PURE DYNAMITE

Author: Lauren Bach ISBN: 0821776312 10/2004 ROMANTIC SUSPENSE Publisher: Zebra

HIS MISSION: HIGH RISK FBI Special Agent Adam Duval is deep undercover with one mission: gain the trust of his cellmate, Lyle McEdwin, one of the notorious McEdwin family, by staging a prison break with him. Lyle promises they can hide out with his family in their secluded bunker, and that’s just the opportunity Adam’s been looking for – until it all goes wrong. Lyle is injured in a shootout with an off-duty copy, and Adam has no choice but to kidnap Dr. Renata Curtis from her clinic in order to keep Lyle alive… HER LIFE: IN DANGER Eluding the police, the trio reaches the compound, where it’s clear the McEdwins want Renata dead. She can identify them and their top-secret location. As Lyle grows more unstable by the hour, Adam faces his toughest mission yet: how to protect Renata without giving himself away to the rest of the McEdwin clan. But a much bigger game is in play, and Adam is the only one who can stop a network of domestic terrorists from executing their deadly plot.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

PURE DYNAMITE is aptly named. In fact, never before in my somewhat spotty memory do I recall a title so accurately reflecting the story.

From the charismatic hero (who is a guaranteed tingle maker), to the sizzling attraction between the two lead characters, to the combustible situation the pair find themselves in, this story is explosive...and exciting.

Ms. Bach has a talent for sketching wonderfully macho heroes (her hero in LONE RIDER was dazzling) and Adam Duval is pure temptation. This delicious hunk of male meat, an undercover FBI agent, may as well have a sign on his body saying "Come feast". I did.

Adam's heroine, Renata, is equally appealing. Small, delicate, but definitely spunky, Renata is more than a match for the forceful Adam. And when this couple finally 'meet' in chapter three, things really begin to heat up. You can almost feel the electric currents zinging around them.

This story boasts a number of interesting, finely sketched, secondary characters but my favorite is Adam's mysterious brother, Zach. I really hope Ms. Bach writes his story.

PURE DYNAMITE is an edgy, gripping suspense, packed with loads of sexual tension and non-stop action. If you like romantic suspense and rough, tough bad boys, this story is not to be missed.

Debbie Jett