Mountain Retreat-Cassie Miles

Mountain Retreat

Cassie Miles

Harlequin Intrigue, Dec 16 2014, $5.50

ISBN: 9780373698073

Six months and four days ago U.S. Marine Nick Corelli disappeared inside the South American dictatorship, Tiquanna.  In Austin his worried fiancée Sidney Parker keeps her eidetic memory from torturing her 24/7 by working nights at the Silver Star Saloon where she can recall specific orders from even 12 customers.  Her day job at Texas Tritan led to her meeting Tiquanna dictator Tomas Hurtado three years ago. 

During her ordeal, sixteen times CIA or military Intel have interrogated Sidney, but offer little info re her Nick.  This time the CIA Special Agent-in-Charge Victoria Hawthorne informs her that Hurtado and his wife Elena will be in Austin next week.  After his superior leaves, Special Agent Sean Phillips tells Sidney to leave the room and run to her left; there she finds Nick who looks at her from the eyes of a stranger.  With Nick still undercover, Sidney is placed in a safe house.  When that is breached Nick takes his beloved to a Mountain Retreat, but the persistent seemingly in the know enemy pursues them.

The key to this exhilarating romantic intrigue is the heroine who proves she has the right stuff under lethal conditions.  Filled with action as the protagonists know the mission is staying alive especially since their unknown adversary anticipates their movements in this thrilling suspense.

Harriet Klausner