Title: The San Marco Heist An Enemies to Lovers Heist Series: Reynolds Recoveries #1 Author: Janet Oppedisano
Genre: Romantic Suspense Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/Forced Proximity Release Date: July 14, 2023
BLURB
With my brother’s life on the line, I’ll do anything to get him back—even team up with an annoyingly sexy private eye for the heist of a lifetime.
When I plan the recovery (don’t evercall it theft) of stolen items for their rightful owners, nothing matters more than the safety of my team. I trust no one outside our tight-knit circle. Because a couple years ago I lost my fiancé in a heist gone wrong. My heist. My fault.
But while undercover to take back a near-priceless manuscript, I encounter Malcolm Sharpe, an old friend of my brother’s whose diamond-blue eyes and toe-curling smile almost cause me to blow the heist. We pull it off, beating another team to the prize, but I can’t help feeling like I’ve dodged a bullet.
The other team, though, will stop at nothing to get revenge. That includes kidnapping both Malcolm and my brother—and sending only Malcolm back with a message. They demand my crew steal a medieval relic in exchange for my brother’s life.
And then there’s my brother’s plea to trust Malcolm. Trust a freelance PI whose loyalty ends with a paycheck? Not a chance. But if I’m to get my brother back alive, I need all the help I can get. Even from a man who’s hiding a secret that could turn my entire world upside down.
The San Marco Heist is the exhilarating first installment in the Reynolds Recoveries romantic suspense series, featuring charismatic heroes, smart heroines, and a thrilling heist in each novel.
I thoroughly enjoyed the San Marco Heist (I will say that I’m glad I read ‘The Phoenix Heist’ prior to this as it introduced some of the characters and I felt I understood what was going on a little better than I might have had I gone in blind to who and what Reynolds Recoveries were!)
Malcolm and Scarlett were really good together. Quick thinking, good at what the did but both hiding secrets…I did wonder at points if they’d manage to find a way to be together. This pair were scorching together but both had their own reasons not be involved in a long term relationship.
I loved the action – it’s like reading something akin to Mission Impossible given the stunts and actions this gang pull off!! It was fun – and a little WTH, they’re gonna get caught – reading about their heists!
Janet writes a horrible person well, I just didn’t expect it to be the matriarch of the family that I was gonna dislike so much! Her treatment of Scarlett was puzzling and really uncalled for and I seriously wanted our FMC to put her mother firmly in place more than a dozen times!! Time will tell (hopefully) if and why she’s as cold hearted as she comes across?
I’m now looking forward to finding out more about the rest of the ‘family’ and seeing how things go for them on both the life and action front!
4.5* and definitely a recommended read.
AUTHOR BIO
Janet Oppedisano hails from Canada’s East Coast and has lived in five provinces, from the Maritimes to the Prairies. Growing up with a Mountie for a father and marrying a Navy diver, it’s no surprise she writes romance with a hint of danger and mystery in it. Not to mention strong heroes and equally strong heroines.
When not writing, you can find her… thinking about writing. And indulging in her favourite pastimes, like baking, travelling, hiking, playing with her new puppy, and watching her hockey goalie son on the ice.
Oh, and it’s pronounced oh-ped-ih-SAH-no. Exactly the way it’s spelled. Honest!
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