Seduction of Combat

Publisher's Summary

Discover a Mafia conspiracy, a female undercover cop, a honed and fit target suspect, and sexy international sports star and billionaire playboy boxer, Freddie La Salle, in Emma Calin’s #1 Kindle best seller in the genre of romantic suspense. 

The first story in the Passion Patrol Series introduces sassy female sleuths, romantic adventures, and thrilling mysteries.

Interpol cop, Anna Leyton, spirals down into a hopeless vortex of sexual and emotional turmoil, as she fights to keep her professional cool in her latest assignment. The action flies from London to Paris and to California and New York in this fast moving ride across continents. But just who is deceiving whom?

A high-stakes gambling syndicate is pulling the strings. A boxing referee is dead in a river, and millions of dollars are placed on Freddie’s next fight. Anna has to decide what really motivates the art-loving, prize-bull boxer Freddie La Salle.

Can she fake it? Can she nail the gangsters before her cover is blown? What will happen when the charismatic suspect she is tracking turns on his charm and seduces her? Will passion take control as she falls in love with him?

This is the story of a tense and erotic forbidden affair. Can a relationship survive when it is founded on deceit? Can she prove her lover is innocent? When her bosses let her down, vigilante justice is her only option. Will she escape with her life and her man?

The power of love and trust stands against greed and crime as conflicting forces grapple for that knockout punch.

An action-filled, pulse-pounding adventure story with a twist of suspense that will take you on a roller- coaster ride full of passionate romance, deception, danger, and love.

"Truth is a line like the Equator. To the South lies the tropic of exaggeration, to the North is the tropic of forgetfulness." - from Passion Patrol Series 1 

"I want to kiss you at every monument and under every bridge." - Freddie to Ann from Passion Patrol Series 1

©2017 Robert Lakin (P)2018 Robert Lakin

An exciting romance thriller

Two people meet on a rainy London night, one a professional champion fighter, the other a Scotland Yard/Interpol Inspector. Both have secrets they are keeping from the other. A novel grabbing the reader and not letting go until the very end. Continuous action and unexpected directions taken keep attention on the story. Love this author! The audio version is well done adding to the interest. I received this free and am gladly voluntarily writing a review.

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This will keep you guessing and listening!

Give me romantic suspense and I am a happy camper. Emma Calin is a new author to me, and I am glad to have listened to this gem. The thing that caught me from the start is that is stars a very strong female lead. Anna Leyton is not only beautiful, but she is smart and full of energy. When she meets Freddie, the chemistry is there, but an a deeper connection is immediate felt. Many times this kind of relationship feels forced, but Calin has written the story so well that it feels believable. The next thing you know, Anna is assigned a case and who is the person she needs to watch? This action packed story takes us all over the world and keeps you guessing with a whodunnit feel. As it progresses, I didn't feel any closer to the answers to the questions she was looking into which I loved. Books like this are a pleasure, they make you think and keep you on the edge. And the romance between these two is steamy! A win win for me!

With the strong woman, we need a strong female narrator. This is my first listen of Rebecca McKernan. I enjoyed her accents, but at times her voice was a little harsh. I do think her overall performance had a good pace and her voices for the characters easily distinguished and understandable.

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Love Is Like The Eiffel Tower

One can always count on author Emma Calin for a "hot" heroine and hotter hero from whom smoke and steam arise. Gangsters, sports, and gambling are at the center of this thriller with the best of Scotland Yard, Surete, Interpol and FBI pitted against international bad guys. As narrated by Rebecca McKernan one is swept into the action as personal and corporate politics entangle themselves with fast-moving drama with a little Jane Bond thrown in.

Well written and emotionally driven

The perfomance of the story is what kept me in the game. The fact that a cop would give herself away, well I know it's human, but its against my sense of right and wrong. This story is emotionally driven and that's what makes the audio version very good.

One switched on Cop meets her match

A chance meeting, each concealing a different motive for a few minutes grabbed together. But, it wasn't enough. for either of them.
Each could loose a lot, but the attraction was far too strong.
WOW!! What a story, made so much more through the grating Londoner accent of the narrator.
I have read the book, but the audio made each scene come alive.

Anna & Freddie

This book was about a police Inspector assigned to a Metropolitan Police Task Force which is working with Interpol to bring down Mobsters and Crooked Sports Personalities prior to the London Olympics of 2012. Anna has left a cushy life where she could work for her family business, Layton Marine selling Luxury Yachts. She has worked her way up to the rank of Inspector which has not all been smooth sailing. Her ex-lover, who dropped her like a hot potato when she was the subject of an inquiry is leading this Task Force but heaven only knows why because he comes across as a toady fool!

Freddie is a boxer, he is also World Champion with a fight looming in the States. They literally bump into each other one evening when they both hail the same taxi which they end up sharing. She has no idea who he is and wants to chat with this attractive man without him knowing she's a police officer as this puts a lot of people off.

The attraction between these two is instant and hot and soon leads to more but as Freddie is part of her investigation how far can this attraction go? Well without giving spoilers I really can't say but it was an enjoyable read/ listen.

I purchased the book and then downloaded the audio version and my review is written voluntarily.

Romantic Suspense

I'm not sure why, but I had a hard time getting into this story. It actually was pretty good but I think the accent made it hard for me to comprehend. It moved along at a good pace and wasn't boring. Rebecca did a good job narrating this book. This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

HOT Romantic Suspense

This was a fast paced romantic suspense that I truly loved!! Narrator did a great job with the characters! I received a free copy of this book from the publisher and/or author and/or narrator in exchange for an honest review.

Hot 6 star listen

This is a new to me author. First I have listen from her.
This story is full of action from the first chapter. It involves Freddie and Anna.
Anna is a policewoman and Anna is in a bind she is dating Freddie but she needs to investigate him. Anna feels it’s a betrayal.
Freddie has strong feelings for Anna. He doesn’t know what to do
Freddie is a fighter a legal fighter and he loves it. But he knows he needs to stop to make a life with Anna It starts in one city and ends in another
He just doesn’t know why the police are after him.
Grab it and find out

First I heard from Rebecca She had a great voice for this story

Great story!

Anna was a great character as a cop being in the position of investigating Freddie who she was involved with. Plenty of steam and some action with a great storyline as Freddie was a fighter and she was looking into the mob involvement in the fights. Freddie was also likeable and a great character. Some secondary characters were also well developed and likeable. Great story all around. As for the narrator, Rebecca McKeman, she was wonderful. Great accent and helped to bring this story to life. Also she read this story at a great pace and made it very enjoyable to listen to.