The Mercenary (The Men of T-FLAC, Book 1)

I Could not put down Hide and Seek and Kiss and Tell so I fugured it would be worth spending a little extra cash to get this book in an ebay auction. I am so glad that I spent the $9.00. It was so WORTH IT. This story was great. She always leaves you wanting more! I have been hoping that she will continue to write about the other brothers from Hide and Seek and Kiss and Tell - Now I am hoping that one day she will come back with a story about Tory's brother....

I throughly enjoyed Cherry Adair's "The Mercenary". It has enough suspense and spice to really keep your attention and sets the stage for "Kiss and Tell". Can't wait for her next book!!

FYI, this book is being re-issued (probably March 2008) with about 100 added pages.

This is per an email from Cherry Adair.

Marc Savin is retired, or so he keeps telling himself and other former colleagues. He is so retired he has put himself in exile and, in a way, a personal mental hell. The fact that he killed the last person he loved was the sign he needed to get out of the business. But when his former partner Alex tells him he was set up by that former love, he is infuriated. If that was true then the hell he has put himself through was for naught. When he refuses to go on a mission with Alex and Alex is killed, Marc further hardens his heart.

Victoria Jones is a self-confessed coward. But there is one thing she will risk everything for and that is to save her twin. Victoria knows Alex is still alive, no matter what T-FLAC or the authorities say. In fact, she even went to the island where he was to have died, and after she is captured and tortured, she is certain he is alive. Now she will go to the one man Alex always told her was the best. No matter how scary she personally finds him.

When Victoria shows up at Marc's house, he is surprised and not too amused. Especially at her insistence that Alex is alive. Since he sent Alex on the mission alone, he feels compelled to get him out. But he is also more than a little attracted to Victoria and her prim and proper ways, though they are so far from his norm it is stunning.

Hot Mediterranean nights, stressful situations, and physiques to die for will lead the reader into one spicy story.

The Mercenary - the one that started it all, in reprint, finally. If you love the men to T-FLAC created by Cherry Adair but, like me, missed this first story, then run to get this one. While I feel that her characters have grown stronger, as has her writing, during the subsequent novels, this one is still a keeper. I loved how prim and proper Victoria talks to herself and wants to do all that is correct and be in the background, but has a backbone of steel that some might miss. And Marc...what can you say about a secret operative with long black hair, an earring and a physique to die for, other than send me one now? Want to see how it all started? Then you need to find a copy of The Mercenary soon!

Tanya
reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

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The T-FLAC Series:

The Mercenary
(This is the 2008 re-release of the original book that began the series in 1994. This newly published version has about 100 new pages added to the story.)

Kiss And Tell

Hide And Seek

In Too Deep

Out Of Sight

On Thin Ice

Hot Ice

Edge Of Danger

Edge Of Fear

Edge Of Darkness

White Heat


This book was worth waiting for! Months age, I learned that this re-release was coming out. I've wanted to read the T-FLAC series, but I made myself wait for this first book to be republished so that I could start from the beginning. I'm hooked.


Marc Savin, AKA "Phantom", retired from his position as a T-FLAC (Terrorist Force Logistical Assault Command) spy two years ago. Painful memories have caused him to hide himself away on a country ranch ever since. Nothing and nobody could convince him to return to spy work, until a strange woman showed up at his home in need of help.

Victoria's twin brother, a T-FLAC spy, has gone missing. She believes that Marc may be the only one who can help find and save him. Tori and her brother have shared a psychic connection since birth. Using the connection, she has located her brother in Italy. Marc is reluctant to come out of retirement. Seeing Tori's suffering, he caves. He has no choice but to take Tori with him. She is the only one who can point Marc to her brother's prison. Knowing herself for a coward, Tori tries to convince him to go without her. In the end, although neither is happy about going, both are willing to risk all to find Tori's brother.

For several days, Marc and Tori hide- out in a cavern while executing the search. As much as they try to avoid it, they find themselves attracted to one another. Marc knows he needs to keep a cool distance. He also needs meek Tori to become fighting- angry so that she can toughen up in case there is trouble ahead. When Tori is captured by the same criminals who hold her brother, the rescue mission becomes twice as critical. When Marc is injured, the mission grows even more dangerous. Now Marc and Tori must keep both themselves and one another strong for the battle. Mark will learn that he has a heart, and Tori will learn that she has mettle.


Cherry Adair gave " The Mercenary" everything you want in a romantic action/ thriller: Great love scenes, a building emotional connection between the hero and heroine, powerful villains, and fast- paced action. I couldn't put this book down.



Interested in the whole series? Here are the links for the sequels to date:

Kiss and Tell (The Men of T-FLAC: The Wrights, Book 2)

Hide and Seek (The Men of T-FLAC: The Wrights, Book 3)

In Too Deep (The Men of T-FLAC: The Wrights, Book 4)

Out of Sight (The Men of T-FLAC: The Wrights, Book 5)

On Thin Ice (The Men of T-FLAC: The Wrights, Book 6)

Hot Ice (The Men of T-FLAC, Book 7)

Edge of Danger

Edge of Fear (The Men of T-FLAC: The Edge Brothers, Book 9)

Edge of Darkness (The Men of T-FLAC: The Edge Brothers, Book 10)

White Heat (The Men of T-FLAC, Book 11)