Review: ‘Dangerous Games’ by Lora Leigh
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Dangerous Games
by Lora LeighSeries: Tempting SEALs #2
Published by St. Martin's Press on February 6, 2006
SubGenres: Romantic Suspense
Format: AudioBook, Paperback
Pages: 344
Narrator: Clarissa Knightly
Length: 12 Hours And 10 Minutes
Source: Library - Libby, Purchased
Audience: 18+/Adult
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When this hot, hard-bodied Navy SEAL plays around, he means business…
It’s not whether you win or lose.
Navy SEAL Clint “Iceman” McIntyre didn’t earn his name by being a coward. Or a quitter. Having crushed an infamous drug cartel in Columbia, Clint was nothing short of an American hero. Now he’s home, on a much-needed leave, but instead of some R&R, he finds himself neck-deep in the hottest kind of trouble with his best friend’s little sister, Morganna Chavez—the only woman who has the power to bring him to his knees…
It’s how you play…
Morganna has been secretly working with the DEA to uncover a thriving date-rape drug, which leads her to a shadowy faction that is more deadly than anything her team has ever encountered. Now, it’s up to Clint to keep this beautiful, determined agent out of harm’s way, even while the explosive passion between them threatens to consume them. Soon Clint’s greatest mission will be not just keeping Morganna alive, but getting her into his arms and never letting go.
First Time Read: March 2014
Second Time Read: January 2026
Back in 2014, I was a new fan girl of Lora Leigh’s books. Now, years later, I’m finally making time to work my way through her Tempting SEALs series that has been on my TBR for a while now. This was my second time reading Dangerous Games, which is the second installment in the series, and it is still a favorite read.
Clint is still my favorite fictional Navy SEAL in the Tempting SEALs series (so far). He’s on R&R after a big mission, but his weakness, Morganna, his best friend’s little sister, is in trouble. Though he’s tried to keep his distance, danger draws him to her. Morganna, undercover with the DEA to catch a killer using a date-rape drug, can’t forget Clint, who always finds a way back into her heart. Clint, however, isn’t making things easy.
Clint is your typical big, protective, overbearing alpha male character who has issues mentally about making his true feelings about Morganna known. Oh, he drove me crazy, but he also made me go mad in a good way. Let’s just say he has something that left Morganna in shock and drooling. Holy moly! I find myself still reading a specific scene of the moment he got naked in front of Morganna the first time. (*cough* he has something done *cough*) He always surprised me in the story with other things. Yes, Lora Leigh gave us a character that is amazing in bed, but she gave us someone who will kick butt if you mess with his woman, especially if you look at her the wrong way. He’s a Dom, so he has his reasons for being the way he is.
Morganna is not your timid, shy girl. She can hold her own. She puts guys in their places several times. Even with the ruthless, overbearing Clint. I loved their banter back and forth in the story. My mother would consider the banter the old married couple banter. The role she had to play undercover made Clint uncomfortable at times, and I loved how she handled him when it came to her job. Although she had moments of falling off the horse and letting him affect her life, she got back up and put him and her co-workers in their place. Poor woman just wanted to be respected and also get her crush to realize that she loved him. Geez, hard-headed men! There is an age difference between Clint and Morganna, which makes Clint put the brakes on becoming serious. (I wanted to bonk him over the head at times and make him realize age didn’t matter) Grr!
The storyline was engaging because Lora Leigh made me go on a ride with the characters to find out who was behind the drugging of the girls at the clubs. When the clues started coming forth, Clint began to realize that it may be someone he had dealt with before. There was also something going on with Morganna’s DEA team, and Clint needed to find out if everyone could be trusted on the team.
There is a lot of sexual tension, action-packed drama, LOTS and LOTS of nakedness, and some minor Dom/Sub (or Dom/Domme…because a specific character is better as a Dom than she is a Sub) action in the story. There are also moments of close calls and crazy moments between the two crazy lovebirds that they don’t want people to know about in their lives. We even get Reno and his lovely lady, Raven, in the story a few times.
I give this book 5 stars and highly recommend it to readers who enjoy romantic suspense, erotic romance, Navy SEALs, and Dom/Sub themes. You will not be disappointed.
POV: Third Person (Multi-POV)
What to Expect:
✔️Military Romance
✔️Brother’s Best Friend
✔️Age Gap
✔️Forbidden Love
✔️Unrequited Love
✔️BDSM elements
✔️Alpha Hero/Navy SEAL Hero
✔️Spicy AF 🔥
About Lora Leigh
Lora Leigh is a New York Times bestselling author of erotic romance novels. Leigh started publishing with electronic publisher Ellora's Cave in 2003. Leigh's longest-running series is The Breeds. She won the 2009 RT Award for erotica. Leigh was born in Ohio and raised in Martin County, Kentucky, US.
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