Synopsis
English professor Dr.
Georgeanne Hayes has a problem. Her star pupil, an Army sergeant who
works in a Top Secret government program, is missing—and someone tried
to push her in front of a train last night.Sam “Knight Rider” McKnight is used to looking out for Georgie. When they were kids, she was just his best friend’s baby sister. But Georgie’s not a baby anymore and Sam is getting some very male—and very dirty—thoughts about the girl he knows he can never have.
When someone threatens Georgie’s life again, Sam will do anything necessary to keep her safe. Even if it means spending the next few days locked up in a remote house on Maryland’s Eastern Shore with her.
Sam might be used to denying himself what he wants, but he’s about to find out that being cooped up with Georgie will push him to the limit. And maybe beyond.
Review
I
enjoyed it – so much so that I immediately went out and bought book 1. This is
a nice little second chance romance with lots of action. The hero and heroine
knew each other ‘way back when’. She wanted him and he wanted her but she’s his
best friend’s little sister and her father and mother provided him with the
family stability his own parents didn’t so not much happened. Now he’s come
back into her life just in time to save her from mega-bad-guy terrorists who
think she knows something she doesn’t…
The
hero is the newest member of H.O.T., a group that seems to combine the physical
skills of a Special Forces team with mad hacker skills of an MIT computer lab.
They specialize in anti-terrorism so her problem is right in their ball court
but [of course] they are super hush-hush so they never do much explaining.
The
heroine is [understandably!] terrified of the turn her life has taken but is
happy it has led Sam back to her. She still wants him and not for just now, she
wants forever. Sam still feels she deserves better, his military career - especially
in such a high-risk group - would be too great a burden, yada, yada. He finally
caves and they work on a compromise: he’ll believe it’s a ‘happy for now’ and
she’ll believe it’s ‘happily ever after’…
Needless
to say I’m rooting for the HEA. The sex is well written and doesn’t bury the
plot, the plot kept me turning the pages, and the characters were interesting.
Characterization is probably the weakest point in this story. Although you get
a good feel of the KIND of people they are, I never really got a defined visual
for either of them. I suspect that is the result of the shortness of the story.
It’s still an enjoyable read that I cheerfully recommend.
The
first book is Hot Pursuit.
Copy
received from Netgalley and publisher for an honest review.
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