Protective Confinement

Safe House: Mesa Verde #1

by Cassie Miles

Under the close watch of her all-too-handsome agent protector, one woman never felt so exposed...

After escaping an obsessive serial killer, Dr. Cara Messinger hoped to forget her days in captivity. But life would never go back to normal. Dash Adams and his proposition saw to that. The hands-on FBI agent could protect the half-Navajo beauty - but only if she gave up all control. Whisked away to a safe house on a remote sandstone mesa, Cara felt her world closing in. It was only a matter of time before the killer came back for her. But Cara was more than an innocent victim. She was tired of running, and Dash was a man of action who showed little restraint. And with their business becoming more than personal, could he protect her against a killer who knew no boundaries?

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 13, 2007

About the author

Cassie grew up in a small town at the very tip of southern Illinois. A tomboy, she spent most of her time outside and got into big trouble for breaking the trellis while climbing out her second-story bedroom window.

When her family moved to L.A., major culture shock ensued. She discovered that grapefruits grew on trees, television offered more than two channels, and all the other girls had breasts. While hiding out and waiting for her chest to develop, she read voraciously, raiding her mother's bookshelf for Mickey Spillane when she finished all her Nancy Drew novels.

Another move took her family to Denver, the place Cassie still calls home.

She graduated from North Central college outside Chicago, got married, and returned to Colorado where she worked in personnel at the Denver Post and lived in a mountain cabin without running water. Upon learning she was pregnant, a return to civilization seemed prudent. She settled in Denver, raised two amazing daughters, and started writing for Harlequin. After her divorce, she took a break from romance and wrote straight suspense.

During her frantic years as a single mom, writing books and working odd jobs to supplement her income, she hardly had time to breathe, much less to dream. Then something remarkable happened. She fell in love with a tall, sexy man who was an aerial photographer and the author of tough-guy mystery novels. Fortunately, he loved her back. She found her real-life hero, inherited three more grown kids and three grandchildren.

Cassie started writing romance again, loving every minute of a life filled with laughter, crazy road trips, sailboats, and journeys to Oregon with long walks on rocky beaches.

Not too long ago, the love of her life developed inoperable pancreatic cancer. With supportive friends and family standing by, he died at home.

Cassie now lives alone, surrounded by beautiful memories. She has no regrets and considers herself lucky to have found her soul mate, the man with whom she shared a perfect love.

Pseudonym/s: Kay Bergstrom

Reviews

[carolyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

With a Navajo and Pueblo tales added to this story, it made it seem more realistic. Overall, it is an ok read about a serial killer, who had taken Dr. Cara Messinger hostage and unlike the others, she actually escapes and gets placed into a protective house, where she is in the hands of FBI agent Dash Adams.

[Sherry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cassie Miles has added a mythological touch to “Protective Confinement” to put her title a notch above the others. Her use of Pueblo and Navajo traditional stories in this work makes it a must read for those who are Harlequin Intrigue fans; like me.

[Andrea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cara and Dash's story was thrilling and full of intrigue

[Maggie Shanley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quickie romance novel, true love burned hot and fast as Cara is on the run from a serial killer.

[Maureen Hubley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book it was a new author for me. I enjoyed the Native America folklore.