"trying to find the truth awakens many things."

Devin Rourke is on a mission. He knows his best friend Aaron was murdered; he just has to prove it. So to help him find the murderer, he is going to use the one person he thinks is connected and has the answers, the widow of John Briggs.

Ana Briggs has been a widow for a while and it is time for her to come out of her repressed state. Taking Devin Rourke into the Siskiyous may just be a job, but she might also find her sexuality too by using him. Devin makes Ana's body feel things it has never felt before and that's without him even touching her.

When the demons of Devin's past rear it's ugly head in his dreams, Ana comes to comfort him with more than soothing words. Even though Devin has had her body, he still can't give her his trust. When Ana finds out the reason is because he believes that her late husband was the one to kill his best friend, she is just as determined to find out the truth. But the lack of trust between the two hasn't stopped them from exploring each other's bodies. And when they get shot at, it gives them more than looking for the truth to do; they have to figure out how to stay alive.

Will Devin and Ana find out the truth and make it out of the mountains alive?

This was a riveting tale with plenty of suspense and sexual awakenings. I was surprised to see the two still explore each other and still distrust each other so much. I wanted to find out the truth just as bad as Devin and Ana that I couldn't put the book down until I did.

Reviewed by Beatrice Sigman
Posted June 23, 2003

Summary

At first undercover cop Devin Rourke wants nothing from Ana Briggs besides the truth behind his best friend's murder—a truth tied to Ana's dead husband. But as his search takes them into the wilderness, isolation, loneliness, and hunger strip away their protective layers. When Ana awakens Devin from a nightmare, he takes her in more ways than one. Now nothing will ever be the same again...

Sexual Content: Hard R. Genre: contemporary.