Omega Sector (Book 15)
Is the woman he once loved…
The traitor they’re searching for?
Former Special Forces soldier Jace Eakin must find the
mole inside Omega who’s leaking intel to a terrorist mastermind. Despite their
complicated history and the fact that she is keeping a secret, he can’t believe
it’s SWAT team leader Lillian Muir. As they give in to long-denied passion,
Jace vows to protect Lillian with his life. But he’s been wrong about her
before…
The action and suspense continue
in this second chance story. I have been looking forward to Lillian's story
since the beginning of the series. I love seeing a strong, capable woman doing a job that
earns her the respect and admiration of the men she works with, and there is no
doubt that she is a well-loved member of the team. We also saw in the previous
book (Major Crimes) that the mole in the Omega team is setting Lillian up to
take the fall. He has been successful enough that the head of Omega has called
in a friend of his to join the SWAT team and investigate.
Jace and Lillian have a history. They knew each other as
kids and teens in the slums of Tulsa where they had done what they must to
survive. As soon as Lillian turned eighteen,
they were going to make their escape and join the army together. But something
happened that sent Jace off on his own, believing that she had betrayed him. As
much as that had hurt, he has a hard time believing that Lillian could be the
traitor.
I liked both Lillian and Jace. Both had rough starts to
their lives and had come out successfully
on the other side, though not without a great deal of pain. Throughout the series, we have seen Lillian as a respected
member of the team, yet one who has kept a certain amount of distance between
herself and others. I was doubly impressed by the way she overcame the physical
trauma of her past, though her PTSD from it is never far from the surface. But
she is a fighter and refuses to be that vulnerable again. Jace took his anger
and bitterness over what he saw as Lillian's betrayal and used it in his career
in the army. After a dozen years, he's
had enough of the death and destruction and is ready to do something useful
with his life. He has purchased a ranch where he will invite veterans to come
and heal. But first he will do this favor for Ren and at the same time purge
Lillian from his system.
I loved the first meeting between Lillian and Jace.
Neither of them backs away or goes easy on the other during their match. I
especially enjoyed the growing respect that Jace has as he realizes that he has
to work to hold his own against Lily. There is also no doubt that the sparks
between them are just as intense as they were in the past. I had a lot of
respect for Jace when he turned down her invitation because he didn't feel
right about deceiving her. Until he knows for sure that she's innocent, he
won't give in to the attraction. Fortunately, proof of her innocence isn't long
in coming but opens up a whole new set of
problems. I cried for Lillian as she revealed everything that had happened to
her, and ached for Jace and his guilt for not seeing the truth. I loved his
patience and understanding, as well as his desire to protect her from further
harm. I loved the advice he got, that Lillian didn't need someone to protect
her physically, but someone to be there for her emotionally. And he truly got
it, as he shows here: "I wouldn't fight your monsters. You can do that
yourself. But I'll stand with you as you fight them. Every single time."
The suspense of this book was outstanding. The mole has his own
agenda to go along with Damien's desire to destroy Omega. His desire to
reinvent law enforcement for his own
twisted purposes is scary as hell. The team suspects that his plans have
something to do with the upcoming law enforcement conference and are intent on
making sure that he doesn't succeed. The preparations and conference were a
roller coaster of action, including some pretty wild twists. The final
confrontation with the mole was intense as they raced against time to stop him.
But the action wasn't over yet as Damien still had to be dealt with. That confrontation was even more
frightening, as Damien continued his MO of
involving others in his dirty work. Though I was certain that Lillian would
prevail, the process was both heartbreaking and inspiring. There was some new
and interesting information revealed at the end that leads into the next book.
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