Action packed romantic full of mystery that keeps you guessing.

We met Alex and Sabrina in Against the Sun book 6 of the series and these two did not like each other (but you know what that really means)

This is the 7th book of the series and I think they keep getting better.

Sabrina Eckhart not only lost her retirement on the stock market but due to the times she is now on a leave of absence from her job. Worried about her future she decides when her Uncle Walter leaves her in his will a vast amount of land in Texas that he claimed had silver on it, she decides this may be her only chance to improve her financial situation. Problem is no one else really believed Walter and she needs someone to fly her there so she can see for herself. Regardless of there past and her feelings that Alex Justice has a ego the size of Texas she doesn't trust anyone else to go with her.

Alex cannot believe that Sabrina came to him for help but there is just something about the little red head that messes with his libido. Since Alex is a pilot he fly's them to the west desert town and also fly's the helicopter they rent to take them to where they think the mine is. Turns out the helicopter was sabotaged and it crashes and blows up. Alex and Sabrina manage to stay alive out in desert and a truce of friendship is strung between the two before they are rescued. But that ends up not being the last attempt made on Sabrina's life. And Alex being a very alpha man makes it his job to protect Sabina at all cost.

Here the story kind of branches out into two stories. There is the mystery surrounding who wants to kill Sabrina and also a side story of his sister and her daughter who had left Connecticut to move to Texas to start over after an abusive marriage. This ties into an old case of Alex's of a child murderer that was set free on a technicality.

This was a great book that kept you guessing what was going to happen next at every turn. I really liked that it had the two romances in it plus we got to see a lot of Jake and Sage and the other guys at the PI firm. ( )

This series is enjoyable enough, even if it's a little formulaic and predictable. ( )

Good book. Rina's life as a stockbroker has taken a bit of a downturn, but she feels that she can turn it around if she can find the silver mine on the property her uncle left her. She needs a pilot who can fly her over the land to look for it, and the best man for the job is Alex. She hires him to do the job, and ends up grateful for his skills, as the helicopter they use is sabotaged and they end up stranded in the desert for a couple days.

Rina thinks Alex is pretty sexy, but that he's also an arrogant, egotistical jerk. Alex doesn't have a very high opinion of Rina either, though he's certainly attracted to her. Those two days in the desert make them see each other very differently. After their rescue and some recovery time, Rina is ready to resume her investigation when she's involved in a suspicious car accident. Alex suspects that someone wants her dead, and that it has to do with the mine. He is determined to keep her safe and if that gives him a chance to get her into his bed, so much the better.

The chemistry between Alex and Rina is hot and they can't keep their hands off each other. Neither one is looking for a relationship and agree to just enjoy each other. But Rina worries that it will be far too easy to fall in love with Alex and she doesn't want that. She sees Alex's past, with his playboy ways and avoidance of any kind of commitment and knows there's no future with him. Alex avoids commitment like the plague. He feels that his life is too unsettled to be able to add a wife to it, so he sticks with the light and fluffy affairs. He is a bit of a control freak and feels that he has to be able to be sure of all parts of his future before committing. But his time with Rina is changing him. He feels things for her he hasn't felt for anyone else and it confuses him. I wanted to smack him for his reaction when Rina told him she loved him. It took one of his coworkers to point out that some things just can't be controlled for him to realize what an idiot he had been.

I really enjoyed the mystery aspect of the book. I loved Rina's confidence in her uncle's claim about the mine. She is determined to follow up on it and find the silver. The attacks on her get more intense as the culprit gets more desperate to obtain the mine. I really liked the way all the guys work together to figure out what is going on. I also enjoyed seeing Rina insist on being involved every step of the way. She wasn't going to allow herself to be left out of the loop. I did understand Alex's frustration sometimes when she would interfere with what he wanted to do. There were a couple interesting twists to the final reveal that I didn't see coming.

I also enjoyed the secondary story involving Alex's sister. I loved seeing the relationship the two had, as it showed a different side to Alex. I got very frustrated with Becca when she was trying to force her daughter into the same kind of mold her mother had forced on her. She also had kind of a snobby attitude toward Joe until she finally saw that she was still trying to please her mother. Once she saw her mistakes, things really improved for her. The addition of the murderer/molester to the mix gave Joe an extra chance to show his love for Becca and her daughter. The rescue operation was really intense with some question as to how it would all turn out. ( )

Against the Odds by Kat Martin
Sabrina Eckhart has inherited land from her uncle, a silver mine if she can find it.
Private PI and pilot Alex Justice flies her there but there is a crash.
After they are rescued they wonder who sabotaged the blades. Lots of spicy hot sex scenes.
She hires an engineer and he does find the mine and took samples to test. Alex accompanies her all the times.
Her car is once again tampered with...and the security team are hot on the trail of leads to find out who's trying to kill them.
Lots of action and adventure..
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device). ( )

This excellent series by Martin continues on a high note. Alex Justice and Sabrina Eckhart are the main characters in this book. Sabrina is friends with Sage, Jake's wife.

There is a parallel story about Alex's divorced sister, her daughter and a friend of Alex's from the navy. Lots of intregue, lots of unexpected turns in plot, lots of hot sex and the bringing down of a world class playboy is executed to prefection.

Sabrina has inherited a silver mine. Three attempts on her life tell her someone does not want her to explore the mine's potential and to develop it. At least three people would benefit from the mine if Sabrina dies... but which one is it? Meanwhile there is a child molster on the loose and Alex has a strong reason to want him caught.

A fast moving, high intregue great read. Martin has done it yet again. ( )