Review: No Limits by Alison Kent

Posted April 16, 2009 by Holly in Reviews | 3 Comments

The Heat is On…

Simon Baptiste’s latest SG-5 mission just went south in a major way. It seems like a good time to take care of some business back home in Louisiana. Simon knows it ain’t going to be pretty. He’s got old enemies in Bayou Allain who won’t exactly roll out the red carpet. But Simon’s first night back is more than he bargained for. Not only has the homestead gone to hell in a hand basket, but there’s a half-naked woman hiding inside it – a woman whose face Simon knows all too well. It’s Michelina Ferrer, the sultry spokes-model for her family’s Ferrer fragrance empire – and Simon’s been staring at her picture on a billboard outside his Manhattan apartment for weeks…

And It’s Only Getting Hotter…

Micky Ferrer came down to Bayou Allain looking for her old college friend, only to discover that Lisa Landry has been missing for days. As soon as Micky starts asking questions, someone runs her car off the road. She’s hiding out in the old Baptiste place when Simon shows up – and he’s the hottest thing she’s laid eyes on since she got to town. Simon agrees that something strange is going on and that Lisa’s disappearance may be tied to it. As he and Micky search for answers, the sweltering heat makes it hard to keep their heads straight or their hands off each other…even as they unravel the small-town secrets that some people are willing to kill for…

No Limits is book 10 in Alison Kent‘s Smithson Group (SG-5) series. I had some trouble in the first couple chapters because I hadn’t read any of the previous books, but after that I fell right into the story and didn’t have any trouble following along. I think this can be read as a standalone. I think the blurb does a good job of summing up the book, so I’m going to skip the summary.

I found this to be a fast paced, action packed novel. Right from page one I was hooked into the mystery surrounding Lisa’s disappearance. The villain of the piece is introduced right away, but it was the why and how that was so interesting, not the who. I liked that Micky realized her life was spiraling out of control and she needed to take control of it. She was a strong minded woman and showed herself to be smart and independent throughout the book. Her attraction to Simon was totally believable. I really liked that they had great sexual chemistry and tension but didn’t immediately fall into bed together.

Simon was hard to pin down at first. It wasn’t until he was in the middle of the mystery that I got a good grip on him. I have a feeling if I’d read the previous books in the series I may have understood him better, but in the end I felt he was a well balanced character. He felt deeply and had a natural sensitive side, though he didn’t necessarily know how to express that. His reasons for not wanting a relationship were totally understandable and I like that it wasn’t easily cleared up. I really liked the resolution and end result to their relationship. Since the entire book spanned less than a week a full HEA wouldn’t have been believable. The HFN we got was entirely acceptable.

I was frustrated by the lack of resolution between Micky and her father. Their relationship was one of the key factors in the beginning, but I don’t feel it was given enough attention. I also thought the villain of the piece was a bit over-the-top. At times he was almost comical.

I’m really looking forward to King’s story now that I’ve read this one. If you’re in the mood for a super-charged, action packed adventure, you don’t want to miss No Limits.

4 out of 5