"A fantastic, fast-paced journey in the jungle!"

Dr. Jane Miller is a virus hunter. When she receives a package from her father, who lives in the Amazon, that contains a deadly virus he has isolated because he is infected she is prompted to find a cure. She does and she takes off for the Yura tribe with whom her father has been living and working. She connects up with Mac, a fellow virus hunter, from a different research company than the one Jane works for. From the start of their journey, there is nothing but one challenge after the other.

First, their plane crashes in the Amazon. Jane and Mac immediately have reason to believe it was sabotaged. Together, Jane and Mac hike through the jungle carrying what they hope is a cure to the Amazon Strain Virus. Every step of the way, they are hunted by another virus hunter who worked and slept with Jane. He's out to stop her and Mac, that much is clear to them. It's the why that has Jane puzzled. And for awhile, both Jane and Mac don't exactly trust each other with secret information.

But, love has a funny way of making people work together in impossible conditions and try to stay alive and achieve their goal -- to save Jane's father and the Yura tribe.

This book was a joy to read because there was action on every page! It's so suspenseful because you're never quite sure if Jane and Mac will live through the natural trials of the jungle, nevermind having a team of armed men hunting them down every step of the way. The sensual tension between Jane and Mac is strong. And I haven't read about a heroine as determined and up to unbelievable physical demands and survival techniques in a long time. As for Mac, he's the jungle's version of Indiana Jones. A definite read for those who thrive on action-adventure!

Reviewed by Kelly McDonough
Posted July 9, 2005

Summary

Danger, intrigue and a man she can't trust—these are not things that Jane Miller normally has to deal with.

Used to fighting infectious diseases in her lab at the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia, she is pulled back to the Amazon basin and the jungles of her childhood by a disease that is threatening the life of her father and the tribe he is living with.

Travel the dangerous Amazon basin with Jane Miller as she races to save her father's life and struggles to overcome the passion she can't ignore.