#145 The Medusa Seduction by Cindy Dees (SRS #1494)

Brian has to convince Sophie to help them identify her childhood neighbour turned terrorist and then to undergo intensive physical training when it becomes obvious she'll have to travel to the Middle East to finger him personally. But after several weeks of intensely personal training, Brian and Sophie are in love and he has to decide whether he can face sending the woman he loves on a suicide mission
Cindy has done it again, she's managed to surpass her previous efforts, this is now my favourite Medusa, because it has all the parts of the Medusa Project I liked best, along with some serious moral dilemmas. It's also easier to identify with Sophie who at the start of the mission is not a superfit military superwoman but just an ordinary woman who used to be fit until she let herself slide after an injury. (I'm still not fit so I can't completely identify with her, but it's definitely easier) I loved the connection between Brian and Sophie, how mentally strong she was (because she could just have given up when it got painful and told them to go to ...) and the way she realised at the end why her mission was so important and what made Brian tick.

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