In This USA Today Bestselling Novel, A Deadly Game Gambles American Lives A hardened war hero, Gator Aid Rochambeau is on a collision course with fate. Retired Marine Raider, Gator Aid Rochambeau is now an Iniquus elite security operative. He's been assigned to the Davidson mission. As the job gets underway, he is unprepared for the psychic confusion that swirls through his system. New to his psychic experiences, he reaches out to fellow Strike Force member, Lynx, for information, only to discover she too is battling a strange vortex of information. The one thing they both understand is that lives are on the line.
Her day was already a mess, and it's about to get a worse Special ops pilot Christen Davidson receives her mission orders. Her day just went from horrifying to something far worse. Fellow operatives are in danger. Christen is desperate to fly a rescue mission. Instead, she’s ordered to act as an asset in a high-stakes, international game. She didn’t join the military to play dress-up, but she can’t disobey, even though this assignment is far outside of her comfort zone.
Men will kill to secure their billion dollar deal. For this mission, there is no place to run and nowhere to hide from the men who have their eye on a billion-dollar deal, and the only ones standing in their way is this improbable team. The gamble they’re making could mean life or death, but the reward could be so much more!
Bestselling romantic suspense author Fiona Quinn brings you the unexpected story of political intrigue, espionage, murder, and mystery playing out on a world stage. INSTIGATOR, a military romantic thriller with a psychic twist, is the third book of the Strike Force Series. It can be read as a stand-alone novel, as part of the Strike Force Series, or part of The World of Iniquus. The Strike Force Series does not have to be read in order and there are no cliff hanger endings.
Fiona Quinn is a USA Today bestselling author, a Kindle Scout winner, and an Amazon All-Star.
Quinn writes action-adventure romance in her Iniquus World of books including Lynx, Strike Force, Uncommon Enemies, Kate Hamilton Mysteries, FBI Joint Task Force, Cerberus Tactical K9 Team Alpha, and Delta Force Echo series.
She writes urban fantasy as Fiona Angelica Quinn for her Elemental Witches Series.
And, just for fun, she writes the Badge Bunny Booze Mystery Collection with her dear friend Tina Glasneck under the pen name Quinn Glasneck.
Canadian born, Fiona Quinn is now rooted in the Old Dominion where she lives with her husband. There, she pops chocolates, devours books, and taps continuously on her laptop.
Christen Davidson, a helicopter pilot for the Army, just had her day go from horrific to something far worse. Fellow operatives are in danger. Christen is desperate to fly a rescue mission. Instead, she’s ordered to act as an asset in a high-stakes, international game. She didn’t join the military to play dress-up, but she can’t disobey, even though this assignment is far outside of her comfort zone.
Gator Aid Rochambeau, a retired Marine Raider, is an Iniquus elite operative who volunteers to act as security on the Davidson mission. Yet, as the job gets underway, he is unprepared for the psychic confusion that swirls through his system. New to his psychic experiences, he reaches out to fellow Strike Force member, Lynx, for understanding, only to discover she too is battling a strange vortex of information and sensation. The one thing they both understand is that lives are on the line.
For this mission, there is no place to run and nowhere to hide from the men who have their eye on a billion-dollar deal, and the only ones standing in their way is this improbable team. The gamble they’re making could mean life or death, but the reward could be so much more!
Wow Gator and Christen, not what I expected at all, it was so much more... I was totally mesmerised from beginning to end, even though the story can be read as a standalone it still links with others in the series but not in a way you HAVE to read them in order. Fiona writes explosive scenes with brilliant plot twists you won't see coming, I held my breath a number of times during this book and wow the ending.... just awesome.
Gator with his Cajun accent and his Southern manners (i don't really need to say more ...lol), he is a retired Marine Raider now working for Inniquis, he loves his job, his team and even his new evolving psychic abilities are ok, or they will be when he get's his head around them more.
Christen Davidson is an amazing woman, she is tough and lives her life her own way, I really love that about her.
The storyline was gripping, the characters were all unforgettable, the descriptive writing kept me turning page after page and Gator and Christen were just amazing especially in such life and death situations as they were in. The psychic connection was a brilliant twist that blended the story perfectly and Strikeforce comes through again I seriously love these guys and everyone who works for Inniquis. I also have to say I love the best friend connection between Gator and Lynx it's so much more meaningful than just BFF's <3
I have loved Gator from the first book that he appeared in. His connection to Lynx was always intriguing to me. She was always his best friend, his confidant, his link to the ether.
It was with her help that he deciphered what his premonitions meant when it came to Christian. Christian is a Night Stalker, an elite pilot that gets always gets the job done. Gator has not met her yet, but "sees" that she is in trouble. His job puts him in her direct path. When they met, they just knew they had known each other forever. They knew that they were meant to be. But can they be in this life? As Gator goes along on his job, he learns of their history. Can he save her and save himself in time to change the course of their lives?
I LOVE this book. I have been waiting for Gator's story since I first met him. He is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!! Fiona has made the most amazing love story with the most remarkable ending.
Gator Rochambeau is one of my favorite Iniquus characters from Fiona Quinn's Lynx series. I was very happy to see him as the focus of his own story. Gator and Blaze, another Iniquus operative, were contracted to protect the daughter of a wealthy American businessman, who also happens to be an ace helicopter pilot with the Night Stalkers in Iraq. Gator has met his match. Sparks fly on both sides but Gator is there to protect her and not cross ethical lines. After a strange encounter with a small village holy man, Gator knows that to protect Christen's life, he must walk away forever after his assignment has ended. Will Gator ever be able to be with the woman that he loves? This psychic thriller kept me on the edge of my seat and at times, had me sobbing like a baby. I loved that situations and characters from some of the Lynx and Uncommon Enemies books were tied in with this one. I highly recommend this book.
Omygoodness what a fantastic book! Pretty much anything by Fiona Quinn is fantastic! One of my favorite parts is the psychic convection between Lynx and Gator. The vision that explains the connection between Gator and Christin is amazing. I know everyone says it can be read as a stand alone but I feel you would get so much more from the story if you read the previous books. They are all tremendous reads as well. I'm not going to give you a synopsis of the book, you can read several of those at purchase sites. There is action, romance, mystery, plotting, friendships, shooting, acrobatic flying and love. What more can you ask for? Oh yes, great writing. Well, you got it all in this book!
Gator cannot believe he can find and lose his 'one' before he even has chance to hold her, but believer or not, their past lives don't lie...it is indisputable. He fully expects to live the rest of his life alone and so long as that keeps her alive and safe, that will be enough. But he has totally underestimated Christen and forgotten her call sign is D-Day....the woman fears nothing....except living without Gator. She has not met a problem she cannot solve or an issue she cannot outmanoeuvre....and she doesn't intend to start now! I found the first half of this book a little slow, which is not something I usually feel with an Iniquus book, but the second half definitely picked up pace and more than made up for the slower start. It is a little scary just how entwined these missions seem to be, it is a very tangled web that keeps Iniquus and Lynx guessing. I read this on Kindle Unlimited.
So there is no doubt I’m a huge fan of the Lynx world and all of the books in it. Gator was a favorite of mine from the start. I love his character. The writing is excellent as always and I can’t wait to read more about this world.
Gator is brought in as a bodyguard. Christen is a helicopter pilot and the daughter of the man he's going to protect. But as he's waiting to meet up with her and the group, he feels like he's known her in several lifetimes and loved and lost her in each one. Can they find a way to break the curse and be together in this lifetime?
Oh wow! Fiona Quinn does not disappoint!! Read the book in one night. Once I started, I had to finish the story. I couldn't put it down! Intrigue, with a healthy dose of mysticism thrown in, will keep you totally absorbed in the plot! Love me some Gator!
I love getting to visit the Iniquus world! Fiona Quinn does not disappoint in this action packed suspenseful book. Gator is one of my favorite characters from Iniquus. He and Lynx have a psychic connection. When he is tasked with protecting Christen, they find themselves in a dark world where it is tough to figure out who is friend and who is foe. When a holy man shows Gator his past, will Gator be able to overcome it to save himself and Christen. Will Lynx be able to help him? When they find themselves in a sinister plot, will they be able to save themselves or hold on until help comes? This book can be read as a standalone, but once you read an Iniquus book, you will be hooked on them.
I like Ms. Quinn’s writing style quite a lot, loved the Lynx series and the Cerberus Tactical K9 team series. This book is the third and, at the moment, last of the Strike Force series. All the Iniquus characters are fascinating and fully fleshed out. That said, this book was disappointing.
Gator Aid has been one of my favorite characters but here, even though he was highlighted, he did not shine. Christen (D-Day) is well developed in the opening chapters. We are thrust into the middle of a dangerous mission where D-Day, as a Night Stalker helicopter pilot, is called upon to do a seriously dangerous low level fly-and-rescue operation in the middle of the day. She accomplishes it but must leave some men – Delta Force – behind and she is antsy to get back to them. These first few chapters are seat-of-your-pants good.
But then the plot turns and heads south. Another plotline involving Gator with Lynx in the background begins to form to ultimately coincide with the D-Day plot. Unfortunately, it’s heavy-handed and obviously contrived. Little things disrupt the flow of the plots. For instance, D-Day is deeply worried about the Deltas who were left behind but she doesn’t ask about another helicopter pilot being sent to retrieve them even while she is sent on another assignment; surely her commanding officer could have updated her since he was shown to have huge respect for her and her piloting skills, as well as her loyalty. The outcome of the stranded Deltas is not broached until well into the book’s second plot.
I had high hopes that D-Day could just simmer in her desire for Gator, but nope, she’s like every other heroine in this trope: hopped up on hormones and ogling Gator’s body. Nothing wrong with this, but wouldn’t it be nice if the passion could just simmer a bit rather than come immediately to a full boil? Oh well, someday someone will create a heroine who can ogle a good looking guy in the back of her mind and with a wink, go on with her duty, and not get her panties in a wad, coming back to him on her terms.
Ms. Quinn is usually in her element interweaving plots, storylines, and subplots, but here it falls flat. This flirting with the Veil, afterlives, and reincarnation is interesting and nearly always depressing…not at all comforting and deliberately so, I’m sure. But sometimes it’s just too much.
Lynx seems to be the only female allowed to have cohesive, thoughtful actions and follow through. She seems to be the only female to garner respect across the board and who is listened to consistently. Case in point: Christen is a tough, seasoned Night Stalker who has demonstrated her ability to shunt emotions to the side yet Gator fully expects her to get into a spitting match with her brother and let loose with some important intel that should be kept secret for the time being. The D-Day character would never do such a thing. D-Day, although present in many scenes, does not seem to be a top player; she is in the background a lot. Even the rescue of her father is a letdown.
There is a plethora of detail throughout the book, many chapters filled with minute – and interesting – details. However, the last chapter is overflowing with resolutions and is overdone. It’s as if we are strolling along in the story then suddenly we’re thrown into a huge dash to some finish line.
There are errors: “…client hasn’t even let us the job entails….” Unsure what the writer is trying to say here, maybe “…let us KNOW WHAT the job entails…?” “Lyx was thinking about the guys.” Pretty sure that should be Lynx thinking, not an open source word processor. “…grabbing at each other ankles.” Probably ought to be “…each other’s ankles.” “…while she saved life afterlife.” I don’t believe the writer is talking about the afterlife, per se, but from context this should be “…life after life.” I think. “…my hats off to you.” Unless the man who rescued Gator and D-day was wearing multiple hats, it should be “…my hat’s off to you” as a contraction of “hat is.” “…they lowered their bodies and ran squat-ran forward.” Too many “ran’s,” I think. There are many examples of misplaced commas, like this: “I want to layer this conversation with one Christen, and Red picked up in the limo on the way to the airport….” The comma isn’t needed since the discussion is about Christen and Red. Also: “The blades slowly circle,d losing power….” I think this is a typo.
Not necessarily an error, but a point of confusion: Gator is in the ocean wondering what time it is. Why isn’t he wearing a watch? And if he is, why not a military watch that withstands sea water and is luminescent? Later, he wonders if his watch “was up to the punishment they’d just endured.” He’s an Iniquus employee: they have the best of the best equipment.
This book seems less put together than others by the same writer. There’s a vague dissatisfaction that is not present in most of her other books. Perhaps it was written too quickly and lacks good proofreading or editing? There certainly are more errors that cause the reader to leave the story in order to figure out what the writer is trying to say. Once in a while is no big deal, but when errors keep occurring again and again, they become distracting in the extreme and take away from the enjoyment of the story.
I will still read books by Ms. Quinn because her stories generally flow nicely, are well put together, and are fun to read. In all her books, her characters are very real, not simply chewing up the scenery. It’s unusual for sure, but this book left me just…eh….
Talk about getting your adrenaline pumping...it starts on the first page of Instigator. Phew! With Instigator, we finally get Gator Aid's story and it met all of my expectations and then some. It's exciting, fast paced and intriguing. Psychic phenomenon, spirit driven events and reincarnation, not to mention murder and kidnapping plots round out the story in which the Zorics figure prominently. There are tie-ins to Deep & Lacey's and Jack & Suz's stories.
Gator and Lynx"s close relationship kicks into high gear prior to his newest assignment. They're both getting related visions that could portend events to come. Christen Davidson is a Night Stalker through and through. She's one of the best if not the best pilot in the 160th. She has nerves of steel and ice water runs in her veins when she is flying her missions. Now she's being pulled from her assigned duties to part of an op involving her father. To say she's less than happy would be putting it mildly. When Gator first meets her he's overwhelmed with feeling that he knows her and they have a history. But, how could they have, when they just met? The more time they spend together the more foreboding the visions become. Rescuing her may be the most harrowing and perilous thing he's ever done. Finding out who wants her dead, guts her. Grabbing the bad guys becomes a team effort. Once it's all over, it's time for some serious conversation with the man she's fallen in love with. He may try to deny her but she's having none of it.
New to the Iniquus world of high-stakes national security, I ventured into Intigator, the third book of the Strike Force Series, because of being intrigued by the word Iniquus (Latin for unjust) which promised dramatic fight for survival and for righting the wrongs. Swept to exotic locales—Tanzania, the Iraqi-Syrian border, Iiquus Barracks in Washington DC, Singapore, to name just a few—I followed the characters into political intrigue, gritty action, and dramatic espionage.
Retired Marine Raider, Gator Aid Rochambeau is an Iniquus elite security operative who suffers from bouts of psychic confusion. Fellow Strike Force member, Lynx, helps him decipher what his premonitions mean, especially when it comes to special ops pilot Christen Davidson. Christen is desperate to fly a rescue mission to save Fellow operatives. Instead, she is ordered to act as an asset in an international game. To her discomfort, she can’t disobey. “The only bright spot in this whole crappity mission was that she’d met Gator.”
When Gator is tasked with protecting her, they find themselves in a dark world where it is next to impossible to figure out who is friend and who—an enemy. To protect Christen's life, he must walk away forever after his assignment is completed. Will he ever be able to unite with the woman of his dreams?
>Book Review – InstiGator >I am an independent reviewer. This book is the 3rd in the Strike Force series that ends in an HEA. Gator is an Iniquus operator. He has to pretend to bodyguard a target. The target is Christen, a helicopter pilot. She has to go visit her dad as a mission and spy on the other visitors. The plot is confusing, with Helium and energy somehow being related to the bad guys from the first 2 books. At first Christen and Gator do not realize they are both plants, but soon learn to work together. >This book has a lot more of a paranormal element than the previous 2. Lynx and Gator realize that Gator and Christen have had many lives together, but Christen will always die. Gator fights to break that cycle. The book is exciting, with harrowing fights and near drownings in a typhoon. The funniest scene is one where Gator thinks a kidnapping is staged and pulls his punches, but finds out later the kidnapping attempt was real. >This book is appropriate for an adult audience. I am giving this book 5 stars. Even with the confusing plot, the characters and story is fun to read.
I am not a fan of cliffhangers- and this is without one! Love it : this is not the end.
The whole of this book adds a bit of a change of course for the team members. Gator has always been married to the team, and broke up with his former long term girlfriend when she made very long term demands. Then again, that gal was also bat dung nuts crazy!
He struggles in this tale with a deep bond, but this is no mouseworld fairy tale. He expects pain and death at the least.
Christen, code named D-Day, is an Army warrior. A Night Stalker- the ride of choice for special operators for night drops or pickups. She plays a socialite to give CIA access to a meeting of undesirables on properties belonging to her father- under orders.
Many different games are afoot- with more than one set of bad actors.
Many tests of will.
I am very hooked on these series- and happy these books are on KU right now. I have read most of the books in the Iniquus series on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.
An exciting mix of psychological thriller, action adventure, and paranormal bits.
Pilot Christen Davidson, just wants to fly missions that will help US troops get out of the hottest spots on earth. And she’s good at it. What she doesn’t want is to be pulled off the mission roster to participate in some spook operation she doesn’t fully understand and doesn’t appreciate how she got roped into it. But when the patriot card is played, Christen’s grudgingly on board.
Iniquus operative Gator Rochambeau’s unsettled by untimely psychic visions of a shadowy unrecognizable woman on his last two assignments, Gator manipulates entrepreneur William Davidson to become a trusted employee and identify his shadowy compatriots. Christen thinks Gator is an appealing, helpful bodyguard, unaware he’s part of her team. Gator recognizes her as his shadowy woman.
As they gather information but disagree on who the scheme’s mastermind, Gator’s visions of life with Christen unspool leaving him uncomfortably despondent while Christen’s confused by Gator’s puzzlingly distant behavior as she too has an idea of their future. Deciding the scheme would work better with Christen out of the picture, plans are put in place to remove her. Rating: 4.5stars
Fiona Quinn does it again. This is the third book in her Strike Force thriller series.
The unique thing about this book is that the reader begins to see a pattern with the three books in this series. The saga continues to unfold pertaining to the Zoric crime family and their desire for control against others. What is the control that the family seeks? Is it political in nature or something else? Read the story and meander through the twists and turns to find the answer, or will you? The saga continues......
Meanwhile Gator, an Iniquus Operator and Christen, a military special op helicopter pilot finally meet during their efforts to bring the Zoric family down. Will they bond and form a relationship or will their careers divide them?
I highly recommend this book if you enjoy thrillers and mind twisters.
I was given and Advanced Reading copy in exchange for my voluntary honest review.
Loved it!! Jean-Marie "Gator-aid" Rochambeau of Strike Force is one of my favorites after Lynx and Striker Rheas. His story and love interest Christen "D-Day" Davidson was so good. So much action and intrigue with the story taking you across the globe to save lives and the world from terror. I also love Gator's psychic awareness/visions like Lynx. He doesn't like it and doesn't know how to handle it, but such a great guy. Loved him in all of the Lynx Series. I wish at the end when he and Christen finally got together there was more story of their togetherness. There was definitely love for one another, but they weren't together yet. Definitely want another story with Gator and D-Day in it because she was a bad, tough as nails Night Stalker pilot flying whatever team of special forces operators in to get hostages/prisoners. Want more!!
Woot woot, the absolute best. I absolutely love the paranormal that is lynx. I knew it was going to play into this b9ok due to Gator being who he is but what I didn't see was all previous books ( in iniquus chronological order) All rolling into this storyline with a few loose ties that will still probably surface in future novels. Fiona just flabbergastes me with her microdetail to politics, espionage and global outcomes. Ms Quinn is an author you need to stay tuned into as she writes or you'll miss the plot angles and undertones she depicts. No romance or steam in this one but a bit more heebie jeebie stuff, ( as lynx would say) Jeremy did a brilliant job with narration. Only wish I had was that as Gator was originally characterised with a Cajun accent, it would have been great to hear it again . Next order of the iniquus world coming up
Christen is a Night Stalker flying her little bird with precision at death defying low heights on missions. Her new mission is with the CIA and involves her spying on her father and a group of men he is entertaining in Singapore, on excursions and on his private island. Gator and Blaze are hired on as part of her protection detail when they thwart a kidnapping attempt on her father. Gator and Christen have an instant connection and he is getting his weird feelings especially of doom involving Christen. Lynx is having these same feelings. This book has a hiking in a jungle, a holy man who sent Gator on a weird trip, a yacht ride, a typhoon, attempted murder, CIA, FBI and LOVE.
Special ops pilot d-day has been the best of the best of night ops and has done the impossible, but when she she gets back from a mission thinking her commander is going to send her to retrieve the others she is surprised by her best friend telling her she needs to take a special mission concerning her dad. Not knowing her bff was CIA she had all kinds of feelings. One feeling for sure was being side by side with a man she felt she knew all her life. Gator knew the minute he got this mission it was to save a woman, but as the mission went on he realized he couldn't be with her cause all the previous lifetimes the minute they promised to love forever she would die in front of him so he decided to protect her and sacrafice his happiness.
I am really disappointed with this book. I hated giving it three stars. I've loved most of the books. Especially the last one. If this book was 100 pages shorter, it would have helped the story. Waaay too much information, that really didn't go anywhere. D-day and Gator were supposed to be wearing contacs, that films, with the help of a bracelet, a phone and together they film and record what's going on. But it's never developed, into any scenes, in the book. There's no romance. No kisses. Lots and lots of technical information, that made me say, who cares!! The whole story was disjointed. Didn't have a good flow. The helicopter scenes, at the beginning, were the best part. This is what I got out of this book. You will form your own opinions.
Gator Aid Rochambeau, Iniquus operator, has a bit of the woo woo about him. When he comes into contact with Christen Davidson, Night Stalker helicopter pilot and all around bada$$, he knows they have an eternal connection. And he comes to know, through many ways mystical, that they can never be together. But, they have a mission to complete. The logistics are convoluted, complicated and intricate, but they have master puzzler Lynx on their side. Gator and Lynx have a spiritual link that is hard to break. So despite family corruption and international criminality facing them at every turn our irrefutable couple will not be denied. Brilliant story and storytelling.
This is a good read, thrilling, action packed, in fact the beginning had my heart in my mouth. A fellow helicopter pilot, excellent in her aviation skills in a hostile environment is side lined to another task, much to her disappointment, a task that she doesn’t feel she has the expertise to fulfil properly.
Iniquus is assigned to help with the task and protect but things don’t go as planned as emotions unknown are brought to the fore along with burgeoning psychic abilities that need nurturing.
Well written in the descriptions but unfortunately a few typos.
This is book 3 in this series and on reading this I’ve had to download and read the first two.
I have to say that any book by Fiona Quinn is always entertaining, mysterious and fun to read! If you need a new author to read then this is the author that I will always recommend! I normally read paranormal romance but I got hooked on Fiona Quinn's Lynx series and when she has a new book out I will stop what I'm reading to start her new book! Give this book a try I promise you won't be disappointed! I can't wait to see what she writes next!
Want a book that is hard to put down? Then this is the book for you! I love Fiona Quinn's books! You won't be disappointed!
I started this and enjoyed the first part so much--I went back and found the first two books to read--which did help me understand this story more. I do believe you could read it with out reading the previous books it just feels like you are catching up with old friends when you read them in order.
This is the kind of action/romance/suspense story I like--a whole lot of "story" and any sex scenes are important to the story...and not just sex scene with a spattering of something in between representing a story. I will be looking for more books in this series.
InstiGATOR (Strike Force 3) by Fiona Quinn There is enough back ground information for this to be a stand alone book. If you have read the Lynx series and previous books in this series, you will find references to characters in previous books and some of them appear in this book. There is lots of action, an intricate and complex plot with a slow burn romance to give our main characters Christen and Gator a Happy Ever After. Overall I enjoyed reading this book, I was engaged with the story and invested in the characters. 4 stars.
I’ve loved Gator from the moment I first read about him. I knew it would take someone very special to capture and keep his attention. She may not spell it right, but I’m honored to share him with this uniquely talented Christen. It’s fascinating to come back to the start of a plotline that you’ve already experienced so much of the aftermath from. And many of the most recent books in this world have grown from the events that happen here. Every time I finish reading about one of the Iniquus members, I want to go back to the beginning and reread everything the author has written about them.
I really enjoyed this one! It is higher on the intensity and intrigue and I loved watching Gator and Christen dancing around with the mission and both of them not having all the details. This one has some psychic things going on and I really enjoyed how it added and enhanced the story. It explained the connection that Gator and Christen were feeling and also the danger in the air. I really enjoyed the action and intrigue in this one and can’t wait to see more of Gator and Christen.
Christen’s Mission was getting the special operators into her heli and into the fray. Part of the Night Stalkers, rare for a woman, and she earned it. She was a team player, no pressure, these order wasn’t something she wanted, the precision flier..Never trained for this, it becomes a nightmare, lives are at stake. Gator volunteers to help, and we now have a psychic thriller, it is tense, full of action.