Review: Hidden Justice by Diana Munoz Stewart

Author: Diana Munoz Stewart
Genre: Romantic Suspense
 
 Saved from a brutal childhood and adopted into a wealthy, loving family of international spies, Justice Parish trained her whole life to rescue others. But when her latest mission hits a snag, she needs a new cover fast. Unfortunately, her best solution jeopardizes a good man. A man she can’t help but admire…in more ways than one.
 
After a loss too big to bear, Sandesh Ross left Special forces and dedicated his life to founding a humanitarian group in the Middle East. Helping others isn’t cheap, so when the wealthy and smoldering Justice Parish offers to fund his charity––as long as she’s put in charge of PR––he barely hesitates. What he doesn’t know about his sexy, new benefactor could save his company while endangering not only his heart but his life

When I started to read Hidden Justice, I felt like I was reading something I had read before.  I then found out that it had previously been published under a different title, I am Justice.  I didn't realize that when I agreed to review this one. I did read through this new version, but in the end my thoughts are the same.  I'll quote my previous review here:

I Am Justice is the first book in the Band of Sisters series. It is also the debut book for this author. The series involves a secret society of assassins who seek justice for young girls who are targets by drug and sex traffickers. They are all adopted into the wealthy Parish family and teach and train in a school for girls. This book focuses on Justice's story. She is seeking revenge and redemption for the death of her sister Hope. She is sent to Jordan (the country) undercover as a PR specialist for Sandesh's humanitarian group. There she hopes to take out the men who killed her sister.

I was hoping for a good romantic suspense. While there was a lot of action and some twists, the book fell a bit short for me. I liked it , I just didn't love it. I felt like the pacing was off. The book would drag then speed up and then slow way down. There were probably parts that could have been taken out, such as the three sex scenes (one after another) in the hotel in Israel. One would have been sufficient to get the attraction point across. While I liked Justice and Sandesh, I'm not sure I totally bought them together. I was kind of hoping for a slow burn, but their relationship went way too fast for me.

The story is told through the point of view of Justice and Sandesh. I Am Justice isn't a bad start to the series. I am curious to read the next book, I Am Grace. I want to know more about the Band of Sisters.