Review: Under the Gun by Cari Z

Title: Under the Gun

Series: Accidentally Undercover

Author: Cari Z

Length: 166 Pages

Category: Romantic Suspense

Rating: 4 Stars

At a Glance: Under the Gun is a fun and frantic romp into, through, and out of danger. If you’re looking for an enjoyable way to spend a few hours reading a book with some heat and hijinks, Cari Z delivers.

Reviewed By: Lisa

Blurb: Life is plenty exciting for Joey Cole. Everything that isn’t his day job revolves around having fun, but “fun” becomes complicated when Joey’s latest side gig turns into a gunfight between the handsy billionaire he’s working for and the ex-boyfriend who broke his heart and who’s now…smuggling drugs?

Turns out that Adam, Joey’s ex, is a spy for His Majesty’s government, and that Joey has fallen into a sting operation meant to take his shady employer down. Joey and Adam are hounded by assassins as they escape to a safe house in England, home to the woman who introduced Joey to Adam in the first place—his grandmother.

Who, it turns out, is also a spy. Huh, no wonder she made him get so good at untying knots with his hands tied behind his back.

Joey and Adam rekindle the romance that burned between them, but Adam is still a spy—he’s not his own man, and he’ll certainly never belong to Joey. The safest thing would be to break it off before Adam breaks his heart again…but the way they’re being hunted, safe is out of the question, and love may mean the difference between life and death.

Review: Accidentally Undercover is a shared romantic suspense series comprised of six short standalone novels by six different authors. Cari Z’s Under the Gun is a fun and frantic romp into, through, and out of danger.

Joey and Adam have a shared past, which works for the length of the story. This isn’t the budding of a new relationship, it’s the care and feeding of an old one. There are some things for Joey to overcome, though. It’s far from a routine undertaking, discovering the love of your life isn’t who you’ve always thought he was. And that’s not to discount the fact that Joey’s being hunted by a mobster who wants him dead in the most heinous possible way.

On top of Joey learning some utterly shocking things about Adam, he’s reunited with his estranged grandmother and learns a few things about her as well. Their relationship is far from warm and congenial, but I liked watching how their connection morphed into something they each could embrace, and the way Cari Z wove it into the story’s heart.

If you’re looking for an enjoyable way to spend a few hours reading a book with some heat and hijinks, Undercover Gun delivers.