REVIEW: Covert Craving by Jennifer James

Covert Craving

(Project Genesis #1)

by Jennifer James

4 HEARTS

From Goodreads

She just stripped in front of an NYPD detective...

The glow-in-the-dark water at Camp Sunny Woods left Chloe Sanders with the ability to disappear from sight.

Thirteen years later, she uses her “gift” to take out criminals when she can. If she’s got to be part of a freak show, she’s going to do some good while in the buff.

And he’s enjoying studying every luscious curve…

Color blind detective Jacob Greiff smokes to weaken the overwhelming messages his nose sends him. One summer camp trip was enough for him. His priority right now is busting the vigilante leaving burglars tied up with panty hose and women’s scarves.

He thinks he’s hallucinating when he sees a petite, bare foot brunette in an enormous trench coat at his crime scenes because for the first time in years, he’s seeing someone in full color.

He’s not sure he’s buying it, but Chloe sure looks great when she’s “invisible.”

Despite his own supernatural abilities and the raging lust between them, Greiff wonders if Chloe isn’t some kind of nut who gets off on public nudity. She insists she can disappear from view when naked, that he’s the only one who can see her when she’s in the buff.

Their shared past comes to a treacherous intersection when a man shows up at Chloe’s apartment and informs them at gun point it’s time to report for duty—or else.

Covert Cravings is the first book of the Project Genesis series by Jennifer James and such an interesting start. I honestly didn't know what to think when I started reading this book, but it didn't take long to catch my full attention. The premise is a bit different from the average paranormal/fantasy books that are out there.

Chloe Saunders' parents sent her to summer camp as a child. They had no idea how that decision would forever change her life. The story told to her parents was that she was exposed to something in the water that changed her DNA. She would now forever have the ability to disappear from sight. Thinking they were doing the right thing they allowed the "experts" to take over her care in hopes they could help her with her new ability. Now an adult, Chloe is allowed to live her own life, but on a very short leash. She does as they say and when they say to do it. After all, she's no dummy she doesn't want to make them mad and become a test subject. The one thing she insists on using her abilities for is to help protect the public. If there is a law being broken or someone being hurt, she strips down and goes invisible. She has this gift why not use it to help those in need?

Jacob Greiff is color blind. This hasn't stopped him from being successful in the military and now as a police detective. At a crime scene he notices a beautiful woman standing in the shadows and he sees her in color. Of course, she gets his attention. After all, he hasn't seen color since he was a kid at summer camp. Chloe insists she can go invisible and she doesn't seem crazy, but Jacob isn't buying it. It's a shame, too. This is the first woman in years that has caught his attention and he finds himself drawn to Chloe and wanting things he never believed he could want.

This book is a series of secrets and intrigue. You never know who to trust and who not to. To make it even more confusing, I found myself sympathizing with one of the untrustworthy ones so much so that he broke my heart. I'm pretty sure he'll have his own story in this series. He almost has to!

Thank you to Jennifer James for the loan of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Heat Rating
3 out of 5