"exhilarating romantic suspense"
The past year has been the hardest year of Grace Hall's
life. The year began with promise as she married a Count
just like her beloved father wanted her to wed, but went
down hill since. Her father suddenly passed away and she
is divorcing her spouse. She is also being challenged as
the CEO of her father's legacy, the Hall Foundation by the
board and her dad's right hand man who felt he earned the
head position. To make her year more miserable, someone is killing six
women who made a magazine's notable list. Two are dead
and Grace is on the murder roll. Desperate, she
reluctantly hires John Smith, head of Black Watch, Ltd. as
her bodyguard. He is an expert at hiding his feelings,
but Grace seems to get inside his skin as occurred when
they first met and kissed before the initial homicide. As
they fall in love, he rejects the notion of forever
because she is glitter and he is mud, yet he will
willingly die to keep his beloved safe from a serial
killer who has easy access to victims living behind secure
walls. UNFORGETTABLE LADY, the sequel to HEART OF GOLD (which
introduced Grace), is an exhilarating romantic suspense
novel that sub-genre fans will enjoy. Though the villain
seems odd, fans will enjoy the action, not just the serial
killer subplot as the tension between the delightful lead
duo grips the audience as well. Fans will demand more
stories from those alpha Black Watch hunks and hopefully a
hunkette too. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted February 29, 2004
SummaryA beautiful woman pursued by a serial killer. A hard-
hearted bodyguard. A passionate love that changes the
course of two lives.
Grace Hall lives in the lap of luxury, surrounded by
gorgeous things and glittering people but when a serial
killer marks her for death, she finds herself totally
alone.
She hires John Smith as her protector and finds a passion
she never dreamed of, in a tough man from a different
world. Beneath his brash self-confidence, she sees the
potential for true love in him and it becomes clear that,
although he's nothing she's ever wanted before, he's
everything she needs.
At first, Smith is convinced Grace is only what she
appears to be- rich, pampered, beautiful- so he isn't
concerned about the hot desire he feels for her. He's a
man with total faith in his self-control and he has no
intention of getting involved. She's a client, she's in
danger and she's not his type, anyway. But the longer he's
with her, the more he's impressed by her courage and
strength, tested by her honesty and intelligence, tempted
by her very presence. Soon, he realizes he'll never find
another like her and he's caught between what's
professional and what he wants.
As the killer gets closer, and the emotional stakes get
higher, Grace and Smith face a crucial choice. Whether to
follow the rules or follow their hearts.
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