"Undercover Lovers"

Special Agent Angela Holland believed she was happy. Who wouldn't be with a great job that kept her in shape and a boyfriend like Rod Bishop, rated as the Hollywood Hunk of the Year. Unfortunately, Special Agent Angela Holland is still married to Special Agent Bobby Holland. A year and a half ago, Bobby's brother died and the already stoic Bobby completely closed up emotionally, even to his wife.

Meanwhile, President William Riordan has received death threats for his mother at the White House. He solicits the Secret Service to send in a married couple undercover to his mother's house in Hassenfeld, Illinois. Upon arrival to their assignment, Angela and Bobby act as the cook and butler respectively. Angela quickly learns how to cook food that is a little more grand. However, she also learns the feelings she still has for Bobby.

Angela knows a relationship would never work betwixt the two of them because of Bobby's emotional detachment. . .yet they still manage to sleep together in their servent's quarters on a bed the size of a towel.

The estranged couple fights while Mrs. "Crazy Daisy" Riordan finds love of her own in Professor Gerald Dumaurier Gerrard. Comedy ensues as Mrs. Riordan discovers her help is part of the Secret Service and disappears every chance she gets.

McBride created a wonderful story, filled to the brim with tension only a married couple can relate to. Bobby and Angela sincerely love each other and decide that their love takes work. The author speaks through Angela when she states she wants a macho man who for once would cry and wear his heart on his sleeve. Don't we all.

Reviewed by Jennifer Vaughn
Posted August 1, 2002