Author: Janet Evanovich
Series: Gabriela Rose #2
Publisher: Atria Books
Publisher: Atria Books
Genre: Fiction, Adventure
Format: Kindle ARC
No. of Pages: 352
Date of Publication: November 11, 2025
My Rating: 5 Stars
“Thriller master” (Mystery and Suspense Magazine) Janet Evanovich takes you on a global hunt to track down missing masterpieces in this action-packed and steamy sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller The Recovery Agent.
Gabriela Rose, recovery agent extraordinaire, can find just about anything. Too bad she can’t seem to lose her gorgeous-but-infuriating ex-husband Rafer Jones. And now he needs her help. His cousin, Harley, is in trouble…big trouble.
As the president of a too-big-to-fail bank, he invested an astronomical amount of money in insuring some of the world’s most priceless artifacts at the urging of his board. It seemed like a low-risk, high-reward business move, so he jumped in with both feet. But recently, these insured pieces started going missing and worse, there’s no paper trail of Harley being directed to make these risky investments. Unless the artwork can be recovered soon, it looks like Harley is going to be heading to jail as the fall guy for an ingenious crime.
Gabriela knows what she must do: travel around the world with Rafer to find the missing works of art, keep Harley out of jail, and save both his skin and his bank. Along the way, she’ll encounter corruption, threats, murder, mysterious dark forces behind a global conspiracy to destroy the world’s wealth, and a nefarious villain who will stop at nothing to bring the world to the brink of ruin.
Gabriela Rose, recovery agent extraordinaire, can find just about anything. Too bad she can’t seem to lose her gorgeous-but-infuriating ex-husband Rafer Jones. And now he needs her help. His cousin, Harley, is in trouble…big trouble.
As the president of a too-big-to-fail bank, he invested an astronomical amount of money in insuring some of the world’s most priceless artifacts at the urging of his board. It seemed like a low-risk, high-reward business move, so he jumped in with both feet. But recently, these insured pieces started going missing and worse, there’s no paper trail of Harley being directed to make these risky investments. Unless the artwork can be recovered soon, it looks like Harley is going to be heading to jail as the fall guy for an ingenious crime.
Gabriela knows what she must do: travel around the world with Rafer to find the missing works of art, keep Harley out of jail, and save both his skin and his bank. Along the way, she’ll encounter corruption, threats, murder, mysterious dark forces behind a global conspiracy to destroy the world’s wealth, and a nefarious villain who will stop at nothing to bring the world to the brink of ruin.
MY THOUGHTS:
In this second book in the Gabriela Rose series, she is an Insurance Fraud Investigator, this is what she does, and she does it well. However, Gabriela is much more than that. She is a recovery agent, and her skill at finding expensive stolen items is second to none. This time it is millions of dollar of artifacts that are missing.
However, this latest case isn’t something that Gabriela relishes working. It is her ex-husband who has requested her assistance. Yes, Gabriela is still more than attracted to Rafer, he also grates her last nerve. His cousin apparently has gotten into serious trouble, and by extension, so is he. Will Rafer or his cousin Harley end up in jai, or will Gabriela manage to do the impossible?
This search isn't local by any means. In fact, Gabriela and Rafer must travel to different locations in order to recover the stolen artifacts. This close company with Rafer is all too tempting to Gabriela, so this story has a fair amount of sexual tension. However, it the the adventure aspect of this story, this series, that makes this book a compelling read.
Gabriela is a wonderful protagonist. She is quirky, intelligent beyond compare, and humorous. This series has definitely entertained me thus far and I hope that it continues.
Many thanks to Atria Books and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
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