The True Garza by S. Ann Cole
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

London Bridge is furious. She is living with her sister, Brook, out of necessity rather than choice. She tries to bury her anger with alcohol. She has been in a downward spiral since her fiance chose to leave her for his ex, followed by her father’s death. Out of impulse, she allowed herself to pick up a one-night stand; only “Mateo” was everything she needed. After a week, Mateo returns to work. London ends up leaving her cabin in Colorado and moving in with her sister.
Despite blaming her mother and Uncle Walter for a painful divorce, “Lonny” agrees to meet with him for a job. As a private investigator who is well known for her ability to get her job done, Walter knows she is a perfect agent for the LXVI. However, he has a request for Lonny to contract with the infamous Red Cage Security. She accepts the assignment and goes to the company. After going through multiple security points, Lonny is escorted into a meeting room. There she meets Guy and her assigned partner, Sacha. She finally meets the man she slept with in Colorado. True Garza is the vice president of Red Cage. He and his twin, Trent, need Lonny to go undercover to take down a human trafficking ring. However, the group underestimated Lonny completely. While they are still trying to infiltrate the headmen of the operation, Lonny manages to take down men at the local level with planted bugs. Then she returns to Red Cage and tells them to hire her. Trent knows that True has more than a professional interest in Lonny. His brother has never forgotten his time in the cabin. True has been adamant about always being single and never marrying anyone. However, since Lonny started working with the company, True has lost focus on anything except her. When a major meeting requiring a vice president to attend comes up, Trent assigns Lonny to accompany True to the event. Will they finally admit their feelings, or will the entire plan backfire and permanently separate the couple?
I will be honest. Lonny frustrated me when it came to how she treated people without any regard for how they felt. True’s parents didn’t do a good job of teaching him how to treat women either. That said, the quality of this book exceeded my expectations with its unpredictable twists and well-developed characters. It is exceedingly easy to see how the Garza family is close-knit. I look forward to reading more books in the Red Cage series.

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