Carmen is director of the CDC Outbreak Task Force Team. A pathogen has been released and they race against the clock to find out what it is, who sent it, and a vaccine for it. Nine years ago Carmen was fresh out of medical school and working in Afghanistan when she meet John. They fell for each other but she finds out that John lied to her and she takes off. Now John is the liaison with the CDC and Homeland Security but was shot. As the outbreak grows larger, they must travel to Florida where it started. But someone is leaking information about Carmen and John and several attempts have been made on their lives. They know someone in CDC is the mole but will they be able to find them in time?
Never read a book by this author before but I could not put it down. It’s a little scary thinking this could actually happen. Sex, action, and mystery.
* Voluntarily read and reviewed this for NetGalley *

Loved it, loved it. This book is about a CDC doctor named Carmen and a homeland security agent named Dozer. How a terrorist organization is trying to kill them and how an outbreak of a dangerous disease might end a love that’s is just getting restarted. If you like medical/military type romances this is the book for you. It’s so good I went back and bought the 1st three books of this series.

I read this book as an arc from NetGalley. I gave it 5 stars

And the mayhem continues in this 4th part of Outbreak Task Force series. John Dozer hasnt even recovered from his injuries from a bomb in the 3rd book when he's thrown in the middle of another outbreak – this time deadly strain of the measles.

This series really needs to be read in order as its one long plot continuation from book to book – yes the couples are different and a new virus/pathogen is unleashed in each book – but the over all plot is continued through each book. Each story has you on the edge of your seat from all the suspense, deadly infectious diseases, and sizzlin romance. 

One of the things that makes this series so fascinating to me is that even though its fiction its liberally sprinkled with real life situations. An out of control measles outbreak is no so far fetched in the USA.


Search and Destroy finally gives us CDC Director Dr. Carmen Rodrigues and Homeland Security agent John Dozer's story. These two have a history going back nine years when they both were in Afghanistan. That didn't end well but while trying to stop the latest outbreak triggered by domestic bio-terrorists they work through their past issues.

Loved this book! This is the fourth book in the Outbreak Task Force series and is just as good, if not better, then the prior books in the series. This novel focuses on Carmen and John's story as they investigate a horrific illness that is rapidly killing people and seems resistant to everything they try. Carmen is the CDC physician tasked with leading the investigation and John is the Homeland Security agent tasked to protecting her.

This is fast paced romantic suspense at its best. If you enjoy the genre, you will love this book. This is a stand alone novel, however, it's so good that you really owe it to yourself to read them all. The author is on my must read authors' list and I'm already looking forward to the next book in the series.

What’s not to like about a romantic thriller with a bit of a Sci-Fi twist? Theoretically, it should be a blue ribbon winner but sometimes the recipe results don’t match up to the description, which was pretty much the case with “Search and Destroy” by Julie Rowe. The plot premise of a possible pandemic of a new and virulent strain of measles is reasonably believable and definitely stirred my interest. The male and female protagonists are each strong characters in their own right, with enough weaknesses and imperfections to let them be more than cutouts. And while the writing is syntactically correct, throughout the first 10 - 12 chapters, it was devoid of any real emotion and I was sorely tempted to DNF it all the way up to about chapter 16. The problem was short, choppy sentences with little to no continuity between dialogue and actions of the speakers and the action scenes were lacking in detail and authenticity. Emotions were alluded to, and even described, but I couldn’t get caught up in it. Instead I felt like a disinterested observer. The good news is, once the action got into high gear, the pace picked up and I was able to engage with the story and the characters.

While this book is advertised as a standalone, it IS part of a series and as such, the conclusion leaves lots of dangling loose ends to whet the appetites of those who’re yearning for more of John Dozer and Dr. Carmen Rodrigues, Director of the CDC Outbreak Task Force. My preferred rating would be three and a half stars but since Net Galley doesn’t give us that option, I’ll round it up to four stars.

My thanks to Net Galley for providing an ARC (Advance Reader’s Copy) in ebook format. “Search and Destroy” is scheduled for publication on 26 August 2019 by Entangled Publishing LLC. While it is advertised as a Romance, in my opinion it is more of a Romantic Thriller.
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A deadly virus has broken out and is spreading rapidly. Dr Carmen Rodrigues, head of the CDC’s Outbrak Task Force is trying to stop the virus. Former lover, John Dozer is back in the picture. He is determined to find out what happened to end their relationship 9 years ago and protect her at any cost.

This was a romantic suspense, with a fair amount of sex. I enjoyed the story, until the end. Part of the main storyline wasn’t resolved. I give this book 3 1/2 stars rounded up to 4. It would have been a solid 4* except for the ending. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.

Not my favorite book lately but not horrible. Just a real basic hot and heavy love/lust story. Kinda basic but you really don’t ask books like this to be life changing.