Javagirl's review posted on Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews 
 3 STARS 
 Review copy provided for an honest review 
 From the book description of MERCY, I was expecting more suspense, mystery and intrigue. While it definitely had potential for those things, for me it fell short. The characters are interesting and well developed, the plot is intriguing, and there are two romantic storylines with a lot of hot sex. In fact, I think that was one of my biggest issues with this book-too much sex and not enough moving the story forward. 
 Both Becca and Eli were part of a CIA team assigned to Jarrett Holt's supper club. Eight months after the operation ended with Jarrett's arrest, the charges have been dropped and most of the team are dead. Eli and Becca both end up going to Jarrett for help. Eli suspects Becca is behind the attacks. Becca is trying to stay alive and find out who is really behind the attacks on her team. She fell hard for Jarrett during the months they lived together when he was the target of their investigation. Jarrett was devastated to find that he was just a job to Becca. Of course, that wasn't the case at all. She was just as devastated as he, and turned to him for help. He offers her protection in return for being his sex toy, but is determined to separate his emotions from sex. Becca and Jarrett's relation was predictable, but believable. The issues that remained from their past relationship were credible and were dealt with in a fairly realistic way. I loved the two of them together and wanted their second try at a life together to work. The second romantic couple, Eli and Wade, Jarrett's second in command, I found less believable. I really liked Wade and wanted him to have his HEA. Eli, on the other hand, had no redeeming qualities that I could find. Except being good in bed...and in the shower...and on the couch. I'm a fan of m/m , so that isn't my issue with this relationship. My problem is that I really disliked Eli. For a seasoned CIA operative, he has serious anger management issues, he jumps to conclusions, and once his mind is made up, there is no changing it. I couldn't help but wonder how these traits could work within his chosen profession. Even though Wade questions his feelings for Eli, I never saw anything other than the great sex between them that would warrant his attachment and increasing loyalty to Eli. 
 My biggest issue with MERCY is that the main plot, who is behind the deaths of their team members and the attempted assassinations on both Becca and Eli, is so slow that it seems more like an afterthought. There is a lot of talking and accusations and a lot of meetings with a CIA agent and numerous threats, but very little investigation and no cooperation or sharing of information until about 3/4 of the way through the book. The conversations and accusations are repetitive and do little to move the story forward. The ending, presented all wrapped up neatly, is predictable and disappointing. Not disappointing because I was sorry to find out who was behind the attacks, that was pretty obvious from the first mention of the character's name, but disappointing because this could have been a suspenseful story, but it just wasn't.