Publisher's Weekly Review
Jackson (A Man's Promise) continues her contemporary Grangers series with the sizzling, fast-paced tale of a driven bodyguard and the wealthy heiress he's hired to protect. After Margo Connelly serves on a Virginia jury that convicts a powerful criminal, her life is in danger. Enter Lamar "Striker" Jennings, a bodyguard with a checkered past hired by Margo's wealthy uncle. Though at first she's reluctant at first to have a bodyguard, other jurors are being killed, and she recognizes protection is not optional if she wants to stay alive. As the tension ratchets up, so does the passionate sexual chemistry between Striker and Margo, and he puts his life and his heart on the line. Jackson's deft plotting and effective red herrings keep the suspense high as her multidimensional characters command the reader's attention. Intriguing subplots, including one involving a psychic investigator, add texture to the story. The only flaw of this first-rate, satisfyingly sexy tale is that it ends. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Jackson begins a new, multicultural romantic suspense series, a spinoff from her Grangers trilogy, which introduced the Summers, owners of a private security firm. Front and center is Lamar Striker Jennings. His mission is to protect Margo Connelly, the niece of the firm's CEO. Margo has just spent six miserable weeks on a sequestered jury that found organized crime leader Murphy Erickson guilty as charged. His response to the verdict is to proclaim that everyone in the courtroom for his trial will be murdered by an assassin. The killings will only stop when he walks out of prison a free man. As the weeks pass, and the bodies pile up, Margo and Striker, her live-in protector, go from client and bodyguard to a couple involved in a hot and steamy relationship. Striker is as capable at protecting Margo as he is at making love, which is fortunate because the assassin is not the only threat Margo faces before the two can find their requisite happy ending in this intriguing work of romantic suspense.--Kunzel, Bonnie Copyright 2016 Booklist
