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Killer Secrets (Tempting SEALs)

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Traitor. That's what they call Ian Richards these days. Ever since he abandoned the Navy SEALs to work for his biological father's drug cartel, no one knows what to make of Ian's loyalties.

No one, that is, except Kira Porter. Between her intel as an undercover agent for the Department of Homeland Security and her intuition as the woman who loves Ian, she knows what side of the fence he is on, and come hell or high water, she will be there to back him up. No one will stop her - not even Ian himself.

With her latest release in her Tempting SEALs saga, Lora Leigh ramps up the action and suspense even higher than before! Fans of this series will not want to miss Killer Secrets when it releases March 4, 2008. This gripping story is packed with intrigue, drama, emotion, and the kind of highly erotic love scenes fans of this author have come to crave.

I really do not know how Lora Leigh does it. She could write a phone book that would make the reader hot and bothered! Although many of her heroes share some basic qualities (who doesn't love a good Alpha male hero?), she manages to create very individual characters, who are definitely their own men. One could never confuse one of these men for the other, despite their similarities.

Ian is just the kind of head-strong, hard-headed Alpha male that makes for a great romantic hero. He has more issues than you can shake a stick at, but that somehow only enhances his appeal. Then again, he has far more good qualities than he does issues, so it balances out in the end... And the issues he has? Well, they aren't anything the love of a good woman can't see him through.

Kira Porter is nothing if not a good woman. Although an heiress with more money in her account than most of us see in a lifetime, she works tirelessly as an undercover agent in defense of her country - not because she needs to, but because she wants to. How could Ian not love and admire a woman with the kind of values he himself holds dear? Of course, that doesn't stop him from trying to keep Kira out of the action, for her own safety, he says. Those Alpha males come with some pretty heavy duty protective genes, you know.

Out of all of the Tempting SEALs novels, Killer Secrets has to be my favorite yet. There is so much involved in this book - plot twists, numerous intrigues, plans within plans. People are rarely who they seem on the surface, and the situation is rarely under anyone's control, but in the end things wrap up for a great happy ending for Kira and Ian.

Even with our daring couple's happy ending, we most definitely haven't seen the last of this riveting saga. Ms. Leigh keeps the plots spinning as she continues the ongoing storyline that weaves throughout all of the books in the Tempting SEALs series. I know that I am absolutely aching with anticipation for the next one!

Series Order:
Honk If You Love Real Men
Dangerous Games (Tempting SEALs)
Real Men Do It Better
Hidden Agendas (Tempting SEALs)
Killer Secrets (Tempting SEALs)
Rescue Me

She is called the Chameleon for a reason. Kira Porter is the secret weapon of the Department of Homeland Security. She is able to assume any persona at any given time and function in circles virtually undetected. In all her years with DHS, there has only been one man to ever see through the disguise and reach the woman underneath. That man is Ian Richards Fuentes. Now, Kira has been given the assignment of her career and one that may very well be the most difficult. With her prey in her sights, she sets out to achieve her goal knowing very well that when Ian finds out the true reason she is there, he just may be angry enough to kill.

Deemed a traitor by the men he fought with for years and the country that he loves, Ian Fuentes knows that his decision to join his murderous father's drug cartel is the right one. Negotiating for his best friend's life was worth every sacrifice he has made in the last eight months since he joined his father's `team'. Ian knows he is a wanted man so he let's no one close. Single handedly bringing his despised father to his knees is going to take every bit of effort and cunning that Ian possesses. He does not have time to keep a certain Miss Porter entertained and out of trouble. Livid at finding her nosing in his business, Ian knows Kira is a weakness. A weakness he can't afford to have, and one capable of derailing his plans of revenge. He has spent months trying to bring down the Fuentes' empire and he refuses to give up until his vicious father is taken down.

Kira and Ian come together in passion hot enough to melt plastic. Each is secretly captivated of the other but both have walls around their inner selves. Walls that neither Ian nor Kira have any intention of allowing to be scaled. That is, until the danger that surrounds them comes to a head and the only thing they can depend on is each other.

Kira and Ian's relationship is anything but ordinary. Each strives for dominance but in doing so the reader is treated to an intoxicating look at these captivating characters. Ian is the consummate lover - thorough and precise. He is also skillful at maneuvering the treacherous world he has entered. And Kira is the woman who completes him. She gives no quarter, but in loving Ian she loves him entirely and with every ounce of her being. I found myself shivering in anticipation more than once watching their love unfold.

I recommend running, not walking, to purchase KILLER SECRETS when it is released. Lora Leigh has continued her Tempting SEALS series with a captivating look at Ian Fuentes and the woman he can't help but adore. Several surprises are in store for readers along the way - surprises which will entice and endear. I couldn't get enough and have reread KILLER SECRETS more than once.

This author does not pull any punches. She challenges images of true love and arouses with her incredible, hard edged writing. The characters, plot, setting all make for a first class read. However, sometimes she's a little too tough for me and so usually I need a fall-back book to enjoy while I'm working through her books. That's right--working. Her books all have a great payoff, but for me, they are not relaxing or escapism. This is the hard wall of the eroto-suspense-romance- whatever-of book building so be forewarned. Kinda like a chocolate treat with a bite of chili thrown in to keep you tingly and awake....

This isn't just the best of the TEMPTING SEALS series so far but the best erotic suspense I've read. I knew from Hidden Agendas that Ian and Kira would make an incendiary couple and Lora Leigh did not disappoint at all. Those who have not read erotic romances, do be warned that Killer Secrets, while not quite in the same category as LL's erotic romances that feature BDSM, menages and anal sex, does come as close as it possibly can so if you don't like explicit sex scenes or even light bondage, don't read this book. If you do, you'll go up in flames like I did.

Don't let the typo error in the first letter of the first word of the book put you off. The story gets off on a suspenseful start and the action never lets up. Did I say the sex was hot already? It is rare to find a romantic suspense that has a good balance between the romance and the suspense. Even rarer, still, to find an erotic suspense that doesn't leave me feeling emotionally dissatisfied at the end.

This is why Killer Secrets strikes such a deep chord in me. I love the eroticism in this book but that's fueled by the adrenalin that's pumped through the pages because of the covertness and danger surrounding the characters. It's the love that Ian and Kira have for each other that resonated so deeply with me. Their attraction began way back in Hidden Agendas and is consummated here in Killer Secrets, a year later. So while this book has loads of very explicit sex, Dom-sub elements and non-stop suspense, it is the romance that comes through. The love between the two protagonists intensifies with each chapter and their sexing, hard and rough though it is at times, is in the end, really, literally, making love.

The presence of the Durango team adds to the suspense as they wait and watch within striking distance, figuring out their former team member's actions and motives. The violence makes the book more real than most of the romantic suspense out there and totally in keeping with the subject - drug lords and cartels - so this is not your Brockmann-Gerard-Adair type of romantic suspense even if those authors write about SEALs and covert ops romances.

Killer Secrets is one book I'm going to be reading more than once! Lora also has a new covert ops series coming out in September and I can hardly wait.

All I can say is...can a romance between two people burn up the sheets more than Kira and Ian??? I had been anxiously awaiting the third book in the Tempting Seals books by Lora Leigh and was not disappointed! Ian is one bad boy who wants to protect what is his at all costs. Kira is one tough woman who won't let her man out of her site. The story is very good and the love scenes are romantic and hot. Ian is a stunner!!!
Lora Leigh does it again!!

I must say I was very disappointed in this book. Out of all the seals I felt Ian was the most intense...I could not wait to read his story. Lora dropped the ball with this one; Kira and Ian both should have had a better story the chemistry was explosive, but the story line was weak. There was too much going on in the story to really allow you to form a connection with the hero and heroine.

The other books in the series were ok, I felt that Ian should have had a better story to show who he was, I felt he had more depth when I read about him in the other books than he did in his own story! Kira was a great partner for him, the sex scenes were a bit much at times I found them to be cold and dark, not loving and healthy...again this could have been a great story but it fell flat.

I gave it three stars because the book had potential...two likable characters, with passion, spirit, and spunk it just lacked that intensity and passion that I have come to look for when reading a Lora Leigh book.

This is my favorite book so far in this series. Lots of finely woven stories within stories.
Very sexy book, Ian and Kira have a very hot romance and he is really addicted to her.
Good plot twist at the end.
A must read for this series.

This was the first book I'd read by Lora Leigh and I could barely force myself to finish it. It was super boring and I had no idea what the heck was going on since I hadn't read the previous books.
Some, or rather, most of the sex scenes made me cringe. I wanted erotica, not pornography. I felt that the only chemistry between the characters was a sexual. A definite lack of real admiration or caring, let alone love.
The characters didn't have enough depth. They hardly socialized with each other besides all the sex. It was gross enough reading about how he forced her to deep throat him then reading about how he forced her to do anal sex to prove her love, I ended up flipping over the pages on the rest of the sex scenes.
This story left me with a cold and empty feeling.

Ever since Kira had exploded onto the scene I have been waiting for her story, and here it is!

Kira and Ian has had us dangling since "Dangerous Games". She is an under cover secret agent; a playgirl by day and a deadly weapon by night. He, an ex-seal recently turned to a life of major crime under his cartel father's directive. Kira, unable to ignore the feelings that she harbours for Ian follows him into danger, determined to help him bring down his father.

Ian is a complex character just like Kira, his reasons for turning to a life of crime covert and his love for Kira undeniable. The two will work together through a fast paced plot that captivates while their love story enchants. The book is all the more intense and enjoyable for the feelings they had tried to deny and the strength of character and independence that both character exudes. In many ways, this is a union of equals and here an alpha male is cast against a female of the same category, making their interaction all the more explosive.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wishes to read a hot, steamy and solid romance that delivers on all fronts! Yummy read!


Happy reading~ RomanceFanatic

Lora Leigh has gotten the Durango team back together again for another adventure. She told us the story of Commander Reno Chavez and Raven McIntire in `Reno's Chance' in this book Honk If You Love Real Men. Then she told us the story of Lieutenant Commander Clinton McIntire and Morganna Chavez in Dangerous Games (Tempting SEALs). Next was the story of Lieutenant Kellian "Kell" Beaulanie Krieger and Emily Stanton in Hidden Agendas (Tempting SEALs). Now we get the story of ex-Lieutenant Ian Richards-Fuentes and Kira Porter.

This book was exceptional, even though I still like 'Hidden Agendas' the most. This installment progresses the Diego storyline, and kept me changing my mind on which side Ian would end up on. The ending seemed a little rushed but, I still felt that it ended well. Another great installment in the Tempting SEALs series. Now on to "Alanta Heat" in this book Rescue Me -its Macey March's turn to have his story told.

~~There is an excerpt from Wicked Pleasure (Bound Hearts) - Chase Falladay, Cam Falladay and Jaci Wright~~