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Misdirection

Christy Barritt (2025)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
Pages (Standard (250-400))
SeriesPros and Cons Mysteries #
Setting
CSM age16

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentMild
LanguageMild

Hero archetypes

Spy / Operative

Protagonist archetypes

Vengeance-Driven

Synopsis

One high-risk assignment. Two dangerous secrets. As a teen, Olive Sterling's entire family was murdered, leaving her alone and desperate for answers. She’s learned to compartmentalize her loss and trust no one. Now she lives in the shadows, working as an undercover investigator for an elite private security firm. Her latest assignment seems straightforward: Identify a corporate mole who plans to sell dangerous classified technology to foreign operatives. When Olive runs into Jason Stewart—the only man she's ever loved—at her target company, her carefully constructed walls begin to crumble. With thousands of lives on the line, Olive can’t afford to make a mistake. But as bodies start dropping and suspicions rise, Olive must decide: Can she trust Jason with the truth? Or will exposing the painful secrets from her past prove to be a deadly mistake? The first book in the pulse-pounding Pros and Cons series, MISDIRECTION is a high-stakes thriller about betrayal, redemption, and the fine line between truth and deception.

Tags

ThrillerMysterySuspenseCorporate IntrigueEspionage

Is Misdirection appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

Parents should know this romantic suspense novel contains moderate violence (murder, bodies dropping, corporate espionage), references to the protagonist's family being murdered as a teen, and mild romantic content between the leads. The thriller elements involve high-stakes danger and life-threatening situations.

What to know going in

This book has moderate violence, mild sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include murder, death of parent, and grief (see the full list above).

Who'll love this

Teens will be drawn to the high-stakes undercover investigation, the emotional reunion between two people with a complicated past, and the pulse-pounding mystery of identifying a dangerous corporate mole.