Another thrilling adventure for the Cobra International Security team. Thor Ravn Isaksen is called upon to lead the team to Antarctica to retrieve components from a satellite that crashed when it was hacked. Previously with the Danish Special Forces he is not bothered by the extreme temperatures. He arrives at the station just after one of the female astronomers has died. Her best friend, Dr. Samantha Park, is distraught over her friends’ death, but she agrees to accompany Thor and his team to retrieve the components. Thor has never met someone like Samantha, but her beauty and intelligence is a strong magnet for him. Samantha has had very little interaction with men, but there is something about Thor that calls to her and she can’t resist him. The sensuous interaction between Samantha and Thor, Russians who are interested in the satellite, the unforgiving elements, and someone who is willing to kill for the components make this a thrill ride from beginning to end. An amazing series! I received an advance review copy at no cost and without obligation for an honest review. (by paytonpuppy)

Once again Pamela Clare has brought us on an exciting adventure of romance and intrigue! I almost feel like I have traveled the globe with this series. These Cobra Elite men are going from one country to another, out to save and protect a wide variety of people.

I feel like this author has done such a great job of research to accommodate each individual story and where it's based off of. In Hard Line we get to travel to the Antartica. I was so intrigued by this new environment and the researchers on the assignment that I pretty much devoured the book.

I read for the romance but I can honestly say I would have enjoyed this just as much even if there was no romance in it. I don't get to travel much in my life so when an author can take me with her in a book, I'm deeply grateful.

I am glad there was romance because we got Thor. I'm pretty sure I drooled over this fictional character. I loved is physical description, his honorable character and I especially loved how tough he was. This guy could endure extreme temperatures and was so level headed in very dangerous situations. He's exactly what I think a guy in a Danish Special Forces would be.

Samantha was another positive to the story. I really like smart heroines. Frankly, you don't get a lot of heroines in romance books who are highly successfully in either business or in a specialized field like Samantha is. In fact that has been the case in every book of this series. It's why I'm such a fan and will keep reading them until the end.

This book is set at a research station at the South Pole. A member of the research team has died, and a satellite has crashed with critical components that have to be kept out of enemy hands. A top notch security team has been sent to recover the components and try to figure out who hacked the satellite. The author sets the atmosphere well, you feel like you are there, at the South Pole. There is suspense and danger, both from people trying to recover the satellite and the weather. This book is part of a series but could be read as a stand alone. Thank you to net galley for an advanced readers copy.

Full blog review online in September.

HARD LINE is the 5th book in Pamela Clare's "Cobra Elite/Cobra International Security" series, this time featuring Dr. Samantha Park and Thor Isaksen. Samantha is a scientist working in the South Pole. A woman who has just lost her research partner. She is still dealing with that loss when Cobra International comes to her station with orders to recover a crashed satellite. The team leader is Thor, a Danish Special Ops and a man determined to keep her safe when danger comes to call. But the danger lurks around every corner. Will they be able to save the day, and stay alive and maybe find their HEA, or will the enemy win after all? A story well worth your time. Good RS by one of the best in the genre.

This romantic suspense was a heavier on the suspense, lighter on the romance, but an overall fun read!

I really enjoy Pamela Clare’s romantic suspense books, especially Hard Justice, which I loved. Give me (alpha) men and women saving the world any day, particularly when the books are so sweet & so steamy. But Hard Line, her latest release, falls flat for me.

The premise is that relatively new Cobra recruit Thor Isaksen is sent to Antarctica to retrieve parts of a satellite that was hacked & destroyed by an as-yet unknown entity.

The researcher asked to help him & his team is astrophysicist Dr. Samantha Park, who’s still reeling from the death of her best friend & fellow researcher.

But of course nothing is what it seems with her friend’s murder & Thor & his team have to solve the mysteries before lots of innocent people are hurt.

As always, it feels like Clare’s done the research & the plot moves quickly & with skill. The Antarctica setting added a lot to the mystery, providing many possible new challenges for the MCs to overcome. I always appreciate the steam Clare brings & enjoyed the dynamic between the sensitive alpha Thor & the brilliant but insecure Samantha.

But I have two big issues with this read. First, Samantha’s lack of confidence, which is pervasive & includes her appearance & even how she talks about her astronomy work with Thor. I didn’t see much evidence of growth in this until the end of the book & even then, as she notes in one instance, it seems largely more attributable to how Thor has made her feel instead of her own conclusions about herself.

& speaking about Thor, his efforts to show Samantha how sexy she was by using his arousal as “proof” kinda make me roll my eyes.

My other issue with this romance is how the lines are so blurred between Thor’s professional demands & his relationship with Samantha with very little introspection or deliberation about how he is blurring them. His actions & his teammate Jones’ actions make me doubt their qualifications as operatives—maybe because so much of those scenes feels surface-level to me.

I look forward to reading a future Pamela Clare book but this one just didn’t really work for me.




CW: pretty gruesome story about Thor’s wartime experience including murder. Other on-page murders.


3⭐️. Hard Line is available now. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

What starts out as sabotage - with vague implications for world security that's not brought any further than that - turns into a murder mystery in the brutal cold. Set mostly in the deep, chilly region of Antarctica, 'Hard Line' was interest-grabbing from the start--but then again, I tend to gravitate towards extreme environments and an author's ability to make use of such settings to craft a tale.

It's the big Dane Thor Isaksen's turn here (complete with the endearing foreign-language mistranslations from time to time) as the Antarctic environment makes the most use of his skills and his growing attraction to Dr. Samantha Park. Thor and Samantha are generally likeable good guys who are dedicated to their own fields of work: both genuinely care about each other after a short time together, are straight with each other and don't take each other for a ride like many romantic pairings are wont to do.

Pamela Clare's Cobra Elite series continues its run as books that that focus equally on romance and straightforward suspense plot-lines, as elite operatives from Cobra International fall one by one, into their HEAs in diverse contexts and wildly different environments.

And like most RS books, there's always a part that demands the suspension of belief and it wasn't surprising that there were a few moments here as well, where I had to shut an eye to several unlikely situations. Still, 'Hard Line' was an easy read and an engaging one: I liked it for the setting mostly and didn't have too many issues at all with the characters, but it did in the end, lack some kind of chutzpah that would propel a book to a 5-star rating.

Great book!! Great series! I'm loving this series! There's just so much suspense, intrigue, and heart pounding moments! Definitely don't miss out on this book and series!! It's well worth the read!Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for sharing this book with me!

Once again this author gives us a riveting , edge of your seat story from the first page to the last, in her latest book in this series.
This time the story centers around Dr. Samantha Park and Thor Isaksen.
Samantha is a scientist working in the South Pole. A woman who has just lost her research partner. She is still dealing with that loss when Cobra Int’l comes to her station with orders to recover a crashed satellite. The team leader is Thor, a Danish Special Ops and a man determined to keep her safe.
But the danger lurks around every corner. Will they be able to save the day, and stay alive and maybe find their HEA, or will the enemy win after all?
A story well worth your time.
I was entrusted a copy of this book by Netgalley. The opinions expressed are solely my own.

I read Hard Line, while it has been over 90 degrees outside. I can't believe that people can work in that environment. Brrrrr! Thor falls fast for Samantha. She is so shy, it was cute watching her come out of her shell. An excellent book that I would like to reread.

The Viking has arrived!!
Thor Isaksen is a loner. He spent 2 years in the Artic with a did sled team. So when the mission comes up to the South Pole he’s all in.

Thor smiled up at the sky, the aurora blazing around them, the Milky Way stretching into the distance overhead.
Dr.Samantha Park’s is a scientist. When her research partner and best friend is killed she is devastate.

“Look at these guys.” A kid filmed them with his smartphone. “We’re screwed. They’re going to take all the women.”

Ms.Claire’s books are torn from the headlines. Full of suspense, romance and intrigue. This fifth book in the Cobra Elite series is the best yet. Maybe had to do with a sexy Dane!!

This was a solid 4 star read for me. It makes me wonder why I haven't read Pamela Clare's books in a while. I loved to I-Team series when I was first getting into reading years ago. But for someone reason, I haven't picked up one of her books in forever.

So I was so happy to get an ARC of this series. Sadly I haven't read the first few, but it did not hinder this book at all. I never felt lost or confused. But it definitely made me want to go back and start with book one to get to know all these characters better.

Thor was such a great character. He is Danish, an extreme badass, and has done it all. While he loves what he does he is feeling like he can't find the right woman who can tolerate him and his job. He definitely wanted to fight his draw to Samantha, but he just couldn't do it. I loved all the times he tried to say English words, but was just a hair off on the pronunciation. Then his witty sayings like "Don't paint the devil on the wall".

Samantha was a great heroine. Even though she had some insecurities because of past bastard boyfriends she was so level headed and great. It is truly refreshing to read about what I would believe is a normal chick. Don't get me wrong, she had some time locked in her head, but she figured her shit out and got on it with. She had a lot of shit thrown at her, but she still didn't take any shit from Thor.

I truly forgot how much I loved reading suspense/mystery style romances. Where the angst is about who did it and not just drama between the couple. Super refreshing.

I'm curious if Jones and Kristi will meet back up later in this series.

ARC kindly provided by NetGallery and Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op in exchange for an honest review.

This is the fifth book in this series and all are fantastic romantic suspense that will have you heart pounding wondering what will happen next and if our H & h will survive. Each book is a stand alone with the only connection been the Cobra Elite do yourself a favour and grab them I can guarantee you won't be disappointed

Dr Samantha Parkes is not really ready to handle anything that has befallen her in her latest trip to the South Pole her best friend has died and now a team from the elite Cobra International has arrived and they tell her she has to leave with them as they try to retrieve a crashed satellite. She is instantly drawn to the team leader Danish soldier Thor Isaksen and the feeling is mutual Will they have a chance at a relationship if they manage to survive the killer that is among them

This is a fast moving story that had me turning pages just as quickly as possible. I loved the story and the way the environment almost became a character as it was so integral to the story. In addition to being an engrossing story, it was fascinating to read about such an unusual environment.

If you enjoy romantic suspense at its best, you will love this book. I stayed up way too late reading it as I couldn't put it down. This one is a must read for fans of the genre. The author is on my must read authors' list.