"Exciting and well written"
In Austin, FBI Hostage Negotiator Jesse Montalvo tries to
keep fifteen year old Delilah Butler and her mother from
becoming victims during a hostage standoff. Only his
voice keeps the teen from cracking. However, the local
SWAT Commander refuses to wait and storms the facility.
Delilah survives but her mother dies. Jesse slinks out of
town feeling like a failure while Delilah knows the Voice
of her hero who saved her life. Twelve years later, the Violent Crimes Task Force requests
Jesse lead a team trying to stop a serial killer who
abducts young women. Delilah, now a detective, is on the
team. As they work together both feel a bit shy to
discuss what happened that connected them a dozen years
ago as he feels guilt and she feels hero worship. Soon
their divergent feelings converge into love, but the
killer has Delilah in his eyesight but this time Jesse
plans to not fail her. Though exciting and well written, the police procedural
subplot takes a back seat to the "Deep in the Heart" love
story between two people connected by a tragic event in
which they interpret the outcome quite differently. The
story line is fast-paced as the duo struggle to stop the
serial killer with Delilah becoming the bait over the
objection of Jesse. Fans will appreciate this wonderful
romance in which the hero has many doubts including does
she love the statue on the pedestal hero she has painted
of him or the bleeding hurting real flesh? Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted August 14, 2004
SummaryHER MOMENT OF GLORY
Austin police detective Delilah Butler was only fifteen
when a crazed drifter held her and her mother at gunpoint.
During those dark hours twelve years ago, she survived by
clinging to the comfort of the hostage negotiator's voice.
Delilah never met FBI agent Jesse Montalvo...until now. On
the merits of hard work and talent, she's been assigned to
hunt down a serial killer, and Jesse is the agent in
charge of the case.
HIS WORST NIGHTMARE
Because Delilah was injured and her mother killed before
her eyes that terrifying night, Jesse has never forgiven
himself for not protecting Delilah more. He still wants to
protect her--and that doesn't mean sending her undercover
to lure a murderer. In a cruel irony, Delilah becomes a
hostage again. Only now the stakes are higher for Jesse.
Now he's negotiating to save the woman he loves.
| 
