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"Powerful political romantic suspense"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 7, 2002

Mary Catherine "Riley" O'Brien loves her father Senator Carter O'Brien. Just as important is he fact that she believes in him and actively supports his front running campaign for the presidency. Currently Riley provides a speech at an Atlanta abortion clinic. Atlanta Journal- Constitution homicide reporter Jacob "Jake" Read more...

"Adrenalin rushing suspense!"
Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted February 22, 2002

Dee Davis knows just how to hook a reader right from the very beginning of a story. This book is no exception. It grabbed me right from the prologue and didn't let go until the very last word in the epilogue! Riley O'Brien has been right there for her Read more...

"Another tale of romance and mystery by a rising star, Dee Davis."
Reviewed by Kelley Hartsell
Posted June 1, 2002

Riley O'Brien's father, Carter, is on the brink of being elected the next President of the United States and she couldn't be happier, or could she? The two of them had suffered tragedy twenty years ago when Riley's sister, Caroline, and mother died. As a result, she has dedicated her Read more...

Summary

When she was only eight years old, Riley O'Brien survived the unimaginable: the deaths of her mother and sister. As a result she vowed never to desert her father, a brilliant young congressman whose star was on the rise. Now, twenty- one years later, after trading her dreams of a normal life for his ambitions, Riley stands by her father's side as he makes a bid for the presidency. Growing up in the political spotlight, she has become an expert at hiding her feelings behind the surface of her regal beauty. But her defenses are about to be shattered.

Investigative reporter Jake Mahoney resents wasting his time covering an ice princess at a presidential campaign rally. But when a car bomb throws him--literally--on top of the candidate's daughter, Jake quickly realizes that Riley O'Brien is pure fire. No one has ever gotten under his skin like this before. Their attraction is instant, and possibly fatal, as dangerous secrets from the past explode into the present, destroying one life after another in a nightmare of blind ambition...