Friday, October 25, 2019

Code of Conduct by April White [Review]


Code of Conduct by April White
Code of Conduct (Cipher Security #1) by April White
Format: ebook
Source: provided for review
Disclaimer: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
Date read: September 19, 2019

Cipher Security
1. Code of Conduct - Paperback | Kindle
2. Code of Honor
2.5. Code of Matrimony
3. Code of Ethics

April White
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
There are three things you need to know about Shane P.I.
1) P.I. is not her last name, it’s her job title,
2) Her specialty is catching cheaters, and
3) She’s a superhuman – kind of.

Gabriel is a security expert for Cipher Security, and a former UN Peacekeeper with a fierce protective streak that finds its focus on the beautiful P.I.

Their attraction is like an elephant in a room full of breakable things, and figuring out how to trust each other with their hearts, and maybe their lives, is the most fragile thing of all.
Thoughts on Code of Conduct: Oh, man. Shane and Gabriel. They both have secrets. They're both CRAZY good at their jobs. Shane may be a teeeeeny bit more paranoid than Gabriel overall, but Gabriel's scars run pretty darn deep, man, and they both have to figure out how to unburden themselves before they can do the relationship thing.

But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's start with Shane. Shane who doesn't let people know her real name. Shane who feels the zing the first time she looks at Gabriel, but absolutely doesn't want to get all tangled up with trusting someone. Him showing up unexpectedly near her home throws her for a loop, but her loyalty to her client has her seeking him out when things go south on that front.

As for Gabriel, he's determined to do a good job at Cipher and (hopefully) wipe out some of the guilt he feels after a mission at his previous job that went sour. Despite everything, he's pretty darn open overall and intuitive enough to see that Shane needs to trust him before she'll consider him as anything more than someone she has to be careful around.

I loved seeing some familiar KitC faces and I enjoyed the mystery they were trying to unravel. I'm pretty darn excited to revisit the Cipher Security offices and the sometimes gruff, always competent people who work there.


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Excerpt

I pulled up the audio version of the newest Iron Druid book, turned my phone on speaker, and when the tub was full, I sank into the hot water with a sigh. Luke Daniels could read a shampoo bottle and I’d listen, but my mind kept drifting off of Atticus’ and Oberon’s adventures, and was instead hopping from rock to rock in the garden of ADDATA, the Quimbys, and Gabriel. I wasn’t even annoyed when the phone rang and interrupted the story, because I knew I’d have to go back to the beginning of the chapter anyway.

It was on its fourth ring when I finally dried off my hand and reached to answer it, so I hit the speaker button just as I looked at the screen.

Gabriel’s name startled me so much I didn’t say anything – I just sat up in the tub and stared at the phone.

“Please say you’re not in the bath.” Gabriel’s voice was quiet, deep, and had a note of pleading in it.
“What do you want, Gabriel?” I moved again, and the water sloshed around me. I knew he could hear it because he groaned softly.

“Where to begin.” It was almost a whisper, and the words sent a shiver through me. He cleared his throat and continued in his normal, beautiful voice. “We had a call from Quimby. He said he’d found you and wondered what we were going to do about it.” I didn’t say anything, and the silence lasted two long heartbeats. “Are you okay?” he finally asked, quietly.

“He saw me turn from Bryn Mawr onto Sheridan. I lost him in the alleys.”

Gabriel exhaled. “Good.”

“Aren’t you supposed to be finding his money? Or his wife? Or something else he misplaced?”

“Do you have his money or his wife?” he asked.

“No.”

“Okay.”

“Okay? What exactly do you want from me, Gabriel?” I sat forward and the water sloshed again. I traced the ripples with my fingers as I heard his sigh.

“I don’t know. I just know that every time you move, I hear the water in your bath, and I imagine …” He exhaled sharply. “Be careful, darling. I don’t trust Quimby not to try to hurt you if he can. Don’t let him catch you.”

“You haven’t caught me yet, and you’re far more resourceful than that little man.”

He chuckled softly. “Yet.” He hung up the phone without saying goodbye, and Luke Daniels’ voice returned, continuing the story as I sank down in the water and let its heat lap over the chills on my skin.

About April White
April White has been a film producer, private investigator, bouncer, teacher and screenwriter. She has climbed in the Himalayas, survived a shipwreck, and lived on a gold mine in the Yukon. She and her husband share their home in Southern California with two extraordinary boys and a lifetime collection of books.

Her first novel, Marking Time is the 2016 winner of the Library Journal Indie E-Book Award for YA Literature, and all five books in the Immortal Descendants series are on the Amazon Top 100 lists in Time Travel Romance and Historical Fantasy.

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