"Exciting private investigative romance"
The voice message from her sister Traci sounded like she
was frightened, something her younger sibling never is.
Return calls only get Traci's answering machine.
Desperate to learn what happened to Traci, Lindsey Metcalf
flies from Columbus to Seattle, but Traci has vanished.
The cops feel that Traci skipped town to avoid jail time
on a drug charge. Since there is evidence that Traci was
seeing former cop Michael Striker, Lindsey visits him.
However, he blows her away telling her to go home.
Michael has his own problems as he faces ten years in
prison for assaulting the suspect who murdered his partner. A friend on the force informs Michael that someone broke
into Traci's home and attacked Lindsey. Unable to stay on
the sidelines, he comes over to see if the Midwesterner is
okay and offers to search for Traci though he believes the
latter is dead. Lindsey soon learns the truth about her
sister's dangerous life in the sexual underground while
falling in love with her champion who reciprocates, but
knows his prison time insures nothing can happen between
them. This is an exciting private investigative romance with a
major touch of amateur sleuth to get the tale off the
ground. The story line is action packed and never lets up
from the moment Lindsey arrives in Seattle. Though the
epilogue following the climax is too simplistic, readers
will take immense delight with the lead couple as they
tour the shadiest part of the city. Fans will demand a
Buckeye romance starring Lindsey's bossy spicy business
partner Carissa soonest. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted May 18, 2004
SummaryAfter a childhood tragedy and betrayal, Lindsey Metcalf
vowed always to protect her younger sister, Traci. Though
the two women had drifted apart, Lindsey's worst fears are
triggered when Traci mysteriously disappears from her home
in Seattle. After filing a missing persons report, she
learns that her sister has been hiding a lurid double
life. Having had her share of run-ins with the police,
Traci isn't high on the department's list of priorities.
And the only man able to help Lindsey find the truth has
his own trouble with the law . . .
Set to go to trial for a brutal assault charge, ex-cop
Michael Striker plays by his own rules. Facing conviction
and a possible prison term, he's got nothing left to
lose—except his final two weeks of freedom. The last
thing he needs is more complications—and nothing
about this case is, or Lindsey Metcalf, is simple.
Their search for the truth will plunge them into a seedy
world darker than they ever imagined—a seductive trap
waiting for its next victim . . .
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