FOR MAGGIE’S SAKE by Lora Leigh-a review

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About the book: Release date December 13, 2016

You meet Joe Merino again in Dangerous Games. The sexy ex-Navy Seal now working with the DEA. Joe lost his chance with the woman he loved years before, but now, due to the danger that stalks her, he has a second chance. If he can save her first.

Maggie Samuels is in protective custody with a member of her former lover’s SEAL team. Joe, her ex-lover, thinks Maggie is hiding information from him about a powerful drug lord and the deaths of some SEALs. He intends to seduce her and get the information before she can sell it back to the drug cartel. But the desire crackles between them and their attraction is undeniable. How can Joe use her and leave her, when all he wants is to hold her close and never let go?

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REVIEW: FOR MAGGIE’S SAKE by Lora Leigh is a stand alone novella of romantic suspense originally released in the anthologies Real Men Do It Better, and Taken. FOR MAGGIE’S SAKE is loosely connected to Lora Leigh’s TEMPTING SEALS series. Clint McIntyre plays a supporting role in the current story line.

NOTE: There is some discrepancy and inconsistencies in the Goodreads blurb as it pertains to the current novella premise.

Told from dual third person perspectives-Maggie Samuels, and DEA agent Joe Merino- FOR MAGGIE’S SAKE follows Joe and Maggie’s rekindling romance when our heroine is taken into protective custody following the death of her estranged husband –a police detective working the wrong side of the law. The DEA suspect Maggie of being in collusion with a dangerous drug cartel, and Joe Merino is willing to do anything to prove Maggie is innocent of the crimes. What ensues is the rebuilding of trust and the reigniting of a love between two people who have never stopped loving one another.

Two years earlier, Maggie and Joe were lovers but a perceived betrayal found Maggie walking away, and into the arms of a man who hid his true deception and connection to Joe Merino. In the ensuing time Maggie’s husband grew more distant and angry, while Joe Merino watched from the sidelines as the woman he loved walked out of his life. Fast forward to present day, and our heroine has been implicated in a series of Cartel crimes that Joe Merino is hoping to prove wrong.

FOR MAGGIE’S SAKE is a very quick read; a story of romance and suspense; of one man’s struggle to keep his distance from the woman he loves; and one woman’s need to prove she is innocent of the charges brought about by the DEA. The $ex scenes are intimate and intense-Lora Leigh likes the use of the word ‘spurt’ and FOR MAGGIE’S SAKE is no exception. The sexual tension is palpable and strong. The premise is entertaining; the characters are broken and heartbreaking; the romance is a second chance at a happily ever after for two people destroyed by betrayal and lies.

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Reviewed by Sandy