GRR Reviews Wicked Games by A.D. Justice

When the plot makes a reader go "O RLY?" there are definitely some problems with the fact-checking.

Brianna loved journalism, and with her father's connections, she landed a chance to interview the members of the Delta Force in the Middle East. During the month she was embedded with them, they became her brothers all except one... Noah became her lover instead. Years later, Noah retired from special forces and founded Steele Security, hiring ex-military folks for protection, investigation, and such, while Brianna is moving up in the world of investigative journalism. The couple is in love, and ready to marry, until Brianna stumbled into a giant conspiracy... Noah Steele and his company may be smuggling weapons to the rebels and pocket the money. Is Noah in it, or being set up to take the fall? She found a witness, but bad guys are chasing her. When she didn't make it onto the plane, and it exploded after takeoff, she knew she's in mortal danger... // Three years later, Brianna using an alias is living in Colorado under witness protection, but her sixth sense told her she'd been made. She slipped out after dark and made it to Miami, hoping to see Noah one last time. In the meanwhile, the perp after her knew the only way to draw her out is to force Noah's hand. The meeting between Brie and Noah was not a happy one: she thought she was trying to save him, he thought she betrayed him... What exactly happened three years ago, when everybody believed she died and they buried an empty casket? Who's responsible for this mess? Moreover, can it be fixed?

The story doesn't make sense at all. For a reporter, she has no idea that's not how WITSEC works. She also somehow magically has another set of ID that's STILL current three years later. Moreover, why can't she just TELL Noah what's the story she's working on that she had to run off to Turkey all by herself? Can't Noah even afford to send ONE guy to guard her? Is their relationship that bad? Why break into his mansion at all? It's just to setup her capture! At the end of the book, she walked into the enemy camp (trying to play heroine again?), got taken somewhere to be worked over, only to have another guy come in to save the day deus ex machina. There is some real emotion in there, but the setup and plot needs to make more sense.

Category: Contemporary / Military-security

Primary Plot: Reporter falls for security guy, was ensnared into giant conspiracy, and forced to leave him. Now she's back, but as ally, or enemy?

Overall Rating: 2/5

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