the male lead to rescue them or they have been brainwashed to become sociopathic assassins. Not in this case. Coast Guard Commander Olivia Carter is a kick-ass, spunky, controlled and smart helicopter pilot who is determined to find the killer of her twin brother, a cop who is killed in the line of duty while undercover investigating a major drug kingpin. Olivia meets Rico Cortez as an informant who might help her get information on her brothers death. What she doesn't know at the time is that he's also an undercover DEA agent. When his cover is blown, they engage in an off-the-books ops that has consequences for both of them.

Things that had me smiling;

* Their initial meeting is flirty and scorching hot
* Although, Rico is as alpha as the best of them, he also has a lot of "sweet" in him. His "sweet" is tender
* Olivia's determination- she decided she wanted to be a pilot as a kid and let nothing get in her way; in preparation of applying for an elite flying unit, she enrolled herself in a month-long mercenary course to learn how to employ aggressive flying techniques
* Thank God Olivia does NOT have any TSTL moments and she darn well holds her own in the fight scenes.
* There is a ton of hold-your-breath action!
* Finally, there are lots of nice little surprises along the way.

Things that let me thinking:

* This could definitely be the start of a series. I hope the author has more planned. Whether we follow the stories of some of the other characters, Hunter perhaps, or learn more about Olivia and Rico this story screams for MORE!

It is not easy to balance to alpha characters in a Team Commando/Team Lawman story. Rita Henuber does with ease and finesse resulting in a heart-satisfying read.

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2012

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Olivia Carver is a Coast Guard helicopter pilot. One with more balls than most men. She has no fear when flying and doesnt think twice about doing risky moves to stop the bad guys.

But she also is obsessed with finding her twin brother's killer. This leads her to a bar where she thinks she is meeting an informant that is going to give her the name of her brothers killer.

Rico Cortes is a deep undercover DEA agent. He has been trying to bring down the biggest Miami drug lord for years. When he finds out that Olivia is messing up his investigation he goes to the bar to try and get her to back off. But these two are instantly attracted to each other and spend the night burning up the sheets.

When a drug bust goes south and Rico is recovered from the boat that blew up Olivia finds out who he really is and now that his cover is blown the two take off on the run.

Once I got into the book I realized that Olivia was bordering more on the Alpha character of the book than Rico was. I like strong women characters but it was a little weird.

Rico realizes that Olivia isnt going to back off and he agrees to help her go undercover to try and bring down the drug lord who is also her brother's murderer.

There are lots of twist and turns in the book that lead up to a final showdown that leaves the best woman standing.

Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2012

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Olivia Carver is a tough and successful Coast Guard helicopter pilot. Her twin brother was killed during a deep undercover mission for the DEA and Olivia has made it a priority in her life to find who is responsible for his death. She therefore agrees to meet somebody at a notorious bar who could give her a tip that might lead to her brother's killer.

Rico Cortes is an undercover special agent with the DEA who has made it his professional target to find out who betrays and is responsible for the death of several undercover agents. However, his mission is endangered by the sister of one of the victims who keeps involving in his investigation and endangering it. Rico is determined to meet the woman and scare her away. He expected a woman who could be intimidated but he met Olivia, a woman who intimidates. One thing leads to another and soon Rico and Olivia team up to chase the snitch.

There's really no need to try to describe the main characters' profiles. Don't forget that this is a piece of fiction and everything in it is greatly exaggerated. Suffice to say that both of them came from a troubled childhood but managed to make the best of it. Whereas Rico is a classical alpha male, Olivia isn't a damsel in distress but a worthy counterpart.

The book started with a bang - but then gradually faltered. The ending of the book was according to my opinion close to inacceptable. To be more specific, I'm not criticizing the "open ending" of the story as such, which is the author's choice but I'm criticizing that the author chose to include new elements that clearly deserved more elaboration and that she did so literally before the book ended. I believe that the adding of threads should be dealt with in the middle section of the book and everything should come to a closure in the ending.

Of course I know that when reading fiction of this genre one should be very lenient when reviewing but this plot was just too trivial and simplistic and the ending wasn't concluding enough and by far to rushed. What a pity because this book started out really promising!

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