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The Fifth Doctrine

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When an idealist steals top secret documents from NORAD, the intelligence community decide to use the theft to infect North Korean computers with spyware by disguising an undercover operative as the hacker in order to sell the con. Enter Bianca St. Ives, who is literally blackmailed by Colin Rogan to go undercover with the premise that she will be no longer be on the CIA's hit list. The action is nonstop from start to finish, from dodging bombs in Paris to a North Korea prison camp and back to Savannah there is never a dull moment. Loved the third installment of the Guardian Series and my thanks to NetGalley, Karen Robards and HARLEQUIN – MIRA for the opportunity to review this book.

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This third installment of the Guardian Series is just as amazing as the previous two. I absolutely love the kickass heroine who manages to defy the odds stacked against her to come out on top. And I finally got to experience more interaction between her and super-sexy spy, Colin Rogan. Yum!

To say I can't wait to read more in this series is a serious understatement.

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This is the last book in this series. Bianca is genetically altered and is trying to stay alive and running from the CIA.. This story has lots of action and suspense and I did like the characters. Karen Robards is one of my favorite authors

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I read this fast paced novel in one sitting because I just couldn't put it down. Bianca is a genetically altered "scientific experiment" that is being hunted and targeted by CIA kill teams. In addition to that, former M16 agent, now mercenary, Colin, is pursuing her to get her to work with him on a dangerous, classified international security case. If she accepts, the CIA are supposed to back off but attempts on her life continue. Great suspense filled action-packed read!

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Pulse-pounding action and suspense. This series just gets better and better. I loved the amount of interaction between Bianca and Colin in this one. These two have to work together to end a dangerous plot all the while looking over their shoulders. Who can you really trust? Bianca is complex and each new book reveals another aspect of her. I can't wait for the next one!

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I am reviewing this book for Library Journal and it will be available to view in their Mid March 2019 issue

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As a Karen Robards fan I had high hopes for this book and it did not disappoint. In turns dark and light the book and characters have the perfect balance of flaws and weaknesses. Colin and Bianca are so intriguing and you cannot help but cheer them on. The current political climate is seamlessly integrated without being biased.

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Bianca St. Ives is going down for all the havoc she’s wreaked…or so she thinks. She can walk free, IF, she’s willing to risk her life for one last mission. It’s a daunting prospect, but Bianca wants nothing more than to return to her old life in Savannah. Bianca will have to go undercover as a snitch to feed false information to authorities in North Korea. If she’s caught, she will surely be tortured and then killed, if she gets away with it, she may just make the world a safer place while gaining back her own life. I am not a fan of espionage, only a writer as talented as Robards could get me so involved in a genre I normally dislike

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