Her mouth should be a dangerous weapon. So should his--but for different reasons. Thrown together
by chance--and a pair of handcuffs--they're about to make Hawaii even steamier...
Never Let Me Go
Annie Parks came to Hawaii to gather information and
settle a score, not spend time handcuffed to a sexy stranger's bed. Okay, so
this particular stranger saved her from drowning after she was pitched
overboard by some goons. And he's about six feet of hard, Hawaiian muscle and
gorgeous cool that's making forgotten parts of her say, "A-lo-ha!"
She needs to stay focused, but a side dish of Kane Travers is awfully tempting.
Kauai Police Chief Kane Travers is not a vacation kind of
guy. So it figures that when Internal Affairs suspended him, he'd end up
rescuing a sarcastic, dishonest, extremely hot redhead who is clearly hiding
something. Amnesia? Yeah, right. Kane's got half a mind to give Miss Whoever
She Is something she'll never forget. His cop senses tell him that the lady's
in deep and needs his protection. But how can he get her to tell him anything
when all he wants is to take her home and do everything?
Fun romantic suspense book. Kane is the local police chief who is on a
forced leave of absence thanks to a drug bust gone bad. He's not the kind of
guy who enjoys time off and after a few days is bored out of his mind. Instead
of being relaxing, a walk on the beach turns up a red-headed firecracker of a
woman with a smart mouth and a lot of secrets.
His instincts can't decide if she's crook or victim, but his body tells
him to keep her close.
Annie is a nature photographer who has come to Hawaii to
find the man who scammed her mother and sent her over the edge mentally. She
isn't going to give up just because someone tried to drown her. Telling the hunky police chief who rescued her
what she has planned doesn't seem to be the best idea, but she can't deny that
she feels safe with him.
The sparks between Kane and Annie were evident from the
beginning. I loved the rescue/shower scene, as Kane works to revive Annie, but
can't help his very male reaction to her. Annie isn't too happy about her own reaction - she doesn't need the distraction,
and his bossiness really gets on her
nerves. I loved watching her use every trick she can think of to keep her secrets and see Kane call her on every one of
them. Though Kane's friend Josh accuses him of thinking with something other
than his brain, Kane quickly realizes that Annie is in a heap of trouble and
his protective instincts kick in.
I enjoyed the development of the relationship between Kane
and Annie. The push and pull between them is fun with sarcastic banter and
attempts to resist the sparks that continue to flare between them. But
underneath the snark, each of them also recognizes a similar pain. Kane has
closed himself off emotionally after too many losses have battered his heart.
He doesn't want to risk the pain again, but he's also a man to whom family
means everything and he misses it. Annie blames herself for what happened to
her mother, and that guilt is one of the driving forces behind her quest for
revenge. Letting Kane in risks losing that drive. I loved seeing Annie work her way past Kane's
walls and see him start to feel again. I also loved how Annie became so
protective of both Kane and Derek. The final scene was fantastic as both had to
open up their hearts all the way to get what they most desired.
I enjoyed the suspense of the story also. There were two things going on. First was
Kane's suspension while he was under investigation. He was suffering enough
from what he'd had to do without having to put up with the vendetta from the
Internal Affairs guy. On top of that was the frustration that the person
running the drug ring hadn't yet been identified
and caught. I liked that Kane's officers
respected him so much, which led to some pretty interesting confrontations
with the IA guy.
The second was
Annie's search for the con man and trying to stay ahead of those who were
trying to stop her. Once she finally let Kane in on the whole story, things
seemed to move pretty quickly. The final
confrontation was very intense with some unexpected twists and turns before it
was all over. I ached for Annie and the
demons she had to face and loved that
Kane was with her all the way.
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