Lauren Vos, an FBI agent, and I were an odd pairing, having met years ago on another job.
Against my better judgment, I let her under my skin.
She got to me in a way no other woman had before, but it still didnāt stop her from stepping over my lifeless body the first chance she got.
The day she left me for dead changed me in too many ways to count.
Now that our paths have crossed again, all I can think about is revenge.
The problem with punishing Lauren Vos is that instead of running as far from me as she can, she enjoys the way I treat her.
Her need for degradation may be the death of us both.
The Mission Mercenaries series is a Cerberus MC spin-off. Expect crossovers to happen!
I’m inching up on the BIG 4-0. The gray hairs are doubling what seems like daily, and the wrinkles and laugh lines are more pronounced than ever.
I have an amazing husband (Married just over 15 years.)
We have two boys we’re doing our best to raise as respectful gentleman.
I have a master’s degree in criminal justice which I used to work as a juvenile probation office until deciding to write full-time in June of 2019. So that means there’s usually always some criminal/law element to my novels.
If I’m not writing; I’m reading.
My favorite genres recently are bully/reverse harem and enemies to lovers. Maybe I’m reliving my traumatic teen years through the girls who actually end up with the boys. (Not that I would change my history since it’s gotten me exactly where I need to be!)
I love coffee. I miss carbs. Music is LIFE. I try not to be too serious.
MY REVIEW: āļøāļøāļøāļøāļø 5 out of 5

This book has all the feels and emotions. Itās hot, steamy, dark, tragic, and haunting, but itās a great read.
Angel returns from the dead, or some thought anyways. Heās a mercenary and he is not ashamed of his job or his position. He wasnāt always bad, but when he was stepped over and left for dead by the one person he stood in front of to protect and then was taken into the hands of the enemy and tortured, he became a deadly Angel. He was already a broken man from his childhood, but this was beyond what his mind could accept.
Lauren lives for danger, action and dark situations. Her childhood showed her that life is not bright and sunny. When she lost the one person that protected her, it made her a woman living on the edge. As an FBI agent, she could find that edge by helping those that were taken and sold in the sex trafficking business. However, when things start to come back on her missions and cause her trouble with her job she has nowhere to go, so she turns to the one man that she couldnāt seem to forget.
Angel and Lauren are steamy, dark, and so right for each other. This story had me crying, cringing, and holding my breath at times, but it also was a very hard to put down read. I loved all of it. Its action packed and the characters are wonderful, as is always the case with Marie Jamesā stories. I canāt wait for the next book in this spin off series from the Cerberus MC. Liamās story looks to be just as steamy and action packed as Lessons Learned was. I give this book a 5-star review.