"Engaging second chance at love tale"

The investigation into the fatal aircraft crash that killed Tombstone, Arizona Customs Chief, Mack Robbins, points to pilot error. However, Agent Gage Ensler knows that experience aviator Doug Vogel would never make such a mistake. He persuades his superior to allow him to go undercover as a pilot in the Tombstone office. However, he is stunned to learn that the prime suspect if fuel sabotage occurred as he suspects is his former wife Jill Manning, the new station chief.

Jill divorced Gage accusing him of being a "baby killer" when their infant Ricky died. Though he knows she hates him, Gage refuses to believe that Jill would be a killer. He believes someone in the office caused the accident because Mack was onto the illegal drug and weapons flow. As Jill realizes she still loves Gage and he never stopped loving her, the mole wants both out of the way to continue the lucrative contraband trafficking.

Though how the Federal bureaucracy failed to realize that Gage and Jill were once married even with different last names (federal records would include a spouse and be forwarded between agencies), readers will enjoy this action-packed romance. Gage wants Jill back in his life, but has little hope though he knows she still desires him, but also blames him for Ricky's death. Thus, he gets into her bed too easily with the infant death culpability hanging over him. This engaging second chance at love tale is a winner and shows the deep talent of K. N. Casper. . Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted August 9, 2004

Summary

The smuggling of drugs and weapons...and a murder. Everything points to a mole in the Tombstone customs office. But when agent Gage Engler goes undercover to investigate, he's shocked to find that Jill Manning, the new customs station chief, tops the list of suspects.

No one knows that he and Jill were once married, that Jill is the woman he still loves. Or that she holds him responsible for the death of their infant son. The last thing Gage wants is to cause Jill more pain. But his gut says she's a target...not a traitor.

A target he's determined to protect...