"Dane, Alec and Harris"

I am admittedly a big Lori Foster fan, she has been an autobuy for me ever since she released her first book. Now there are a lot of readers out there who are discovering what a good writer Ms Foster is and are searching for her backlist, luckily for them they have a chance to get two of Ms Foster's hardest books to find, BEGUILED and WANTON, plus there is the added bonus of UNCOVERED an original novella included in FALLEN ANGELS.

In BEGUILED, Dane Carter is impersonating his late twin Derek. Derek died in a suspicious death a few months earlier and in a move to stop panic in his family's company he assumed his dead twin's identity. One of the people he is sure knows something about what happened to his brother is Angel Morris the woman Derek was seeing before his death.

Someone has been stalking Angel with phone calls and she has no choice but to turn to the man who scorned her months earlier. When she goes to Derek's office there is something that is different about him. Angel is hoping that "Derek" will help her find out who is terrorizing her and maybe accept the son that they share.

Dane is surprised at the depth of the feelings that he has for Angel, and he will do everything to protect his new found family. Will Angel accept Dane once she realizes that he is not Derek?

In WANTON, Alec Sharpe has fought his attraction to Celia Carter for eighteen long months and is now determined to do something about that attraction. Alec knows that Celia is attracted to him and he uses the opportunity of a dangerous new case to get Celia to see if they are a one night wonder or could it lead to something much more?

Celia Carter has never forgiven herself for letting herself care for a man who almost killed her family. She is determined to put her passionate nature aside and work for her brother in his private investigator office. She is grateful that Alec is there to help her solve the case of a missing girl. She agrees to have an affair with Alec until the case is solved, but will they both be able to walk away after the case is solved?

In UNCOVERED, Harris Black finds nude photos of a woman and some notes about him from the woman saying how she is in love with Harris. Curious, he enlists the aid of a private investigator firm to search for the woman. What will he do when he finds out that the woman he is searching for has been there all along.

BEGUILED and WANTON are two of my all-time favorite stories by Lori Foster. Each story shows how Ms. Foster seemlessly draws in the reader. UNCOVERED is a chance to revisit with some of my favorite characters. It was fun to reread these two books, it made me fall for the characters all over again. In BEGUILED, Dane and Angel are electric together and we are also introduced to Mick Dawson and Alec Sharpe. Your heart just melts when Dane is seen holding the baby to his chest just cuddling him.

WANTON features the man I consider mine, Alec Sharpe. I loved Alec in BEGUILED and in WANTON you get to see why Celia is more then a match for him. Alec has a sinister side that most people see, but Celia knows that there is so much more to Alec. In UNCOVERED, it was fun to watch Clair throws Harris for a loop when jogging one night and acts on her attraction. My favorite has got to be their views on the difference between lust and fantasy.

FALLEN ANGELS is the perfect book for those who want to add to their Lori Foster collection. Get it because like all books by Lori Foster, FALLEN ANGELS will fly off the shelves.

Barb Hicks

Reviewed by Barb Hicks
Posted February 21, 2004

Summary

These Women Are No Angels . . . Neither Are The Men They Love. Beguiled P.I. Dane Carter assumed his murdered twin's identity to find his killer. Angel Morris was his main suspect -- a woman his twin had betrayed. Now Dane could destroy her trust again. By falling in love with her . . . Wanton Passion had clouded P.I. Celia Carter's judgment once. Never again. Now she took on dangerous undercover assignments to deal with her guilt. But P.I. Alec Sharpe was determined to reawaken Celia's sexuality . . . before she got herself killed. Uncovered an original story Firefighter Harris Black stumbled across nude photos of a woman, and handwritten notes . . . about him. Who was this mystery woman? Harris hired a P.I. to trace her . . . never suspecting he'd already found her.