Killshadow Road
Paula Graves
Harlequin Intrigue, Mar 17 2015, $5.50
ISBN: 9780373698257
Gates operative Nick Darcy has been placed on administrative leave
while an inquiry occurs into whether he leaked info that placed another agent
in peril. Wounded and being hunted by
the Blue Ridge Infantry and the Feds, FBI undercover agent McKenna Rigsby seeks
help from a trusted old fling Nick.
She explains to her host that either her Knoxville field office boss
Darryl Boyle or her partner Cade Landry betrayed her to the militia group she had
infiltrated. As she heals from her
wounds and his boss gives him tacit approval to guard her, Nick and McKenna
realize they have been in love with each other for eight years; but first must
deal with who inside the FBI wants her dead and why; as well as the militia.
The fifth Gates romantic suspense (see Deception
Lake, Boneyard Ridge, Crybaby Falls and Dead Man Curve) is an entertaining
contemporary. The lead operatives contain
polar opposite attitudes; he is rigidly a SOP-hound always by the book and she ignores
rules preferring freelancing. The
protagonists’ growing relationship makes for an engaging entry but also leaves
the action much more diminished than usual.
Harriet Klausner
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