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The Agency: Zeki & Aaron
Some men tip their bartenders heavily. Some men count on the benevolence of a personal secretary or mechanic. Aaron Trimmer is ever on the lookout for a good gadget maker. In his line of work, an exploding button or a razor hidden in his Cross pen are the difference between life and death. Zeki al-Filastini is very good at his job, no matter where he's from. That's the only reason that Aaron has begun seeking him out when he's at headquarters. Looks and personality have nothing to do with it.
- GenresM M Romance
116 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2006
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About the author
J.J. Massa
49 books42 followersSo, about me. I’ve been writing sensual romance—and some other stuff—for about five years now. What a busy five years it’s been, too. I’ve met a lot of great people along the way.
I’m blind and have been for more than a decade. I don’t go anywhere without my best buddy, Cosmo. He’s my guide dog. Once in a while, he turns up in my stories, incognito, of course. He and I travel when we can via planes and trains; we don’t really care for long car trips. Hmmm…what else? We have a couple of cats that keep us on our toes. They’re good for tons of aggravation and entertainment. I got them for Cosmo, but I don’t think he appreciates them as much as he should.
We love the beach, though we don’t get there as often as we’d like. I live on the Jersey Shore so the only excuse I have for not hitting the sand is that it’s cold and besides that, I can’t drive.
When I’m not writing, I teach blind people how to use adaptive technology so that they can surf the web. I meet plenty of interesting people that way and it keeps me from ever getting complacent. …Not to mention the inspiration for stories that I get. It’s a job that keeps on giving. Actually, I’m not sure it’s really a job; more like a thing I do.
Cosmo likes chunky peanut butter and rawhide bones. I drink way too much coffee—black and strong. I like red wine at night sometimes but he’s a teetotaler. He stays away from alcohol and chocolate these days.
And that’s all I can think of just now. I hope you enjoy the website. Mae’s done some great things with it. I’ll keep writing if you keep reading. Just bear with me if I slow down now and then. Thank you. I really appreciate you stopping by.
I’m blind and have been for more than a decade. I don’t go anywhere without my best buddy, Cosmo. He’s my guide dog. Once in a while, he turns up in my stories, incognito, of course. He and I travel when we can via planes and trains; we don’t really care for long car trips. Hmmm…what else? We have a couple of cats that keep us on our toes. They’re good for tons of aggravation and entertainment. I got them for Cosmo, but I don’t think he appreciates them as much as he should.
We love the beach, though we don’t get there as often as we’d like. I live on the Jersey Shore so the only excuse I have for not hitting the sand is that it’s cold and besides that, I can’t drive.
When I’m not writing, I teach blind people how to use adaptive technology so that they can surf the web. I meet plenty of interesting people that way and it keeps me from ever getting complacent. …Not to mention the inspiration for stories that I get. It’s a job that keeps on giving. Actually, I’m not sure it’s really a job; more like a thing I do.
Cosmo likes chunky peanut butter and rawhide bones. I drink way too much coffee—black and strong. I like red wine at night sometimes but he’s a teetotaler. He stays away from alcohol and chocolate these days.
And that’s all I can think of just now. I hope you enjoy the website. Mae’s done some great things with it. I’ll keep writing if you keep reading. Just bear with me if I slow down now and then. Thank you. I really appreciate you stopping by.
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April 2, 2009All right, the first enstalment on the Agency series has many points in common with another novel by J.J. Massa, Knights and Cookies.
Zeki is iraqi where Vanko was ukrainan, but Zeki is a lot more experienced than Vanko. But still they are both scientist. And Zeki has to suffer some nasty episodes of racial hate like Vanko. Apart this aspect, the novel is smooth and enjoyable.
Aaron is a lone wolf, an agent who prefers to work alone. And he is quite unsatisfied by the gadgets that the Agency's lab gives him, until arrives Zeki, an iraqi scientist who happens to be also a very young and attractive man.
After the initial friendship Aaron remains ever more committed to this young man, and can easily declares his love, but they have to unveiled an internal betrayal before openly lives their love.
Zeki and Aaron are more simple and less trouble characters than Marek and Tyrone, the main characters of another novel in the Agency series, and so the story has a more quiet narrative rhythm, but is still quite interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1600540414/?...
Zeki is iraqi where Vanko was ukrainan, but Zeki is a lot more experienced than Vanko. But still they are both scientist. And Zeki has to suffer some nasty episodes of racial hate like Vanko. Apart this aspect, the novel is smooth and enjoyable.
Aaron is a lone wolf, an agent who prefers to work alone. And he is quite unsatisfied by the gadgets that the Agency's lab gives him, until arrives Zeki, an iraqi scientist who happens to be also a very young and attractive man.
After the initial friendship Aaron remains ever more committed to this young man, and can easily declares his love, but they have to unveiled an internal betrayal before openly lives their love.
Zeki and Aaron are more simple and less trouble characters than Marek and Tyrone, the main characters of another novel in the Agency series, and so the story has a more quiet narrative rhythm, but is still quite interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1600540414/?...
May 30, 2011
I was expecting something with a lot more plot-- this was very two-dimensional and basically had none. Most of the characters were very stereotypical-- especially the villain. It could have been set anywhere since there was no real spying going on; it was all just alluded to. Not to mention the author seemed to get confused about whether one of her characters was Turkish or Iraqi. Predictible and bland.
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