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LONGING AND LIES - Donna
Hill Harlequin Kimani/Romance April 2010 |
SYNOPSIS: For Ashley Temple, an undercover agent with The Ladies Cartel, breaking up a baby-trafficking ring is more than a job: it's personal. When she teams up with sexy FBI operative Elliot Morgan to pose as a married couple, the stakes--and the passions--soar sky high.
SERIES ROMANCE |4| Ashley Haney
REVIEW:
Donna
Hill’s fourth book in the TLC series is a masterpiece. Ashley Temple
doesn’t know whether to be honored or scared when she lands back to back
assignments for the TLC. Given the nature of the case and how close it
relates to a situation she experienced over twenty years ago, she begins to
wonder if this assignment is purely coincidental. Elliot Morgan has
experienced a lot of loss over the last few years. As a result, he tends
to keep to himself and internalize his issues. Now he finds himself
working with a partner, a situation that he hasn’t had since he lost his last
partner whom he fell in love with. With the growing attraction, mutual
ability to rub each other the wrong way, and the closeness they have to share
because of the assignment, will Ashley and Elliot be able to keep things on a
professional level or will they cross the lines?
Ashley enjoys her job at MT Management, an event company, where she helps
coordinate personal and corporate events. She’s also pleased with the work
she does as a member of The Ladies Cartel. She’s not so pleased with the
new case that she’s been assigned because it brings up a horrible incident from
her past. Ashley has been assigned to work with the handsome and
talented FBI agent Elliot Morgan to find out who is stealing and selling babies
on the black market.
Elliot has grown accustomed to the amount of time he spends away from home and
the many personas he takes on as an undercover FBI operative. What he’s
not used to is working with a partner, a female partner to be exact. He
hasn’t had one since Lynne who he fell in love with and planned to spend his
life with until she was killed while on an assignment together. As Ashley
and Elliot live together and act out their role of husband and wife for the
case, they can no longer deny the sexual chemistry that exists between them and
grow closer and comfortable in their relationship. They begin to share the
things that happened in their lives and Elliot promises to find Ashley’s sister
that was stolen as a baby.
The supporting characters in this novel are very supportive and give advice to
Ashley and Elliot. While the dialogue piques the readers interest and moves
smoothly. The story takes place in New York.
I would recommend that you read SEX AND LIES, SEDUCTION AND LIES,
and TEMPTAION AND LIES before reading this
book to gain a better understanding of TLC and the characters that are mentioned
in the book. Donna Hill has done an excellent job on this series and I look
forward to reading how the next TLC member falls in love.
reviewer@romanceincolor.com | 1st April 2010