Secret Maneuvers tries to bring together two angst-driven former lovers but the chemistry was barely there and the "secret baby" formula just barely works. The sudden kidnapping simply made no sense other than to give them an excuse to mount a rescue. The background doesn't work either.
Bobby Baker had forever regretted his "Dear John" letter he sent to his high school sweetheart Belle after promising he'll be back for her after joining the army. He wanted her to get the subsequent message about how stupid he was, but she was never found again. Fifteen years later, Bobby is a part of EX-OPS team assisting the ATF on some arms smugglers when Belle walked back into his life... this time as a tough no-nonsense ATF agent. And she doesn't want to talk to him, because she has a secret she kept... for 15 years. But Bobby was not about to let her walk out of his life a second time...
There are two problems with this idea... 1) CIA have a "deniable" team assisting ATF in taking down arms smugglers? Really? Why not just call in DEA, FBI, and others to assist? 2) The team seems to have a lot of free time sitting around doing nothing so Bobby and Belle can go off doing their own things. Still, nothing overtly wrong with the military stuff, or with the overall plot other than "wait, what?" problems identified earlier. The pacing, however... A good portion of the book was about domestic problems and how Bell tried to hide the kid. The mission was really lame and seems a pretty large team was there sitting around doing nothing.
Category: Contemporary / Military
Primary Plot: Soldier with Regret Found the Girl He Searched For 12 years, but She Wanted Nothing To Do With Him
Overall Rating: 2/5
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