Under Fire by Lynn H. Blackburn

Series: Defend and Protect #3
Genre: Romantic Suspense 
Publisher: Revell
Released: March 7, 2023
334 pages

About the Book:

USSS Special Agent Zane Thacker has landed his dream assignment protecting the president of the United States. When the president plans a fundraiser at the exclusive estate of a political supporter in Raleigh, Zane is thrilled to be working again with Special Agent Tessa Reed, his best friend--and the woman he desperately wishes could be more.

Though Tessa almost lost everything, she battled her demons and came out on the other side healthy and healed. But when her role as the liaison between the Raleigh office and the president's protective detail wrenches her past back into the present, her greatest failure threatens to come to light.

Zane refuses to let Tessa go through this alone. But can he stand by the woman he loves and protect the president from a mounting threat at the same time?

My Rating & Thoughts:    ⭐⭐⭐⭐

We finally get the story between two characters we met in book one and learn there is history but we don't know what that history is but that history is revealed in this book. The suspense did keep me guessing with what was happening, however I cared more about spending time with the characters we had previously met earlier in the series. This was not my fave couple of the series, but I did enjoy following their relationship progress in a positive direction. There was a character that appeared that had me so confused on who they were but after doing a bit a research it turns out I missed a novella. The reveal of who the fixer was shocked me, I was completely expecting it to be someone else. I like the way the book ended and leads into her next series. Will that series carry over characters from previous books? I sure hope so.

(I received this book from a friend; opinions expressed 

in this review are my honest opinion and completely my own.)

Other books from this author that I have reviewed:   

   

Unknown Threat - Defend and Protect #1

Malicious Intent - Defend and Protect #2

Beneath the Surface - Dive Team Investigations #1
In Too Deep - Dive Team Investigations #2

One Final Breath - Dive Team Investigations #3