"Falling for his prime suspect..."

Private investigator Jamie McAdams is getting bored. Bored with life, bored with the women he's been dating, just bored. As a favor to his godfather, Jamie and his partner Mick try to discover the culprit behind embezzlement at Booth Industries. Although the likely perpetrator seems obvious, Jamie finds himself falling for the prime suspect. How can this woman of contradictions be behind the thefts?

Practical nurse Andi Morrow runs the daycare facility at privately owned Booth Industries. Raised in foster care, Andi never had a real family. But she feels like she's made a family here, loving the children as much as if they were her own. When Jamie starts hanging around, Andi fights her wild attraction to him. He seems to fluctuate between viewing her with suspicion and then with lust. Will she let him break down her defenses borne of her traumatic childhood?

Andi is among the short list of suspects due to her recent spending sprees. What no one knows is that she's recently become published under a pseudonym as a romance writer. The money that Andi has spent comes from her royalties. Jamie quickly discovers the source of Andi's funding, but he and Mick agree to make it appear that she's the prime suspect while they attempt to reel in the real embezzler. As Andi's relationship with Jamie turns smoldering, will he be able to continue his charade? Will he lose the woman he desires most in his quest for justice?

A heart-wrenching tale at times, COMING IN LAST really pulls the reader into the story. You will agonize along with Jamie as he tries to do the right thing. And feel for Andi as her so-called friends show their true colors. Although the mystery isn't too dark or difficult to understand, the love story between Jamie and Andi more than makes up for that. Read Ms. Walker's latest novel for a romantic suspense with heart.

Sensuality: Rated E-rotic by the publisher. Explicit sex, anal sex; sexually explicit scenes: 12

Reviewed by Denise Powers
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted March 30, 2004

Summary

Jamie McAdams expected it to be an open and shut case of embezzlement. The finger seemed to be pointed right at Andi Morrow, the quiet young lady who ran the daycare center at his godfather's plant. Of course, she didn't exactly have access to the cash, but she did live seriously outside her means.

Andi smelled like vanilla, tasted like sex, and moved like sin. It only took a few days for Jamie to realize he was hooked, and she was being framed. But maybe he should have told her that, before they used her as bait to catch the real embezzler.

Jamie always gets his man, even if it means coming in last with the woman he's fallen in love with.