Code of Ethics

Cipher Security, Book 3

De: Smartypants Romance, April White

Narrado por: LaNecia Edmonds, M.D. Merline

There are three things you need to know about Oliver Curran:
1) He's a fabulously wealthy playboy who incidentally happens to be a code-writing genius.
2) For maybe the first time in his life, he's trying to do the right thing.
3) Someone wants him dead.

Oliver's life has already been saved once by the gorgeous yet grumpy "close protection specialist" provided by Cipher Security, Dallas Profeit. She calls him uncooperative. He'd prefer to think of himself as unpredictable and stimulating.

But when an assassin gets way too close for comfort, the party boy is whisked away from the lively city where he's the social king, to the desolate Yukon wilderness where Dallas is a master of survival (and grumpiness). Living wild and isolated reveals several illuminating truths, and suddenly, they both find themselves in uncharted territory where grumpy can be sexy, sarcasm might be hot, capable is definitely dangerous, and trust is the strongest survival skill of all.

Code of Ethics is book three in the Cipher Security series. It is a full-length enemies-to-lovers romantic suspense novel, and can be listened to as a standalone.

©2021 Smartypants Romance (P)2021 Smartypants Romance

Great story!

Entertaining romance combined with modern day mystery and intrigue, and history of North America’s First Nations culture.

Good Story

I enjoyed the story. I've grown fond of the Cipher Securities saga. The narrators were good as well. I particularly enjoyed the voice changes of the "Dallas" narrator as they went through the voices of each character.

Smarty Pants is Right

I have always wondered if our Northern neighbors had such horrendous practices as the US... yep. I'm glad more light is being shined on non white centered history. So much is focused on headlines and stereo types without learning about the lived experiences of people.

So so

The first book in this series is great; this one, less so. The FMC narrator’s intonations especially don’t always track to the meaning of the words, creating a bit of a monotone listening experience. From a writing perspective, the romantic tension wasn’t super believable.

Ruined by narrators

I liked the history and cultural knowledge shared in this story, but felt it pulled the focus from the main story. In addition the narrators, especially the female narrator, were so bad. The FN pronounced MANY words incorrectly to the point of distraction. It sounded like she was bored, very little inflection throughout the reading. Ugh. Do NOT waste your credit on this.

I am sure there was a decent story in there somewhere!

Do not waste a credit. The narrators were so bad. I have read nearly all Penny Reid and the smarty pants romance universe, this was such a disappointment! I May try on kindle to see if I can stand the story without the narrators.