"Real characters and a story with meat."

Women with no sense of direction bug the h*ll out of me. Always aloof and seemingly underfoot, they just have no clue. The same can be said about Sophie Morton. She gets lost doing the simplest things. I've known those people. However, if I'd have known their sexy secret, I'd have been inclined to stick around more *g*.

The story takes place in Canada, starting off with Sophie getting lost on her way back from work. She stops her car and sees what seems to be a very large, attractive man holding up a smaller Oriental woman. Brave Sophie makes an attempt to thwart the crime in progress, only to discover that Detective Blake Barker, the man with the gun, was tailing a criminal suspect and she'd just botched the biggest case the Detective had been working on for two years.

Turns out Sophie works in a bank that's connected to a money laundering scheme run by the criminal that Sophie 'helped' escape. It's also coincidence that Detective Barker can't stay away from the incredibly sexy Sophie. They even share a love of opera.

Especially hot was the scene at the opera house. I won't give details away but not only was it sexy, it was beautifully crafted. Nancy Warren has brought two real life characters together and given us a story with meat.

Sensuality: Typical for BLAZE line; Oral, standard monogamous sex. But don't let that fool you, the scenes are well written *g*.

Reviewed by Sascha Illyvich for Sensual Romance.

Reviewed by Sensual Romance
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted February 11, 2003

Summary

Sophie Morton has no sense of direction, in geography or in life, and when shešs lost she suffers panic attacks. Lost in a bad part of Vancouver, she pulls over to catch her breath when she spots a lean and dangerous looking man attacking a woman. Without thought for her own safety, Sophie tackles the man, knocks him down and breaks his leg. Except Blake Barker isn't a criminal, but a cop who'd been about to arrest a member of a notorious Asian triad before Sophie interfered and helped the woman escape.

When it turns out that the investment bank Sophie works for is suspected of laundering the triad's drug money, and one employee dies under suspicious circumstances, Blake is sent in undercover to the bank: cast, crutches and all.

Sophie and Blake don't much like each other, but their sexual attraction is too intense to resist. When it's clear Sophie's life is in danger, she's forced to move in with Blake for protection. Maybe he can protect her body while he pleasures her, but who's going to protect her heart?