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The Path to Freedom (Task Force 125 Book 1)
by
Lisa Pietsch (Goodreads Author)
Book 1 in the Task Force 125 Series.
In the war on terror...sometimes the best weapon is a woman.
Sarah Stevens is a washed-up military cop whose life is a shambles until she is offered a position as an agent with the CIA.
The thirty-year-old, overweight, down-on-her-luck Stevens goes to a secret training camp where she is transformed into a sexy and deadly agent whose missi...more
In the war on terror...sometimes the best weapon is a woman.
Sarah Stevens is a washed-up military cop whose life is a shambles until she is offered a position as an agent with the CIA.
The thirty-year-old, overweight, down-on-her-luck Stevens goes to a secret training camp where she is transformed into a sexy and deadly agent whose missi...more
Kindle Edition, 215 pages
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(first published December 11th 2011)
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I have a small internet relationship with Lisa Pietsch and was delighted to review her first novel.
The heroine, Sarah, is a tough, but overweight marine who ends up at a bootcamp for fatties with potential. She's transformed into a sexy, incredibly fit beauty and ends up on a team of highly skilled hunks who together fight terrorism.
The element of gray was fascinating as it presented ethical dilemmas like are you willing to do something wrong (seduce and sleep with a terrorist) to work for a g...more
The heroine, Sarah, is a tough, but overweight marine who ends up at a bootcamp for fatties with potential. She's transformed into a sexy, incredibly fit beauty and ends up on a team of highly skilled hunks who together fight terrorism.
The element of gray was fascinating as it presented ethical dilemmas like are you willing to do something wrong (seduce and sleep with a terrorist) to work for a g...more
My review for The Path to Freedom from Sapphire Blue Publishing.
This isn’t traditional romance with a happily-ever-after, it’s a single-title military fiction/women’s fiction combo about a woman’s journey from an overweight loser into a sexpot, a svelte CIA agent. The story tracks her metamorphosis as she loses seventy-five pounds of fat and gains twice that much in confidence and armaments.
Sarah joins a team of men whose job it is to protect America from terrorist threats. Her hard-drinking, c...more
This isn’t traditional romance with a happily-ever-after, it’s a single-title military fiction/women’s fiction combo about a woman’s journey from an overweight loser into a sexpot, a svelte CIA agent. The story tracks her metamorphosis as she loses seventy-five pounds of fat and gains twice that much in confidence and armaments.
Sarah joins a team of men whose job it is to protect America from terrorist threats. Her hard-drinking, c...more
Things I Learned Reading "The Path to Freedom"
1. The path to freedom is paved with hot people. We should all feel safe and secure because they are protecting our freedom by virtue of their hotness.
2. Losing extreme amounts of weight makes you hot. It also cures you of any and all self esteem issues you may have had prior to achieving your hotness.
3. Hot people want for nothing. They don't have to engage in the social niceties that non-hot people must endure. They don't have to wait in lines or p...more
1. The path to freedom is paved with hot people. We should all feel safe and secure because they are protecting our freedom by virtue of their hotness.
2. Losing extreme amounts of weight makes you hot. It also cures you of any and all self esteem issues you may have had prior to achieving your hotness.
3. Hot people want for nothing. They don't have to engage in the social niceties that non-hot people must endure. They don't have to wait in lines or p...more
The Path to Freedom is a great book if you're in the mood for a serious heroine make-over that will make you wish you could go through boot camp with a few hunky guys. It's action-packed and definitely an interesting story line. However, it's not a great read if you're hoping for a HEA ending. There is a HFN that leaves the reader to hope Sarah and Vince will eventually be together. Don't look for that to happen in this book. My only other issue with the story is the abrupt jump in the action fr...more
If you like girls with guns, and tough heroines involved in black ops, this is a great read. It's also interesting to know that the author knows what she is writing about. Read her impressive bio at the end. This type of story, although fictional, is probably pretty damn close to the truth. Thanks, Lisa for a fantastic read, full of action and tough romance. The only thing I didn't care for is that the two lovers are not reunited at the end. The book is rather short and ends on a cliff hanger. I...more
It was very easy to fall in love with Sarah. She found herself overweight, losing her job, and her boyfriend was sleeping with someone else. She instantly had my sympathy. Making the decision to enroll in a fat farm with the government, she metamorphs into a sexy power machine, and I cheered for her.
She joined up with a group of guys to fight terrorist, and what a group of sexy hunks they are too. The flirting and word play between "the team" is wonderful. Lisa Pietsch obviously knows how men th...more
She joined up with a group of guys to fight terrorist, and what a group of sexy hunks they are too. The flirting and word play between "the team" is wonderful. Lisa Pietsch obviously knows how men th...more
Sarah Stevens is cheated on, lied to and kicked out of the life she had planned. Sent to a fat camp, she has one shot to bring her life back around to a new start. Little does she know, the camp is a training ground for spooks... more secret than any government agency than she has ever worked for before.
Put on a team with men that make your mouth water, Sarah is drawn to her boss. To prove she can help her country, and do her job, she must put personal feelings aside and enter into a world of m...more
3.5 stars. At the time this book came out I'm sure it was great but now it just seems dated (chain-smoking is not attractive). I was disappointed in Sarah but as a character I'm sure she is more realistic then I want to believe. I was hoping to get a kick ass h, come to find out they only wanted her for her tits and ass. Plus the fat girl gets thin and then suddenly turns hot kick ass chick is a bit over done. I liked the characters and the idea but had a problem with the sex for intel part. I...more
I read the first two books in the Task Force 125 books along with the short story of Sarah's' Summer this afternoon and if you like romantic suspense with a super strong heroine and to die for hawt guys, these are the books for you, Easy reads but totally kept my interest....all afternoon. Didn't get anything else done today :)
Finally got to read this book by my friend Lisa Pietsch since I got a Kindle for Christmas. A great relaxing read as I am recovering from surgery; I would recommend for vacation/beach reading. I definitely plan to read the rest of the series!
I got about halfway through and sadly -- just had to shelve it. I had hoped the female protagonist would be strong and independent, but while she was really kick-ass, which I liked, she was a boy crazy horndog.
I get it that she was happy with her weight loss. She loved all of the male attention she was getting, but it seemed unrealistic that she would just toss all of her insecurities and body issues away and toss on a bikini with a pool full of men and be as cavalier as she was.
That being said,...more
I get it that she was happy with her weight loss. She loved all of the male attention she was getting, but it seemed unrealistic that she would just toss all of her insecurities and body issues away and toss on a bikini with a pool full of men and be as cavalier as she was.
That being said,...more
Great suspense. Book got a little naughty in places. It's a different perspective terrorist covert ops book. It's a female version of Mitch Rapp. Some of the things she does are beyond me. I could never do what she did.
Loved the story, and especially enjoyed the ending. I did feel that the first half or so of the book could have used a lot more editing, which seemed to improve in the later chapters. All in all, it seems to be a great start to this series of novels.
Nice to read a book about as girl that can kick some butt.
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Though not typically my kind of heroine, I did enjoy the read. Lisa Pietsch takes an average, everyday woman and makes her work to become the woman she dreams of being. This bad-ass, kick-butt, heroine is surrounded by well-sculpted men, and she fits right in. I'd recommend this read and will definitely read more in the series!
Still reading the set up portion of the novel but so far it's been a fun read. I promised Lisa I'd let her know what I thought so I'll get back to the rest of you at the same time.
I wrote this book :-)
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Lisa Pietsch is a USAF veteran, a multi-published novelist and freelance writer, a social media marketing consultant, the Co-Founder and Managing Editor of SAXtreme Magazine (www.saxtreme.com), an aspiring figure competitor (www.xtremetransformations.com) and the mother of two boys. She has a passion for foreign languages, travel, and hot guys with guns. In the absence of hot guys, guns will do.
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