"The second book in the Last Chance series!"

Dee Davis always hooks me right from the start. To show how riveting her books are, I started this one while waiting at my daughter's high school to get her schedule fixed. We were sitting in a hallway full of jabbering teens and I tuned all the noise out once I started this book.

This is Payton's story. We first meet Payton in ENDGAME. He has lots of guilt and secrets. Now he's being teamed up with bomb specialist, Samantha Waters. It seems there's somebody with a penchant for blowing up buildings, people, things and now it's up to Sam and Payton to figure out who, what and when.

Then they see a correlation between what and who is being blown up and it all points to clues dealing with Sam. Now the question is can Sam, Payton and the Last Chance team figure out the clues before more people get hurt?

We, as readers, know who the villain is right from the start but we don't know why he's targeting Sam. We also don't know what the clues mean. Even Sam doesn't know at first but she's horrified once she starts putting the puzzle together until the final confrontation.

I thoroughly enjoyed this suspenseful novel and eagerly look forward to reading the last book of the series, EXPOSURE.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell
Posted August 14, 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 . . .