"terrific romantic suspense"
Marilyn and Skeeter Montgomery are elated to adopt the ten
month old Caitlin. However, both have doubts about the
man handling the deal, Pastor Wright and his adoption
agency. Still Marilyn calls her new daughter Kate so as
not to confuse the toddler and she is nurtured in love. Twenty-three years later Kate Montgomery reports on the
air from Galveston on a hurricane when Evelyn, wife of
State Senator George Oberlin, recognizes her as Lana
Prescott dead for over two decades. Not long afterward
the TV reporter gets a job at KTTV in Austin where she
meets George, who is very nice to her. When someone tries
to run her off the road, her station hires Teague Ramos to
keep her safe. As they become acquainted with each other,
they fall in love even while her biological siblings, Hope
(see JUST THE WAY YOU ARE), Pepper (see ALMOST LIKE BEING
IN LOVE), and Gabriel continue to search for baby Caitlin
and also try to uncover the identity of the person who
murdered their biological parents twenty-three years ago. Christina Dodd closes her delightful Prescott trilogy with
a terrific romantic suspense that answers all the
questions from the previous two tales. The story line is
action-packed and fast-paced as the culprit will not allow
Caitlin or her siblings to learn the truth. The reuniting
of the Prescott brood adds a touch of sentimentality that
is handled deftly and allows the novel to include a touch
of a homecoming with the return of Hope, Pepper, and Zack.
However, it is the two plus decade old murder mystery with
an eerie chance of reoccurring that makes this a strong
intrigue. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted March 25, 2005
SummaryWho knows the truth about her family?
Who wants to keep her past hidden forever?
Caitlin Prescott was only a baby when her parents
disappeared. Adopted by a wealthy Texas oil family, she
became Kate Montgomery, and grew up with no memory of her
parents or her two older sisters and brother, who have been
searching for her, hoping to right a terrible wrong that was
committed twenty-two years ago in a small Texas town.
Now an ambitious young news reporter, Kate realizes she is
being stalked soon after landing her dream job at an Austin
TV station. Why did a car try to run her down? Who would
want to kill her? Turning her precarious situation into a
story, she takes on a bodyguard and follows him on the job.
But she didn't plan on the cool, blade-sharp strength of
Teague Ramos or the attraction that sizzles between them.
When Teague connects the death of an Austin socialite to
unanswered questions about Kate's childhood, she finds
herself unlocking dangerous doors to her past. Now, with
only her mysterious bodyguard to protect her, Kate is on a
high-stakes chase that may lead her to the family she has
never known—or into the trap of a ruthless killer.
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