"Great romantic suspense."

Danni Hawkins gave up her career of being a cop two years ago when her partner was killed. Now she works as a private investigator. When her father commits suicide, Danni assumes he was depressed because of being forced into early retirement. Being estranged from him for years, Danni is bitter because he felt more for the boys at the youth center than he did for her, and they were just starting to break down the wall between them. But then Nick Sirocco, a teenage crush, walks back into her life. Danni can't help being irritated with him because he was one of the boys her father favored over her.

Nick respected Danni's father for saving his live by steering him in the right direction. So he's unable to believe the man committed suicide. When he approaches Danni with his evidence. she's easily convinced. But now that means their lives are in danger and the death of a teenager at the youth center proves it.

Sticking together night and day brings them closer together and it doesn't take long for them to realize they don't want to go their separate ways when everything is over.

This book was hard to put down. I found the interaction between Nick and Danni funny and sexy. A great story.

Reviewed by Tammie Ard
Posted October 20, 2004

Summary

When police officer Paddy Hawkins is found dead in his bedroom with a revolver in his hand and a note on the nightstand, all the evidence points to suicide. Case closed—except to one man. Ex-Army Ranger Nick Sirocco was the last person to hear from Paddy. And the message that Paddy left him didn't sound like a man about to take his own life. To find out what happened to his friend, Nick will turn to the one woman he knows he can trust...

Ex-cop Danni Hawkins didn't buy that her father was murdered—until she heard his final message. Now, with Nick's help, she must uncover the tracks left behind by an elusive killer. She can't afford to let herself get distracted by the steamy attraction between her and Nick. But as their trail takes them deeper into the heart of corruption, Danni realizes the killer may be closer than she ever thought possible...