Allison Trent is extremely WIRED to puzzles and computers, and with those abilities hacking comes easily. Though she prefers to call it "visiting." She never takes anything for herself but still worries that someday she will be caught. Between working on her degree in college, modeling on the side and trying hard to stay off the radar, she has a full life. Still she comes to the attention of the F.B.I. Especially one F.B.I. agent who is very interested.

Agent Liam Scott is seeking a solution to problems with leaks in the department and only a skilled hacker will do. He wants Allison to break into the F.B.I. computers and find the leak and the traitor. His plan is simple -- find the genius to do the job and get it done. He can't understand why she doesn't want do work for the agency. Allison might find Liam to be a handsome devil, with his "Aussie" accent and the fact that he seems to get her and not think she is weird is nice, but -- why is the perfect man one who could arrest her?

WIRED is everything fans look for in a Julie Garwood book and, as always, you won't want to put it down. Her characters have a depth to them that makes them real. The family dynamics in her storylines are always unique. Poor Allison has an extremely unique aunt and uncle and I actually cheered out loud (luckily I was home alone) when she was finally able to stand her ground and put a stop their abuse.

I have to admit that as far as Liam went, I did have a tough time with him. Loved his accent, his dimple his sense of fair play but it was his "she's an asset so hands off" attitude that bothered me. It wasn't that he had that rule but that he just couldn't stick to it. He gave off such mixed signals that even I wanted to kick him. He did finally admit that she is more important than his job and got to the rescue just in time. Which we knew would happen but this author likes to make us wait for the HEA.

Added into this well written, if somewhat twisty, love story are a number of interesting set ups that included a computer program that could potentially be worth millions that someone else wants, an overprotective sister and her husband, an assortment of friends that include Jordan Clayborne (from SHADOW DANCE), her roommates (two guys) and a very sweet clothes designer Giovanni Donato. Throw in just the right hits of danger and intrigue and you have a romance written as only Julie Garwood can.

It may have been awhile since Ms. Garwood has given her readers a contemporary (according to her website the last was FAST TRACK in 2014) but she's back and I had a blast visiting her action packed, love filled world once again.

Book Summary

A beautiful computer hacker and a bad-boy FBI agent must collaborate—in more ways than one—in the sizzling new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.

Allison Trent doesn’t look like a hacker. In fact, when she’s not in college working on her degree, she models on the side. But behind her gorgeous face is a brilliant mind for computers and her real love is writing—and hacking— code. Her dream is to write a new security program that could revolutionize the tech industry.

Hotshot FBI agent Liam Scott has a problem: a leak deep within his own department. He needs the skills of a top-notch hacker to work on a highly sensitive project: to secretly break into the FBI servers and find out who the traitor is. But he can’t use one of his own. He finds the perfect candidate in Allison. Only, there’s one problem— she wants nothing to do with his job and turns him down flat.

What Liam doesn’t know is that Allison is hiding secrets that she doesn’t want the FBI to uncover. But Liam will do nearly anything to persuade her to join his team, even break a few rules if that’s what it takes. A temptation that could put his job—and both of their futures—on the line...

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