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Around-the-Clock Protector
It was a 24/7 job…little did he know it would last for nine months!
Carson Nash had been tasked with an important rescue a fellow agent and make sure she was safely delivered to the CIA for questioning. But he never anticipated that agent would be Ava Ross, a woman with whom he'd shared one forbidden night…before she disappeared without a trace. Seeing Ava and discovering she had no memories of the last few months was like losing her all over again. But learning she was pregnant—with his child—made this job a whole lot more personal. Now, amid dodging bullets, helping Ava unlock the past was their best chance at survival. And Carson's only chance of reclaiming what was his.
Carson Nash had been tasked with an important rescue a fellow agent and make sure she was safely delivered to the CIA for questioning. But he never anticipated that agent would be Ava Ross, a woman with whom he'd shared one forbidden night…before she disappeared without a trace. Seeing Ava and discovering she had no memories of the last few months was like losing her all over again. But learning she was pregnant—with his child—made this job a whole lot more personal. Now, amid dodging bullets, helping Ava unlock the past was their best chance at survival. And Carson's only chance of reclaiming what was his.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
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April 28, 2018
I loved this book! It was one action scene after another. Carson, and Ava shared one forbidden night. Then something happened to Ava, and her memory. Carson’s mission was simple; bring Ava who was also an agent, back to CIA. Someone from the inside wanted both Ava, and Carson dead. They had to work together to find out who, and why. Ava was also pregnant with Carson’s baby. It makes running from bullets, and running for her life a little bit of a challenge, but she never complained. I couldn’t help but love both Ava, and Carson as the main charactors of this book. This is a book you have to read, if you love action, romance books!
Sample from Chapter 14
He pulled the gun out of his waistband and rushed forward, leveling the sights on the man’s forehead, but he hesitated. Ava was too close. Rage fired inside him. The elevator doors began to close. Charging forward, he ignored the ma’s raised gun, barely flinching as a silenced double tap slammed into his chest. In a desperate attempt to save her, he squeezed through the narrow gap in the doors and crashed into the pair. The impact sent Ava sprawling, knocking the wind out of her as she crawled her way into the corner. Carson landed blow after blow on the agent, but wouldn’t surrender. Terror coated her insides. She looked down, spotting Carson’s gun on the floor at the same time as she saw the gleam of a knife blade in the opposing agent’s hand. She rocked forward and grabbed the pistol. Taking aim, she pulled the trigger once.
Sample from Chapter 14
He pulled the gun out of his waistband and rushed forward, leveling the sights on the man’s forehead, but he hesitated. Ava was too close. Rage fired inside him. The elevator doors began to close. Charging forward, he ignored the ma’s raised gun, barely flinching as a silenced double tap slammed into his chest. In a desperate attempt to save her, he squeezed through the narrow gap in the doors and crashed into the pair. The impact sent Ava sprawling, knocking the wind out of her as she crawled her way into the corner. Carson landed blow after blow on the agent, but wouldn’t surrender. Terror coated her insides. She looked down, spotting Carson’s gun on the floor at the same time as she saw the gleam of a knife blade in the opposing agent’s hand. She rocked forward and grabbed the pistol. Taking aim, she pulled the trigger once.
March 15, 2009
Carson Nash saves Ava Ross from russians in a mission mission with his team (a CIA rescue operation). He's shocked to find that Ava is who he rescued because she was supposed to have died in a plane crash 4 months ago. Now she's alive, with little memory of the last 4 months, and pregnant - with HIS baby!
OK. I believed in the romance between the two characters here and saw reasons for their attraction. There was more showing then telling and I liked Ava in particular. I was somewhat annoyed at the "raging" lust Carson keeps feeling for Ava though, even when she's unconscious and beaten and he just rescued her. Time and a place buddy. There were also big plotholes (or maybe I missed something and was just confused), like exactly how Ava wasn't on the plane when it crashed and how she had amnesia and didn't know who she was but walked around free without going to the police? I feel like I missed something? Did I? Finally - I didn't like this sentence: "Ava relaxed, letting the total-man-dominance thing sweep her into ecstacy". Total-man-dominance thing...?
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OK. I believed in the romance between the two characters here and saw reasons for their attraction. There was more showing then telling and I liked Ava in particular. I was somewhat annoyed at the "raging" lust Carson keeps feeling for Ava though, even when she's unconscious and beaten and he just rescued her. Time and a place buddy. There were also big plotholes (or maybe I missed something and was just confused), like exactly how Ava wasn't on the plane when it crashed and how she had amnesia and didn't know who she was but walked around free without going to the police? I feel like I missed something? Did I? Finally - I didn't like this sentence: "Ava relaxed, letting the total-man-dominance thing sweep her into ecstacy". Total-man-dominance thing...?
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August 13, 2013
Lots of dead people in the wake of the H/h. Don't read this for the sex scenes or the romance. The plot carries this story.
The "hi-tech" is a bit dated and the hero makes a rookie mistake (leaving a message on an answering machine, telling the person where he is - yeah like the CIA, NSA and Russian spies - who are killing anyone he might come into contact with - wouldn't think to press play on an answerin machine. Duh.)
So don't pick the thing apart too much. It's like watching a "he-man" action flick with a romance woven in.
The "hi-tech" is a bit dated and the hero makes a rookie mistake (leaving a message on an answering machine, telling the person where he is - yeah like the CIA, NSA and Russian spies - who are killing anyone he might come into contact with - wouldn't think to press play on an answerin machine. Duh.)
So don't pick the thing apart too much. It's like watching a "he-man" action flick with a romance woven in.
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October 22, 2010I received a review copy of this book from Tell Harlequin.
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