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Live Wire (Elite Ops #6)

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Meet Captain Jordan Malone. For years he has been a silent warrior and guardian, operating independent of government protocol or oversight, leading his loyal team of Elite Ops agents to fight terror at all costs. A legend in the field, Jordan’s true identity has remained a mystery even to his own men…until now.

Tehya Talamosi, codename Enigma, is a force to be reckoned with...more

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Published March 1st 2011 by St. Martin's Paperbacks

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Mar 09, 2011 Mandi Schreiner rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: rom-suspense

Jordan Malone has spent what has felt like a lifetime in the Elite Ops. He has worked closely with his team, in particular Tehya Talamosi for the past six years. Tehya joined the Elite Ops due to her specialized communications skills. Ironically, her father, a white slaver is the enemy, having killed a good friend of Jordan’s and who tortured and killed Theya’s mother. She has worked as Jordan’s personal assistant among other things. Jordan’s SEALs training has taught him never make friends with...more Jordan Malone has spent what has felt like a lifetime in the Elite Ops. He has worked closely with his team, in particular Tehya Talamosi for the past six years. Tehya joined the Elite Ops due to her specialized communications skills. Ironically, her father, a white slaver is the enemy, having killed a good friend of Jordan’s and who tortured and killed Theya’s mother. She has worked as Jordan’s personal assistant among other things. Jordan’s SEALs training has taught him never make friends with those you could lose – so he has hardened himself to push everyone away. He has convinced himself that love will never be possible. The last few years though, watching and lusting after Tehya has been pure agony. He has tried to ignore her, tried to make his feelings go away. But he has many enemies – enemies that would pursue and hurt Tehya if he ever acknowledged more with her.

Now, it is the last night before Tehya leaves for good – she is heading back into civilization to start her life over after her death was staged so enemies would not pursue her. Jordan has to make the decision to follow suit or lead a new team in a few months. This last night together, where they are the only ones left the air is thick with tension. They give into a night of passion – but at the end there is only heartbreak. They both know nothing can come of this – and with much sadness they part ways.

Nine months later, Jordan intercepts a communication of someone who has located Tehya’s new existence. Tehya is now living in Hagerstown, MD, owning a small landscaping company, trying to live an anonymous existence. Jordan assembles a team and rushes to keep her safe, but Tehya is not ready to be on the run again.

Live Wire is book six in Lora Leigh’s Elite Ops book. The first that I have read, but it read very nice as a stand alone. I do believe many of the supporting characters appear in the previous books, but I didn’t feel like I was missing out on the storyline. This is actually the first full-length book by Lora Leigh I have read. I read it in almost one sitting, so it definitely kept my attention. It has a very, very alpha male in Jordan. Tehya and Jordan’s relationship – or their on and off relationship takes center stage. They have one night of hot lovin’ before Tehya runs for the hills. It takes nine months and Tehya’s life threatened for Jordan to come back into her life. The big conflict revolves around Jordan feeling like he can’t commit himself to anyone, since experiencing devastating loss in the past. Actually, I sometimes felt like this fear he has is a little unfounded. Because we are told Tehya is in love with him, waiting for him to come around. But once Jordan is there – Tehya is the one that is always running. So I’m not sure if I fully believed in Jordan’s resistance.

As I said, this is the first Lora Leigh book I have read and the sex scenes definitely lived up to the hype I have read about. They are very edgy, dirty, and oh so smexy. There is enough erections, tight balls, and fluids to last me for a good while. I enjoyed them – definitely not the run of the mill sex scene. Maybe not the most romantic scenes in a romance book – but they are intense and memorable. However, the continuation of them having this hot, emotional sex followed by both of them pushing away from the other got a little old after awhile.

My biggest complaint with this one is Tehya. She has worked for years in Elite Ops yet still when runs into trouble, refuses to seek refuge. Several people come out to risk their lives, and she acts immature and whiney. I just didn’t see her as an Elite Operative. She has been on the run for most of her life, and is sick of it. But, she knows her father was truly an evil man and most likely the people after her will torture or do worse to her if caught. So why walk around so nonchalant? She knows the life she is in – she may not have chosen in, but it is her life. Her attitude wore on my nerves through a lot of the book.

I don’t know if I’ve ever said this in a review, but I have to note the editing in this book surprised me. Numerous times I found misspelled words or a duplicate or missing word. I read the finished version as well, not an arc. It definitely detracted from reading.

So I’m no longer a Lora Leigh virgin! I’m not sure if I will pursue more from this series, but I definitely am interested in checking out her other work.

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Apr 18, 2012 Monique Atgood rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Once again Leigh delivers a great sexy thriller with characters you love from the other Elite Ops series. Jordan and Tehya finally FINALLY get their own story. Jordan is the BEST of the men in her series, and I loved the action packed story that of Engima or Teyha. You can also read Chapter one of this book in the download of "Engima".

Leigh or her editor either drink heavily when writing these novels or they don't understand the concept of time. Literally, Jordan told Teyha he's ached for her fo...more

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Sep 08, 2011 Natalie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Finally! Big boss's story. I love the fact that the whole team of badasses comes together for this one woman they've embraced. Its not overly lovey dovey, these are tough men, dead-men (as the book contantly says), and having them be mushy is just wrong. However, the suble hints, looks, and their persistence to keep Tehya safe is the perfect level of emotion. The problem with this book is all the inconsistencies though out are so bad, its frustrating. I mean, it gets as bad as calling people the...more

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Jul 02, 2011 Kathy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: action, sensuous, special-forces, romance-mystery

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. hmmmmmm..... Jordan's elite ops team have served their terms, have found women to love, and have families to build. .. so a new team is moving into take over... and Jordan and Tehya are left the last night on base... and Jordan cannot keep away from her... and after keeping her at arms length while warning all other men away from her, he finally succumbs to seducing her... and she who has loved him for 8 years is helpless to stop him, knowing that this would be all he could offer - he doesn't be...more hmmmmmm..... Jordan's elite ops team have served their terms, have found women to love, and have families to build. .. so a new team is moving into take over... and Jordan and Tehya are left the last night on base... and Jordan cannot keep away from her... and after keeping her at arms length while warning all other men away from her, he finally succumbs to seducing her... and she who has loved him for 8 years is helpless to stop him, knowing that this would be all he could offer - he doesn't believe in love. And she leaves him before he awakens...

8 months later, she has bought a house, has bought a landscaping business, is tenatively putting down roots - and her previous life intrudes, as the remnant of those who stalked her for her life have a clue she is still alive, and have tracked her down... the disbanded team respond, all come running to protect her, and to help her regain her freedom once and for all...

Tehya was the product of a rich, evil, corrupt man who had 'bought' her mother, confined and raped her for the child they could produce - a daughter genetically pleasing to be given to his son, her halfbrother... her mother makes a break for freedom when Tehya is 5 years old, and thus began a life on the run... and death for anyone who had sheltered her, until 8 years earlier, she killed her father and half brother, and then safety lived with the special ops team as communications & assistant to Jordan until they separated.

Jordan doesn't believe in the illusion of love, but now that he is back in Tehya's daily life, bit by bit he is finally able to give the name of love to the feelings he has for Tehya... he works to confront and defeat those who want her ... making passionate, domineering, all-encompassing love to her at every opportunity...

it ends up that her uncle and cousin were always in cahoots with her father's illegal activities (unknown to her grandfather and mother), and they want the access code to the security box with billions of dollars of gold and bonds... and after a short time of being in their control, Jordan & team rescue her... and two years later, the team, wives, and children gather for the christening of their daughter... ahhhhh(less)

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May 26, 2011 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: part-of-series, traded-sold

I've read mixed reviews for this book, but I have to say I wasn't disappointed at all. Parts of it were very slow-moving, especially for a Lora Leigh romantic suspense. Also, not to beat a dead horse, but this author definitely needs a new editor. There were typos and grammatical errors and even names were replaced at times.

All that being said, I loved Jordan and Teyha. Teyha was a great mix of toughness and vulnerability. She had the training and experience to take care of herself, and the fea...more

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Apr 20, 2011 Tina rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011-reads, erotica, romance-contemporary

Ok. So here's the deal. I read a couple of LL's early books. Liked them enough to read more and then, well, I noticed some repetitious stuff and generally got turned off her books in a major way.

I am not a reader who likes to read a book that I know before hand I probably won't like. I actually only read this book b/c it was a reading group book that was sponsored by the book store. So I felt obligated even though I knew I probably wouldn't enjoy it.

I've been reading this book for what felt like...more

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Apr 15, 2011 Kathy Davie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: erotica, military

The sixth and, I think this is the last, of the Elite Ops military-romance series although Leigh does seem to be setting us up for a story between Beauregard and Journey.

The Story
Elite Ops has been disbanded and Tehya has put down roots. She bought a house and a business and she's trying to settle into the small community. Except for that prickling at her neck. She should run. If she wants to live. But, damn it, she's fed up with running. She's going to stay right here and face it. Until she's a...more

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Mar 07, 2011 Jamie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. -Adult Content- ** 2 Stars ** I was really really really disappointed in this book. Maybe it's taken me 2 entire series of Lora Leigh to realize that all her books will be the same formula.

I started to read this book and at 3 different times put it down and walked away. It didn't hold my interest one bit. I was hoping Jordon's story held much more emotion than it did. I wanted more. I craved more. I got nothing.

Jordan and Tehya have been dancing around each other for years. We knew long ago that...more -Adult Content- ** 2 Stars ** I was really really really disappointed in this book. Maybe it's taken me 2 entire series of Lora Leigh to realize that all her books will be the same formula.

I started to read this book and at 3 different times put it down and walked away. It didn't hold my interest one bit. I was hoping Jordon's story held much more emotion than it did. I wanted more. I craved more. I got nothing.

Jordan and Tehya have been dancing around each other for years. We knew long ago that they would be a couple in a future book. As usual, the past comes back to haunt a member of the team, Tehya.

During which Leigh uses her usual formula. They have sex and immediately our male gets to start using terms like "pretty ass" and "baby" in every other sentence. For some reason it bothers me that immediately after sex our hero always uses the endearment "baby" on whatever girl he's had sex with yet refuses to acknowledge her as a love interest yet... just sex.

Then we come to Leigh's other favorite saying, along the lines of this: "I'm saving your pretty ass.".. something about pretty asses... its in EVERY story. honestly. no lie. i shit u not!

On a good note, about 3 minutes into the book I actually shed tears. Not for Jordan or Tehya.. but for Riordan Malone. The way he goes and talked to his deceased wife's headstone moved me. So that was the only thing I found worth reading in this book.

Normally I love sex in a book, but I found myself skimming over sex scenes because they happened so frequently. I was bored. The plot was secondary and not much of a thrill ride. I found everything very very predictable. I love Leigh's Breed series. I read her other series, but this book made me want to put my head through a wall out of sheer boredom.

I feel like instead of writing something with emotional gusto, this book used sex as a fill in for falling in love. Although there is not one hero of Leigh's I'd turn down in bed. :) Happy porn reading folks. That is all this story has got.(less)

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Mar 22, 2013 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Completed the series of Elite Ops in 2 weeks. This is really good series overall, with some highs and lows.

#1 started the series off well. The book was well written, the suspense was there, the sex was hot! Continuing the series, the sex got really repetitive, and later you realise that you could even recite what the characters are going to say next.

#5 was really bad for me. I don't even pass that 'murder investigation' as murder investigation. The whole plot was really weak, and it was by far,...more

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Mar 22, 2011 Rubysbooks rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: lora-leigh, contemporary, military

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Today I am sad. I'm always sad when a series ends, when I know there probably won't be another story to wait for, another glimpse to the characters I love with all my heart. And no matter how many times you reread that series, it's not the same as the first time, when you were waiting and counting days till the publishing date of the newest book or when you spent countless hours on the author's forum, trying to see if there are new details, new hints or even rumors about the upcoming books.

I tri...more Today I am sad. I'm always sad when a series ends, when I know there probably won't be another story to wait for, another glimpse to the characters I love with all my heart. And no matter how many times you reread that series, it's not the same as the first time, when you were waiting and counting days till the publishing date of the newest book or when you spent countless hours on the author's forum, trying to see if there are new details, new hints or even rumors about the upcoming books.

I tried to avoid reading Live Wire as soon as I got it for these reasons. For six years Lora Leigh's fans have waited for this particular book, for big, bad Jordan Malone to finally find his match, his soul-mate. I have a feeling that maybe we were all hoping that the end would never come. And yet here it is.

Jordan Malone, a.k.a. Live Wire, always seemed untouchable, detached, almost cold. He was always the logical one, the one with all the plans, the one who had an answer for everything and the one who didn't mind stepping on a few toes if that got the job done. He never believed that love could last a lifetime, considering that love was just another name for lust.If in the other books from the Elite Ops. series I thought he was a cynical bastard, his story confirmed it. But he also is a very good friend, one that would risk his own life to help the ones he cares about.

Tehya Talamosi is the daughter of a terrorist. We first met her in Killer Secrets as the young girl trying to escape the fate that awaited her if her father ever found her alive. I liked her character very much and I always hoped that she would be the one who ended up with Jordan. I like way she evolved from the first time we met her. She's more confident, more daring than before.

I like the fact that we get to see the other guys too. I was a tad disappointed at first because the scenes with the others were few and short, but I think the ending scene made up for that. I like seeing all the couples being brought together and I think it was a good ending, even though bittersweet.

I also noticed that there were a few loose ends and that makes me hope for a new series tied to this one, but I'll just have to wait and see.

I didn't like was the editing. I hope maybe St. Martins will do a better job at editing in the future, because there were times when it was seriously annoying. Though I'll probably reread the book again and again, no matter the editing errors, because I loved the story.

I hope Lora Leigh will once again surprise us with a spin-off, a newer version of the Elite Ops. series and I hope it will happen soon. But if that never happens, I'm glad to have read this series. It was a very good one. (less)

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Apr 10, 2011 Cindi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I just didn't know how to rate this book. And its getting to be that way with each LL book I read.

I enjoyed the story. Jordan Malone was the leader of the recently disbanded Elite Ops group one, and let me tell you he's been a sonofabitch in the previous EO books. So it was with relish I encountered his love story, after he's been so anti-settling down with his men. Luckily that didn't stop them, because he needed each one of them and their wives to solve the situation Tehya, his woman, and he f...more

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Mar 14, 2011 Barbara ~*Lindt Ninja*~ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, guys-with-guns, series, sexy-stuff

While this can be read as a standalone, this is the sixth in Leigh's Elite Ops series and she's fond of mixing in characters and situations from past books - and since it's the last, there's a bit more of it. You don't need to know the specifics of them since she usually gives enough of a sketch that you get where the story is coming from, but there are a lot of relationships and situations that have been established by the time Live Wire takes place. Jordan's nephew Nathan/Noah is here too - he...more While this can be read as a standalone, this is the sixth in Leigh's Elite Ops series and she's fond of mixing in characters and situations from past books - and since it's the last, there's a bit more of it. You don't need to know the specifics of them since she usually gives enough of a sketch that you get where the story is coming from, but there are a lot of relationships and situations that have been established by the time Live Wire takes place. Jordan's nephew Nathan/Noah is here too - he started the series, spinning it off from Leigh's SEALs series in the first Elite Ops book, Wild Card where Teyha first showed up.

Live Wire started with a little glimpse back to when Teyha was first recruited into Jordan's Live Ops team - she'd just killed her father, a slave trader personally responsible for killing several people directly related to the Live Ops team, including Jordan. The team staged her death and now they wanted to put her on Jordan's team as his communications expert. Knowing his intense attraction to her would be a problem, he tried to refuse, but was ultimately overruled.

Six years later, Jordan's team is being disbanded. Teyha's got a new identity set up and is ready to move on with her life as a civilian and Jordan's at a crossroads - to stay with the Ops or leave like Teyha. During her years as his assistant, Tehya fell in love with Jordan, but he's convinced himself that all they have is chemistry. The night before they're scheduled to close the facility, he decides to sleep with her, but afterwards tells her he won't love her - and she vanishes before he can talk to her again.

Nine months later living a relatively happy, quiet new life under her new name, Teyha's suddenly surrounded by the Ops team, led again by Jordan. They'd been keeping tabs on some of her father's cronies and suddenly her new name and location popped up - her identity isn't a secret anymore and the team thinks that someone wants her dead. The sudden drop-in from the Ops team was necessary because no one could reach her on her sat phone. All of her former team members have been trying to stay in touch with her for months but were never able to - Jordan included. Someone on the inside had tampered with the phone so she'd be out of contact.

I think even Leigh must be glad to be getting to the end of this series, although from what I understand, there's going to be a spin-off of this series called Wounded Warriors. I digress. The best thing I can say about this is that it's suffering from series fatigue. The plots and characters are starting to blur a bit - I can't remember which Ops guy is who anymore, other than Nathan/Noah, and he gets remembered because he showed up in two books and his full book was the most heartbreaking. There's danger and action here, but it's pretty much matched by the amount of sex, and the emotional connection between Jordan and Teyha didn't really move me like some of the other couples' did.

Jordan is standard Alpha - the grouchy commander-type, vowing never to love anyone because he's seen too many of his men lose the ones they love and he swears it won't happen to him. I really, intensely disliked that he continually had crazy monkey sex with Teyha then told her right afterwards that he didn't want to hurt her but it didn't really mean anything except that they were good in bed together. He'd go on and on about how he didn't want to hurt her, but he would only be there for a couple of weeks and she'd better enjoy his lovin' while it lasted because he wasn't the kind of guy who could give her the happy ending she deserved. Gah!

Teyha was completely irrational when it came to her personal safety, forgetting all of her training. Her dad kept Teyha and her mother on the run for years, torturing anyone who harbored them. He murdered people all over the place, was a slave trader and she ended up having to kill him. When she finds out his people are probably trying to kill her again, she figures she can take them out all by herself instead of using the people who came to help her. Oh, and she keeps going back to Jordan and thinking she'll change him with her magic hoo-ha.

Anyone who's read any of Leigh's books knows that there's going to be pages and pages of hot, hot sex, and there is. If there isn't danger or arguing, there's sex on every available surface and like any standard Alpha, Jordan's really into growly dominance things, like....anal sex. It's a thing with Leigh's books, an "ultimate claiming." So, yeah.

I have a huge gripe with Live Wire - with most of Leigh's books, but with Live Wire it's become more obvious. The editing is getting so sloppy it's nuts. For an author and imprint of this caliber, it's ridiculous for there to be so many spelling, grammatical and continuity errors. There have always been issues with the Elite Ops and SEALs series', but this is the worst so far.

My Summary: It rarely matters how bad the plots and characters of these books are, I keep coming back to them like they're truffles and I'm jonesing for a chocolate fix (always) in the hope that this one will turn out to be a gem because every once in a while, it is one. This is one of the mediocre sparklers in the series - not the best, not the worst. Leigh always delivers the steam, even though it tends to overshadow the story sometimes. Live Wire does give a nice wrap-up for Jordan's team and some action with all of the former members of it, plus a sentimental (and slightly cheesy) little look ahead for the new books to come. With the horrific editing, this honestly ought to have been rated a D, but there's something about a chest-beating Alpha guy with lots of weapons that inspires me to grade up a little bit.

My Rating: C
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Feb 24, 2013 Lisa S rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I almost DNF this book.

The plot: Tehya is the daughter of a human trafficker. Jordan is an Elite Ops operative/leader. After the EO team disbands Jordan finally gives in to his lust for Tehya, but she is in love with him and leaves after their one night together to start her new life.

After nine months, Tehya's life is being threatened so Jordan pulls the team back together to save her.

First reason I'm only giving this book 2 stars: horrible, horrible typos and other grammatical errors all throu...more

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Sep 04, 2011 Angie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, nook, 5-suspense

Jordan Malone is the commander of the Elite Ops. He's hard, dangerous, hot as sin and believes love is nothing more than an illusion. Until Tehya came to his life with those haunted green eyes and made him question his beliefs and whether his soul was still his. One night in her arms and he knew he could not live without knowing she was happy and alive.
Tehya Talamosi, now Teylor Johnson is trying hard to live the life she's been building for herself and stop running and living scared. Knowing s...more

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Mar 20, 2011 Pamela Craft Jenewein rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: print-books, het-stories

Elite Ops Book 6: Live Wire did not disappoint. Another tale of two people whose past and job get in the way of their coming together for romance and great sex.

The characters are well fleshed out, indisputable and engaging. Captain Jordan Malone has kept his distance from Tehya Tatamosi since allowing her to join their elite group. Having been used in the past by woman whom he prized, adding more to his repertoire was not going to happen. Although on the surface of this stern, stoic man lays co...more

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Aug 10, 2011 Joelle rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Wow this was one hot book sizzling! My first Elite ops book and won't be the last. Loved the characters in this story great chemistry and some very very hot sexual scenes.Ladies this is the perfect book to read if you have been through and sexual drought will definitely perk you up lol.Glad to see that true love wins out in the end .A stubborn man brought to his knees by a little we thing of a girl showing him that there is a happily ever after.Loved the way that Jordan Malone and his ops worked...more

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Mar 14, 2011 Lisa rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

So for those of you who follow this series we finally get to Jordan's book. I don't know about you but I've been waiting and waiting for Jordan to finally get his just desserts. lol You get to meet Tehya in the book Wild Card Nathan Malone,Jordan's nephews book. Her father was a evil man and Tehya has spent most of her life running from him or his associates. The time for Jordan's Elite Ops team has come to end and so everyone goes their separate ways. Tehya doesn't know what she's going to do E...more

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Oct 28, 2012 Alex Economides rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: authors-i-o, christine-feehan, erotic-romance, romance, romance-reading-challenge-2012, series

I had so many conflicting thoughts about this book. Did I love it? Not as much as I wanted to. Jordan Malone has always been an interesting character since I first met him in Wild Card and I was looking forward to finally getting his and Tehya story. After all Jordan has been “hovering” and fantasizing about her for a very long time…so finally we get a peek into their lives.

And what happens??? We have this super alpha male, leader of the “pack”, strong and focused in his job but when it becomes...more I had so many conflicting thoughts about this book. Did I love it? Not as much as I wanted to. Jordan Malone has always been an interesting character since I first met him in Wild Card and I was looking forward to finally getting his and Tehya story. After all Jordan has been “hovering” and fantasizing about her for a very long time…so finally we get a peek into their lives.

And what happens??? We have this super alpha male, leader of the “pack”, strong and focused in his job but when it becomes personal and emotional turns into a not so likeable guy…..

He can’t have Tehya because he cares too much for her and doesn’t want to hurt her because she wants love and he doesn’t believe in love, it’s all an illusion to him…and why does he feel this way.??? Because some girl hurt him when he was a younger and he was the cause of one of his operative’s death….pleezzzzz!!!!! Irrational…more like unbelievable.

And then decides to screw Tehya the night before she’s leaving the group and never tries to contact her for nine months……okay, so she left before he knew..but nine months. What an absolute twit!!!!! And eventually when he’s forced to see her again, behaves in such a “cave-man” way that if I was Tehya, I would kick and not kiss his ass.

And Tehya….i understood her distrust of people, the pain she experienced as a child on the run with her mother who was betrayed by family and died to save her daughter’s life..the strength shown to live the life she always dreamed of….but the way she handled herself with Jordan……okay, she’s in love with him…but that’s no excuse to accept the way he treats her. And the cold and dismissive attitude shown towards her colleagues, who want to help and protect her from the many attempts on her life, is really not that good.

The so many..and I mean many…sex scenes between the two became totally boring after the third or fourth time…repeat after repeat…were they just page fillers I wondered!!! I began skimming over these scenes for the remainder of the story. Repetition ruled here….how many times does Jordan have to say…..I’m gonna f..@## your sweet ass”, “so good”, …too many to write about….I felt absolutely no romance and love between them. It was like more of a sex fest than a love one.

The only romantic part in this book is that of Riordan Malone in the cemetery, sitting next to his dead wife’s headstone and talking to her about his love for her and their children and how much he misses her and waiting for the time he will finally be with her again. So lovely, so beautiful.

The plot resolution was a bit of a let-down when we finally discover the truth about Tehya’s mother’s murder but the one thing that is still puzzling me………did I miss the part where we are told why Tehya is born with no pubic hair? Someone please tell me if I did.

If you have read the previous books in this series, then I recommend this one where we get to know more about the uber alpha-males from the secret OPS group.
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Mar 26, 2011 Hope Frost rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was the book I was most looking forward to and I was so disappointed. My issues with the book are numerous. It is hard for me to believe that after 8 years of diligently trying to keep Tehya at bay, Jordan will just take her, then let her go. The story itself was good, but it seems that anytime there is a lull in the story, they end up in bed. For someone that doesn't want to be tied to her, he sure didn't mind it after a while. I had an issue with being told that we needed to buy the prolo...more

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Feb 29, 2012 Maria rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, keepers, romantic-suspense, elite-ops-series

A M A Z I N G!

I've wanted to read this book since forever and it turned out to be more than I could ever expect!I loved Tehya's character.So determined, but willing to do anything to put her friends out of danger. She knew from the begining what she felt and sticked with it, no matter how hard Jordan tried to avert her. And Jordan...the epitome of male. Just a little bit annoyed that he was soooo stubborn and unwilling to admit what he felt until the end of the book, but nonetheless, I enjoyed t...more

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Mar 30, 2011 Delilah Stephans rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

For those who've followed the Elite Series from Lora Leigh you saw this one coming. It was very obvious in the previous books that Tehya was in love with Jordan and he was denying his feelings. Well that's easy for him to do since he believes love is an illussion.

As all Lora Leigh's books you have to expect some serious heat coming off the pages. But, they do not detract at all from the plot of the book. The surprise twist was amazing! Even knowing that she's notorious for it, it surprised me. T...more

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Feb 11, 2012 Renee rated it 5 of 5 stars

I had to stop reading this one to read Heat Seekers first, then go back to this one. Lora Leigh has jumped onto my "must have/must keep" shelf with these guys.

Like Heat Seekers, LIVE WIRE is smokin' HAWT. Tehya and Jordan have spent six long cold years working together and ignoring each other, ignoring the tingles and prickles and sparks and yearnings. He was her boss, and she was his assistant. Even though everyone ELSE on the teams could see it plain as day...

When these two finally got togethe...more

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Mar 22, 2011 noseinbookC rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: shelf-2011, military-special-op, reviewed

The mystery was too easy, but at least there's one. Nothing like the more stellar works in the series, but it was at least marginally better than the last.

Whoever's doing the editing, please do your job next time. Among others, "as holes" instead of "assholes" and "showed" instead of "shoved"? Oh, c'mon. I usually don't pick up on these errors; so if even I noticed them, the problem was bad. And Sebastian became Beauregard without a by-you-leave, huh? And condense, condense. Did the author not...more

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Mar 30, 2011 Brandi rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Like everyone else who've read the Elite ops, I waited and waited for Jordan's book. Jordan and Teyha have been plaging me since Wild Card (Elite Ops, Book 1). I was a little worried about this one becuase the "big guy" is always left to the end of a series and somehow his story is a let down. Case in point: Lion's Heat (Breeds). The story of Jonas Wyatt shold have been the best of the series. The guy was a complete ass (sexy though) and Leigh built him into what I thought was going to be an exp...more

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Apr 27, 2011 Missy Jane rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. After being warned away from this book by another reader/writer because of typos, I didn't have high hopes that I would enjoy it. The only reason I went ahead and picked it up is because of the characters. Laura Leigh has teased her readers with Jordan's and Tehya's budding sexual attraction since the first Elite Ops book. I HAD to read this. To be completely honest, it wasn't the few obvious typos that bothered me. It was the character interaction. I already know that Laura Leigh likes her Alph...more

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Apr 20, 2011 Stacy {Texas Reader} rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: erotic-suspense

Is this the end of the Elite Ops series?? It looks like everyone on the team is matched up. I was looking forward to Jordan's story, and even though it was somewhat predictable and the end was a little anti-climatic, I still loved Jordan and Teyha's story, they have a passion for one another that drives you to a cold shower from the pure heat of their sexual drive for each other. But now that we know who was really aligned with Sorrell and the truth to Teyha's entire life of running and hiding....more

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Mar 03, 2012 Dee Haddrill rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: dangerous-heroes-support-group-chal, contemporary-romance, erotic-romance, romantic-suspense, read-2012

I did really like this, but the errors were driving me nuts! Someone get Lora Leigh a new editor, STAT!!!! The typos were insane! Maybe it was just the e-book version, but it was really quite annoying. Some passages I had to read a few times to understand what it actually said.

That aside, loved it! Jordan is such a major Alpha male! So oblivious to how much he loved Tehya, and it just made it all the more beautiful when he finally realised it. Tehya was a great character too and the fact that th...more

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Mar 04, 2011 Lisa rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Lora Leigh has obviously lost intrest in this series because the last two books were truly awful and the few before that not so good either. Wildcard and Killer Secrets were wonderful and I was so excited for the rest of the series and it has been a big disappointment. It was basically the same story over and over. Bringing all the other characters back in could have made for an awesome book, instead it all felt jilted and with bits and pieces just randomly thrown in. Plus the ending when she br...more

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Jun 23, 2011 E. rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: erotica, suspense

Jordan Malone has finally dismantled the Elite Ops operation that he has led for so long. He continues to deny his attraction to Teya Talamosi and she continues to feel an outsider due to her reviled father and brother but everything comes to a head when those tracking her find out where she has relocated. Lots of sensual scenes, cameos from the other operatives that have already had their stories told. A few inconsistencies (why wouldn't they know where Journey was working?, why is Teya so deva...more

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May 02, 2013 Nícky rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Por fin un libro de Lora que me llega al alma!!!! Supongo que me ha gustado mucho porque Jordan y Tehya llevan tonteando desde el primer libro, pero ese hombre era puro hielo hasta el final!!! Una pena que se haya acabado la saga porque ahora me estaba acostumbrando a estos chicos y a sus manías. Creo que al que más echaré de menos será a Nik, igual porque me encantan los rusos, vete tú a saber. Definitivamente una buena saga, aunque en mi opinión creo que Lora abusa de las descripciones y a vec...more

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Lora Leigh lives in the rolling hills of Kentucky, often found absorbing the ambience of this peaceful setting. She dreams in bright, vivid images of the characters intent on taking over her writing life, and fights a constant battle to put them on the hard drive of her computer before they can disappear as fast as they appeared. Lora’s family, and her writing life co-exist, if not in harmony, in...more

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“Don't worry about hurting me, Jordan." She brushed back her hair again as she turned from him and headed for the bedroom. "It was too late for that a long time ago."
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"I've heard the lecture," she informed him as she glared back at him. "I've heard you tell your men how love is an illusion, and how they need to watch their backs before that illusion bites him on the ass, so many times it sickens me. Unless you have something original to add to it, then I don't want to hear it again, if you don't mind."
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"You're fooling yourself." He had to force the words past his lips. "You're letting lust and pleasure betray you. Tehya. It tricks you. When it fades, all you have left is either friendship or enmity. It's the enmity that worries me, the knowledge of all the little ways you can destroy one another with the knowledge you've gained. I don't want us to go that route. I don't want you to hate me."
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“Tease?" he groaned. "Ah, baby, I'm not teasing you. I'm giving to you. Giving you every ounce of pleasure I know how to give you."
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