BLOG TOUR & REVIEW : Code Of Conduct

Title : Code Of Conduct (Cipher Security #1)
Author : April White
Release date : October 22nd 2019

Date Read : September 26th 2019
Rating : ★★★★.75

“His heart beat a tattoo against mine, and the bare skin of our stomachs felt as though it had fused together.
“I taste you in my dreams,” he murmured against my mouth. “I think about kissing you ten, fifty, a hundred times a day.”

Code of Conduct, the first in the romantic suspense Cipher Security series of standalones, from April White is available now!

There are three things you need to know about Shane P.I.

1) P.I. is not her last name, it's her job title,

2) Her specialty is catching cheaters, and

3) She's a superhuman - kind of.

Gabriel is a security expert for Cipher Security, and a former UN Peacekeeper with a fierce protective streak that finds its focus on the beautiful P.I.

Their attraction is like an elephant in a room full of breakable things, and figuring out how to trust each other with their hearts, and maybe their lives, is the most fragile thing of all.

'Code of Conduct' is a full-length romantic suspense novel, can be read as a standalone, and is book#1 in the Cipher Security series, Knitting in the City World, Penny Reid Universe.

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MY REVIEW :

This was my second Smartypants romance read, and so far, my favorite.

I adored so many things about this book, it was not at all what I expected; in a good way.

Usually, I gravitate more towards female characters as my favorites in books, mostly because I learn from them or they inspire me, it is very rare when I like the man best, most times, I like them equally. This, was a rare case scenario.

Gabriel is easily my favorite character in this book, I just adored him. I don’t even think I have enough words to express how much I did. He is one of the sweetest, most thoughtful characters I have read about. I simply adored him, I don’t even think listing all the reasons why would even do him justice.

“Where are you, Darling?” He sounded different. Concerned, maybe.
“You shouldn’t call me that,” I said, as the catch lifted and the screen came loose.
“Until I know your true name, it’s who you are to me.”

Now, saying Gabriel was my favorite doesn’t by any means negate the fact that I loved Shane as well. She is absolutely one of the strongest characters I know, she’s been through so much, and although it did somehow affect her self-esteem, she never let it affect her and fought to not let it define her. I loved her development within the book, from doubting she is worthy of love because her entire life she’d been led to think that she isn’t, to realizing that what people think or say about her isn’t what defines if she is worthy or not, but rather, what SHE thinks of herself is what does.

“You can be afraid and still strong, still fearless and indomitable. You can be afraid, and you can trust, and then when you’re ready, you can let go of the fear. Fear muffles you. Let it go, and then you can live out loud again like you’re meant to.”

Loving both characters goes a long way when it’s a romance. It’s often hard to fall for a relationship if you don’t at least like one of the characters. Which is to say, I very much enjoyed this one. Gabriel fought tooth and nail past Shane’s walls without pushing her, he tore them down and proved to her that she can trust him without forcing her to. It was a slow burn for sure, which I prefer to rushed romances in all honesty, it makes it more worth it if it doesn’t come easy.

“You’re my discovery. It just took me a while to believe that what I found could be mine.”

I did, however, feel like the romance was overshadowed by the events of the book, it felt more like a detective thing than a romance book sometimes. That bothered me in a way because it just left me wanting more scenes.

One of the reasons I ended up loving this book the most so far in all the smartypants romance books I want is the side characters. As someone who hasn’t read the Knitting in the city series yet, this book made me all the more excited to start it and fall in love with the characters, especially Alex and Sandra as well as Fiona and Greg. I just cannot wait to learn more about them in their books.

All in all, this was a really good read for me and it is definitely something I would recommend.