"Exhilarating romantic suspense"

Director of Security at Obelisk Enterprises Brock Hardesty feels he finally found Samantha Robbins; thinking she can run but can't hide he sends a hit squad to kill the woman hidden by the Witness Protection Program. However, somehow she escapes Brock's goons.

Defense Advanced Research Agency employee Archer Dawson goes outside DOD to hire Chad Langston to test a new thermo detection device because the Fed knows there is a leak of top secret information within the department. Chad agrees to test the device for the next six months from his home in Hawaii.

Chad meets Samantha who obtains a wedding planner job as Devon Summers. He realizes she is hiding something and in constant fear, but cannot ignore how attracted he is to her. Samantha feels the same way, but fears any relationships having just lost one due to her entry in the Witness Protection Program and not trusting anyone except her "handler". Brock is still looking for her and he has access to top secret need to know sensitive information that no one else does or knows even exist.

BETTER OFF DEAD is an exhilarating romantic suspense that takes off from the moment that Brock's goons locate Samantha in New Mexico while at the same time Chad works an assignment in the Bahamas; the tale never slows down until the final altercation. The story line is action- packed yet contains realistic characters and provides insight on the impact of joining the Witness Protection Program while the romance between Chad and Samantha is deftly handled inside the thriller plot. Fans will clamor for a sequel starring an intriguing undercover female agent, key to the climax.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 5, 2004

Summary

She'd better run. . . Devon's used to a life on the run--when she entered the Witness Protection program, she had to give up her friends, her family. . .even her name. But now someone's cracked her FBI file and sent a hired killer after her, and Devon can't count on the Feds to protect her. She'd better hide. . . Now Devon's fighting to stay one step ahead of the crime lord who's after her, but she can't do it alone. Her neighbor, a security expert, is willing to help her. . .but is he her guardian angel, or working with the assassins chasing her? Devon has to decide, and soon. . . because someone thinks she'd be better off dead.