Hiding in Plain Sight

By: Lucy Felthouse

Narrated by: Poppy Jay Fox

Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's Summary

Mallory Scott is a British espionage operative - and a damn good one at that. Her current assignment to bring down a group of diamond thieves and scammers should be a piece of cake. She plans to get her claws into one of the gang, infiltrate the group, and uncover the information she needs to catch and prosecute them. Luck is on her side, and within 24 hours she’s lunching with Baxter Collinson, the youngest - and most handsome - diamond thief. What she’s not expecting, however, is to get on with him quite so well.

Attraction bubbles between them - and for once, on Mallory’s part, it isn’t an act. For the first time in her career, Mallory struggles with what she must do. Can she ignore her heart for the sake of the mission?

©2017 Lucy Felthouse (P)2017 Lucy Felthouse

This British Romance Made Me Swoon

Being an American, I love British romances because the lingo is different and I learn so much! Poppy Jay Fox made me laugh with some of her pronunciations, but I really enjoyed this story. I previously read this story, but hearing it was a completely different feeling!

Sexy Spy Thriller

Mallory has always been able to keep what happens in her line of work strictly business. What happens when she crosses the line and falls for her target. Will she be able to save them both and keep her career. I enjoyed this story a lot I just wish the story was fleshed out a bit more but I really enjoyed it. Poppy Jay Fox does a great job as a narrator and always manage to get me totally engrossed.

Great Read

Hiding in Plain Sight by Lucy Felthouse was a great read. Mallory is a British Operative who is looking for a group of Diamond thieves. Mallory finds out that one of the thieves is a man she is attracted to. I loved reading Mallory and Baxter's story and can't wait to read more by Lucy Felthouse.

Great listen

This was an interesting take on a spy book. Girl spy meets boy criminal. Sexy things happen. Boy criminal gets arrested. Boy criminal becomes a spy.

Eventhough it was 5 hours, it felt like a short listen because the story never bogged down. That's a good thing.

I loved the narration. There was a fun and flirty quality to both the girl and the boy (interspersed with the spying) and that was great to hear.

Suspension of disbelief helps a lot

Mallory Scott is a British secret agent who, in the first few minutes of the book, admits she’s been used as a ‘honeypot’ in the past.

Now, I’m all for a woman who enjoys sex and since men have been known to use it to gain power, I suppose it’s only fair game. That being said, there is a lot of sex in this book. Just a heads-up.

There were things I really liked about the book. Mallory’s character is strong and she’s a good spy for a long time, respected in the agency. Strong kick-ass female heroines are among my favourite.

Of course, as smart and as prepared as Mallory is, I didn’t need to know every single thought and the reasoning behind every little decision. As a reader, I felt I should have been given a little more credit. It’s great the author wants me to know how much research she’s done (or just how creative she is), but it did get a little tedious.

Morally ambivalent characters are always much-loved for me. I want to be challenged as to why Baxter Collinson makes the choices he makes and how he faces the consequences.

That being said, suspension of disbelief is necessary here. Not only are all crimes forgiven, but then Baxter is trained for all of TWO weeks before being sent out into the field.

Seriously?

There are NO other agents in the entirety of Her Majesty’s Secret Service who could do the job? But it fits the plot, setting up both a moral dilemma and the opportunity for even more sex.

The narrator, Poppy Jae Fox, saves the book. She is British – which is obviously appropriate, but she narrates the story with gravitas, even though the situations are a little absurd. She was pleasant to listen to and I will definitely look for more books narrated by her. Her Belgian and Russian accents were good as well.

The book had potential that was never fully realized. A thriller doesn’t need to have guns and action sequences to be exciting. In fact, most spying is fairly routine and boring. Fair enough. But if that’s the world we’re portraying, the writing needs to be much tighter. I don’t need to know why or why not spies are going to have a hot breakfast.

I do need to understand the stakes. Bad for Britain was never adequately explained, leaving a gaping hole in a book where every little thing is explained. So my one recommendation would be to tighten up the writing. This book could have been told in about half the time it was and it would have been a better book. Also, the ending was just a little too pat.

I’m not discouraged, though. I have another Lucy Fellthouse book in my library and I plan to listen to it soon. I am still willing to give the author another chance

Intrigue, undercover work and Sex

Not a bad listen. She is a secret agent who brings down bag guys. He is a hot, sexy man who happens to have gotten involved in a gang of criminals.

You have to suspend more than a little beliefs to think he will forgive her when she takes him down, but if you can do that you will enjoy it.

I was given a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for my unbiased review.

Good!

This was a really enjoyable romantic suspense with perfect narration! Highly recommend!


I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. The fact that I was gifted this book had no influence over my opinion of it.

Great listen!

Loved the story and characters. Fantastic narrator too. I received a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

Enjoyed It Slightly

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request, via Audiobook Boom, and have voluntarily left this review."

I enjoyed most of this book. I liked the plot twists and the manner that the h went about doing her job. The ending was nice. There was a lot of sex in the book which took away from the story for me. The narrator kept the story moving along.

hiding in plain sight

good book! definitely a romance book with some suspense in it. mallory and baxters chemistry was off the charts! some steamy scenes between the two! hes supposed to steal diamonds and shes supposed to be under cover and catch the thieves. but she falls in love with baxter and her plans get confusing. i was given a copy of this audiobook for free by my request and voluntarily left this review

so much more than i thought it would be

Lucy never disappoints so I went into this with high expectations. This was a fantastic thrilling story with characters you cannot help but love