Burning Intensity

The Agency #7

by Elizabeth Lapthorne

El works for the Agency, fixing their toughest problems. James is a thief, and her ex lover. El is used to working through the messiest difficulties, but this might be too much for her to handle alone.

Eleanor Williams and her partner, Robert Stevens, have been called in to ‘fix’ the slight problem of a stolen and now missing Cezanne painting. Used to being assigned the difficult problems El figures it’s another day at the office. Until she finds she needs an expert consultant. Someone used to the art world, and familiar with the criminal mind, that of a thief.

A thief like her ex-lover—James Waters.
The relationship between them is messy, nothing like what she’s used to on the job. But with other Agents involved in the successful resolution of this problem, she can’t afford to let personal hassles impede her work.

As she spends more time with James, she discovers he’s both the same man she loves to distraction, but he’s also far more layered and complicated than she could have guessed. Facing challenges in her usual forthright manner, she can only hope he can keep up with her as the situation becomes even more convoluted. And as for the burning intensity that flares between them...who said life should be easy?

124 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 23, 2014

About the author

Elizabeth Lapthorne has been writing professionally since 2002. She regularly goes to the gym to chew over her ideas; many a book has begun or been worked through while cycling on the bikes. She also loves to read, eat chocolate and talk for hours with her friends. Elizabeth loves to hear from her fans and can be emailed at elapthorne999@hotmail.com

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Reviews

[Mnix · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eleanor Williams, known as El to her friends and co-workers, is an agent for the Agency. She and her partner, Robert Stevens, are usually brought into cases that are going to be difficult for one reason or another. Just now, El and Robert have been given the job of conducting an interview with a criminal who is believed to have been part of a painting heist from the National Gallery. As the interview and facts become clearer, El knows that they are going to need insider help, and she turns to an ex-boyfriend, James.

James Waters is a part time gentleman thief with connections that no one in the Agency could ever hope to have. He and El came together for a brief and explosive time, and then her work tore them apart. James is amazed to answer his door to find El there after all the time that has past. However, once they talk, it’s like they were never apart.

Passion interrupts before El has a chance to tell James about the case that has brought her to his door. When they do get around to talking about the case, James agrees to team up with El to locate the missing painting. Locating and following the clues takes James and El from one situation to another, until they finally go with their instincts and follow the clues to the painting itself. All of this happens while they overcome the bridge of time that was between them and learn just how strong their love really is.

A lady spy and a gentleman thief team up to locate a stolen painting and rediscover a passion that could have been lost with time. Burning Intensity brings El and James back together to solve a crime against the National Gallery of England. I really loved watching as El and James rediscovered their love and then moved it forward all while tracking down a missing painting. Their journey was filled with suspense and passion from start to finish. Burning Intensity takes you along the discovery of love while giving you just a touch of suspense.

This book was reviewed by Jo for Joyfully Reviewed (JR), and was provided by the publisher/author at no cost to JR for the purpose of being reviewed.