This is certainly a sexy story that fuses espionage, suspense and erotica very well.

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Hiding in plain sight by lucy felthouse.
Mallory Scott is an espionage operative, working for the British government. She’s travelled all over the world, often going undercover and infiltrating criminal organisations in order to extract the intelligence needed to dismantle their operations and bring the perpetrators to justice. Given her usual targets are terrorists, people-traffickers, drug-traffickers and arms dealers, her latest assignment should be relatively simple. A small group of Brits is raking in serious money in the diamond-scamming business—and although their MO is theft and forgery, rather than hurting people, they still need to be stopped. But up until now, they’ve proved elusive—no one can catch them in the act, or find a shred of evidence against them.That’s where Mallory comes in. She follows the group to Amsterdam, planning to get her claws in to one of the gang. Luck is on her side, and within twenty-four hours she’s lunching with Baxter Collinson, the youngest—and most handsome—diamond thief. What she’s not expecting, however, is to get on with him quite so well. Attraction bubbles between them—and for once, on Mallory’s part, it isn’t an act. For the first time in her career, Mallory struggles with what she must do.
Can she ignore her heart for the sake of her career?
Fantastic read with brilliant characters. Mallory was my favourite character. 5*. Netgalley and weaponry co-op and tbc on fb.

Not a thrilling romance as I had hoped.

When I read the synopsis, I thought "Oh boy, a thriller mixed with a lot of romance, just the way I like it!", only that wasn't the case. It was more like a romance mixed with a lot of emotional turmoil, and just a bit of a storyline, in fact, I found that the storyline was practically non-existent.

I found the character development to be... well, underdeveloped. There was very little back story on either Mallory or Baxter, I had a hard time connecting with either of them. I felt very little sympathy for Mallory and her "feelings" for Baxter when she has to turn him over to the authorities for his crimes after their "spectacular shag". In fact, after he leaves and she breaks down, I was so confused and even scoffed at the idea. "Mallory gave herself a few minutes to let it all out. Huddled under the duvet, she sobbed, pounded the pillow and even screamed into it a couple of times, thankful for the hotel's soundproofing." Say what? Is all that really necessary? How can one person get so attached after a one night stand?

Then... wow... after he's turned over to the authorities and the unthinkable happens I completely lost interest in the story. I won't disclose what happens as to not spoil it for others, but let's just say that it's completely unrealistic... at least to me. Then from that point on there's all this sexual tension and inner turmoil, Mallory is so inside her head and all I heard was whining and blah, blah, blah.

It wasn't entirely a poor read, the sex scenes were actually spicy, but if you're not into the juicy romance novels, then this will probably not be for you. This was the only reason I gave the book a 3-star rating verses a 2-star rating. It was well written and edited, but the storyline and character development were just lacking a bit too much for me.

Hiding in Plain Sight was a good but different romance. I liked the plot idea. It could've had more romance.

Hiding in Plain Sight was sold to me as a romantic suspense but it is more erotica than romance. The sex scene were very descriptive and well sizzling for those who like erotica in their romantic suspense books. I am not one of those people. I feel it takes away from the story and doesn't add to the romance.
The story is short on story and filled with sexual encounters. The build up is more in the synopsis than in the actually story.
I had high hopes that his story would be great mix Romance and the Stone and Oceans movies instead I got lots of sex and very little story.
Thank you to Netgalley for the Advance Copy

Hiding in Plain Sight by Lucy Felthouse

Fantasy spy erotica with a strong female and male character that sizzle on paper. Mallory does what it takes to get each one of her assignments completed successfully. Her current job has her in Holland to put a stop to a ring of diamond thieves. Little does she realize that getting the job done quickly will not be as satisfying as she had hoped it would be. Why? Because she sort-of maybe kind-of feels something for the man she targeted to get information from after using more than her wiles to get what she wanted. There is hope for the two of them but not without a few twists and turns that occur before the end of the story.

Simple, short and not too long – this is a titillating story to escape into anytime.
Is it accurate and filled with spy jargon and details? Not so much.
Did I like the characters? Yes
Was it entertaining? Yes
Would I read another book by this author? Yes

Thank you to the author who provided me an ARC to review through NetGalley – This is my honest review.

4 Stars