Code of Honor, an all-new fun and flirty romantic standalone in the Cipher Security series from April White, is available now!

A painting, a panic room, a thief, and her lover … whose job is to catch her.

There are three things you need to know about Anna.

1) She’s a bounty hunter with adrenaline junkie habits,

2) She’s the “awkward” twin, and

3) She’s a thief – kind of.

Darius designs security systems for Cipher Security, and the strange and remarkable woman he met the night the painting was stolen is as intriguing a mystery as his hunt for the thief is.

But the lady has no filter, and she knows she can’t lie to the man who looks like a Disney Prince and kisses like fairytales are true, so she runs from the one person who may actually see her as the heroine of her own story.

‘Code of Honor’ is a full-length contemporary romantic suspense, can be read as a standalone and is book #2 in the Cipher Security series, Knitting in the City World, Penny Reid Book Universe.

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Coming to Kindle Unlimited on April 7th!

My Review

The Cipher Security series continues with Darius, the security design guy and his encounter with Anna, the thief who was able to bypass his system.

Anna and her twin sister Colette may look identical, but that's where the similarities end. Anna is a bounty hunter, free spirit, and lives by her own rules while Colette is the one who favors high fashion and works as an interior designer. They two have devised a plan to steal back a painting of their mother and aunt, that was painted long before they were born. The only problem is that the painting is held in a panic room, and the frame is wired to keep it safe. Colette knows the layout of the house - as she was dating the owner's architect, but Anna has to check things out for herself. After attending a party hosted by the owner, Sterling Gray, she and her sister are able to get the painting back...but there's a problem. There was another painting hidden behind the one of their mom/aunt.

Darius is called in to find out who stole the painting, and how they were able to get beyond the security system. His encounter with Anna is hilarious - as she's completely unfiltered and very reminiscent of Janie (from Neanderthal meets Human). Darius has had an interesting life - his parents were journalists who fled Iran for safety, and his moral code was established as a young boy and is now finding it difficult to overcome this code when he encounters Anna. While he's absolutely charmed by her, and she by him, the two have to find out if they can be compatible given their unique situation.

I could go on and on, but just need to say I Love, love, LOVED this one! Filled with humor, intrigue, a bit of suspense and real-life history, it was absolutely a 5-star, sweaty butterfly read!

Excerpt

She was waiting for me to run away.

The woman in front of me, with whom conversation was akin to playing barefoot hopscotch on hot asphalt, who walked like shoes confused her, and who smelled of a spring breeze through a field of wildflowers, expected me to turn tail and bolt.

I rarely did the expected, however, and often made choices that flew directly in the face of convention. And as nothing about this woman or this conversation was conventional, I stayed.

And I laughed.

This startled her, and she suddenly dropped to the floor in what seemed at first to be a defensive maneuver, but was actually a crouch in order to pet the cat. Her posture put her face at approximately groin height, and for the space of exactly one half-second, I considered remaining in place to see if she would notice. But chivalry got the better of me, and I knelt down beside her.

Her face flamed bright red, and for a moment I thought she was ill.
“I was just staring at your penis, wasn’t I?” she said in a tone of complete chagrin.
Rarely did I meet someone even more straightforward than myself, and I attempted a benign expression. “Were you?”
The delightful woman sighed. “I was. I’m sorry.” But then a mischievous glint came into her eyes, and she said in a perfectly benign tone, “So, what do you think about my pussy?”
I choked on a startled bark of laughter, and she allowed herself a small grin as she deliberately ran her hands through the fur of the very contented cat.
“On that note, I believe it’s time for me to find something red to drink to match the color of my face,” she said, as she rose to her feet. She wasn’t graceful about it, but she was strong and didn’t wobble until she tried to take a step. She’d managed to stand on the hem of the pink silk gown she wore and winced at the sound of her heel tearing the fabric.
“Well, now I’ve officially hit my humiliation quota for the night. Enjoy the party, Mr. Masoud,” she said brightly, as she hurried away across the room. I let her go without further comment, though my eyes tracked her as she plucked a glass of red wine from a passing tray and finished half of it in one large gulp.

About April White

April White has been a film producer, private investigator, bouncer, teacher and screenwriter. She has climbed in the Himalayas, survived a shipwreck, and lived on a gold mine in the Yukon. She and her husband share their home in Southern California with two extraordinary boys and a lifetime collection of books.

Her first novel, Marking Time is the 2016 winner of the Library Journal Indie E-Book Award for YA Literature, and all five books in the Immortal Descendants series are on the Amazon Top 100 lists in Time Travel Romance and Historical Fantasy.