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Blind Faith by Christiane Heggan

Mira, January 2001.
Paperback, 408 pages.
Subgenre: Romantic Suspense
ISBN: 1551667835.
Ordering information:
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Blind Faith
by Christiane Heggan Philadelphia investigative reporter Kelly Robolo is recovering from a nasty gunshot wound. Formerly in tight with the cops, she is now Typhoid Mary; her appearance at the wrong time while following a news story got an undercover cop killed, and the local cops have taken to harassing her whenever they see her. When Kelly's good friend, Victoria Bowman, begs Kelly to investigate her husband Jonathan's mysterious disappearance, Kelly reluctantly agrees to help, although she's not exactly in the peak of health. Jonathan was a high-ranking officer of a major casino in Atlantic City, and the wealthy owner of the casino is rumored to have Mob ties. Kelly needs help from the police, and so approaches Detective Nick McBride. McBride is hostile, but eventually agrees to help Kelly. McBride's father was murdered while he was working as a security guard at the same casino, and he is convinced that the two cases are connected. Now Kelly and Nick must work together to find out what happened to Jonathan. But someone clearly doesn't want Kelly to succeed, and is willing to go to any lengths to stop her. Can Kelly and Nick find a killer before he makes Kelly his next victim?

With Blind Faith, Christiane Heggan has crafted a taut, exciting suspense thriller with just the right touch of romance to keep things spicy. Kelly Robolo is an appealing heroine, who is compassionate, intelligent and courageous. Nick McBride is a dreamy hero who's just the sort of guy you'd like to have in your corner in a tough situation. The chemistry between Nick and Kelly is explosive, the pacing is fast, and the story has enough twists and turns to keep you reading until the wee hours of the morning. Lovers of romantic suspense will be in heaven with the latest offering from the talented Christiane Heggan.


The Defiant Hero by Suzanne Brockmann

Ivy Books, March 2001.
Paperback, 390 pages.
Subgenre: Romantic Suspense
ISBN: 0804119538.
Ordering information:
Amazon.com.


The Defiant Hero
by Suzanne Brockmann Meg Moore, a widowed mother of a ten year-old daughter, is not the kind of person that usually ends up on CNN as the perpetrator of a major hostage situation. But when Meg's daughter and grandmother are kidnapped by terrorists, Meg is forced to accede to the kidnapper's demands and abduct a rival terrorist who is currently visiting the Kazbekistani Embassy in Washington, D.C. Desperate for help, Meg tells the hostage negotiators that she will only speak with U.S. Navy SEAL Lieutenant John "Nils" Nilsson, whom she knows from her days spent as a translator in Kazbekistan. Willing to do anything to save her daughter, Meg lies to the FBI and to Nils, and sets off cross country to deliver the hostage to the kidnappers in exchange for Amy and her Grandmother. But Meg has more than terrorists to worry about. The handsome Nils is determined not to be left out of this op, and soon he's also along for the dangerous flight to rescue Amy, while avoiding capture by the FBI.

Suzanne Brockmann follows up her wildly popular Navy SEAL romance, The Unsung Hero, with another action-packed, exciting story that is sure to have fans turning the pages late into the night. Brockmann takes a pretty wild scenario, then peoples it with characters who are so real and so multi-layered that you believe in the story wholeheartedly. The story actually is of three romances: the backstory of Meg and Nils, the present-day romance adventure between Meg and Nils, and the funny and poignant story of FBI agent Alyssa Locke and SEAL Roger Starrett. Suzanne Brockmann's writing style is passionate, edgy and her dialogue rings true -- SEALs aren't saints, after all. But in Brockmann's book they have a hard time keeping up with a determined mother who is quite capable of killing, if it means saving her daughter. A smart, funny and passionate read.


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