Code Name: Disavowed

4.25stars- CODE NAME: DISAVOWED is the eighth instalment in Sawyer Bennett’s contemporary, adult JAMESON FORCE SECURITY romantic suspense series focusing on the men and women who work for Jameson Force Security. This is forty-one year old, former CIA agent and current Jameson Force Security agent Ladd McDermott, and CIA agent Greer Hathaway’s story line. CODE NAME: DISAVOWED can be read as a stand alone without any difficulty. Any important information from the previous story lines is revealed where necessary. There is a slight cross-over with the author’s Arizona Vengeance series. WARNING: Due to the nature of the story line premise, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers. Told from dual first person perspectives (Greer and Ladd) CODE NAME: DISAVOWED follows the second chance relationship between forty -one year old, former CIA agent and current Jameson Force Security agent Ladd McDermott, and CIA agent Greer Hathaway. Approximately twelves years earlier CIA agents Ladd McDermott, and Greer Hathaway had their whole lives ahead of them. Engaged to be married, Ladd would soon learn that Greer’s path going forward didn’t match the path he had laid out for their future, and Greer walked away by without looking back. Fast forward to present day, wherein, Greer Hathaway has been taken hostage on her latest assignment in Central America, and the CIA have disavowed the agent and all involvement. Enter Jameson Force Security agent and Greer’s former fiance Ladd McDermott, who volunteers to extricate the woman he once loved. What ensues is the search and rescue of our story line heroine, and the potential fall out as the Central American cartel takes aim at our story line couple. Greer Hathaway knew she made a mistake twelve years earlier but the man that she loved had moved on with his life, pushing Greer to take assignments that would take her all over the world. Ladd McDermott never thought he would ever again find love but he never got over the woman who broke his heart. The relationship between Greer and Ladd is one of second chances; a rebuilding romance between two people whose plans for the future went in opposite directions. Never having stopped loving Ladd McDermott, Greer knows she broke his heart but never expected Ladd to have moved on with his life. The $ex scenes are intimate and passionate without the use of over the top sexually graphic language and text. Several members of the Jameson Force Security return as secondary and supporting characters (Kynan, Dozer, Bebe and Jackson). We are introduced to Ladd’s ten year old son Ethan, and his ex-wife Britney, and Central and South American CIA director Gayla Newman. The requisite evil has many faces. CODE NAME: DISAVOWED is a story of betrayal and vengeance, friendships and relationships, second chances and love. The premise is intriguing, engaging and captivating; the romance is seductive and emotional; the characters are energetic, determined and secure.

4 stars! Code Name: Disavowed is the eighth book in Sawyer Bennett’s Jameson Force Security Series and is the story of Ladd McDermott and Greer Hathaway. It is a second chance, romantic suspense story. This book captivated me from the first page. The action and thrilling suspense while Ladd and Greer are in the fight of their lives kept me engaged and completely invested from beginning to end. Ladd is a newer agent in the Jameson family, we’ve seen him pop up in previous books but didn’t know much of his back story. From the first moment he learns of Greer’s endangerment he does not hesitate for a single second to put his life in danger to saves hers. If that isn’t true love I don’t know what is. Ladd is a single dad, to his ten year old son, Ethan. He co-parents him with his ex-wife who he is on good terms with. I loved Ladd and his tender moments with Ethan. He is such a terrific dad. Greer is his first love whom he never really got over. You can tell his heart never fully healed after they broke up and I was routing for them from the first moment they reconnect. Greer is a strong confident, intelligent woman. She is as fierce as they come. She doesn’t hesitate to back down from a challenge and jump into the danger and violence that comes with the job of a CIA agent. My only problem with the book was romance between Greer and Ladd. It is almost glossed over. The book is heavily focused on the danger and suspense of the story and I feel the book ended too quickly and it felt quite rushed. I wanted more time with them together as a couple and was left feeling a little disappointed in the end. Regardless I am a huge fan of this authors work and am completely invested in this series. I cannot wait for Dozer’s book after that little peak at the end! Note: ARC copy provided by the author in exchange of an honest review.

4.5 star Code Name: Disavowed by Sawyer Bennett was such a good read. I loved Ladd and Greer, they were strong, passionate characters that I easily connected with. Watching them get their second chance at love warmed my heart. I enjoyed their banter and I loved how in tune they were still after all these years apart. Code Name: Disavowed is a wonderful addition to the Jameson Force Security and I highly recommend it.