Julia and Conrad are CIA operatives who are working on an overseas undercover assignment together, and they are also personally involved. Con is a former Navy Seal who took Julia under his wing during her CIA training, and for the past 5 years they have been living and working together. Julia feels intuitively that something is off with their current mission, something is just wrong with it, but she does not know what it is that has her so concerned.  She expresses her thoughts to Con, but he just minimizes her feelings, tells her that everything will be fine as he departs for his dangerous assignment, leaving Julia waiting for him in their apartment. Conrad dies in an apparent  premature explosion during his mission, leaving a devastated Julia to return home to America to work at CIA headquarters, and to try to heal her broken heart.

A year and a half pass and Julia has become involved with the new CIA director, Michael Stone, who is the youngest chief ever appointed to that position. Awakening in Michael’s bed one morning, Julia senses someone is in the bedroom with her and she knows instinctively that  it is not Michael. Carefully pulling her gun out from beneath her pillow, Julia fires 2 shots before being disarmed, and finds herself enclosed in Conrad’s arms again. Conrad swears her to utmost secrecy about his existence and presence there at Michael’s home, tells her that he will see her soon, and slips out of Michael’s house through the many alarm systems without being detected. Michael returns from his morning run to an empty bed, the smell of gun powder,  and 2 bullet holes in his bedroom walls. Frantic with concern, Michael spots Julia sitting on his balcony with her hand still clutching the gun. Julia,  deeply shaken by the unexpected arrival of her “dead” lover, makes up an excuse and leaves Michael’s home to return to her own apartment before going to her work as an analyst at CIA headquarters.

Thus begins the most romantic suspense story that I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Julia’s lost love Conrad tells her of a traitor within the CIA, and that her life, and the lives of many others are in grave danger. Together Julia and Conrad, along with some trusted friends, set about unmasking the traitor within the organization. Who stands to replace Michael if he dies, or is discredited somehow?  Why is Julia’s name on a Kill List?

While  I was reading this story my hubby and I were alone in the car together traveling from Kentucky to Texas , and I kept exclaiming “This is the best book that I have ever read”, “Oh, Wow”, laughing, saying “please don’t hurt the dog”, “someone please save her”  as I busily scribbled notes for my review. Finally hubby asked if he could read it also after I told him about the plot. He said it sounded like a book that anyone, male or female, would enjoy, and he is absolutely correct.

This is truly the best book that I have ever read. I adore this story, and I sincerely  hope that Ms. Evans will continue to write more fabulous stories such as this one. Operation Sheba is not at the head of the class, it is in a class by itself. The adventure never stops, it is really sexy,  and the reader will go from laughter to terror as the plot is uncovered and the traitor is exposed.

Operation Sheba  by Misty Evans is a Keeper..I rated it 5 stars because I cannot go any higher. Privately I say 10 stars out of the 5 stars possible…It is that fantastic. Enjoy!

Filed Under: Reviews Samhain Publishing September 2008	About the Book: Genre: suspense ISBN: 1605040827 Page Count: 626 Price: $ 5.50 Reviewer: Susiq2
	Sensuality Rating: Sultry Star Rating: 5 Stars