Review: Virtuous Hustlers (Jigsaw Trilogy - Book One) by D.N. Leo

[Eva Millien]

Blurb:

 Madeline Roux is an accomplished New York reporter.

Ciaran LeBlanc is  the leader of a family owned London based pharmaceutical empire.

They have nothing in common, until she is blackmailed to search for a secret, which might be one of the family secrets that he has to protect at all costs.

Together, they endeavor a journey that starts from a hunt for a 500 year-old artifact and ends with possible futuristic technological warfare.

It is a war that involves six powerful families, and spans three continents and two planets.

It is a war that originates from greed and love – a combination of human traits that should never mix. ​​It is a journey that they might never see an end to.

My Review:

Madeline is being blackmailed and must unravel a mystery that leads to a family secret that Ciaran LeBlanc must protect at all costs but with a twist of fate they join forces on a journey that will change their lives forever in this intriguing paranormal suspense.

A steady pace and smooth flowing plot keeps the reader entangled in a mystery full of suspense, excitement, secrets, magic and romance. The author brings the story to life with well written scenes and details that capture the imagination and the well orchestrated suspense draws the reader deeper into the mystery with strong, compelling characters that grab the reader’s attention from the very beginning.

Madeline and Ciaran may be attracted to each other and their passions burn hot throughout the story but the relationship is hindered by some emotional and everyday issues but mostly by the manipulative game someone is playing with everyone’s lives. Like a jigsaw puzzle that needs to be put together, every bit of information leads them somewhere but without seeing all the pieces at once they don’t know what it means and the reader can’t help but get completely caught up in their journey as they fight off dangerous attacks, fit the pieces together and fall in love.

I have to say that at first I wasn’t so sure about this book and I sure didn’t have a clue where it was going but it wasn’t long before I was completely engrossed in the suspense of the story and of course since it is a trilogy, not all of the secrets have been revealed yet so I have to say the author and her characters have certainly caught my attention and I am looking forward to reading the next one and discovering all the mysteries both human and paranormal.

4 STARS 3 FLAMES

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Re-release, June 20, 2014, 412 pages, ebook

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About D.N. Leo:

D.N. Leo is an Australian author who lives in to love.

She writes suspense, mystery, and romance, often with a science fiction and paranormal twist. She tells stories about love, relationship, friendship courage and morality. All of her stories are based on good karma.

She is a positivist, but she is not delusional. Her stories are to provide the audience with an escape hatch to a narrative land, where anything and everything is non-consenquentically allowed, including being true to themselves.

She has a Ph.D. in social science. In addition, she is a graduate of AFTRS, the most influential film school in Australia, where she was trained in screen writing and film directing.

She started writing at a very young age, and has won multiple awards for creative writing and film critique.

She currently is working as a film writer and director and recently crossed to the novel medium to reach new audiences. She is in the process of converting some of her original screenplays into novels.

Her debut feature film, which she wrote and directed, was the gripping action crime film set in Australia. The film was greatly lauded, and the original screenplay was converted into a novel and became a top ten bestseller a South East Asian market.

In between then and now, she made 18 experimental short films in the comedy, black comedy, and drama genres.

When she is not writing, she blogs, tweets, learns French and drinks wine with her beloved husband, who constantly tells her that she should be writing.

Where to find the author:

http://narrativeland.com/

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https://www.goodreads.com/dnleo

Books by D.N. Leo:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/8107465.D_N_Leo