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The Trust

by Shira Anthony (Goodreads Author), Venona Keyes (Goodreads Author)

3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 · rating details · 102 ratings · 36 reviews

Eight years ago, Jake Anders was a college kid from the wrong side of the tracks. Then Trace Michelson recruited him into The Trust, a CIA-backed agency whose "executives" eliminate rogue biotechnology operations. Trace was everything Jake ever wanted in a man: powerful, brilliant, and gorgeous. But Jake never admitted his attraction to his mentor, and Trace always kept Ja...more

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Published June 18th 2012 by Dreamspinner Press

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Jun 18, 2012 Cari Z. rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'd call this a sort of near-and-dear sci fi novel, with technology that's close enough to real to be fairly easy to swallow, and that deft touch was the standout strength of this book to me. In fact, I loved the world-building in this, the Trust and its people and nomenclature and pretty much everything about it. The plot was exciting, the heroes had fun skills, the technology was great...but something wasn't quite right. On reflection, I think it's the interpersonal interactions.

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Jun 18, 2012 Michael Halfhill rated it 5 of 5 stars

Ever hear of SIMS chips? How about nanobots, or simulation chambers where the surreal becomes real? Well, get ready for some new vocabulary when you read "The Trust" by Shira Anthony and Verona Keyes.
Meet agent Jake Anders of The Trust. Jake is your average next-door neighbor. He’s an expert scientist and works hard at his job. He goes to the gym, rides a motorcycle for fun. He goes camping with friends. Jake is also an expert in black ops, and an expert killer. Jake is single, and he’s in love...more

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May 17, 2012 Shira Anthony added it · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

Shelves: action, dreamspinner, mystery, mine, sci-fi, secret-agents, thriller, m-m-rom

My third Dreamspinner Press release, co-authored with my good friend, Venona Keyes. "The Trust" is a gay romance, contemporary spy-thriller/mystery with lots of action.

Jake Anders is a sexy secret agent/spy working for an agency that is supposed to be making the world safer from the threat of biotechnological weapons. He has a secret of his own - a microchip or "Sim" implanted in his body that is something like a Google database in his mind. The Sim is based upon the life experiences of Jake's m...more

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Feb 24, 2013 Morgana marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: dreamspinner-press, mystery, science-fiction, up-next-priority, asap

This sounds great!! I wish I could read it like RIGHT NOW!!!

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Aug 02, 2012 Melanie rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: everyone

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Rating: 5 stars

Jake Anders is hearing voices, one voice to be exact. Jake hears the voice of Trace Michelson, his mentor, and the one man he has been attracted to for years. The problem is that the real Trace Michelson is dead, killed six years ago when Trace was assassinated by people and agencies unknown. The voice Jakes hears is that of the Sim implant in his brain that carries part of Trace in it. Trace Michelson recruited Jake when he was in college for The Trust,...more Reviewed for Joyfully Jay.

Rating: 5 stars

Jake Anders is hearing voices, one voice to be exact. Jake hears the voice of Trace Michelson, his mentor, and the one man he has been attracted to for years. The problem is that the real Trace Michelson is dead, killed six years ago when Trace was assassinated by people and agencies unknown. The voice Jakes hears is that of the Sim implant in his brain that carries part of Trace in it. Trace Michelson recruited Jake when he was in college for The Trust, a CIA-backed agency whose “executives” eliminate rogue biotechnology operations.

Jake was in awe of Trace, a brilliant mind houses in a powerful, gorgeous body. If Trace ever knew of Jake’s long time infatuation, he never let on. Before he was killed, Trace designed the Sim chip implanted in Jake’s brain.The chip contains his memories and experiences. It’s supposed to be just data, designed to augment Jake’s knowledge. But the Sim seems so real, like talking to Trace in person so Jake wonders if Trace is still alive or if Jake really is going crazy like everyone claims. Then the Sim tells him to trust no one. And Jake decides to learn the truth about Trace and the Sim, no matter the cost, no matter where the end of the journey will find him, dead or alive. Jake will give his all to keep The Trust.

What a wild, crazy elaborate ride this book turned out to be. From the first, you enter a maze of misinformation and treachery, and like Alice, you must commit to jumping down the hole in order to reach the truth and find the satisfactory ending that is hidden behind closed doors. When we first meet Jake, he has been ambushed by a traitor. As Jake bleeds out, he throws a knife to take out his assassin and then hearing his Sim’s voice telling him to meditate, passes out. He awakes healed in a hospital bed, being touted as a superman for killing the traitor and healing himself. And from there we are off on a exciting romp from there that makes Mr. Toad’s wild ride look practically sedate. Our authors handle the past/present juggling act beautifully so we are fed only tidbits of information about the past histories of the people involved. This keeps us guessing as to who the bad guys really are as well as their motives behind the actions. And while we are certain of the identity of the main villian early on, the identities of the people who are under their control is always in question. Is it the best friend? Is it the sister or the doctor? Each reality keeps folding back on each other to keep the reader wonderfully confused right up to the end and the final denouement.

I love the character of Jake Anders right down to his long flaming red hair. Jake is such a distinctive persona, brilliant, seemingly removed from those around him, a true scientist at heart. Jake became work obsessed when he lost the most important man in his life, Trace Michelson. Jake has so many layers to him, he is as complicated and as elaborate as the conspiracy he must unravel. So Jake’s character must unfold to the reader through his inner voice and his memories as he runs the maze set before him and solves the puzzles his Sim/Trace have left behind. It doesn’t help that Jake is not sure himself what is real and what is imagined. We are as confused and uncertain as he is. That the reader is kept in the dark with Jake works to the stories advantage as we have to go down every blind alley and take every risk along with him.

Sometimes the action is fast paced, at other times the action is calculatingly slow like a chess move that will set off repercussions many moves later. I appreciated the change up in pace as it kept me guessing as to the hidden meanings behind each scene. There is a romantic element to The Trust but if that is all you are seeking in a novel, then perhaps this is not the story for you. It is there as thin threads that runs the length of the story. I really enjoyed the way Anthony and Keyes handled the romantic part of this story, that of Jake’s hidden love for Trace, a man we only get to see from Jake’s perspective. In Jake’s eyes, Trace is larger than life, his mentor, his hero, and the only man he is capable of loving. So when Jake is not sure whether the voice he is hearing is the Sim or somehow Trace himself and Jake wonders if he is sane, the reader is right there with him, hoping upon hope that somehow it is Trace himself. I can’t say more because that enters into spoiler territory but I loved the ending and so will you.

So even if mental mazes and action adventure may not be your thing, take a chance. Pick this up, stay with it through all the double crosses and ever-changing realities, it is worth it. You will love it. Trust me!

Cover: Wonderful cover by Catt Ford. Eye catching and speaks to the book within. Great job.
If you loved this, read Blue Notes by Shira Anthony. Read my review at my blog below

Read more of my reviews at http://scatteredthoughtsandroguewords...
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Aug 06, 2012 Kate added it

Good stuff: comic book feel with sparse prose, lots of dialogue and very few transitions from panel to panel, er, scene to scene.

The story line and the main character, Jacob Anders, are pure exaggerated comic book action hero kind of thing so it fits well into the structure the writers created.

Those elements were a lot of fun.

Bad stuff: Jacob is pretty much lacking anything resembling a personality. He is passive, incurious, pretty cool in all his interactions with other people and fixated on a...more Good stuff: comic book feel with sparse prose, lots of dialogue and very few transitions from panel to panel, er, scene to scene.

The story line and the main character, Jacob Anders, are pure exaggerated comic book action hero kind of thing so it fits well into the structure the writers created.

Those elements were a lot of fun.

Bad stuff: Jacob is pretty much lacking anything resembling a personality. He is passive, incurious, pretty cool in all his interactions with other people and fixated on a dead man. You would think that would make him want to talk to Trace's Sim but that isn't the case. He's kind of a gloomy gus who just mopes a lot. Plus he is so awesome he can do everything, nothing bad ever really happens to him as a result of his stupidities and he has no flaws. He is supposed to be super intelligent and cunning but since he demonstrates nothing of the sort and hasn't been able to figure out anything that went down when his crush/boss was killed five years ago, I have my doubts about this.

The plot is twisty like a pretzel just to make everything overly convoluted. I got to the end of the suspense plot at 85% and couldn't believe it. Trace could have/should have taken out the bad guy and his minions before the story even started. It was disappointingly simple after all the build up. Plus all of the scenes from the bad guys' POV should be eliminated because they give too much away.

The last 15% of this wanders around being sentimental, tying up loose ends and tacking on a romance plot. Didn"t work for me. At all. I skimmed most of it.

Conclusion: This was almost good. If Jake had been more self reflective, had been given a sense of humor, or even been a misanthropic curmudgeon this would have had a lot more oomph. He needed to be more than the vehicle for the story. IOW he needed a personality to match the silliness and insanity of some of the plot. The writing was clumsy in places and DSP continues to show a depressing lack of editing chops. This was an OK read that had the potential to be a lot more.(less)

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Oct 07, 2012 Elisa Ramblings added it

Quite complex sci-fi novel, it’s set in a contemporary time but with high impact sci-fi touches. Jake is a special op for an agency linked to the CIA; when he was hired he was still a college student, and I think he approached this job with the starry eyes of a young man thinking he was doing something to change the world, but also something really cool. Plus he was hired by Trace, who was a slightly older man, from a wealthy family and with an aura of experience that made him a magnet to Jake’s...more

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Jun 18, 2012 Anders rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, glbt, m-m-romance, secret-agents, spies, action-adventure, mystery, sci-fi

Where to start? This book was such a roller-coaster. I couldn't put it down from start to finish and ending up spending the entire day reading it. It's different than Ms. Anthony's other books, but it was really good and it had the ending I was looking for.

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Sep 03, 2012 John Amory rated it 3 of 5 stars

The Trust read, to me, like a gay Bourne Supremacy (though the gay part is mostly kept on the backburner for the first half or so of the novel). It's a quick, enjoyable read. The writing isn't at the level and speed of most thrillers, so the pace sometimes dragged. Jake isn't really a fully-defined character, and I found myself more interested in him because of that; but at the same time, it's strange to not really know who the protagonist is.

I also found myself disappointed in the organization,...more

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Jun 24, 2012 Cheryl rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: cops-firemen-fbi-ish, mystery-thrillers, sci-fi, mm-romance

I think I would call this a 4.5 star book. The first half of it, I wasn't sure at all what I was reading or where it was going or who I was rooting for but by the end, the authors deliver. It's like nothing I've read in the M/M genre so far... but then I saw from other reviewers, it started out as Bleach fanfic so maybe that is why. I don't know what Bleach is - but from a Google search - it's some part of the manga genre. And, for me, manga is a totally foreign concept - literally. I was better...more

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Jun 17, 2012 H.B. Pattskyn rated it 4 of 5 stars

I genuinely enjoyed The Trust. It doesn't fit neatly into any single genre category, and that I think is one of its strengths.

The Trust, is one part science fiction novel, one part political/espionage mystery, and one part romance. The Trust (the fictional organization for which the book is named) is a government agency working under the auspices of the CIA, whose primary function is to keep tabs on foreign governments and private companies who use (and abuse) biotechnology. When somebody cross...more I genuinely enjoyed The Trust. It doesn't fit neatly into any single genre category, and that I think is one of its strengths.

The Trust, is one part science fiction novel, one part political/espionage mystery, and one part romance. The Trust (the fictional organization for which the book is named) is a government agency working under the auspices of the CIA, whose primary function is to keep tabs on foreign governments and private companies who use (and abuse) biotechnology. When somebody crosses the line between use and abuse, Trust agents move in and “handle the situation”.

The biotechnology in The Trust is what producers/writers for one my favorite television shows (“La Femme Nikita”) described as “ten minutes into the future”—i.e. we don’t have this technology yet, but it’s easy to believe that given a few years, we could. (Heck, it’s not so hard to believe that some of it might already exist, we just don’t know about it yet!) Of course, the only reason that works is that the writing and research are both credible.

No single plot element (mystery/thriller, romance, science fiction) would work without the other two, as all three elements weave together to form a fast paced novel with a tight, well-rounded plot. I was drawn in immediately, wanting to know more. More about the Trust, more about the traitors, and much, much more about not only the main characters, Jake Anders and Trace Michelson, but also the cast of supporting characters (a host of agents and double agents whose loyalties could never quite be trusted).

I loved both Jake Anders (stubborn, loyal almost to a fault, and smart), and Trace Michelson (intelligent, funny and, unfortunately for Jake, also dead. Yes. Dead.)

And yes, it was very strange reading a romance novel that starts out with one of the main characters dead (and we’re not talking zombies, ghosts, or vampires, but genuinely, humanly deceased)—however, fans of Happily Ever After shouldn’t let that dissuade them. Far from it, in fact. I won’t tell you how Ms. Anthony and Ms. Keyes manage to pull it off, other than to say “skillfully”. Anthony and Keyes take readers half way around the world, from familiar places, like Raleigh North Carolina, to a tiny village in Tibet, as Jake follows in Trace’s footsteps to unravel the mystery of the Sim chip—a microchip that is far more than simple artificial intelligence, for it contains all of Trace Michelson’s knowledge and memories.

There were enough twists and turns to keep me guessing, and in places on the edge of my seat, madly reading as fast as I could to find out what happened next. I wanted to know who Jake could trust and who was going to stab him in the back (literally)—and of course, I needed to know how Jake was going to get his happy ending.

About the only technical “problem” I had was that in places the dialog seemed a little stiff. But seriously, if that’s the only thing someone can knock about a book…?

On a personal note, I don’t usually like getting into the heads of the antagonists (I skim read whole chapters of a several of books, because I just didn’t care what the bad guy did in his spare time), but that said, where Anthony and Keyes do take readers out of the protagonists’ heads and into the thoughts of the antagonists, it’s handled well, it's brief, and most importantly, genuinely adds to the story.

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Jul 10, 2012 L-D rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: m-m, sci-fi, romance, spies-espionage-agencies, genius-scientist-prodigy

Jake Anders is a member of the Trust and was "recruited" by Trace Michelson, the Trust leader as an untested street punk. Jake respects and admires Trace's power, skill, and intellect but can never get close to the man. When Trace is murdered, however, being implanted with a Sim chip with Trace's essence in it allows Jake to learn more about the man than he ever did when Trace was alive.

This book had a lot of action and excitement. The espionage and the technology were well-written in my estimat...more

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Oct 23, 2012 Lily rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, ebook, free-arc-gifts-contest-wins, law-enforcement-private-i, m-m, action-mystery-suspense, what-i-read-in-2012, alt-univ-futuristic-sci-fi, length-novel, pub-dreamspinner

I enjoyed reading this one. The plot was interesting and despite the romance being low-key the MCs were engaging. I was happy they got their HEA although the ending did feel a bit off to me, not sure why though.

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Jun 25, 2012 Lady*M rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: m-m-romance, science-fiction, mystery, thriller

3.5 - 3.75 stars

The book started strongly, but then lost its momentum in a game of cat and mouse between Jake and the bad guys who were revealed far too soon. The fast moving action was great, but there wasn't enough "breathing space" for the characters to fully develop or us to get to know them. There were some great ideas here and the authors managed to surprise me a couple of times (just when I was about to give up because "this is just too crazy"), but, although this is romance too and it's...more

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May 21, 2012 Shira Anthony added it · (Review from the author)

Shelves: action, mine, sci-fi, secret-agents, thriller, mystery

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Mar 01, 2013 Kelly Maybedog Hawkins rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: how-ebook, what-glbtq, what-male-protagonist, what-thriller-suspense, where-own, what-m-m-read

This wasn’t what I expected, although I’m not sure why. It was a good SF story, with a bit of fantasy crossover, IMHO. The romance was intriguing. The technology was interesting and the plot intriguing enough to keep me reading.

The opening scene promised more than the book delivered, though. There wasn’t enough suspense, danger, life & death situations, for a real thriller. I mean, there were a number of them but most were really short.

A number of times, the wording is written so that the...more

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Jan 20, 2013 Plainbrownwrapper rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: mm

" He felt the cold edge of the blade pressed against his bare skin through the bottom of the pocket he’d cut out."

Okay -- this guy is wearing a knife strapped to his leg. Fair enough. BUT -- cmon, people, you DON'T WEAR A BARED KNIFE ON YOUR LEG. YOU USE A SHEATH. If you can feel the edge of the blade pressed to your leg and it ISN'T cutting the crap out of your skin, then the knife is waaaaay too dull to do you any good!

This is a small inconsistency in the overall scheme of things, but it point...more " He felt the cold edge of the blade pressed against his bare skin through the bottom of the pocket he’d cut out."

Okay -- this guy is wearing a knife strapped to his leg. Fair enough. BUT -- cmon, people, you DON'T WEAR A BARED KNIFE ON YOUR LEG. YOU USE A SHEATH. If you can feel the edge of the blade pressed to your leg and it ISN'T cutting the crap out of your skin, then the knife is waaaaay too dull to do you any good!

This is a small inconsistency in the overall scheme of things, but it points out a continuing problem with the plotting. Specifically, there are lots of little inconsistencies and self-contradictions throughout the book. For instance, at one point the omniscient narrator tells us that (view spoiler) There are similar problems throughout. There's insufficient justifications for major plot points -- for example (view spoiler) -- shady motivations for character behavior, entirely unconvincing "science" elements -- (view spoiler) -- and so on.

In addition, this is sort of the Buckaroo Banzai school of hero construction. Jake, our MC, is around 29. He's fluent in several different languages, an expert in DNA technology and doing groundbreaking DNA/nanotech research, AND he designs state-of-the-art motorcycle gear, AND he's an expert spy and assassin. Oh, and he can heal any injury, up to and including a bullet to the heart. Overkill? Uh-huh. It's kind of hard to take anything about the story seriously when the hero is so over-the-top. Yet, at the same time, this supposedly brilliant guy doesn't figure out essential points til they are useless -- for instance, (view spoiler).

So, anyway, you can tell I had lots of problems with this. GR user Kate also has a good review posted here, which discusses a few more problems that I also saw with the book, if you're interested in more.

Now, all this doesn't mean that it's a terrible book. There's enough action and twisting and turning to keep it from being boring. I just don't think the authors are familiar enough with the action/adventure/spy/sf genres, or gave all the plot elements enough thought, to make this a success. This is sort of a comic book masquerading as a novel, though, and not a particularly convincing one at that.

Well, the more I think about this book, the more irritated I get. So -- 2.4 stars, rounding down to 2.

eta -- I've just read in another review that this story was originally a fanfic from a manga that I'm not familiar with. I believe it!(less)

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Aug 14, 2012 Jess Candela rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: m-m, read-in-2012

I loved the mystery and all the double- and quadruple-crossings, trying to figure out who to trust. I thought it worked great as a sci-fi/fantasy/mystery sort of story. As a romance? Not so much. Jake starts out with puppy love, they spend almost no time together for years, then Trace dies and Jake gets the Sim chip. Arguably he develops a relationship with the Sim over the next five years, but... I dunno, it just didn't quite work for me as a romance. But as a rolicking mystery romp set in the...more

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Aug 31, 2012 Don Bradshaw rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: family-drama, friends-to-lovers, gay-sci-fi, gay-romance, gay-sleuth, murder, political-fiction, thriller, suspense

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A great sci-fi thriller slightly reminiscent of The Matrix movies. Jake Anders was a college guy with potential when the Trace Michelson recruited him into The Trust. The Trust is a combination of scientific biotech study and espionage started by Trace's grandfather and now run by the brilliant Trace as a CIA-backed operation. Jake fell for the all work and no play Trace but never told him and now Trace is dead and Jake is walking ar...more

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Sep 28, 2012 Nikyta rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This was a fascinatingly complex world filled with danger, deceit and suspense. I was pulled in almost from the beginning with AIs and Sims and nanobots. At times, it felt like I was watching a movie instead of reading a book and I honestly loved it.

It's about Jake who was inserted with a Sim, which enhances his already dangerous abilities and makes him faster, stronger and more deadlier. His talents go farther than just physical skills because he has the brains to understand all the tech talk a...more This was a fascinatingly complex world filled with danger, deceit and suspense. I was pulled in almost from the beginning with AIs and Sims and nanobots. At times, it felt like I was watching a movie instead of reading a book and I honestly loved it.

It's about Jake who was inserted with a Sim, which enhances his already dangerous abilities and makes him faster, stronger and more deadlier. His talents go farther than just physical skills because he has the brains to understand all the tech talk about his Sim. Beyond that, the book is about Jake coming to the realization that his mentor, and the man he's in love with, might just still be alive even though he died five years before. The story tells of Jake's journey to figure out the truth about Trace's death all the while having to be cautious of his actions because he knows he can't trust anyone and if he trusts the wrong person he could end up dead or worse.

Jake is a pretty blunt character. He's intelligent but he still has a street thugs attitude at times. He's cunning and interesting and I liked the way he'd sacrifice himself to win a fight. At times I thought he was making a stupid mistake but then would figure out later on how it all played into his planned. Trace is kind of an enigma. We get him in two different forms, the 'real' Trace and the Trace Sim (who's in Jake's head). I rather liked both forms of him because it was neat getting bits and pieces from the Sim and I really enjoyed the conversations Jake would have with him.

The story was extremely interesting, IMO. It took me a little bit to understand what was going on at the beginning but once I did, I didn't want to put the book down. There's technical speak of artificial intelligence, you learn what a Sim is and about nanotechnology and biotechnology. I'm one of those readers that appreciates stories that go into topics not widely written and this was one of those stories. Honestly, I was enamored with the whole book. One thing would happen that would have me worried and anxious, sitting on the edge of my seat and then something else would happen that would have me even more worried but then things would work out but in a way I'd never have thought that just left me going "OMG" or "WTF" but in a good way! The secondary characters also made the story more suspenseful because you never knew who was a good guy and who was the bad (except for a few definitely bad guys!). Especially Greyson, Jake's best friend, I wanted to like him but I wasn't sure if I could trust him! It was a constant game of second-guessing in my mind and I loved every minute of it.

My only problems with the story is that I had a few unanswered questions about Trace and the aftermath of his death. Trace also isn't a very developed character. Neither is Jake, actually, but we get so much of his POV that you understand him as he is. I was still able to connect with both characters, though, and I really enjoyed the relationship they developed because it drilled in the fact that they do trust each other implicitly. Beyond that, I'm not really a fan of flashbacks because it always screws up the timeline for me and the ones in this story told of what Trace was like so it was hard to keep straight between the present and the past. I was also confused at times because it seemed like the story would jump from one thing to another and occasionally that resulted without any explanations of the transition which left me bewildered.

All in all, this was exactly the type of story I loved to read about. I connected with the characters, I loved the plot and the fact it was able to keep me in suspense was a major bonus. It's not romance heavy but the feelings and relationship are there in every step of the story even if it's more in the background at times. Definitely a world I'd love to read more stories in because the whole concept around advanced technology fascinates me to no end.(less)

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Jun 22, 2012 Leaundra rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was more adventure than romance it had love in it but much more heavy on the adventure. This book had everything in it and it kept you guessing all the way through. It had spies who were "bad" but were really good or some "good" who were really bad. It had science fiction, cool geeky stuff. Just a really good book that took off running from the first page and didn't let up. There wasn't one slow or boring part in the book to me.

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Oct 02, 2012 Audreyjane rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was a complex book with enough twists and turns to keep everyone guessing. The science fiction angle is *probably* still fiction, but it's so well done one has to wonder how far away this sort of technology could really be. The main character, Jake, is the sort of hero who has the best qualities of the brilliant scientist and the scarily competent spy-warrior. I really enjoyed this book!

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Jul 22, 2012 Nemesis rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I enjoyed the setting, the technology involved, the action parts.
But not enough background information about the characters, as much that I didn't feel a personal connection between the protagonists. I was getting tired by the whole "the student surpasses his mentor" line, seeing that it wasn't supported by a more detailed presentation of Jake's profession and his interests and researches, and how were those linked to Trace. Jake a secret agent eliminating biotechnological threats and who kills...more

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Jun 28, 2012 Meggie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, soldiers-military, favorites

Wow this mystery story is simple amazing! The main plot was so well developed, staged and written, I can only say, DAMN, it was worth reading it. All the main characters were interesting and real. Their emotions were well integrated with the story. Trace and Jake were amazingly pulling characters. I really enjoyed this originally plotted story. So there is no wonder I RECOMMEND IT ON!

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Oct 02, 2012 Amanda Stone rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was awesome sexy, spy, romantic fun! I felt bad for Jake because he kept wondering if he was going crazy talking to Trace. I would love to see a sequel with some of the other characters in this same universe. The characters and the world this book created were wonderful!

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Jun 28, 2012 Kristy Maitz rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 5-star-books

I have to admit to be surprised how good that book was.

From the starting point till the end I really had great time reading.

Plot pulls you in and main character Jake keeps you with him till its ends. I recommend the book to everyone who want to read a book with good story plot.

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May 25, 2012 Calathea rated it 4 of 5 stars

I read this when it still was a Bleach fanfic. Liked it a lot! :)
There's nothing better than some Renji-Byakuya-goodness... ;)

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Jul 27, 2012 ElaineY rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mm, romantic-suspense, e-library, covert-ops-sekret-organizations

This could have been quite brilliant if not for the awfully messy way of telling the story. I enjoyed the romance between Jake and Trace even though it was low-key through most of the book. This part - the romance - was what kept me reading, as well as being interested to know what really was happening. I did care about the two men, I cared about their developing relationship, I wanted to see them get their HEA.

...and while I was happy with the HEA, personally I thought the story was horribly wr...more

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Reviewed by: Don
Genre: M/M Sci-Fi
Rated: 4 hearts

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Jan 19, 2013 Mandy Beyers rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: my-ebooks, m-m-romance, mystery, suspense, read-for-a-2013-challenge, tower-team-reads, m-m-bingo-round6-speedy

This book read like a great spy thriller show - full of double agents, agencies that may or may not be doing government work, agents who may or may not be dead, evil scientists, etc. It reminded me thematically and in pace of "Alias" (which was one of my favorite TV shows for a while - now I want to start a re-watch!). Anyway, I enjoyed how so much of the book kept me guessing while still being an engaging read. My biggest peeve is that the romance is really a side issues - almost off-page since...more

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Shira Anthony is a complete sucker for a happily-ever-after, and rarely reads or writes a story without one. Never a fan of instalove, Shira likes to write stories about real men with real issues making real relationships work.

In her last incarnation, Shira was a professional opera singer, performing roles in such operas as “Tosca,” “Pagliacci,” and “La Traviata,” among others. Her Blue Notes Ser...more

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