Enigma: The Complete Collection: Four book boxset By Shandi Boyes – Review By Sue Kemp

Enigma: The Complete Collection: Four book box set by Shandi Boyes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Enigma Box Set is a definite five star read

Enigma Of Life Book 1
Author Shandi Boyes

Isaac Holt one extremely hot night club owner
Isabelle Brahm FBI Agent
Isaac and Isabelle world are about to collide in a way none of them could have imagined. They literally bumped in to each other at the New York Airport. Isabelle bumped into Isaac hard chest sending her to the floor in an unladylike way. He grabs her by the elbow to steady her on her feet and when she bent down to pick her things up he had the same idea and they bumped heads. Isaac cussed loudly, Isabelle cussed quietly. The bump on the head was hard and it had her vision blurred, Isaac checking her over to make sure she was okay noticed a bump on her head. He took her to the first class lounge so he could put ice on the bump and give her a couple of drinks. Looking at Isaac’s watch she tells him she has to go or she will miss her flight.
Getting on the plane she is extremely nervous as she does not like to fly and once again after putting her jacket and satchel in the overhead compartment trips over her own feet in front of Isaac. She sees Isaac grin as he takes the seat by her. Noticing she is afraid of flying he tells her she will be okay and has a fix for the problem. An electrical jolt goes through her body as he starts to run his index finger over the veins in the back of her hand, he runs his finger up and down her arm, wraps his strong hand around her neck in an erotic and domineering way.
Isabelle’s life is about to be pulled into two different directions and there will be nothing that she can do about it. Arriving at Ravenshoe Airport she is given his business card for the Dungeon and he tells her to be there Saturday night at 10pm. Regina is there to pick her up. While driving Regina tells her to look in the gray manila folder page two. There she sees herself looking at the gorgeous Isaac Holt.
She asks Regina why he is being investigated and is told because he made his first million dollars by the time he was twenty.
Isabelle introduces herself to Brandon but before he can answer Alex yells across the office telling Brandon he wanted the paper work and now. Alex wanted a blonde agent as they have only seen him with blondes over the last couple of months, seeing Isabelle is a brunette he yells at someone else, telling Isabella that she is not here for her brains but as eye candy for Isaac.
Will hiring Isabelle work in attracting Isaac?

Unraveling An Enigma: Isaacs story Book 2
Author Shandi Boyes

Isaac has been held in an observation room since his arrest a couple of hours ago. Isabelle notices while his face is showing nothing but anger, he is still very handsome. Isaac tells Alex he has ten minutes then he is walking out as they have nothing on him and his hands are clean. Isabelle is nervous for Isaac and can’t keep still while she is watching him in the room. Isabelle notices that with her movements Isaac eyes seem to be following her. She asks Brandon if this is a two way mirror and when he is about to answer her Alex walks out of the room for an envelope and tells Isabelle she w will be coming back in the room with him. Ten minutes is up and Isaac stands and picks his jacket up off the table. He only says two things to Isabelle and that they are that smell baby its fear and that it was nice meeting her.
While he has been held in the observation room his home has been totally destroyed by the FBI, some things can be replaced but those with sentimental value cannot be. Isabelle needs to see Isaac and goes to his home but he is ignoring any one that presses the intercom on the gates. When she is about to leave Hugo arrives at Isaac’s home and tells Isabelle now is not a good time for her to be near him. She pleads with Hugo that she needs to see him and against his better judgment he takes her to see Isaac. Isaac is furious at the sight of Isabelle in his home and when she tries to tell him that it wasn’t her that told the FBI where his home was he closed the distance between them at a quick pace. Tears start to well up in Isabelle’s eyes and Isaac told her don’t you dare cry. Hugo worried about Isabelle’s safety get between her and Isaac
Isabelle is no safer from investigation that what Isaac is and soon finds out she is under investigation by Internal Affairs regarding her relationship with Isaac. One of the agents Theresa is a nasty piece of work and tells Isabelle unless she co-operates she will be spending a long time in jail. Isabelle is not going to help them in their attempts to take down the love of her life. What Isaac and Isabelle don’t know is that Isabel’s phone has been bugged with a tracking device and there is a microphone and camera hidden in her apartment. When Isaac finds this out he now knows Isabelle is innocent of what he believes she has done. Isaac instructs Hugo he is to follow Isabelle and to make sure she is always safe. As much as he wants to be with Isabelle Isaac know that in order to protect her he must stay away from her and to do this he must stay angry with her.

Enigma: The Mystery Unmasked Book 3
Author Shandi Boyes

Wow has this book had me on an emotional roller coaster.
Isaac and Izzy are not only in a fight for her freedom on murder charges but they are also in for a fight of their life for their relationship. With the evidence against Izzy looking more like planted evidence Regan is now sure she can get Izzy off the murder charges but that will have to wait until it goes to court for the judge to decide. Until he judge makes his ruling there is nothing Isaac and Izzy can do but wait. However with the one single indiscretion Isaac has had since he and Izzy became a couple hanging over his head he is in a mess and everything is worthless to him if he doesn’t have Izzy in his life.
The night that he was arrested and his home trashed by the FBI Isaac got himself drunk, He got Hugo to take him to his apartment forgetting Clara was there. When he awoke the next morning he was distressed to see Clara in the same bed as him. Being so drunk he could not remember if anything had happened between the both of them. His first rational thoughts were of Izzy even though she had spent the last few months seeing him while the FBI were investigating him and she was an FBI agent. When Clara spitefully tells Izzy that she and Isaac slept together, she decides to bring the matter up with Isaac, instead of listening to what he might have to say she storms out of their hotel room telling him it’s over.
On a Sunday morning run with Hugo he begs Izzy to forgive Isaac telling her that love is worth fighting for. She however tells Hugo she feels it’s not worth the fight. Hugo says nothing is fixed by running and instead of listening to what he is saying she gets nasty with Hugo and throws the fact that he ran from his life to. Sensing that she hurt him she wishes she could take the words back. Hugo trying to get Izzy to forgive Isaac tells her that Isaac does love her but she’s not listening. She tells Hugo that she wants all of him not half as she feels half of him still belongs to Ophelia. Hugo the darling man tells her no one knows what would have happened with him and Ophelia had she not died. He also says just like her relationship with Isaac no one knows and that it could fizzle out in months. Izzy is being too stubborn to listen to what Hugo is saying and thinks what she is thinking is right for her. Just like Isaac every inch of her body aches for him, he has her heart and her soul but she is not willing to get over what may or may not have happened with Clara. Both Isaac can Izzy have caused each other pain, his pain when he found out she was a FBI agent and the Clara episode was her pain. She must now also think what she is going to do if she is let off the murder charges, as a few weeks ago before she was arrested she was going to live with Isaac and leave the FBI.

Enigma: The Final Chapter Book 4
Author Shandi Boyes

Isaac has had Hunter investigate Luca Marco; Luca was the DA who was trying to put Isabelle in jail for a murder she didn’t commit. Hunter finds out he is married with three children, and seems to be living above the salary he brings in, Hunter also found out that Lucas doesn’t mind being with high end prostitutes from time to time. While Hugo is out with Isabelle she is kidnapped by Col Petretti’s men. The purpose of the kidnapping is that Col wants Isaac to see the life go out of Isabel’s eyes as this is what happened to his daughter Ophelia when she was with Isaac. Hugo phones Isaac to let him know what has just happened and that because traffic is heavy he is able to run after the car to try and get her back. While Hugo and Isaac are talking gun fire shoots down the phone line then the call is disconnected. In the meantime Brandon phones Isaac to let him know that Hugo has been shot. Isaac gives him instructions that he is to be taken to Ravenhoe Private Hospital where he will have the best surgeons working one him.
Hunter has pulled up video showing Hugo trying to get Isabelle back. Tallis phones Isaac and let him know that Col is on the move and gives the address where they are headed. Isaac knows exactly where they are going. Arriving there he sees Isabelle tied to a chair and gagged. Col smiles at Isaac and pulls out his gun and aims it at Isabelle. With only a split second Isaac dives at the chair Isabelle is sitting on and knocks it over protecting her body from the gun shot. But in doing so he gives her stage three concussion. When Isaac looks up he sees Col dead and the others from Col’s crew hand cuffed by Alex and Isaac’s security team. Isabelle is also taken to the Ravenhoe Private hospital where she is kept in for a night or two. Monday is Isabelle’s next court date and Regan is hoping to get the charges dismissed. On hearing the evidence this is exactly what the judge does; Isabelle is free to go home.
Isabelle finds out from Brandon that Ophelia is still alive after he shows her a photo. Isabelle knows she needs to investigate this further before telling Isaac anything. With this photo of Ophelia Isabelle tells Isaac she needs to go back to Tiburon for a few days but won’t tell him why. After an argument he allows her to go but only if Hugo goes with her and this was not negotiable. Turns out Ophelia is very much alive and is working as a pharmacy assistant and has a child that could possibly be Isaacs. Now they have seen her Hugo drives straight to the airport so they can go home and let Isaac know this information. While she is telling Isaac he doesn’t know whether to believe her or not until he sees the photo.
After a week of being in bed together Isaac tells Isabelle to get dressed and they drive to a private hanger Isabelle is worried she is going on a plane and grabs Isaacs hand tighter as they get closer to the plane. Arriving at the plane she sees a little girl. Isaac gets down to her level and she knocks him to the ground. He looks at Calli and tells her Isabelle is her sister.
Isabelle looks at Isaac remembering the photo of him with Vladimir.
She asks Isaac Vladimir? He answers yes.

View all my reviews