About the Book:

Name of book: The Bachelor Missions

Author: Jes Drew

Genre: Christian speculative spy fiction

Release Date: February 18, 2017

The good-guys, the bad-guys, and the wild card- it’s the ultimate game of cloak and dagger…

Kristian Clark, private eye, thought his days as a special agent were behind him, but when he’s drafted into action, he finds himself reunited with his old team- and painful memories of why they broke up in the first place. But as he plunges into mission after mission- from a ‘holy heist’ to babysitting a young hacker to going undercover in a cult- Kristian find that everything he tried to leave behind is coming back to haunt him with a vengeance, and then some. First there’s the mysterious woman who knows more about Kristian- and his past- than makes sense while using science fiction weapons that don’t make sense period. Then there are the shady powers-that-be who are responsible for drafting him back into this world to satisfy their own nefarious agendas. It’s all Kristian can do to keep from being pulled into their games as he tries to figure out who to trust and what to fight for, even as the trap put in place to destroy him is set with a ticking clock.

When did espionage get so complicated?

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My Review:

Meet Kristian Clark, who all the girls swoon over. He's all noir in style. He's a PI, who happens to be in the here and now, aka present time. I'm not sure how he wound up being the stereotypical noir private eye. Kristian made me laugh, as he works on his noir image, but can't smoke a cigar without choking on it. He's an interesting character, a reasonably complexed guy, with typical confusion for a guy about his age.

Before the book gets going good, Kristian is pulled back into his old world of spy-secret agent missions. He's back with his former team, and they all have varying views of Christ and Christianity. Through various missions we get to know more and more about Kristian. Why did he change lines of work? What broke up his team before? Can they pull off missions again?

There's a bit of satire, and humor in this book, as it works with the more cliche parts of these genres. Christian ethics and morals aren't left out of this work, making it more enjoyable. It has a bit of romance, and a great deal of action and adventure. In some ways it's like a cleaner, younger version of the well known 007. The tech is fun, I enjoy most things sci-fi, so the variation on some tools in this book made me think of some movies I've enjoyed as well. While it's a bit bumpy in places, I liked it and would read the rest of the series if given a chance. I think it's a 4 star read.

My copy came from Celebrate Lit. My thoughts and opinions are my own, left of my own free will. I wasn't required to leave a favorable review.

About the Author:

Jes Drew lives with her mom, dad, younger sister (the illustrious Nicki Chapelway), four younger brothers (yes, four), and two dogs. She is the author of both the Ninja and Hunter trilogy and the Howling Twenty trilogy. Besides writing, she enjoys reading, daydreaming, and her day job. There is also a possibility that she may or may not be a secret agent, but that’s classified. Still, you can contact her at http://pausefortales.blogspot.com/

Guest Post from Jes Drew

I began writing at a very young age. I don’t think I even started school yet when I came out with my first children’s titles. The Swan Princess and Flamingo Queen was followed by a sequel The Duck Prince and Unicorn King (because I thought it was unfair that only the mom and sister had to go through transformations), and Julian and Juliette had many reprints- all carefully printed and illustrated by myself before moving to their final destination: safekeeping in my mom’s possession.

Years later, I resumed my writing craft near the end of elementary school with two series of chapter books I wrote and then read aloud to my family. However, it was not until I watched Marvel’s Avengers that I found my true muse (Captain America, obviously). The story was so enthralling, I could do nothing but pick up the pen and compose my first published trilogy: The Ninja and Hunter Series published when I was sixteen. This was followed by the tree books of The Howling Twenties two years later.

But, no longer a ‘young adult’ I’ve moved on beyond that genre to the next age group: New Adult. That genre infamously known for its many vices and sins. However, we as Christians are called to “Take every thought captive to obey Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5b), and a genre targeted toward twenty-somethings should be no exception.

So this is my first release in the New Adult genre. Kristian Clark might be a secret-agent-turned-private-investigator-turned-secret-agent again, but he still deals with the same problems all twenty-somethings face: adapting to a career, longing for a soul mate, and searching for deeper meaning in all the noise. With a little intrigue and cool gadgets on the side because, well, he is a secret-agent-turned-private-investigator-turned-secret-agent after all.