Win Ice Cold (T-FLAC, #15; Black Rose Trilogy, #3) Imagined By Cherry Adair Shared As Electronic Format

THAT was a good one! None of that wizard nonsense, My :
I'll admit it, there were times when I was reading this book that I simply did not feel smart enough to follow all the in's and out's of the suspense story line.
This is one complex book and I definitely had issues getting lost in the details of 'who', 'what', 'where', and 'why', But when it's all said and done, this book is about Rafael and Honey,

They are both TFLAC operatives, Rafael is a bomb disposal expert while Honey is a computer geek, They are both highly trained and highly efficient in the field, although Honey is more used to working behind a desk, Throughout the operatives, Honey is known for her Ice Princess status while Rafael is known as the Spanish Stallion, two totally opposite personalities. But as they trace a serial bomber across the world, they begin to realize that they have much more in common than they originally thought,

I loved that the beginning of this book had the two of them pitted against each other, although they didn't realize who the other was at the time.
Right away, Cherry established that although Honey doesn't do much field work, she is more than capable, . . just as good as Rafael, Between that fight and then Honey's first disguise transformation, I just loved her. She is so much more than everyone assumes when they first meet her and that makes her such a fantastic heroine, Rafael realizes that very slowly, but that makes his feelings out to be so much more,

Overall this book was really good, Confusion aside, I really liked it, and honestly, I read really quickly and probably could have taken this book slower to make sure that I got all the details, But there is a lot going on, in a lot of different places, which definitely makes it really exciting, From the moment I started it, I had a really hard time putting it down, I have read a couple of the other TFLAC novels, but have definitely NOT read allof the books that precede this one in the series.
I don't feel like that hurt my enjoyment of this book at all, It definitely works as a standalone novel,

I received a complimentary copy of this book in return for an honest review, TFLAC Operatives, beautiful insanely rich, Honey Winston Ice Princess and ruggedly handsome Rafael Navarro the Spanish Stallion are paired together on an assignment, Bombs obliterate several European banks leaving holes in the ground where the banks were and the locked vaults intact,

Honey Winston is a Cybertech computer specialist, When someone kills her boss, Honey is best in the world, The night he is to pick Navarro up at the airport someone pretending to be Honey kills him, This leaves Honey to go on the assignment with Navarro, He is the Bomb Whisperer, because of his ability to find and disarm bombs, which no one else can do,

While on assignment, an exoperative known as Black Rose, betrays them and tries to set up Honey, whom she had trained, Catherine turns rogue and is arrested years before and imprisoned, but miraculously escapes,

This book captivates its reader, is an easy read, and one that the reader will not want to put down until finished, I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a great spy story, with a will they capture the terrorist before they can destroy TFLAC HQ and Honeys home/compound which houses a backup to the backup of all of TFLAC operatives data from all over the world.
If the Black Rose terrorist group is successful in breaking the code to Honeys backup system, every TFLAC operative will be in danger,

Ms. Cherry Adair has written a wonderfully intriguing suspense filled spy novel that is a must read, cant put down book, She knows her characters well and uses all of them from Honey and Rafael to all the other operatives, They all contributed to the story line and helped carry it along,
Diane This is one of my most favorite romance writers! Her books are spicy, thrilling, and action packed, Cherry did it again, so fabulous, Oh My! Sizzling hot tension! Nonstop action! Larger than life heroes!

TFLAC operative Rafael Navarro and cybercrimes specialist Honey Winston are thrown together to stop bombings around the world that are threatening to cripple the largest financial institutions, as well as the entire global financial infrastructure.


Rafael, famous for being a hot ladies' man and Honey, who is known as the ice queen start out reacting to each other like oil and water.
. . but these bombings need the best black ops can offer, so they must learn to get along and play nice, Trust me, they learn well! The tension between these two is off the charts! Each is afraid to be hurt, neither wants anyone else hurt, neither knows if they really have anything to give, long term.


Can they stop the bombers What else is going on Who is trying to set Honey up for a huge fall Why Can these two survive Do they have a future

I think Rafael and Honey are quite possibly my favorite TFLAC operatives EVER! Both are strong, independent survivors.
Both can be prickly, teasing, and overbearing, Both know pain. Both seem almost completely fearless and hugely intelligent! LOVED, THIS. BOOK.
I have to give Ms, Adair credit, Opening a book with a kickbutt fight scene between the two main characters was one heck of a way to go!!
Then to top it with a "Kiss me!", Wholly Boogers!!!!

"Ice Princess", Honey, has to be my favorite character.
. . she's got it all. She's got the money, the look, the attitude and then some LOL,
I think it's amazing how a person can keep a front up as strong as she does in the beginning, show no emotions. She is by far a totally bad ass!!
Of course until Hot and sexy comes along!

Hot and Sexy, Navarro, is one character in the beginning I thought for sure was going to be just another "Ladies man" types of guy.
Just there basically for the heroine's needs and nothing major, Boy was I totally wrong!
He's the one to crack the hard shell kept around Honey and the one she team's up with to help clear the evidence.
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Over all a wonderful story to keep you guessing and the adventure alone well worth the read! I can't wait for the nest TFlac book to come out! I started reading these thrilling books by the fabulous Ms.
Adair with the first book, Kiss amp Tell, and have loved every one! Originally posted on Novat sitelinkButterflyoMeter Books:

Ask me not how I managed it, but despite this being bookin the series, I never did read any of the others.
So this was all new since I read it as a standalone basically and the novel fared very well,

The TFLAC world was really cool, all superoperatives, bomb whisperers and tech geniuses with the due amount of traitors and sideswitchers, It was exciting and fun to read about these guys and their scope of activity and assets fufu were impressive,

Honey and Rafael were an interesting couple, her with the whole Ice Princess routine going on and him with the Spanish Stallion fame made for really explosive chemistry.
I will admit to having pictured him somewhere along the lines of a Banderas superspy, he totally had that dark and smoldering charm to him, Honey was an interesting character, she revealed herself as the story unfolded and I felt she evolved nicely without losing her persona as a result, and for that matter so did Rafael.

Their chemistry was very hot since the moment they met, the whole opposites attract scenario that you just know will be always juicy, I mean two hot agents, sort of clashing personalities or more like sides they chose to show the world it was bound to happen, When it did, and it wasn't rushed, it was definitely adult, not closeddoors and really hot really yummy, but also emotional and intense,
Rafel had that intense vibe to him without becoming too much, he was delicious, bold and charismatic but also caring and vulnerable, Honey had this hot spy/techgeek vibe going on that I just loved, and despite showing an arctic front she was very lovable, Both of them had tough history and it made their romance all the better, The tension between them didn't dissolve with their one on one time, but actually intensified and it was a pleasure to follow,

The plot outside of the romantic arc was also very interesting to follow, We're talking a lot of action, wide range of scenery as they travel from one

bomb scene to another and all those really cool operativelike things that keep you on the edge of your seat: disguises, intrigue, investigations, making out.
You know the drill :D

The writing was a lovely third person narrative with two POVs, his and hers, and it was very fun.
Action scenes were suggestive and well built, you could actually hear the asskicking, shooting and smooching as the case was and tension was thrumming all over the place.


As far as curb appeal goes, the cover is beautiful, it sends the message across and it doesn't fall into the hotdudepatter, so that couples with the blurb would make this an instant buy for me.


All in all, I say this romantic suspense was a very entertaining read, hot and spicy here, tense and intriguing there, I recommend it if you like operatives romance and the oppositesattract scenario, TFlac operatives Rafael Navarro and Honey Winston are called to action when a terrorist tries to blow up the worlds banking infrastructure, With Honeys ability to detect cyber crimes and Rafaels ability to defuse bombs, they are the perfect answer to stop the destruction of the worlds financial industry.


The closer Rafael and Honey work, the more attracted they are to each other, However, they must put their feelings aside as they race to save the world from true evil, They are stunned when all the evidence begins to build up against Honey, Rafael doesnt know what to think, but he cant believe this woman would anything so horrible, Honey knows she wouldnt, but who is setting her up

This book is part of Cherry Adairs popular TFlac series, Ive always wanted to read this authors books and I finally had the chance, I loved it. Even though it wasnt the first of the series, I didnt feel as if I was missing anything, Its an actionfilled adventure guaranteed to keep readers at the edge of their seats, The chemistry between Honey and Rafael is steamy, to say the least, Each page sizzles with their love scenes, Adair gives us a nice mix of romance and suspense to take readers on an exciting ride, Im definitely going to look for her backlist,

FTC Disclosure: The Pump Up Your Book Blog Tours provided me with a copy of this book to review, This did not influence my thoughts and opinions in any way, All opinions expressed are my own, .