The Saint

This hot suspenseful romance is intrigue, danger, excitement, mystery, and big feelings all strapped into roller coaster pacing. And the pacing of this story was absolute perfection. It was a slow subtle ratcheting up of the tension and suspense until about 30% in and then it became a cannot put it down absolutely must stay up too late to finish the story kind of book. Liam is a detective in the elite Intelligence Unit. He is calm and collected all the time and he does not share personal details. Carmen is a nurse and a CI for Liam’s partner. She is equally walled off but with snark instead of calm. Liam and Carmen have known each other for years and, while there is loads of sexual chemistry, they’ve kept their distance. When Carmen’s name comes up in the investigation of a stabbing death resulting in Liam and Carmen having to work undercover together, their journey to their HEA gets a giant push forward. This book has a little bit of everything - sweet moments, fan your face steam, exciting action, danger, strong friendships, painful pasts, mystery, evil actors, plot twists, imperfect characters, and even a few chuckles. The bad guys in this one were especially odious, narcissistic sociopaths who were easy to hate and nothing makes me root harder for the good guys that a really bad guy. The story was well written, the characters had depth and growth, and the storyline was engaging. Plus I love this series and these characters. I willingly reviewed an early copy of this book.

A*R*C for honest review with no compensation Received from Greys PR The Saint is book 5 in the Intelligence Unit series by Kimberley Kincaid and each book gets better and better with lots of romance, drama, suspense, twists, turns, the unexpected times 2 and so much more… Carmen and Liam’s chemistry keeps you turning the pages, been years in the making, opening up their hearts to find the HEA we know they deserve!!

I absolutely loved The Saint by Kimberly Kincaid the fifth book in her Intelligence Unit series. Kimberly Kincaid has once again delivered another incredible romantic thriller that kept me guessing how there were catch the team behind the insurance fraud and illegal drug activities. I loved every moment on every page of The Saint, and it was impossible to put it down. I love how the title of the book is incorporated into the story by simple statements by both Liam and Carmen. I really enjoy how the book is told from the perspective of the main characters. I love getting the insight and feelings from the different characters. I also enjoy that Kimberly Kincaid has included characters from her other series in the Intelligence Unit series. It was nice catching up with the other characters that I have grown attached to. It is like a family reunion. Who does not love hot sexy men, strong females, and loving friends who always support one another, they are all such wonderful characters? I love how Kimberly Kincaid somehow, manages to find the "perfect" heroine, who is a strong woman on her own, to balance out the sexy detective. Once again Kimberly Kincaid has shown that she is an incredible storyteller who continues to deliver sizzling romantic thrillers. The Saint is the heartwarming and heartbreaking tale of Carmen Desoto, a nurse at Davenport Clinic and a CI for Isabella Walker, and Liam Hollister, a detective in the Intelligence Unit. Liam has been attracted to Carmen since she became Isabella’s CI. Liam and Isabella respond to a reported assault call that requested immediate Intelligence backup, for stabbing victim, Axel Franklin. Axel has Carmen’s phone number gripped in his fist and has recently called her three times. When Carmen arrives home from work, she discovers that at Liam is standing outside his door. Liam wants answers as to how she knows Axel and where she was when he was stabbed. While investigating Axel’s stabbing, Liam talks to Dante West, a man that Carmen recently treated at an illegal clinic where she volunteers. Dante reveals what Axel had been doing and reveals details about his attack. It is determined that Miranda Astor, CEO of Remington Mem and her husband, Royce Gannon have been committing insurance fraud and illegal prescription drug activities. Royce approaches Carmen to get them access to the files of Davenport Clinic, and blackmails her into agreeing. The Intelligence Unit works the case, Carmen and Liam will go undercover as a couple to implicate Royce. While working together Carmen and Liam spend more time with one another, and their relationship quickly changes, and they are not fake dating, but really dating. Both Liam and Carmen share secrets with each other that they have not shared before. I love all the things that Carmen and Liam do for each other. I love all the plot twists in the story, especially the unexpected one that reveals a person from Liam’s past. I love how the case gets resolved, and how both Liam and Carmen admit their feelings for each other. I love that Carmen’s dreams for a clinic become reality because she put her trust in Connor and Harlow Bradshaw. My favorite part was the epilogue, how Liam finds closure with his past. The Saint is filled with the sizzling romance, poignant and bittersweet moments as well as the surprise plot twists, that I have come to love and expect in Kimberly Kincaid's stories. The Saint truly is a page turner, kept me guessing how Liam and the Intelligence Unit were going to be able to solve who all was involved in their case. I love the cast of characters in The Saint and catching up with the other characters in the series. It feels like a reunion among friends. I am looking forward to reading the other books in the series. It was an amazing story and I highly recommend it.

This long awaited chapter of the Intelligence Unit is finally here and as usual! Kimberly Kincaid does not disappoint. When a stabbing victim ends up in a coma, detective Liam Hollister happily draws the short straw when he and his partner Isabella Walker are called to the crime scene to investigate. Hollister’s finely cultivated calm, a key survival skill in work and in life, is severely tested when a single piece of evidence leads directly to detective Isabella Walker’s longtime Confidential Informant. To say that Carmen Desoto has had a rough life is putting it mildly. She has struggled to overcome addiction and bad luck. As a CI for detective Walker, she has put herself in the crosshairs of the baddest of bad guys over the years. Carmen, a Nurse at the esteemed Davenport Clinic, is all bluster and sass when it comes to keeping a certain Intelligence Unit detective at arms length. Together, they have to face a long standing attraction that neither of them quite understand or accept. It is the deep feelings underneath that attraction that unite them as they go undercover to catch a killer and break up a ring of scam artists. In the end, they are shaken by events that pull at their emotions and resolve, each finding out that forgiving the sins of the past just may be the path to peace and lasting love. I absolutely loved this book. It is so fulfilling to see characters that you grow to love over several stories get “theirs”.

If you read just one romantic suspense this year, make it Kimberly Kincaid’s The Saint. The Saint is the fifth in her stellar Intelligence Unit series, set in the same universe as her Station Seventeen and Remington Medical series, and will make you breathless in all the best ways. Detective Liam Hollister has watched his friends and coworkers find the one who makes their hearts beat faster, and while he’s happy for them, he is more than content to be free of those sorts of entanglements. He’s a pro at keeping his emotions locked down tight, having endured plenty of upheaval in his past. Nurse Carmen Desoto can understand that all too well, having had some experience with difficult circumstances of her own. While her and Hollister’s paths have crossed previously, she’s kept her attraction stuffed down too, knowing guys like him aren’t for people like herself. Kimberly Kincaid’s The Saint has it all—boldly terrifying villains, somewhat wounded heroes and heroines who learn the satisfaction of vulnerability and true partnership, sizzling heat, and yes, a bit corny, but no less satisfying when teamwork makes the dream work! Ms Kincaid’s writing is everything you could hope for. Richly nuanced, cleanly incisive, funny, clever, and warmly satisfying, The Saint is sheer excellence.