Brooklyn DiVincenzo is the CEO of her own tech
company which is on the upward trajectory. On a business trip in Tokyo, she is
saved from unwelcome attention by an attractive mystery woman. They spend the
evening together without exchanging their real names, but Brooklyn gives the
woman her number (though not her name). Brooklyn’s mystery woman is Santana
Masters, a contract killer. Santana’s next job is in Brooklyn’s hometown, New
York. Santana isn’t able to pull the trigger, but someone else does and only
then does Santana realise that the mark was Brooklyn’s friend and business partner,
Charlie. Santana is determined to find out who pulled the trigger, who floated
the contract and above all, she’s determined to keep Brooklyn safe.
We loved the fact that the MCs didn’t spend time fighting
their attraction. It was refreshing to read a flowing romance between them. The
angst came more from their circumstances than from the women holding themselves
back. We could’ve so done without Santana breaking someone’s heart in Iceland. It
was completely unnecessary. Also, while we loved the romance, we feel that the
intrigue could’ve been way tighter. Santana’s back story and the almost
indentured nature of her association with her ‘handler’ wasn’t too convincing. When
the crime was solved, the reason for the contract on Charlie actually has us
question why Charlie when the more obvious choice would’ve been Brooklyn?
However, we are saps for romance and this is more romance
than anything else – so unsurprisingly, we enjoyed it. We loved Brooklyn and were
pretty okay with Santana.
This is an okay read.
⭐⭐⭐★
