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Endgame Ops #2
Running the Risk
Survival is crucial.
Trust is optional.
Love is unstoppable.
Jude Dagan's life as he knew it ended a year ago. On a mission gone wrong, he was forced to watch as Ella Banning, the only woman he's ever loved, was killed. Or so he thought.
Jude wasn't the only one who lost something on the day Ella was presumed dead. She sacrificed Endgame Ops, the love of her life, and parts of herself she can never get back. Now she's determined to take down the world's most dangerous terrorist—even if it means working for him.
When Jude and Ella are reunited, they'll battle the lies Ella has been forced to tell...and struggle to save a love that knows no bounds.
Endgame Ops Series:
Flash of Fury (Book 1)
Running the Risk (Book 2)
What People Are Saying about Flash of Fury:
"Immediately engaging... This is one terrific tale of romantic suspense!" —RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars, TOP PICK!
"Gritty and fast-paced.... deliciously unrelenting." —The Romance Reviews
"Wonderfully fulfilling." —Booklist, starred review
"Fast paced, action filled, suspenseful, and filled with intrigue, betrayal, and romance with a fabulous sexy couple." —The Reading Cafe
354 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 3, 2018
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About the author
Lea Griffith
26 books430 followersLea Griffith began sneaking to read her mother’s romance novels at a young age. She cut her teeth on the greats: McNaught, Woodiwiss, and Garwood. A firm believer that love makes the world go round, she still consumes every romance book she can put her hands on, but now she writes her own.
Lea lives with her husband and three teenage daughters in rural Georgia. Two dogs, a cat, and a beta fish named Coddy George complete a family that is always in motion. When not working at the EDJ, she’s usually at her keyboard, using every spare second to write. Science fiction, paranormal and contemporary romance, oh my! Nothing is off-limits when it comes to her writing.
Lea lives with her husband and three teenage daughters in rural Georgia. Two dogs, a cat, and a beta fish named Coddy George complete a family that is always in motion. When not working at the EDJ, she’s usually at her keyboard, using every spare second to write. Science fiction, paranormal and contemporary romance, oh my! Nothing is off-limits when it comes to her writing.
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January 20, 2018
How do you love a woman who has, supposedly, for the greater good, betrayed you? A woman whom you’ve thought dead, coming back from the grave, who’d actually walked away willingly?
‘Running the Risk’ is a hard one to swallow, but then again, books about betrayal, second chances, big-time conspiracies and a high-stakes game are never easy to get through because they demand for sides to be taken and thereafter, leave you there and then bank on your (romantic) capacity to overlook the gravity and/or the cost of betrayal and proclaim that scarred love still conquers all.
Jude Dagan has found himself in a cruel twist of events that brought him back face to face with a one-time love, and the story unfolds with him learning about the depth and the breadth of her deception, even though it has been done for the sake of pursuing the same goal: eliminating a dangerous player in the international-arms dealing arena. Ella Banning on the other hand, is unable to outrun Jude’s crafty determination, torn between duty and mistaken loyalty (perhaps even stupidity)…and for this reason, it was easier to love Jude more than Ella. Without a good reason given for her actions until later, it was difficult to sympathise with her position in the book for the first half at least, but what do you really say about a woman who made this decision mistakenly believing she was protecting him?
Thankfully, that angst isn’t drawn out too much. The second half is relentless action, a consolidation of sorts, a reaffirmation of team effort, along with sex that sometimes happens in places and situations that seem rather inappropriate and unbelievable—that’s where the suspension of disbelief kicks in.
Still, Lea Griffiths’s effortless writing swept me through it all, unravelling the complex network of arms trade, the shady players and the constant jetting from one locale to the next, where nothing is as it seems—this is the type of high-octane romantic suspense I dig. There’re moves and counter-moves on a chessboard and the dangerous game that’s played has a price that’s typically too high for anyone to afford…all of which Griffith manages very well. But the whole largeness of the entire conspiracy that Griffiths has built here means that only a part of it is resolved in this book and there’re still too many things that haven’t yet fallen into place.
‘Running the Risk’ can of course, be read as a standalone. There are however, references to what happened in the previous book in the secretive and high-strung world of covert ops (and some recap for the reader’s sake here) which can be a confounding—I think the secret-keeping and the classified stuff sometimes work against the story—and the epilogue that’s like a trailer for the next book to come is merely a stark reminder that the whole arc is far from over. I’m always itchy for more (particularly when it comes to world-domination-type things), but the wait for the next one looks to be long.
*ARC by the publisher via Netgalley
‘Running the Risk’ is a hard one to swallow, but then again, books about betrayal, second chances, big-time conspiracies and a high-stakes game are never easy to get through because they demand for sides to be taken and thereafter, leave you there and then bank on your (romantic) capacity to overlook the gravity and/or the cost of betrayal and proclaim that scarred love still conquers all.
Jude Dagan has found himself in a cruel twist of events that brought him back face to face with a one-time love, and the story unfolds with him learning about the depth and the breadth of her deception, even though it has been done for the sake of pursuing the same goal: eliminating a dangerous player in the international-arms dealing arena. Ella Banning on the other hand, is unable to outrun Jude’s crafty determination, torn between duty and mistaken loyalty (perhaps even stupidity)…and for this reason, it was easier to love Jude more than Ella. Without a good reason given for her actions until later, it was difficult to sympathise with her position in the book for the first half at least, but what do you really say about a woman who made this decision mistakenly believing she was protecting him?
Thankfully, that angst isn’t drawn out too much. The second half is relentless action, a consolidation of sorts, a reaffirmation of team effort, along with sex that sometimes happens in places and situations that seem rather inappropriate and unbelievable—that’s where the suspension of disbelief kicks in.
Still, Lea Griffiths’s effortless writing swept me through it all, unravelling the complex network of arms trade, the shady players and the constant jetting from one locale to the next, where nothing is as it seems—this is the type of high-octane romantic suspense I dig. There’re moves and counter-moves on a chessboard and the dangerous game that’s played has a price that’s typically too high for anyone to afford…all of which Griffith manages very well. But the whole largeness of the entire conspiracy that Griffiths has built here means that only a part of it is resolved in this book and there’re still too many things that haven’t yet fallen into place.
‘Running the Risk’ can of course, be read as a standalone. There are however, references to what happened in the previous book in the secretive and high-strung world of covert ops (and some recap for the reader’s sake here) which can be a confounding—I think the secret-keeping and the classified stuff sometimes work against the story—and the epilogue that’s like a trailer for the next book to come is merely a stark reminder that the whole arc is far from over. I’m always itchy for more (particularly when it comes to world-domination-type things), but the wait for the next one looks to be long.
*ARC by the publisher via Netgalley
January 28, 2018
You run the risk of falling off the edge of your seat with all the action, suspense, betrayal, conspiracies and people thought dead in previous books returning.
This has been an exciting series from the first novella that kicked it off and it just keep getting better with each book. There are so many bad guys doing illegal and subversive acts and when you think you know all the players when one goes down there are plenty more to take their place. Other than the Endgame Ops team (a black ops group ran by the Joint Chief of Staff) you really have no idea who the good guys even are.
Quick rundown is there have been two military ops where betrayal has happened to the men and women who were later recruited for Endgame Ops – this included the death of some of the team members. In the last book we found out two thought dead were not.
This is one crazy ride of two soul mates being reunited after one was thought dead and later to have betrayed the team. Action was non stop and more conspiracies and secrets were uncovered.
Each book is a new couple but the arc of the conspiracies continues through each book. With each book you get so wrapped up in the story and hate when it comes to an end.. Looking forward to the next book.
This has been an exciting series from the first novella that kicked it off and it just keep getting better with each book. There are so many bad guys doing illegal and subversive acts and when you think you know all the players when one goes down there are plenty more to take their place. Other than the Endgame Ops team (a black ops group ran by the Joint Chief of Staff) you really have no idea who the good guys even are.
Quick rundown is there have been two military ops where betrayal has happened to the men and women who were later recruited for Endgame Ops – this included the death of some of the team members. In the last book we found out two thought dead were not.
This is one crazy ride of two soul mates being reunited after one was thought dead and later to have betrayed the team. Action was non stop and more conspiracies and secrets were uncovered.
Each book is a new couple but the arc of the conspiracies continues through each book. With each book you get so wrapped up in the story and hate when it comes to an end.. Looking forward to the next book.
April 8, 2018
This is the second book in the Endgame Ops series, and if you haven’t read the first one, there are an awful lot of characters to get to grips with here, especially since a number of them are stated in the beginning as having been killed in action and then turn out to be mysteriously alive.
And when I say ‘a number of them’ I mean ‘literally everyone’. Starting with one of the protagonists of the book, Ella Banning. She was ‘killed’ a year ago in an operation in Beirut which went south, leaving her lover, Jude Dagan, devastated. Now she’s turned up alive, right hand woman to a notorious arms dealer.
Saying that Jude does not handle this well is the understatement of the year. In fact, he goes completely off the rails, first deciding he has to kill her as a traitor, then that he wants answers. When he finally gets face to face with her, he’s violent, threatening, demanding, and totally mistrustful. Ella tells him to his face that she’s on an undercover mission and he’s endangering everything, and he just flat-out doesn’t listen. And not a single one of his team-mates calls him on it. He even kidnaps her and drags her off to a remote hideaway to… I still don’t know what for. To ‘keep her safe’, he claimed, completely disrespecting the fact that she was doing her job and his actions made it impossible for her to be professional and help people who needed her. And then he didn’t check her for an implanted tracker, despite having the equipment conveniently on hand, leading to them both being almost killed anyway.
There is so much contradictory in Jude’s attitude. It’s stated repeatedly that Ella was broken (and we get a nasty account of the torture she underwent) in order for the arms dealer to trust she’s too afraid of him to betray him. In which case, Jude should absolutely never trust a word out of her mouth. Or… she was never broken in the first place, in which case she is most definitely not ‘soft’, as he thinks of her multiple times. I nearly threw my e-reader at the wall at the sentence “She’d become a better soldier while she’d been away from him, but she was still soft.”
I like romantic suspense and action novels, and I like an alpha male, but this book was a mess of contradictory plot points and Jude crossed well over the line from alpha to a-hole. Despite the cliffhanger ending, I’m not in the least tempted to read any more in this series. It took me four days to wade through a book I should have finished in a couple of hours because I kept losing my temper and having to put it down. Jude’s boneheaded stupidity and conviction that He Knew Best made me want to murder him myself. I’m not kidding when I say I was disappointed when the villain didn’t manage it.
I only didn’t DNF this because I don’t believe in critiquing something without having full and informed knowledge of the thing. Having battled through to the end of this, I can therefore in full confidence say I absolutely hated it and I’m giving it one star - which is more than it deserves.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for review through NetGalley.
And when I say ‘a number of them’ I mean ‘literally everyone’. Starting with one of the protagonists of the book, Ella Banning. She was ‘killed’ a year ago in an operation in Beirut which went south, leaving her lover, Jude Dagan, devastated. Now she’s turned up alive, right hand woman to a notorious arms dealer.
Saying that Jude does not handle this well is the understatement of the year. In fact, he goes completely off the rails, first deciding he has to kill her as a traitor, then that he wants answers. When he finally gets face to face with her, he’s violent, threatening, demanding, and totally mistrustful. Ella tells him to his face that she’s on an undercover mission and he’s endangering everything, and he just flat-out doesn’t listen. And not a single one of his team-mates calls him on it. He even kidnaps her and drags her off to a remote hideaway to… I still don’t know what for. To ‘keep her safe’, he claimed, completely disrespecting the fact that she was doing her job and his actions made it impossible for her to be professional and help people who needed her. And then he didn’t check her for an implanted tracker, despite having the equipment conveniently on hand, leading to them both being almost killed anyway.
There is so much contradictory in Jude’s attitude. It’s stated repeatedly that Ella was broken (and we get a nasty account of the torture she underwent) in order for the arms dealer to trust she’s too afraid of him to betray him. In which case, Jude should absolutely never trust a word out of her mouth. Or… she was never broken in the first place, in which case she is most definitely not ‘soft’, as he thinks of her multiple times. I nearly threw my e-reader at the wall at the sentence “She’d become a better soldier while she’d been away from him, but she was still soft.”
I like romantic suspense and action novels, and I like an alpha male, but this book was a mess of contradictory plot points and Jude crossed well over the line from alpha to a-hole. Despite the cliffhanger ending, I’m not in the least tempted to read any more in this series. It took me four days to wade through a book I should have finished in a couple of hours because I kept losing my temper and having to put it down. Jude’s boneheaded stupidity and conviction that He Knew Best made me want to murder him myself. I’m not kidding when I say I was disappointed when the villain didn’t manage it.
I only didn’t DNF this because I don’t believe in critiquing something without having full and informed knowledge of the thing. Having battled through to the end of this, I can therefore in full confidence say I absolutely hated it and I’m giving it one star - which is more than it deserves.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book for review through NetGalley.
April 18, 2018
After watching the love of his life die a year ago, Jude continues his work with Endgame Ops, although there is a huge whole in his heart. That is until he sees Ella alive and working with their enemy. Since then, a mix of dark emotions war within Jude, causing him to track Ella down and eventually confront her.
Ella hates deceiving her Endgame teammates, but she firmly believes in the mission-within-a-mission that their leader, the Piper, set in motion. However, the deeper Ella dives, the more convoluted the mission and motives appear. Yet, she is determined to stay put within the enemy camp until she determines who Dresden works for, placing her at odds with the man she loves and his personal mission to save her.
Overall, I found Running the Risk to be a thrilling story and passionate romance. Ella and Jude share a strong history, which makes their connection extremely emotional, which worked for me. Theirs is a deep and lasting love, one that the author planted reminders of throughout the book. One of my favorite passages was when Jude brings Ella to his home after taking her from her undercover job. She does something mundane like brushing her teeth, and it triggers a memory of how Jude would make fun of how much toothpaste she uses. It’s a great reminder that although things have changed between the pair, the solid core remains.
While I really enjoyed the romantic storyline, I found the suspense side a bit more difficult to follow. First, I was a bit put off by Ella’s conviction to trust her shadowy boss rather than her teammates and Jude. The author does a good job of making a case for Ella at first, but after a while, it felt flimsy. Especially when Ella figures Dresden knows she’s still with Endgame. Why would she fight so hard to go back to the monster? Additionally, there are so many players in motion and dead teammates who may not really be dead. There are too many characters for me to keep track of, which makes the story hard to follow when things start to get intense. I tried to follow the actions of Ella and Jude only, letting the rest fall away in the periphery. It mostly worked, even though I am generally someone who likes to piece the puzzle together on my own, before the characters do.
In the end, I enjoyed Running the Risk and felt it was a solid story overall. I really liked Ella and Jude’s second chance romance and the strong emotions it evoked throughout the tale. Although I was a bit overwhelmed with the action piece, it was suspenseful and exciting.
My Rating: B, Liked It
Originally posted at That's What I'm Talking About
Review copy provided by Netgalley
Ella hates deceiving her Endgame teammates, but she firmly believes in the mission-within-a-mission that their leader, the Piper, set in motion. However, the deeper Ella dives, the more convoluted the mission and motives appear. Yet, she is determined to stay put within the enemy camp until she determines who Dresden works for, placing her at odds with the man she loves and his personal mission to save her.
Overall, I found Running the Risk to be a thrilling story and passionate romance. Ella and Jude share a strong history, which makes their connection extremely emotional, which worked for me. Theirs is a deep and lasting love, one that the author planted reminders of throughout the book. One of my favorite passages was when Jude brings Ella to his home after taking her from her undercover job. She does something mundane like brushing her teeth, and it triggers a memory of how Jude would make fun of how much toothpaste she uses. It’s a great reminder that although things have changed between the pair, the solid core remains.
While I really enjoyed the romantic storyline, I found the suspense side a bit more difficult to follow. First, I was a bit put off by Ella’s conviction to trust her shadowy boss rather than her teammates and Jude. The author does a good job of making a case for Ella at first, but after a while, it felt flimsy. Especially when Ella figures Dresden knows she’s still with Endgame. Why would she fight so hard to go back to the monster? Additionally, there are so many players in motion and dead teammates who may not really be dead. There are too many characters for me to keep track of, which makes the story hard to follow when things start to get intense. I tried to follow the actions of Ella and Jude only, letting the rest fall away in the periphery. It mostly worked, even though I am generally someone who likes to piece the puzzle together on my own, before the characters do.
In the end, I enjoyed Running the Risk and felt it was a solid story overall. I really liked Ella and Jude’s second chance romance and the strong emotions it evoked throughout the tale. Although I was a bit overwhelmed with the action piece, it was suspenseful and exciting.
My Rating: B, Liked It
Originally posted at That's What I'm Talking About
Review copy provided by Netgalley
April 10, 2018
This review was originally posted on Books of My Heart
I received this book for free from for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
3.5 hearts
I enjoy this Endgame Ops series because it has both mystery / action and romance . I'm glad we are in on the military style operations and there is an overall story arc to the series as well as the current book. There is also quite a bit of who are the good guys, who are the bad guys and who are playing on both sides. It makes it very suspenseful. Who can one trust?
Running the Risk is the story of Jude and Ella. In Flash of Fury, an operation went bad in Beirut and many people were thought dead, including Ella. Now Jude finds out she lived. No one appreciated when Jude was distracted from his mission by Ella, including her. She has stayed with the bad guys to try to get intel on their operations.
There were quite a few revelations and new players introduced. This kept things interesting. Otherwise I might have gotten tired of Jude's rather caveman thoughts. Ella was amazingly strong and capable, all the way through hell. It's always good to see the whole team in action and experience their skills and camaraderie. The epilogue brings another shock setting up the next book, I'll be reading.
I received this book for free from for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
3.5 hearts
I enjoy this Endgame Ops series because it has both mystery / action and romance . I'm glad we are in on the military style operations and there is an overall story arc to the series as well as the current book. There is also quite a bit of who are the good guys, who are the bad guys and who are playing on both sides. It makes it very suspenseful. Who can one trust?
Running the Risk is the story of Jude and Ella. In Flash of Fury, an operation went bad in Beirut and many people were thought dead, including Ella. Now Jude finds out she lived. No one appreciated when Jude was distracted from his mission by Ella, including her. She has stayed with the bad guys to try to get intel on their operations.
There were quite a few revelations and new players introduced. This kept things interesting. Otherwise I might have gotten tired of Jude's rather caveman thoughts. Ella was amazingly strong and capable, all the way through hell. It's always good to see the whole team in action and experience their skills and camaraderie. The epilogue brings another shock setting up the next book, I'll be reading.
January 27, 2018
I know I'm writing this review early and I don't like doing that, but author you have a big hit on your hands with this one if only you would get it professionally edited and follow the advice I left you as a message to the publisher in NetGalley. Hurry up and fix the final version. because I would really like to give this book a 5.
This review is based on the ARC provided by the author and/or the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.
This review is based on the ARC provided by the author and/or the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.
March 19, 2018
This story is a little more over the top than most when it comes to second chance romance and betrayal. The author puts the two main characters in interesting places to have sex and at times I wanted to laugh where she had placed them.
This story is in a series that don't end with the end of this book but the Happily Ever After for Elle and Jude does.
Lea Griffinth has the ability to keep readers hooked to the main story while they wonder what will happen in the next book and who will come out unharmed in the process.
The Lea Griffinth has the ability to write a complex story that will keep on going well past book 2 and readers will eat it up wanting more.
Thank you to the publisher, Netgalley for the advance copy of Lea Griffith Running the Risk (Endgame Ops #2)
This story is in a series that don't end with the end of this book but the Happily Ever After for Elle and Jude does.
Lea Griffinth has the ability to keep readers hooked to the main story while they wonder what will happen in the next book and who will come out unharmed in the process.
The Lea Griffinth has the ability to write a complex story that will keep on going well past book 2 and readers will eat it up wanting more.
Thank you to the publisher, Netgalley for the advance copy of Lea Griffith Running the Risk (Endgame Ops #2)
March 19, 2018
I thought the first book in this series was amazing, but RUNNING THE RISK just blew that assessment out of the water and in my opinion, has cemented Lea Griffith's status as a rock-star in the romantic suspense genre! This is exactly what I want to read when I pick up a book in this genre: non-stop, explosive action, edge of your seat suspense and an undying love story all wrapped on in one.
Jude Dagan's life ended the moment he watched the only woman he ever loved die in a mission gone wrong and for the past year he's been going through the motions, only to discover that she not only lived, but willingly walked away. She's always been his number one priority and he's ready to blow up his mission, to keep her safe in spite of her lies and deception.
Ella Banning gave up her life and freedom for pain and torture in the service of love and country, but now that Jude knows she's alive, she needs to stay a step ahead of him to ensure that the mission she gave up so much for is completed. But with the smart and well connected foe they are facing off against, joining forces may be a better option.
The multilayered plot of this story makes it hard to separate the characters into good and bad categories, and other that the Endgame team itself, everyone else is suspect. Their motives, their goals and their methods are all questionable, especially as people who were thought to be dead are really not and we are getting tiny pieces of the picture that point to a massive high stakes plot that is sure to rock the very foundations of the world as we know it, once the full extent of it is revealed.
Ella and Jude's love for each other is undying and would be a tad melodramatic, except for the fact that the pace of the story itself is frenzied and fast, and the shadowy forces they are up against seem more like fiction than reality.
I really am excited about this series in a way haven't been about any other in the last year and I can't wait to see what Ms. Griffith has in store next. RUNNING THE RISK can be read as a stand-alone, but with the overarching plot, I would recommend starting with the novella that introduced the series and reading in order.
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Jude Dagan's life ended the moment he watched the only woman he ever loved die in a mission gone wrong and for the past year he's been going through the motions, only to discover that she not only lived, but willingly walked away. She's always been his number one priority and he's ready to blow up his mission, to keep her safe in spite of her lies and deception.
Ella Banning gave up her life and freedom for pain and torture in the service of love and country, but now that Jude knows she's alive, she needs to stay a step ahead of him to ensure that the mission she gave up so much for is completed. But with the smart and well connected foe they are facing off against, joining forces may be a better option.
The multilayered plot of this story makes it hard to separate the characters into good and bad categories, and other that the Endgame team itself, everyone else is suspect. Their motives, their goals and their methods are all questionable, especially as people who were thought to be dead are really not and we are getting tiny pieces of the picture that point to a massive high stakes plot that is sure to rock the very foundations of the world as we know it, once the full extent of it is revealed.
Ella and Jude's love for each other is undying and would be a tad melodramatic, except for the fact that the pace of the story itself is frenzied and fast, and the shadowy forces they are up against seem more like fiction than reality.
I really am excited about this series in a way haven't been about any other in the last year and I can't wait to see what Ms. Griffith has in store next. RUNNING THE RISK can be read as a stand-alone, but with the overarching plot, I would recommend starting with the novella that introduced the series and reading in order.
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March 7, 2018
The Endgame elite soldiers return in the second book of the series, Running the Risk. We met Jude and Ella in the last book, Flash of Fury, but we didn’t know their entire story. Prepare yourselves for a fast-paced journey through different continents and intense emotions. Ella died in a mission last year, but all is not what it seems in this series. Ella is found in the evil clutches of Horace Dresden alive but not the same.
Ella has to learn to trust her team, but they also have to determine if she is a traitor. Jude Dagan lost the love of his life, but he has a second chance and will not waste it. Jude will move heaven and earth to save Ella and destroy the man who has held her captive with or without the help of his team. Can Ella and Jude reconnect and reconcile? Read this book to find out.
If you like mercenary type stories with a lot of romance thrown in, this book is for you. Lea Griffith does an amazing job of plot twists that you never see coming. I’m addicted to this series and cannot wait for the next installment! This racy, action-packed book is a must read!
Ella has to learn to trust her team, but they also have to determine if she is a traitor. Jude Dagan lost the love of his life, but he has a second chance and will not waste it. Jude will move heaven and earth to save Ella and destroy the man who has held her captive with or without the help of his team. Can Ella and Jude reconnect and reconcile? Read this book to find out.
If you like mercenary type stories with a lot of romance thrown in, this book is for you. Lea Griffith does an amazing job of plot twists that you never see coming. I’m addicted to this series and cannot wait for the next installment! This racy, action-packed book is a must read!
February 14, 2018
Received an ARC at no cost to author..(netgalley) I do normally like suspense reads, I even like second chance reads, but I was not crazy about this one..I never connected with the Ella, and really couldn't understand why Jude wanted her back when he thought she had thoroughly betrayed him. We didn't get the reasoning behind her betrayal till around the end. There was just too much going on for me, and this is the second in series and I did not find myself wanting the first or care about what happens next..So yeah not for me.
March 25, 2018
Running the Risk (Endgame Ops #2) by Lea Griffith
4 stars
M/F Thriller Romance
Triggers: Torture, murder, kidnapping
I was given this book for an honest review by Wicked Reads.
This is the second book in the series and I would say that you for sure need to read book 1 in order to understand what is going on in this story. All of the characters are repeat and the dynamics between them all is complex. Understanding where everyone comes from and how they meld together is vital in understanding how this story continues forward.
Jude has lost everything that he cares about. Ella was the love of his life and despite knowing that they worked dangerous jobs, Jude can't help but feel the loss. While continuing to hunt for the one who betrayed his team, he finds that Ella is not where she appeared to be - who she appeared to be. Questions crop up and Jude will stop at nothing in order to obtain the answers he needs and feels he deserves.
Ella is living a life of lies. She has been through the ringer and lived to tell about it. However, she is doing everything in her power to protect those she holds dear. But, when more players are introduced to the board and Jude's continued pursuit lands her in hot water, she'll have to decide whether or not she can trust her old team again to get her through it all.
This is fast paced and there is a lot going on. I am so looking forward to the next installment and can't wait to see what twists and turns crop up next.
4 stars
M/F Thriller Romance
Triggers: Torture, murder, kidnapping
I was given this book for an honest review by Wicked Reads.
This is the second book in the series and I would say that you for sure need to read book 1 in order to understand what is going on in this story. All of the characters are repeat and the dynamics between them all is complex. Understanding where everyone comes from and how they meld together is vital in understanding how this story continues forward.
Jude has lost everything that he cares about. Ella was the love of his life and despite knowing that they worked dangerous jobs, Jude can't help but feel the loss. While continuing to hunt for the one who betrayed his team, he finds that Ella is not where she appeared to be - who she appeared to be. Questions crop up and Jude will stop at nothing in order to obtain the answers he needs and feels he deserves.
Ella is living a life of lies. She has been through the ringer and lived to tell about it. However, she is doing everything in her power to protect those she holds dear. But, when more players are introduced to the board and Jude's continued pursuit lands her in hot water, she'll have to decide whether or not she can trust her old team again to get her through it all.
This is fast paced and there is a lot going on. I am so looking forward to the next installment and can't wait to see what twists and turns crop up next.
March 20, 2018
DNF
Too many characters, introduced far too fast to make heads and tails of this story.
Too many characters, introduced far too fast to make heads and tails of this story.
May 3, 2018
Running the Risk is the second book in the Endgame Ops series. Jude Dagan believes that the love of his life, Ella Banning, was killed a year ago in a botched mission in Beirut. This mission, which begins the book, is the same one that began the previous book in this series. The difference being that this time we get Jude's point of view instead of King's. When rumors start flying that Ella is alive, Jude can't help but investigate. In the meantime, Ella saves the lives of King McNally and Allie Redding in the previous book, and she reveals to her entire former team that she is still alive. How did she survive when it appeared she had been shot in the head? The fact that she is living with the team's arch enemy, Dresden, causes Jude and the rest of the team to label her a traitor, making them even more determined to find her to either extract revenge or get her side of the story.
This was another good book in the Endgame Ops series. It is made more interesting because, even though we know Ella isn't a traitor, we don't know how she is going to be able to prove her innocence. An overall good read.
This was another good book in the Endgame Ops series. It is made more interesting because, even though we know Ella isn't a traitor, we don't know how she is going to be able to prove her innocence. An overall good read.
April 5, 2018
Running the Risk by Lea Griffith is the 2nd book in her Endgame Ops series. I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and was happy that Running the Risk was equally as good or even better.
Jude Dagan, a member of Endgame Ops team, has not gotten over the death of the love of his life, Ella, a year ago. When he investigates some rumors of an Ella sighting, Jude ignores his team and is determined to track her down.
Ella Banning, our heroine, who was assumed dead, is now working for the enemy, Horace Dresden. When she sees Jude from afar, she does everything in her power to run away and keep her distance. Ella has become a powerful assistant to Dresden, and is now considered a traitor, but Jude cannot walk away. He still loves Ella, and wants to find out the truth, even if he feels she has betrayed them all. But is Ella really a traitor? They (Endgame Ops) left her and others for dead, leaving them at the mercy of Dresden and his evil mercenaries. Ella was tortured, and broken by one of Dresden’s men, and she slowly became his powerful dangerous assistant, handling their associates. What Jude doesn’t know is that Ella is actually protecting him, since Dresden holds that over her head…if she doesn’t do what he asks for, he will have Jude killed and Dresden always gets what he wants.
When Jude finally catches up with Ella, she tries to explain that she too has her own mission, besides saving his life. When the founder of the Endgame forces Jude to stay away from Ella, Jude knows that something more is going on. He will convince his teammates about getting Ella, and learning what Piper (Endgame founder) is hiding.
What follows is a very exciting action packed adventure that will also bring some surprises, as well as conspiracies. When Jude and the team capture Ella, they will need to learn to trust each other, in order to get the main target..Horace Dresden. Something that is almost impossible, with his ties throughout the world, not to mention possible political betrayals.
Slowly Ella will earn their trust, despite her determination to go back to where Dresden is hiding to rescue another woman held captive. The team realizes that they were also at fault for leaving her, and two others for dead; allowing them to be captured and tortured. These revelations will bring them all together to fight the enemy.
The romance between Ella and Jude was sizzling, as they had great chemistry. Their love for each other was all consuming that even with the terrible things that have separated them, their love has never faltered. Despite his anger at what he assumes to be her betrayal at not coming to him earlier, his love of Ella was so strong, he could not let her go, as in time he would forgive her.
I loved Ella’s strength, perseverance and ability to fight off anyone who threatens her. She survived the worst, and still wants to save the woman held captive and also kill Dresden. She earns her former teams trust, and together they will all go to try to destroy the enemy, as well as find out the truths of who is behind what has been happening.
The final half of the book was intense with so many lives in danger. Just when you think they were safe, the danger escalates with both Ella & Jude’s life questionable. The exciting climax had me holding my breath to see who will survive. Lea Griffith has done it again with a fantastic suspenseful storyline, wonderful great couple, awesome secondary characters and an edge of your seat thriller. I suggest you read this series, and start with the first book, Flash of Fury.
Barb
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Jude Dagan, a member of Endgame Ops team, has not gotten over the death of the love of his life, Ella, a year ago. When he investigates some rumors of an Ella sighting, Jude ignores his team and is determined to track her down.
Ella Banning, our heroine, who was assumed dead, is now working for the enemy, Horace Dresden. When she sees Jude from afar, she does everything in her power to run away and keep her distance. Ella has become a powerful assistant to Dresden, and is now considered a traitor, but Jude cannot walk away. He still loves Ella, and wants to find out the truth, even if he feels she has betrayed them all. But is Ella really a traitor? They (Endgame Ops) left her and others for dead, leaving them at the mercy of Dresden and his evil mercenaries. Ella was tortured, and broken by one of Dresden’s men, and she slowly became his powerful dangerous assistant, handling their associates. What Jude doesn’t know is that Ella is actually protecting him, since Dresden holds that over her head…if she doesn’t do what he asks for, he will have Jude killed and Dresden always gets what he wants.
When Jude finally catches up with Ella, she tries to explain that she too has her own mission, besides saving his life. When the founder of the Endgame forces Jude to stay away from Ella, Jude knows that something more is going on. He will convince his teammates about getting Ella, and learning what Piper (Endgame founder) is hiding.
What follows is a very exciting action packed adventure that will also bring some surprises, as well as conspiracies. When Jude and the team capture Ella, they will need to learn to trust each other, in order to get the main target..Horace Dresden. Something that is almost impossible, with his ties throughout the world, not to mention possible political betrayals.
Slowly Ella will earn their trust, despite her determination to go back to where Dresden is hiding to rescue another woman held captive. The team realizes that they were also at fault for leaving her, and two others for dead; allowing them to be captured and tortured. These revelations will bring them all together to fight the enemy.
The romance between Ella and Jude was sizzling, as they had great chemistry. Their love for each other was all consuming that even with the terrible things that have separated them, their love has never faltered. Despite his anger at what he assumes to be her betrayal at not coming to him earlier, his love of Ella was so strong, he could not let her go, as in time he would forgive her.
I loved Ella’s strength, perseverance and ability to fight off anyone who threatens her. She survived the worst, and still wants to save the woman held captive and also kill Dresden. She earns her former teams trust, and together they will all go to try to destroy the enemy, as well as find out the truths of who is behind what has been happening.
The final half of the book was intense with so many lives in danger. Just when you think they were safe, the danger escalates with both Ella & Jude’s life questionable. The exciting climax had me holding my breath to see who will survive. Lea Griffith has done it again with a fantastic suspenseful storyline, wonderful great couple, awesome secondary characters and an edge of your seat thriller. I suggest you read this series, and start with the first book, Flash of Fury.
Barb
The Reading Cafe>/a>
April 24, 2018
Title: Running the Risk
Series: Endgame Ops Book #2
Stand Alone Title: yes
Author: Lea Griffith
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Blurb: Survival is crucial.
Trust is optional.
Love is unstoppable.
Jude Dagan's life as he knew it ended a year ago. On a mission gone wrong, he was forced to watch as Ella Banning, the only woman he's ever loved, was killed. Or so he thought.
Jude wasn't the only one who lost something on the day Ella was presumed dead. She sacrificed Endgame Ops, the love of her life, and parts of herself she can never get back. Now she's determined to take down the world's most dangerous terrorist--even if it means working for him.
When Jude and Ella are reunited, they'll battle the lies Ella has been forced to tell...and struggle to save a love that knows no bounds.
Favorite quote(s)/excerpt(s): “We’ve got about an hour hike out of these caves. It’ll still be dark when we exit. I go first, and if there’s any sign of danger, you tuck in and wait for my orders. We clear, Ella? I need your cooperation here.”
“I’m clear,” she said in exasperation. “How the hell did I manage to survive a whole year without you?”
Oh, her sarcasm. He’d missed the hell out of that. He rolled his eyes. “I don’t know. I’m sure it was touch and go.”
Thoughts: Reading this book was like watching an awesome action movie come to life on the big screen. I could almost see some of the scenes flicker to life! You can’t get any better than this - jam packed adventure and action. The good guys against the bad guys. The down and dirty violence that is special ops. Then, with a great helping of romance thrown in there for good measure. And it hits the best of the best in romance, too! That love so strong and vibrant that you can literally feel the emotions of the characters. I don’t know how I’ve never read this author before, but I will most assuredly be remedying that fact! Exceptional romantic suspense! You can’t go wrong grabbing this one!
Rating: A
Other books in this series: Flash of Fury (Book #1)
Series: Endgame Ops Book #2
Stand Alone Title: yes
Author: Lea Griffith
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Blurb: Survival is crucial.
Trust is optional.
Love is unstoppable.
Jude Dagan's life as he knew it ended a year ago. On a mission gone wrong, he was forced to watch as Ella Banning, the only woman he's ever loved, was killed. Or so he thought.
Jude wasn't the only one who lost something on the day Ella was presumed dead. She sacrificed Endgame Ops, the love of her life, and parts of herself she can never get back. Now she's determined to take down the world's most dangerous terrorist--even if it means working for him.
When Jude and Ella are reunited, they'll battle the lies Ella has been forced to tell...and struggle to save a love that knows no bounds.
Favorite quote(s)/excerpt(s): “We’ve got about an hour hike out of these caves. It’ll still be dark when we exit. I go first, and if there’s any sign of danger, you tuck in and wait for my orders. We clear, Ella? I need your cooperation here.”
“I’m clear,” she said in exasperation. “How the hell did I manage to survive a whole year without you?”
Oh, her sarcasm. He’d missed the hell out of that. He rolled his eyes. “I don’t know. I’m sure it was touch and go.”
Thoughts: Reading this book was like watching an awesome action movie come to life on the big screen. I could almost see some of the scenes flicker to life! You can’t get any better than this - jam packed adventure and action. The good guys against the bad guys. The down and dirty violence that is special ops. Then, with a great helping of romance thrown in there for good measure. And it hits the best of the best in romance, too! That love so strong and vibrant that you can literally feel the emotions of the characters. I don’t know how I’ve never read this author before, but I will most assuredly be remedying that fact! Exceptional romantic suspense! You can’t go wrong grabbing this one!
Rating: A
Other books in this series: Flash of Fury (Book #1)
April 3, 2018
Reviewed at Keeper Bookshelf
Running The Risk is intense, full of action, lies, betrayal and the kind of love that could go beyond everything that’s happened… eventually. I easily got wrapped up in the lives and losses of the Endgame Ops series once again. And because of the way this story plays out I’m not comfortable giving much more than my opinion of the overall story. With this much deception, double crosses, danger, love, loss and gain it would be far too easy to say something that should be left for the reader to discover on their own.
My heart broke for both Jude and Ella – then it broke again before there was any healing in sight. In the middle of all the intrigue, the danger and the betrayals I was left wondering how far I would go for love. Love of self, love of another person, love of an ideal, love of country. Most of us won’t ever have to find out that answer but it does produce a compelling, deep and intense story that will twist and turn your mind and heart around a lot. If you love Romantic Suspense then this is a story that you will fall into. I’d recommend Running The Risk for it’s storyline, the characters, the action and the questions it gives us to think about. I’m loving this series and already anticipate the next journey into this world.
*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*
Running The Risk is intense, full of action, lies, betrayal and the kind of love that could go beyond everything that’s happened… eventually. I easily got wrapped up in the lives and losses of the Endgame Ops series once again. And because of the way this story plays out I’m not comfortable giving much more than my opinion of the overall story. With this much deception, double crosses, danger, love, loss and gain it would be far too easy to say something that should be left for the reader to discover on their own.
My heart broke for both Jude and Ella – then it broke again before there was any healing in sight. In the middle of all the intrigue, the danger and the betrayals I was left wondering how far I would go for love. Love of self, love of another person, love of an ideal, love of country. Most of us won’t ever have to find out that answer but it does produce a compelling, deep and intense story that will twist and turn your mind and heart around a lot. If you love Romantic Suspense then this is a story that you will fall into. I’d recommend Running The Risk for it’s storyline, the characters, the action and the questions it gives us to think about. I’m loving this series and already anticipate the next journey into this world.
*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*
June 18, 2018
The Endgame elite soldiers return in the second book of the series, Running the Risk. We met Jude and Ella in the last book, Flash of Fury, but we didn’t know their entire story. Prepare yourselves for a fast-paced journey through different continents and intense emotions. Ella died in a mission last year, but all is not what it seems in this series. Ella is found in the evil clutches of Horace Dresden alive but not the same.
Ella has to learn to trust her team, but they also have to determine if she is a traitor. Jude Dagan lost the love of his life, but he has a second chance and will not waste it. Jude will move heaven and earth to save Ella and destroy the man who has held her captive with or without the help of his team. Can Ella and Jude reconnect and reconcile? Read this book to find out.
If you like mercenary type stories with a lot of romance thrown in, this book is for you. Lea Griffith does an amazing job of plot twists that you never see coming. I’m addicted to this series and cannot wait for the next installment! This racy, action-packed book is available at your library using Hoopla. Happy Reading!
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GENRE: Romantic Suspense
THEME: Together Again
PACE: Fast-Paced
WRITING STYLE: Compelling
STORYLINE: Action-Packed
TONE: Steamy
SUBJECT: Anti-Terrorists; Loss; Men/Women Relations; Military Missions; Sexual Attraction; Special Operations; Terrorism
- Dione, Reference Librarian
Ella has to learn to trust her team, but they also have to determine if she is a traitor. Jude Dagan lost the love of his life, but he has a second chance and will not waste it. Jude will move heaven and earth to save Ella and destroy the man who has held her captive with or without the help of his team. Can Ella and Jude reconnect and reconcile? Read this book to find out.
If you like mercenary type stories with a lot of romance thrown in, this book is for you. Lea Griffith does an amazing job of plot twists that you never see coming. I’m addicted to this series and cannot wait for the next installment! This racy, action-packed book is available at your library using Hoopla. Happy Reading!
ARE YOU AND THIS BOOK A GOOD MATCH?
DISCOVER MORE WITH NOVELIST APPEALS!
GENRE: Romantic Suspense
THEME: Together Again
PACE: Fast-Paced
WRITING STYLE: Compelling
STORYLINE: Action-Packed
TONE: Steamy
SUBJECT: Anti-Terrorists; Loss; Men/Women Relations; Military Missions; Sexual Attraction; Special Operations; Terrorism
- Dione, Reference Librarian
February 6, 2018
I received this book from Net Galley for a voluntary and honest review. I liked the synopsis of the book, so I requested it. This is part of a series but can be read as a standalone and I will be picking up other books in the series.
This book is different than your typical romance novels, because the couple were together when the book started. It's not really a second chance novel, but it's a fight to get back what they had. Jude and Ella are employed by a civilian contractor. One of those companies that have former spec ops, or law enforcement folks who handle things that the military can not for what ever reason.
When an op goes bad, Jude believes he watches Ella killed before his eyes, little did he know the bullet missed. A year later he finds her working for a quintessential bad guy. Confused at first by did she commit treason or was she forced to join Dresden's team, but his heart knew that he wanted Ella back at all costs. I'm not going to divulge what was going on, as one needs to read the book.
A thrilling action adventure movie plot would follow, but I enjoyed it. I especially loved that as the world is blowing up around them Ella is concerned about protecting the stray cat that she found.
Four vs 5 stars, only because everyone that was supposed to be dead apparently isn't. I get how it all fits into the plots but geez :)
This book is different than your typical romance novels, because the couple were together when the book started. It's not really a second chance novel, but it's a fight to get back what they had. Jude and Ella are employed by a civilian contractor. One of those companies that have former spec ops, or law enforcement folks who handle things that the military can not for what ever reason.
When an op goes bad, Jude believes he watches Ella killed before his eyes, little did he know the bullet missed. A year later he finds her working for a quintessential bad guy. Confused at first by did she commit treason or was she forced to join Dresden's team, but his heart knew that he wanted Ella back at all costs. I'm not going to divulge what was going on, as one needs to read the book.
A thrilling action adventure movie plot would follow, but I enjoyed it. I especially loved that as the world is blowing up around them Ella is concerned about protecting the stray cat that she found.
Four vs 5 stars, only because everyone that was supposed to be dead apparently isn't. I get how it all fits into the plots but geez :)
March 10, 2018
In Lea Griffith's Running the Risk, the 2nd installment in the Endgame Ops romantic suspense series, this novel would set your world on fire and send you on a journey of explosive danger. For Jude Dagan, a year ago, he thought he had lost the love of his life, Ella Banning, when she died in a mission gone wrong. Now he would do anything to have her back again in his life. To do that, when he first found her in Beirut, he would have to track her down and bring her home. Of course, he had a couple of obstacles standing in her life. For Ella, she loved Jude, but she had her own mission to take care of herself. And that's to intricate information from Horace Dresden and bring him down to his knees. Plus, she had to deal with the Piper, their fearless leader, who's connecting to all of them in some way or another. Together, while she had to rebuild his trust and everyone from Endgame Ops, she would have to do her things her way first. The chemistry between them is explosive, and the two of them would be unstoppable all the way. With the team, they learned new hidden surprises across the world and even in Russia, when it's a matter of life and death to the end...
May 3, 2018
Wow. This is my first book by this author but it won’t be my last. I liked the unconventional beginning to this story. The main characters, Jude and Ella, are deeply in love, but then Ella is presumed dead and Jude must deal with his loss. A year later Judd discovers that Ella is still alive, and they reunite and must come to terms with their new reality and the machinations that have brought them there. I absolutely loved how devoted Ella and Jude were to one another, and that they both respected each other. Ella never became the helpless female, and Judd, though protective, didn’t become a dominating ass. The story, with its far-reaching plot, was a bit over the top at times, but was just so good that I went with it. I really loved the premise of two smart, strong people who loved one another and encouraged and supported each other through their journey. I highly recommend this book and will be anxiously awaiting more from Lea Griffith.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC in return for an honest review.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC in return for an honest review.
February 27, 2018
This is the 2 nd book in the Endgame Ops series but it could be read as a stand alone. A year ago a mission went south and Ella Banning was believed killed in the mission. Jude was on the mission with her and has not recovered from her loss. They were lovers and planned a future together. Now Ella has been spotted with the man the team has been hunting and it appears she is working with him.
I loved the first book in this series. This one didn’t grab me as much. For some reason for a portion of the book I felt like I’d read it before. There is plenty of action to hold your attention and lots of bad guys that keep popping up. There is a huge cliff hanger at the end of the book that I presume will lead to the next book. Even tho I didn’t like this one as much as the first, not every book can be a 5*, I will continue with the series. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.
I loved the first book in this series. This one didn’t grab me as much. For some reason for a portion of the book I felt like I’d read it before. There is plenty of action to hold your attention and lots of bad guys that keep popping up. There is a huge cliff hanger at the end of the book that I presume will lead to the next book. Even tho I didn’t like this one as much as the first, not every book can be a 5*, I will continue with the series. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.
May 21, 2019
Plot Summary: Jude watched his lady love Ella die a year ago, but then he also saw her in Beirut afterwards, very much alive. This romantic suspense explores this paramilitary group as they figure out who's working what angle, and why Ella never came back to Jude after she managed to live.
Heroine: Ella is one tough broad. She spent a year tortured and as a puppet for a Very Bad Man, all to keep her man safe.
Hero: Jude is a straight-talker and is bound and determined to track down Ella, regardless of cost. He's military through and through.
Writing/Readability: I went through a rough phase of putting books down and forgetting about them. Usually that means they forever make it into the DNF pile, but I gave this book a second chance since I was 60% through when I put it down. I'm glad I did! The action sucked me right back in and the payoff was high.
Tropes: paramilitary, romantic suspense, former lovers
Overall: Very engaging! 4.
Heroine: Ella is one tough broad. She spent a year tortured and as a puppet for a Very Bad Man, all to keep her man safe.
Hero: Jude is a straight-talker and is bound and determined to track down Ella, regardless of cost. He's military through and through.
Writing/Readability: I went through a rough phase of putting books down and forgetting about them. Usually that means they forever make it into the DNF pile, but I gave this book a second chance since I was 60% through when I put it down. I'm glad I did! The action sucked me right back in and the payoff was high.
Tropes: paramilitary, romantic suspense, former lovers
Overall: Very engaging! 4.
March 5, 2018
Received an ARC via NetGalley
Had a hard time getting in to this book. Wanted to strangle both Jude and Ella several times. They kept so many secrets and they were doing everything to keep the other safe that they didn’t think about sharing information and the burden. I know that they are in the “secret agent” business, but they got much farther when they pooled their information. This book has a lot of action and suspense, but is so convoluted that I have a hard time keeping track of everything. You have to remember things from Lea’s story in the anthology “Way of the Warrior” and “Flash of Fury” to pull it together. It didn’t answer as many questions as I wanted it to.
Had a hard time getting in to this book. Wanted to strangle both Jude and Ella several times. They kept so many secrets and they were doing everything to keep the other safe that they didn’t think about sharing information and the burden. I know that they are in the “secret agent” business, but they got much farther when they pooled their information. This book has a lot of action and suspense, but is so convoluted that I have a hard time keeping track of everything. You have to remember things from Lea’s story in the anthology “Way of the Warrior” and “Flash of Fury” to pull it together. It didn’t answer as many questions as I wanted it to.
April 2, 2018
Running the Risk is a tangled, convoluted web of intrigue, suspense and love. It has a cast worthy of War and Peace and most have three names, first, last and call sign and use them interchangeably. Yet I still found myself flipping pages wanting to know what was happening and wanting to know if Jude (Keeper) Dagan and Ella were going to find their way back to each other, wanting to know if the bad guys were going to get theirs and wanting to know who the bad guys were. I didn’t read the first in this series and don’t know if it would’ve helped but once I got into it, it really didn’t matter. This is one heck of an exciting read.
August 8, 2019
Book 2 in a series with a new author for me and I loved the book. Love Jude and Elle Bella. My heart broken for both Elle Bella and Brody.
Great story with a great cast of characters. Book is full of action, hunting , suspense, romance and cat and mouse .
I am so enjoying this series looking forward to the next book
Great story with a great cast of characters. Book is full of action, hunting , suspense, romance and cat and mouse .
I am so enjoying this series looking forward to the next book
July 2, 2018
not as good as I was hoping for. To many variables not really believable I realize you can take artistic licenses with these stories but it went to far. Again lots of different things going on at the same time and it is hard to keep track.
September 11, 2023
I liked it better than #1 book; but I never understood why she was so committed to her mission; given everything that happened to her, made no sense to keep trying to stay in the game. I liked the characters better than #1.
April 3, 2018
Griffith provides a sold installment for the series. While a little formulaic, Running the Risk is a fun and suspenseful novel featuring Jude and Ella's story.
May 4, 2019
Loved this fast paced roller coaster of a read! Alpha men, strong female characters, and an awesome storyline!
March 28, 2018
Running the Risk was my first Lea Griffith book. I love action filled romances and this was a good read. Complex is a good word to describe the plot and the characters. Jude believes he’s been betrayed in the worst way by the one and only woman he’s ever loved and who he thought was his soul mate for life. Ella knows she’s broken Jude’s heart, and her own in the process, but it’s because her love for him is causing her to go to extreme measures to protect him and their team. It’s an age old plot but one that always has great potential. The net result that draws readers – the most intense sort of love and our wish for what the characters have.
The plot was extravagant and at time a bit too much but Griffith is very creative and her writing is good so I still enjoyed it. The good and evil characters are the opposite ends of the spectrum and well suited to this story.
Like all good romances, after serious struggles to get there our hero and heroine got their happily ever after. I was glad and enjoyed their journey to that end.
The plot was extravagant and at time a bit too much but Griffith is very creative and her writing is good so I still enjoyed it. The good and evil characters are the opposite ends of the spectrum and well suited to this story.
Like all good romances, after serious struggles to get there our hero and heroine got their happily ever after. I was glad and enjoyed their journey to that end.
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