"An excellent dash across Alaska!"

Mike McNair finds out that Tessa Nielson has been kidnapped so he goes AWOL from SDDU to rescue her. The problem is Tessa doesn't want to be rescued by Mike. Sure, she wants to be rescued but she and Mike go way back and it's not all good.

What Mike and Tessa don't know is that there's something more at work here than arms dealers kidnapping her and killing her research partner. They also don't know who all is involved and how deep this whole situation goes.

All Mike and Tessa want to do is get out of Alaska alive so they can find out exactly what is going on. That however might be a problem since they are on foot and don't really have the clothes or the shoes for it. Still they are specially trained to handle nearly anything.

It just seems strange that every time Mike makes contact with people he feels he can trust someone turns up trying to kill them. There must be a leak somewhere but who and where? Can they figure it all out before it is too late?

I've been a fan of Dana Marton's book since her very first Intrigue. I know darn good and well that I will get an excellent and satisfying read each and every book. I have come to expect it. I'm happy to report that this one is no exception. Danger and intrigue abound as we dash across Alaska in a race against time and the enemy. Thanks, Dana, for some great books! I hope we will get many more wonderful stories from you in the years to come!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted February 21, 2006

Summary

Savvy and headstrong, former special agent Tessa Nielsen could handle whatever the Alaskan wilderness threw at her: extreme cold, polar bears, even her arms-dealer captors. But what she couldn't handle was being so close to the man who'd returned to "rescue" her. Three years earlier, Mike McNair had taken her innocence, then terminated her from Special Forces. But his gallant reappearance made one thing Alaska-air clear—the heat between them was still scorching.

Now, without CIA sanction, Tessa and Mike alone had to brave frigid environs to stop a shipment of nuclear warheads from leaving the country...using only their wits—and their warm bodies—to stay alive.