"Mystery, suspense and a romance to boot!!! Sigh!"

In my mind's eye, the name Nina Bruhns is synonymous with a good read. I have found this true with every one of her books including this one.

Roman Santangelo left the love of his life, RaeAnne Sommarby under extenuating circumstances years before. Now he's back and wants to make the years up to RaeAnne but is it too late? Is it a coincidence that he finds her just 60 miles from where they grew up together?

RaeAnne Martin has lived with sorrow for too long. Now she's ready for some happiness in her life. She's dating Sheriff Phillip O'Donnaugh and she was awarded a grant for an archeological dig near Big Pine Reservation. So who could be more surprised than she when Roman roars back into her life on his Harley! Roman arrives just in time to scare off some Native American teen-agers trying to scare RaeAnne into leaving the dig. They steal several boxes of artifacts much to RaeAnne's chagrin!

What RaeAnne doesn't know is that Roman is an undercover FBI agent but he also wants answers about his father who disappeared when he was six years old. Roman also wants to find out why he can't forget about RaeAnne and wants her to know the real story as to why he disappeared. He especially wants her forgiveness if that can ever happen.

The thing I liked most about this book is the fact that I had to keep reading in order to find out exactly who the bad guys actually were. I never knew until the very end who the good guys were and who the bad guys were. That's my kind of book! I just knew that RaeAnne and Roman were made for each other. They just had to figure it out for themselves! I eagerly look forward to reading more books by Nina Bruhns!

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted March 16, 2003

Summary

FBI agent Roman 'Renegade' Santangelo is a man bent on redemption. He has finally tracked down the love of his life, the woman he deserted 18 long years ago. He knows their bright future is impossible to recapture, but he's determined to confront her...and beg forgiveness.

Archaeologist RaeAnne Martin is used to digging up the past. But there is no one on earth she wants to see less than Roman Santangelo--the man who was the reason she left her home, changed her name, and cut off all ties to the people she loved.

But when he roars back into her life on his beat-up Harley, looking like every woman's bad-boy fantasy, resurrecting old secrets, unhealed hurts, and flaming passions, can she purge from her soul the memory of the only man she's ever truly loved--and keep their heart- wrenching secrets from tearing her apart?