Spies Don't Fall for Their Rival by Meg Easton: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own.

The Book

He’s a spy for the Clandestine Services Agency. She’s a spy for the CIA. They’ve been clashing on joint missions for months, but their worlds are about to seriously collide.

Here are three things that I know. 1) I’m an expert at reading body language, 2) I excel as an intelligence operative, and 3) Ledger Lancaster — daring, fearless, and recklessly charming — is my rival. Or enemy, depending on the day.

What I didn’t realize from our first mission overlap a year and a half ago — a mission I thought Ledger was using to gain the upper hand only for me to beat him at his own game — was that his interest in me wasn’t an act. How could I have guessed?

Since then, Ledger and I have been enjoying (me more so than he) our fierce competitive rivalry, all while I pretend I don’t have abandonment issues. But everything changes when our agencies have a mission overlap, and we are sent on an operation spanning European countries. As in working together, not working against.

This is not our usual playbook.

Now, while spending every hour of the day together, Ledger keeps reminding me of all the reasons to fall for him — if I was the kind of girl to fall in love. And if I’m as good at reading body language as I think I am, Ledger isn’t faking his feelings for me this time, either, and these sparks between us feel dangerously real.

Am I falling for my biggest rival? It seems so. Somebody send an extraction team ASAP.

“Spies Don’t Fall for Their Rival” is a closed-door romantic comedy brimming with chemistry, sizzling tension, and witty banter. In a world where the family business is the spy business, prepare to laugh, swoon, and fall head over heels in love.

The Author

Meg Easton is the USA Today bestselling author of contemporary sweet romances and romantic comedies with fun-loving, unforgettable characters and locations worthy of packing up and moving to. She has received the Swoony Award for Best Contemporary Romance of the Year, and her books and audiobooks have been RONE Award and Whitney Award finalists.

She lives at the foot of a mountain with her name on it (or at least one letter of her name) in the Rockies, where she loves spending time with her husband and three kids.

Join Meg’s Reader’s Group for a FREE e-book of LOOKING FOR LOVE (SORT OF) and find out more about Meg and her books at www.megeaston.com

Book Review

Spies Don't Fall for Their Rival is the second book in the Romancing the Spy series. While you might have a better feel for the family dynamics if you've read the previous book as well (and there might be a few minor spoilers), I do think this could be enjoyed just fine as a standalone as well. 

The first book in this series is an absolute favorite of mine. As such, this has been one of my most anticipated reads this year. With such high expectations, there's always that chance that it won't live up the hype I've built up in my head, but this one not only lived up to my high expectations but blew them out of the water. I absolutely LOVED this one... just as much, if not more than the first! The banter between Ledger and Zoe is just absolute perfection... and the chemistry!? Oooh, I just adored them together! Their story was the perfect blend of action and humor, paired with tenderness and emotion too. I loved seeing Zoe grow throughout the story. This was truly a story that had me laughing out loud one moment and reaching for the tissues for the next... and loving every single second of it. This is an absolute must read and I cannot wait to see what happens next in the series! 

Spies Don't Fall for Their Rival is a closed-door romance with kisses only and no language. 

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