An Obsession with Vengeance by Nancy Haviland
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Ahhh Maksim, my silver-eyed lover. I was wondering how far in the series it would take to get to your romance. And here it is! 3rd book of the series and I was ready to discover his secrets.
With the perfect combination of nerdy computer hacker, tattooed bad boy and mysterious club owner I was optimistic about Maksim’s story. From a tortured childhood and absent parents this guy had more demons in his past than the other “Wanted Men” thus far. Combine that with Sydney Martin’s secretive and defensive personality I was eager to read their story. Sadly, I kept finding my mind wandering and had to re-read several pages because it wasn’t capturing my attention as the previous books had. SPOILER ALERT- At first, Sydney’s reluctance to tell Maksim about her son made sense. But as the threats got worse her son NOT her secrets should have been her top priority. After an “explosive” threat she sends her son off with an unsuspecting family unaware of the grave danger that was lurking. How is that plausible?!? While she hid in a safe house her son was virtually unprotected.
Alas, Nancy Haviland wrapped up the story with a beautiful bow and I’m satisfied with the ending. So far there are no other books in the series but if Nancy decides to bless us with more “Wanted Men” I hope that there will be less predictable conflict and fresh characters to keep the story interesting.