Dr. Ivy Collins, founder and CEO of Hedera, Inc., is ready to begin clinical trials of her company’s cutting-edge prosthetic. Her work has been heralded by government, medical, and advocacy groups and everyone hopes the device will be a success. Well, almost everyone. Someone is trying to sabotage Hedera and the launch, but to what purpose–and how far will they go to get what they want?
Meanwhile, U.S. Secret Service Agent Gil Dixon can’t believe he’s finally been reunited with Ivy, his childhood best friend. Now that he’s found her again, Gil intends to spend the rest of his life with her. But it will take all his skill to uncover the truth in time to save Ivy’s life’s work, her own life, and the innocent lives caught in the crossfire.
Perfectly balancing chilling suspense and uplifting romance, award-winning author Lynn H. Blackburn delivers a story of revenge, greed, and overcoming that you won’t want to put down no matter how late it gets.
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Summary
Malicious Intent is the second book in the Defend and Protect Series by Lynn Blackburn. It grabs you from the first chapter and does not slow down until the climatic ending. My heart was racing in some of the scenes and I had to remind myself that is was fiction. Lynn draws you in with these amazing characters that you feel tension along with them.
We briefly met Dr Ivy in Unknown Threat (book 1). This books stands along but I highly recommend reading both books. Lynn is an amazing storyteller. In Malicious Intent Dr Ivy and Gil take center stage. For fans of Lynn’s previous serious you will be thrilled to see an appearance of Adam and Sabrina. Similar to that couple, Dr Ivy is a strong and brilliant woman who finds herself in a very bad situation. The book opens with her being tortured for her work passwords.
Gil and his Secret Service coworkers work through the mystery. The comradery between the agents is enjoyable. Gil and Ivy are rekindling a 15 year romance. Gil was a great hero. I loved how they knew each other but were also discovering each other from the changes in the last 15 years.
Highly recommend this book. Lynn is a phenomenal storyteller.
Violence – Ivy was tortured but it was written well as to not be too graphic.