On the Double by Cara Dee
Series: The Renegades #3
Genre: MMM Romantic Suspense
Release Day: Friday, August 18th, 2023
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The Renegades #3 | Romantic Suspense | Action | MMM
“It’s a fine line between not revealing your arsenal and creating disorder by showing your strength.”
Funny how calm you could feel when someone had ripped the heart out of your chest.
River and Reese Tenley had grown up on the fringes of society, spending most of their adult years as private military contractors in places nobody else wanted to go. It’d been the two of them against the world, and they’d never believed their missing puzzle piece had existed—until they’d met Shay. The young man who’d quickly become their everything.
So the moment he was kidnapped… The moment those sick bastards took Shay, the twin brothers had nothing left to lose.
The streets were going to run red with blood until they had their boy back.
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EXCERPT
“I need a moment alone with Reese,” River continued. “We’ll be back online in a minute.”I frowned, confused, but switched off my comms for the moment.
River jogged back down the hill until he stopped in front of me.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
He scrubbed a hand over his jaw, hesitating.
I dimmed the glow of my headlight so I didn’t blind him.
“Remember our talk in Moscow?”
Fuck. Of course I did.
I swallowed hard.
Jesus Christ, he couldn’t throw those memories in my face. We’d moved on. We were different men today—we didn’t exist on the brink of death. And in Moscow…we’d never been closer to losing our lives. But River was the one who’d had a red dot on his forehead.
“There’s no me without you. If you die…”
“Don’t be stupid, Reese.”
River took a step closer and stared at me. “I don’t wanna have that conversation with our roles reversed, but it still applies. If you don’t come back… If I lose both of you—”
I clenched my jaw as a surge of anger rushed through me. “We’re getting out of here, and we’re bringing Shay home. You got that?”
Our minds were usually so synched that it was rare he caught me off guard, but I’d clearly missed something here. I saw it now too. His eyes burned, and I sensed what he was leaving unsaid. It wasn’t just about me. He didn’t know if he could go on if we lost Shay for good.
“Promise me,” he murmured hoarsely.
I closed the distance between us and cupped the back of his neck, and our helmets touched. “Nothing’s gonna happen to me, Riv. I swear to you.”
We had our weak moments. Lord knew he’d picked me up off the floor more than a few times these past two weeks.
He nodded once and cleared his throat. “We have to find him. He’s gotta be okay.”
I nodded too.
He broke our gaze and looked down, his exterior cracking. “I miss him so fucking much.”
Goddammit. “Listen—” Fuck me. He made me crack too. We didn’t have time for this. I swallowed my emotions and gnashed my teeth. “I need my backup down there, all right? I can’t do this without you.”
He sniffled and nodded once more, and he composed himself. “Yeah—sorry, I just—”
“I know. I get it.” I squeezed his neck. “We can fall apart when we have Shay sandwiched between us, okay?”
“Yeah.” He cleared his throat again and reached up to adjust my face covering. “I’ll get my rifle.”
Good. We were back on track. I couldn’t handle him breaking, ’cause that’d be the end of me. His strength was mine.
I took over and removed my helmet to put on the balaclava properly. Then only my eyes were visible.
I pressed the button on my earpiece for the last time—until tonight was over. “RT1 and 2 back online. Initiate blackout in sixty seconds.”
“Blackout in sixty seconds, confirmed,” Ramirez replied. “Remember, you’re on your own when you get inside. The cameras will die too.”
“Roger,” I said.
On the Double by Cara Dee
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Third book in the Renegades series
Twins River and Reese are desperate to find their third Shay. Kidnapped by a drug cartel, he hangs on to hope that his men will find him.
This was an excellent entry in the series. Some suspense but mostly action oriented. Plus, varying points of view including some of the history between Shay and the twins. The rescue team for Shay was a mix of welcome familiar faces. I loved that Crew had such an important part to play in this book. I liked that the author brought characters from previous books to help out with the rescue. All these characters are tough, strong, sometimes violent men but they still manage to retain their humanity.
This does end with a cliffhanger but as the books have been quick released I know I only have to wait a couple of weeks for the final book.
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MEET THE AUTHOR: I’m often awkwardly silent or, if the topic interests me, a chronic rambler. In other words, I can discuss writing forever and ever. Fiction, in particular. The love story—while a huge draw and constantly present—is secondary for me, because there’s so much more to writing romance fiction than just making two (or more) people fall in love and have hot sex.
There’s a world to build, characters to develop, interests to create, and a topic or two to research thoroughly.
Every book is a challenge for me, an opportunity to learn something new, and a puzzle to piece together. I want my characters to come to life, and the only way I know to do that is to give them substance—passions, history, goals, quirks, and strong opinions—and to let them evolve.
I want my men and women to be relatable. That means allowing room for everyday problems and, for lack of a better word, flaws. My characters will never be perfect.
Wait…this was supposed to be about me, not my writing.
I’m a writey person who loves to write. Always wanderlusting, twitterpating, kinking, cooking, baking, and geeking. There’s time for hockey and family, too. But mostly, I just love to write.
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