TO THE LIMIT

Author: Cindy Gerard ISBN: 0312990928 8/2005 SUSPENSE Publisher: ST.MARTIN'S PRESS

HER RULES: NEVER DOUBT YOUR INSTINCTS... Please come...and hurry. The frantic message was for securities specialist Eve Garrett, left by her friend, Tiffany, the missing teenage daughter of Florida's most reclusive multi-billionaire, Jeremy Clayborne. However, the only thing Eve found on the stormy midnight rendezvous was a nameless, faceless attacker who left her for dead. But the biggest knockout was yet to come... NEVER TRUST THE BAD BOYS... Mac McCain, the arrogantly sexy beach bum who seduced and abandoned Eve years ago is back. Now he's a P.I. hired by Clayborne's own camp to find Tiffany, a party girl on a party run. With two attempts on Eve's life, Mac has reason to suspect it's something more sinister. AND NEVER SAY NEVER. Where the search is taking Eve and Mac is into the dark secrets of the rich and famous, into the menacing shadow of a killer playing by his own rules, and into the heart of a sizzling desire re-ignited by the danger that threatens to claim them both.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

My first thought as I finished Cindy Gerard's TO THE LIMIT was "hot diggity dog". But I'll strive for a bit more refinement in this review and say TO THE LIMIT is incredible.

I had high hopes Ms. Gerard would achieve the same quality of excellence in TO THE LIMIT as she created in TO THE EDGE, the first of her Bodyguards series.

She did.

TO THE LIMIT is edgy, exciting, and oh-so-sexy with two fabulous lead characters and a cleverly done mystery. This story doesn't just sizzle, it blazes.

Part of the blaze comes from wickedly delish Tyler "Mac" McClain. This ex-cop turned PI hero fairly drips testosterone, but smart, sassy "twinkie" Eve Garrett is more than a match for the macho Mac. These two well-sketched characters share a passionate chemistry that is nothing less than fiery.

Ms. Gerard sets a fast pace early in the story and never lets up. Between the two mysteries (both of which have some interesting twists) going on within TO THE LIMIT, there is non-stop action and non-stop sexual tension. As Mac and Eve race across the country on the trail of a missing heiress, someone is also trying to kill Eve.

I can't say enough good things about TO THE LIMIT. This action packed thriller is loaded. Add two tempting lead characters, some great dialogue, gobs of humor together with a well-done mystery and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend TO THE LIMIT to romantic suspense devotees.

Debbie Jett