Hot Intent
Cindy Dees
Harlequin HQN, Jul 29 2014, $7.99
ISBN: 9780373778898
Kindergarten teacher Katie McCloud joined Doctors
Unlimited as a translator in war torn Zaghastan where she assisted Dr. Alex
Peters with providing medical help to pregnant women. When danger arrived, Alex deployed skills no
geek possesses and managed to get them back to the States along with newborn
Dawn whom Katie delivered and carried home with her; though America’s illusion
of haven proved false (see Close Pursuit).
While Alex was away for a year in training, his
CIA handler Andre Fortinay warned Katie to have no expectations with her lover. When Alex finally arrives at their DC home,
Katie welcomes him back as her hero.
Soon afterward, Katie and Alex travel to Cuba to help hurricane
victims. However, his espionage past
catches up to the two lovers. When the
CIA orders him to dump the woman he loves, Alex must choose between his heart
which shouts he belongs with Katie and Dawn; and his training and tortured past
which insist eliminate mission threats especially vulnerabilities like Katie
and Dawn.
The latest Doctors Unlimited romantic
suspense is a thrilling sequel starring a haunted hero who seems capable of
doing anything except love, and a spunky female who refuses to quit on her anguished
man. Although lacking the unique
profoundness of a war torn Zaghastan village (see Close Pursuit),
the depth into Alex’s abnormal mental
state filled with rage hooks the audience.
Readers wonder throughout whether Alex will allow his two beloveds to become
expendable pawns; as the pressure from the CIA and his paternal Russian family
amplifies with each side agreeing on one thing in the international game of
deadly intrigue: dump the female albatrosses.
Harriet Klausner
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