"Excellent followup to THE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT."

Even in her time of grief, principal Narice Jordan is not someone of whom to take advantage. Therefore, when she gets kidnapped not once, but twice, the day after her father's funeral, she furiously lashes out, even as her latest abductor attempts to convince her that he works for the President and is trying to help. Narice soon discovers that her beloved father was known as the Keeper to at least one President and one Queen. She has to decide whether to remain in peril as she chips away at a family and international mystery while in the company of the illustrious man of action known as "Saint."

Excellently written, THE EDGE OF DAWN is more than a quick romance with a suspenseful framework. Instead, it keeps the reader involved from the first page to the last, with a plethora of amusing characters and a smooth backstory from her previous book, THE EDGE OF MIDNIGHT. Though written beautifully, some of the placement of descriptors "brother" and "sister" throughout the book appear sprinkled needlessly merely to remind the reader of the ethnicity or culture of the characters. However, Ms. Jenkins does a wonderful job giving her characters life and layers that take them beyond the written page into the real world and encourage the reader to think of the similarity to someone familiar. A quick but intense read, this is a great book to lure one away from fluffy summer tales into something more substantial.

Reviewed by Vicky Gilpin
Posted October 20, 2004

Summary

The beautiful daughter of a prominent Michigan doctor, Narice has never strayed anywhere near the wrong side of the law. Then her father is brutally murdered -- and suddenly federal agents are swarming around her like flies, making accusations about a stolen North African diamond. But before they can interrogate her, she is wrested from their grasp at gunpoint by a shadowy figure -- and Narice Jordan is on the run. But is this dark, good-looking stranger who calls himself Saint her kidnapper or her savior? Narice knows nothing about any missing gem, yet there are two things she knows for certain: Only at Saint's side can she find her way to her father's killers. And she'll have to trust this dangerous, ruthless, and deadly mystery man ... if she wants to keep breathing.