Lust (Lust, Money & Murder #1) by Mike Wells

Blurb: 

Born in the worst suburb in Pittsburgh, Elaine Brogan is bright, beautiful and bold. When her father is falsely arrested for passing counterfeit $100 bills, Elaine vows to become a Secret Service agent and track down the man responsible. 

After barely surviving the arduous Secret Service Training Academy in Laurel, Maryland, she is transferred to bleak and blustery Great Falls, Montana. 

But things do not go as planned, and Elaine soon finds herself betrayed and thrown into an adventure that takes her halfway around the world, from dark and mysterious Sofia, Bulgaria, to Moscow Russia, and finally, to Milan, Italy. 

In the end, will Elaine find the love and happiness she truly seeks…or will she turn to a life of obscene wealth, power and corruption?

Ebook, 107 pages

Finished on December 2018

☆☆☆ of 5

The prologue and some of Elaine childhood story eerily similar to Morning, Noon & Night by Sidney Sheldon.

That's way i feel vaguely familiar when i reading on the prologue (wealthy old man with young mistress on exotic location, although on Mr Sheldon's the old man died instead the girl) and Elaine modelling part (similar with Kendal Stanford short-lived modeling.)

The author writing style also seems heavily inspired by Mr Sheldon (which is not my favourite).

But fortunately, the rest of the story branch to different way and i like the description on Secret Service's job tests and the job's politics part.

As for the character, Elaine, a graduate from SS school, sometimes still act like a teenager or fragile young woman instead of a dependable agent.

I like Nick, although i have my suspicion on him. Too bad they end up involving. I rather have them pure as co-workers.

But set aside this factor, overall this books enjoyable. 

I got this ebook free on Smashwords