August 1, 2010
A series of murders in West Texas force Special Agent Bella Jordan into a race against time as she searches for the killer amid threats to her own life. Her two prime suspects are a man with ties to her past and another with a rap sheet, who swears he has turned his life around. When it becomes obvious the killer is someone who knows her, Bella has to wonder whom, if anyone, she can trust. VERDICT Series fans and readers who prefer their romantic suspense without lots of torrid sex will enjoy this third series entry (after Breach of Trust and Sworn To Protect).
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September 1, 2010
FBI Agent Bella Jordan is sent to the stark west Texas of her unhappy childhood when three men turn up dead on the High Butte Ranch belonging to Carr Sullivan. Former high-roller Carr is a prime suspect along with Brandt Richardson, a serial killer with whom Bella has a past. The three victims were searching for a legendary lost Spanish treasure, the same lost treasure that caused Bellas unhappy adolescence, as her father was so obsessed with it, he was willing to sell her, at age 15, to Richardson. Bella finds herself believing in Carr, who experienced a conversion when his fianc'e died of a drug overdose five years earlier. Now the murders on his property have imperiled his dream of creating a home for troubled boys. As Bella defies FBI procedures in investigating the crime, the death toll mounts, and she begins to fall for Carr. The third romantic-suspense thriller in Mills Call of Duty series will appeal to readers who like a stout dose of Christianity and prayer along with the action.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)