Onyx
GEM, #3
by Freya Barker
Release Date: November 6th 2023
Genre: Romantic Suspense-Slow Burn Romance
GEM: a privately-funded organization operating independently in the search for—and the rescue and recovery of—missing and exploited children. Although, at times working in conjunction with law enforcement, GEM aims to ensure the victims receive justice…by whatever means necessary.
Onyx; balanced, strong, a guardian She’s the voice of reason, advocates, and strategizes. Supporting the team from the background, Onyx rarely goes out in the field. However, when a widespread child exploitation ring is discovered, her particular skill set is needed to get close. Unfortunately, her boss—a man she’s never laid eyes on before—is dead set against her taking the lead. Outvoted, he finds a way to keep her in his sights, risking his own exposure.
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The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . ONYX (GEM, #3) . . . I was not expecting this. I was not anticipating the pain, sorrow, and just moments that I needed to step back. One more thing I was not expecting... Onyx and Jacob had a past. That was not foreseen. I knew over the course of the other two stories that was something more between them. I don't think that even Onyx could have seen this one coming.
After years of being on the inside working in the background for her team. She in now out front and has a lot to deal with. She is out of her comfort zone in more ways than one. She needs the right name for connection. She need the right cloths to fit in. She needs the right piece of property to pull it off. She also had a growing attraction to the one person put in place the help her.
Jacob have loved Onyx from afar for far to long. He has been even deeper in the background than Onyx. But he had no hesitation on sending her in to cover this job. It would be the job that could get them the one man they have been looking for for far to long.
I was so excited to get to this story. It was the last one in the GEM original. Onyx was the mother hen to the ladies. She was the one that had far more to lose and gain. Watching the connection between her and Jacob was interesting. I was heartbreaking to watch page after page in the final five to six chapters. I loved every minute, every tap of the screen. I loved most watching how each of the original members, new members, and freelance members all came together to make that found family they all needed in one way or another. I also loved how there was a connection between this series and another. It was small but it was there.
USA Today bestselling author Freya Barker loves writing about ordinary people with extraordinary stories. With forty-plus books already published, she continues to create characters who are perhaps less than perfect, each struggling to find their own slice of happy. Recipient of the ReadFREE.ly 2019 Best Book We've Read All Year Award for "Covering Ollie, the 2015 RomCon “Reader’s Choice” Award for Best First Book, “Slim To None”, Finalist for the 2017 Kindle Book Award with “From Dust”, and Finalist for the 2020 Kindle Book Award with “When Hope Ends”, Freya spins story after story with an endless supply of bruised and dented characters, vying for attention!
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