"An exhilarating thriller"

Cullen Pulaski, chief of the Last Chance, recruits ATF Explosives Enforcement Officer Samantha "Sam" Waters to join his top secret agency. She accepts.

Someone placed a bomb in the Plager Hotel in San Antonio; among the dead are three senators so her new superiors want her to "identify" the bomber from the explosive "signature". No longer caring about his life since an Afghan fiasco, CIA Agent Payton Reynolds receives a simple assignment for the elite black ops professional; keep Sam safe while she does her job. However, the assignment proves difficult as Sam is a risk taker and his heart palpitates whenever he sees her.

As Sam and Payton fight to hide their mutual attraction, they find mounting evidence that the bomber has been organizing and training for an extraordinary incident while having Sam play cat and mouse with him. If she wins, the villain knows he is dead, but if he triumphs as he expects she will be at his side forever. First however, there is the matter of the pesky CIA agent who wants his charge safe for personal reasons.

ENIGMA, the sequel to the ENDGAME, is an exhilarating thriller starring two strong protagonists playing cat and mouse against a shadowy deadly foe. The story line is action-packed, but the audience also understands what motivates the key players; for instance the deaths of his brother and his lover in the Afghan fiasco have Payton feeling guilty for surviving as much as for the failed mission. The return of the heroes from the first novel add to the strength of an action-packed thriller that the audience will appreciate is not the end game with one more romantic suspense to follow.

Harriet Klausner

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted July 4, 2005

Summary

Two men burned to possess her . . . But only one would win the deadly game . . . Samantha Waters was no hotshot, just damn good at her job. And as the best bomb specialist around, she was the logical choice for the elite crime-fighting squad Last Chance, Inc. But Sam's sexy self-confidence put a crucial member of the team on edge -- seasoned CIA black ops specialist Payton Reynolds. Sam's passion for risk drove Payton up a wall. The last thing he needed was someone to keep out of trouble. But soon, as they work side by side to decipher the bomber's next moves, the sparks between them begin to fly. Now the two of them must fight to keep their feelings in check -- as they're drawn toward a final, explosive confrontation with a madman . . .