Risk No Secrets

They shared a past full of danger and intrigue. Sophie was the only woman Wyatt ever loved but he let her go twelve years ago so she could marry his best friend and former Black Ops partner. When faced with danger and intrigue once again and Sophie being divorced and available, both are helpless against a renewed attraction. Cindy Gerard's RISK NO SECRETS is romantic suspense at its best. When the best friend of Sophie Baylor's adopted daughter is kidnapped after being mistaken for her daughter, she doesn't hesitate to call Wyatt Savage of the Black Ops. Sophie's ex-husband is Wyatt's former partner and is not the same man who swept her off her feet; his only concern now is with how much money he can make. Wyatt can't refuse Sophie's request for help. Past feelings don't stay in the past, however, and it doesn't take long for Wyatt and Sophie to explore the relationship they should have had years before. Wyatt's fearlessly determined attention to detail is extremely comforting to Sophie, as is his tender affection. Wyatt's attraction to Sophie has always been powerful, and seeing her desperation to return this kidnapped child to her mother, he is determined to make the rescue successful and calls in the Black Ops team. Sophie's insistence on being involved in the rescue has him apprehensive, but he respects and appreciates her dedication to her friend. He lost her once and losing her again simply isn't an option. I predict that Cindy Gerard's readers will simply love this fifth book in her Black Ops series. Visits from characters of previous books are a welcome addition and a secondary romance is especially satisfying. RISK NO SECRETS is fast-moving from the very start and maintains momentum throughout to a climactic ending. The action and suspense are impeccably written and I give this book a strong recommendation.

There is "no risk" when you choose a Cindy Gerard book. When I see one of her books on a shelf, the only thing I check is to make sure I haven't already read it. Risk No Secrets is just like all the others--great! Loved the romance, the plot, the outcome. In my opinion Cindy Gerard is tops in this type of story. Christy Reece, Beverly Barton, and Cherry Adair are the other 4 authors that excell in this type of story.

I have read all of Cindy Gerard's books. I like them all, some more than others. This one is near the top. 5 stars not because it was perfect but because I really liked it and it made me happy to read it. It pushed all the right buttons for me. Clean well thought out plot. Not overly wordy, overly descriptive etc. Some angst, which I personally like, but it doesn't overwhelm the story. While they do think about their feelings, the characters are not wallowing in their thoughts. The characters are well drawn. You totally understand and believe that Wyatt has loved Sophie for 12 years. He is an honorable man who let her go to marry his best friend without saying anything when she made that choice. Sophie is also well drawn and believable. You can totally see her as a young woman choosing the wild exciting guy over the more quiet guy even though she knows they both love her. You can see that she has wondered over the years whether she made the right choice. There were a couple of spots where I would have liked more discussion/revelation. For example when she tells him she loves him, she doesn't tell him that she had those thoughts. I would have liked to see his reaction to that. Also she doesn't explain even though he basically asks why she didn't call him in the 2 years since her divorce. She doesn't even answer that in her head. So we don't know if she thought he'd forgotten her or what. The kidnapping portion was well done. Ms. Gerard takes the less obvious choice to have the kidnapped child be not her daughter but her daughter's friend. This choice allows their relationship to develop more naturally as I never do buy that a mother of a kidnapped child would have a hot and heavy affair with a spec ops guy while her child is missing. I did guess the bad guy even though there were a few red herrings. But that was okay since this wasn't about if you could figure out the bad guy but the focus was on the romance where I like it as long as the rest makes sense. There is plenty of male interaction with the BOI guys which is nice. It is mostly told through Wyatt's POV which I prefer over the female POV. There was a nice bit of gun toting, door knocking down spec ops stuff. It was well writte. It is important in these sorts of books that I can believe the guys could actually do what I'm being told they are doing. There are only 2 guys left to get their own books. I am looking forward to them. I hope Ms. Gerard either introduces more BOI guys or starts another spin off series as she did with this one. The book, like many of her others, takes place in South America which is an under utilized setting for these sorts of books so I like to see that as well. Ms. Gerard, in my opinion, is one of the top three writers in this genre along with Suzanne Brockmann and Marliss Melton. If you like those ladies, you will love Cindy Gerard as well.

Cindy Gerard continues her very popular BOI series with a highly-charged romantic suspense adventure in "Risk No Secrets." A strong and intriguing cast of characters, including reappearances by BOI characters from earlier books, and a strong and well-developed storyline will capture your attention from the beginning page to the ending page. As always, I'm already asking "how soon is the next book scheduled for release?" I highly recommend this extraordinarily well-written book and congratulate Ms. Gerard on another winner!

The extremely touching love story in RISK NO SECRETS keeps you emotionally involved while the dangerous scenarios make the heart pound. For the fifth Black Ops, Inc. book, there is one perilous adventure after another where the uncertain outcomes up the anxiety level to extra high. Cindy Gerard expertly creates a comradeship amongst the Black Ops team members which is realistically credible and leaves the reader believing every single moment must have surely taken place. When a van slows down near the school run by Sophie Baylor, she quickly realizes her suspicions about its occupants are founded when the girl talking with her own daughter is kidnapped. Although kidnappings for ransom occur much too regularly in El Salvador, she believes her daughter was the intended victim as the family of the other girl is very poor. Receiving no real help from the local authorities, guilt about the wrong abduction has Sophie calling upon a man from her past, someone she has not seen in twelve years yet has never forgotten. Although Wyatt Savage has tried to keep any thoughts concerning Sophie from surfacing, recollections about the only woman to ever intensely affect him could never be completely repressed. When the Black Ops, Inc. member receives a frantic phone call from her requesting his help in rescuing a kidnapped girl, he readily agrees though knows it will be an emotional nightmare for him. With aid from other members of his elite covert team, Wyatt and Sophie try to discover the location of the missing girl while keeping their undeclared feelings under control. However, there are various forces working to keep them from being successful, ones where the results could be fatal. Cindy Gerard is a premier writer of gripping romantic suspense stories. The plots of all the Black Ops, Inc. books are chillingly feasible, as world problems come to life with much convincingness. Ms. Gerard conveys the heroic lives of every member of this patriotic group with dramatic realism, and I always feel prouder of the many actual soldiers who defend America because of this observable dedication which I know they also possess. In RISK NO SECRETS, numerous incidents are frequently depicted with a sense of edginess yet still brimming with strong-willed determination. Then there are scenes where emotions are so passionately expressed that they also overpower the reader with their palpability. There were certainly more than a few instances where I was totally caught up in a happening, regardless of whether it is perilous or just emotional, and actually felt my breath catching as I anticipated how everything would finally play out as tension escalated. Ms. Gerard repeatedly creates likable characters and none has been more endearing than Wyatt and Sophie. As the tumultuous romance between these two tries to grow, there are countless decisions to be made and each one tugged at my own feelings as the thoughts of this couple are heartbreakingly told to readers. Their interna