CHASE AFTER ME is the ninth book in Cynthia Eden’s “Wilde Ways” romantic suspense series. Chase Durant is a Wilde security agent and excels at working undercover. When Wilde is hired to get close to Vivian Wayne and get the goods on the CIA Digital Forensic Engineer, Chase figures the job will be child’s play. While Chase may be a smooth-talking dude, he his flummoxed by Vivian. For me, Vivian is a modern version of the classic brainy Amanda Quick heroine. Vivian is franker than most women, and most targets he encounters with things to hide, than he’s used to. Fabulous.
Vivian Wayne works in a job in which she is used to problem solving and evaluating probabilities. When Chase moves in next to her, he seems like an attractive problem to be solved, and he seems like a complication that she doesn’t need in her already complicated life. Because of all the deceptions involved, I’m glad that Cynthia Eden tells CHASE AFTER ME from alternating perspectives. Chase is thrown quite a few curveballs in this book and has him scratching his head at times. He is supposed to low level spook Vivian to get her to turn to her for help, thus making it easier for him to find out her deepest darkest secrets. The snag comes when she seems to be targeted by somebody else. Having been lied to on a colossal level in her past, deception is a huge issue for Vivian. Thankfully, when she learns of Chase’s deception, she is more pragmatic and goes with her gut. Like one of those Amanda Quick bluestocking heroines, Vivian proves to be braver than she’d think she could be, and resourceful when it counts.
CHASE AFTER ME is a thrilling book of sex, lies, and a huge leap of faith for love. CIA agent Dexter Dex Ryan makes another key appearance in this story, and I find him just as obnoxious as he was in NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. Happily, he’s knocked around a little. I hope that in his story the heroine doesn’t make things too easy for him. He deserves to suffer a little. I loved seeing Detective Layla Lopez in this story and sincerely hope she gets a book of her own. I eagerly await Cynthia Eden’s next book.
It’s an undercover mission. Get in. Get close to the woman. Get the intel. Get out. Should be easy enough. Right?
Wrong.
Chase Durant’s newest assignment goes wrong from the moment he meets Vivian Wayne. She’s not cold and calculating. The scientist is charming, funny, and absolutely freaking gorgeous. He’s supposed to be seducing secrets out of her. She’s supposed to be a selling classified intel. She’s supposed to be bad.
She’s the best thing he’s ever seen.
Doesn’t take long for the Wilde agent to realize that Vivian has been set-up, and the folks setting her up thought they could use Wilde to do their dirty work. Thought they could use Chase in order to make Vivian vulnerable so that she’d be the perfect target.
Wrong.
Instead of using her, Chase is determined to protect Vivian. The only problem? He’s been lying to her from day one, and things have…heated up between them. More like gone molten. Because Chase wants her more than he’s ever wanted anyone, and he’s not about to step back and let another agent take over her case. Vivian needs protecting, and he’s just the man for the job.
Correction—he’s just the man for Vivian. He just has to prove that he can be the right one for her.
Wrong.
But when Vivian finds out that he’s been lying, how can she trust him? Time is running out, and Vivian’s heart is in tatters. She fell for the wrong man, and now she might pay for that mistake with her life. Chase seemed perfect. He flew past her defenses, and she thought he seemed might be just—
Right.
Chase won’t back down. He won’t give up. He’ll prove to Vivian that she can count on him. Prove to her that he will always put her first. Prove to her that he can be the right man for her. He simply has to destroy her all of enemies and convince Vivian to fall for him once more. Only this time, she’ll be falling for the real man. Not the lie.
All in a day’s work for a Wilde agent…right?
Author’s Note: Opposites don’t just attract—they explode. Sparks are gonna fly, lust is gonna burn, and Mr. Cocky and Confident Chase is about to fall hard for a woman who snuck right past his guard. Bam. There may be groveling involved before the book is done. And, of course, lots of scorching scenes. Happy ending guaranteed, no cliff-hangers—just fun, hot romance, and plenty of action.
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