ROMANTIC
SUSPENSE
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American Alligators
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Kevin Mitnick, Adrian Lamo and Kevin Lee Poulsen:
Kevin David Mitnick: a world-famous computer hacker
in the late 20th century, who was, at the time of his arrest, the most
wanted computer criminal in United States history.
Kevin Lee Poulsen had a notorious career in the 1980s as a hacker whose
brash spree of high-tech stunts that would make him one of America's
best-known cyber-criminal
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Beneath Bone Lake
by Colleen Thompson
Dangerous,
intense, edgy romance full of chills and thrills!!
After
a stint in Iraq working for DeserTek as a contract bus driver, Ruby
Monroe's airplane finally touches down in Dallas. Thrilled to
finally be able to be with her sister and daughter, Ruby's life
suddenly changes when an item is stolen from her backpack at the
airport. Ruby knows first hand the high stakes consequences
involved from her co-worker Carrie Ann, a woman silenced for speaking
out against DeserTek, but Ruby never expected this turn of
events. She returns home to find her daughter Zoe missing.
Her neighbors paint a shocking picture of her sister in the days before
Ruby's return home. Everyone warns her of Sam McCoy, a neighbor
whose sexy physical presence could take away a woman's breath.
Sam's criminal past is no secret. Desperate to find her missing
daughter, Ruby must turn to Sam, especially when her own life is
threatened. No one else seems to feel the urgency to rescue Zoe
in quite the same way that Ruby does. Sam can't help but be
attracted to Ruby, not only for her beauty but her determination and
dauntless spirit in the face of danger. Helping her might
endanger the very life he has worked so hard to rebuild. As Ruby
and Sam race to uncover Zoe's whereabouts, the danger escalates,
especially when a body is uncovered in Bone Lake, a lake which seems to
call out from its depth. An unexpected turn of events will test
them to their ultimate limit. Can Ruby and Sam work together or
will their joining of forces expose them to even more danger? In
a race against time, can they uncover all the clues before it is too
late? Will Sam and Ruby's closeness forge the bonds of a deeper
love or will it forever drive them apart?
Colleen Thompson's BENEATH BONE LAKE
is an edgy, fast-paced work of romantic suspense that will send shivers
through a reader. Just when you think the danger can't get any
more thrilling, Colleen raises the intensity level several
notches. Alongside the quick-paced race to identify the location
of Zoe and the parties responsible for her kidnapping, a mysterious
perhaps unearthly view of Bone Lake haunts the reader's
imagination. As the path of clues narrows, an eerie confluence of
forces expands outwards, creating mind-bending chills as the past
actions of several individuals now come full circle. As corruption and dirty secrets of the
past come to light during the desperate search for Zoe, the hunt forces
both Sam and Ruby to look within. Forced to trust each other with
their deepest secrets, they also discover their deepest desires,
desires too long hidden inside. In BENEATH BONE LAKE, the romance is
truly dynamic. Colleen Thompson integrates the threads of romance
and suspense so seamlessly that each magnifies the effects of the other
while also creating depth within her characters. Edgy romance
combines with a chilling tale that ripples outwards, affecting several
levels of individuals. The romance is not just a one-sided
edginess in the bad boy hero himself, but rather Colleen Thompson takes
it a step further. Sam's desire for Ruby leads him into an ever
increasingly dangerous territory in an encounter that will shake the
very foundations within him as well as put him at physical risk.
BENEATH BONE LAKE
once again marks Colleen Thompson as a master of romantic
suspense. Fans will discover all the elements that make her
romantic suspense so exquisite, and yet also be thrilled at how she
expands into new directions in her latest work. Colleen Thompson
is an author who does not rest on the laurels of her past successes but
rather one who delights readers anew with each new book. Quite simply, BENEATH BONE LAKE is intense,
leaving a reader glued to the pages as each new clue reveals a whole
new layer of suspense. Each
page ramps up the level of suspense and desire until the last
page. BENEATH
BONE LAKE left me speechless for days. The intricate concentric and
interconnecting levels of connections make this book impossible to put
down and leave a suspense lover incredibly satisfied as well.
Even connections seemingly unconnected on the surface come together,
painting a picture of a whole network of actions and thoughts
intertwined to create a portrait of the human soul. Even
after the unraveling of the culprit, Colleen Thompson leaves the reader
with a delightful unexpected twist. From start to finish, BENEATH
BONE LAKE is a must read for romantic suspense lovers with its
edge-of-the-seat suspense and its daring romance, a romance that
reaches down to the very depths of the human heart.
Publisher: Dorchester - Love Spell (May
2009)
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Reviewed by Merrimon,
Merrimon Book Reviews
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