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thenia's review

3.0

The story of Luke, an operative on an undercover mission, and Olivia, a young woman working as a stripper to help pay her mother's medical bills.

The two meet when Luke's team is trying to gather information regarding a missing undercover DEA agent and their investigation leads to the club where Olivia works.
SpoilerOlivia is in over her head after the shady club's manager "helped her" out of the consequences of her killing a customer who attacked her when she was leaving the club one night, and used the opportunity to get her indebted to him. She managed to keep him at bay while she tries to raise enough money to leave with her sick mother, but hasn't yet reached her goal when Luke enters the picture
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The two of them come to an arrangement that requires them to work together and they also become lovers, agreeing that the relationship between them is temporary. Luke and his team eventually complete their mission,
Spoilerthat ends with them catching the DEA agent red handed working with the cartels.

The club manager who is enraged that Olivia left him kidnaps her, but Luke swoops in and rescues her in a realistic yet anticlimactic confrontation
.

Luke and Olivia have developed feelings for one another, but
Spoilerwhile Luke wants to give their relationship a chance, Olivia has to deal with her daddy issues
before they can get their happily ever after.

Engaging story that also progresses the relationship between the couple of the next book, chameleon Isabel and team leader Trevor whose story follows in [b:Midnight Games|15812170|Midnight Games (Killer Instincts, #3)|Elle Kennedy|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388207543s/15812170.jpg|21537452].

Previous book reviews:
Midnight Rescue (Killer Instincts #1) ~ ★★★ (05/03/16)
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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prgchrqltma's review

4.0

Characters: reluctant stripper/student, mercenary
World Building: strip joints, crime syndicate
Plot: rescuing an agent, large drug bust, saving strippers from nefarious plots
Sex: Medium
Read another: Yes.

musicalknitter's review

4.0

I really enjoyed reading this book & the series! The characters are interesting and there are unexpected twists that come out of the blue.
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pri_bibliophile's review

4.0

3.5 stars

Midnight Alias is book two in the Killer Instincts series. It is another one of Jim Morgan's mission to take some corrupt, dangerous person down. So Luke, our hero and all the others from Jim's team are keeping a watch on the club and will take down the person they want to when the time is right. You meet Luke in the first book, and I immediately liked him, he is a cajun flirt and very easy going.

Olivia, our heroine, is working in that club as a stripper. She starts with this job when her waiter job couldn't cover her college bills and her mother's medication when her mother got sick with cancer. She feels guilty lying about it to her mother but she can't help it. She has to study to become a lawyer even though she wants nothing else but to become a teacher like her mother.
Then she gets in trouble and results in being debt of the most dangerous person she knows, her club owner and becomes his girlfriend not to her liking.

And then she meets Luke, irresistible as he is, she can't risk being with because she will put his life in jeopardy. Luke wants nothing more than to be with her. He is attracted to her immediately and wants to save her from every evil thing. But he can't help her, unless she trusts him. At this point, I started feeling like Olivia was being selfish and I liked Luke better. He was always there for her and went in to help her without thinking about any consequences, it was kinda sweet.

You get a lot of Trevor and Isabel. As Isabel is helping Jim too.
Working under And Trevor is the head of this operation. Trevor feels a little more like himself as the time passes. He seems better and is handling the operation well but he can't help himself but think about Isabel. Isabel and Trevor finally come closer and the end! IT is a cliffhanger for their story. I loved their part in this story too.

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abbielairson117's review

3.0

I was disappointed.

melonreads's review

4.0

Engrossing, good characters but I did spend much of the book more focused on the side characters, specifically Trevor and Isabel whose story has been teased in the first two books and finally told in the 3rd one.

I have a feeling this series is going to become a new romantic suspense fave!

Engrossing, good characters but I did spend much of the book more focused on the side characters, specifically Trevor and Isabel whose story has been teased in the first two books and finally told in the 3rd one.