"Another dazzler from the dynamic duo of Romance!"

Code Red? That label should appear on the cover of any of the Carrington duo's books for they are the best at sensual sizzle! They quickly establish strong characters that reach into the reader and immediately make them care. And that they do it again in this book is hardly a surprise. They consistently turn out high class, high voltage books that have earned them a loyal fan base! They deliver every time and they deliver with Code Red's Total Exposure.

In this fourth in the Code Red series, Total Exposure sees Dr. Natalie Giroux as a doctor specializing in burn victims. Fire Chief Ben Egan is injured on the job, Natalie treats him initially, but then he refuses to come back for follow up exams, avoiding the pretty doctor as if she has the plague. Ben's daughter encourages Natalie to pay a "house call" by stopping by the fire station to make sure he is healing properly.

A torrential rain causes a mud slide trapping a man suffering with chest pains. Natalie is there when the call comes through to the station. Natalie offers to go with Ben on the rescue, thinking having a doctor there instead of an EMT might be the difference in saving the man. Ben agrees so he flies the helicopter to save the day. They get there and save the victim, however, Ben and Natalie are forced into an emergency landing on an abandoned isle in Courage Bay off the California coast. They are forced to take shelter in an abandoned Coast Guard shelter and the enforced closeness allows them to learn more about each other. Soon their attraction flares.

While the romance is Carrington hot, it's the deft handling of two people that have been hurt before, reaching beyond the pain to try again, is what captures the readers' heart. The Carringtons have a basic understanding of the instant physical attraction between man and woman that goes beyond most writers. They turn up the heat to white hot, yet the whole time they deliver strong characters and believability that marks them as the tops in Romance.

So chalk up another brilliant winner in the Carrington's column! They just get better with each book!

Reviewed by DeborahAnne MacGillivray
Posted November 29, 2004

Summary

Fire chief Dan Egan pilots a helicopter with Dr. Natalie Giroux aboard to make an emergency airlift. A full- blown electrical storm hits. Lightning strikes the chopper. An emergency landing is their only hope....

The forced landing strands Dan Egan and Natalie Giroux on a remote island in Courage Bay. Being isolated with Dan both frightens and excites Natalie. He's the kind of stubborn, fearless man she tries to avoid, yet she finds herself attracted. Maybe it's the brush with death...or the way Dan is struggling with his own desire for her. But she may as well admit it—when their helicopter went down, so did all of Natalie's defenses.