"fabulous romantic suspense thriller"
In San Francisco, someone stole the rare Blue Mauritius
stamp from her grandfather's business while her sister
Gwen Chastain was on watch (see CERTIFIED MALE). Feeling
sorry for her sibling and knowing the family business is
in jeopardy, Joss Chastain decides to try to recover the
valuable stamp. Her plan is simple she will hire a
private investigator to escort her to Stockholm where she
believes the person possessing the stamp is; there she
will pretend to have the Orange Mauritius stamp. Joss hires sleuth John Baxter, who reluctantly accepts the
case though he tries to persuade her to stay in California
while he tries to recover the stolen stamp. She rejects
his idea so he agrees to her ploy because he fears someone
less reputable will harm her or let her get hurt. As they
work together in Stockholm, Joss and Bax fall in love, but
first there remains a stolen stamp to recover. U.S. Male is a fabulous romantic suspense thriller that
never decelerates from the moment that Joss hires Bax.
The action-packed story line grips the audience as Bax has
cardiac arrests at the same time his heart has never felt
more complete in both cases due to his client. Sub-genre
readers will appreciate this fine tale that though can
stand alone as Kristin Hardy cleverly interweaves the back
story, is even further enhanced by reading Gwen's
escapades first. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted July 25, 2005
SummaryThe plan was as simple as one, two, three:
1. Fly to Stockholm.
2. Track down the twisted, obsessed collector who
stole her grandfather's priceless Mauritius stamp.
3. Try not to get killed in the process.
But for feisty Joss Chastain there's only one problem.
John "Bax" Baxter is the best private eye—sorry,
executive security professional—in the business. And
her last chance for getting the multimillion-dollar stamp
back. Since confident, capable and
"eat-me-with-a-spoon-sexy" Bax knows Joss is trouble with a
capital T, there's no way he's going to get roped into the case.
That is, until Joss gives him a taste of what investigating
a foreign hotel room together might lead to....
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