Lucy Monroe Ready Review

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Lucy Monroe
Brava, Jul 2005, $14.00, 304 pp.
ISBN: 0758208642

The stalker frightened author Lise Barton with the threats to her beloved brother, sister-in-law, and newborn niece. Feeling a need to keep them safe, Lise moves from Texas to Seattle. However, the calls, the presents like the blood red rose once sent to her, and the anonymous email follow her still menacing her family.

Her sister-in-law Bella was upset that she believes she caused Lise to relocate as Lise alibis her way out of Thanksgiving and Christmas visits. Bella sends her brother Joshua "Wolf" Watt to persuade Lise that she is welcome at any time in her brother's home; Josh assumes he is the cause since they passionately kissed and more until he left her to try to do the impossible forget her. Lise tells Josh about the stalker. The former Ranger turned mercenary plans to keep his Lise safe while he and his cohorts Hotwire and Nitro capture a sneaky predator. However, Josh and Lise wonder who will keep their respective hearts safe from one another.

Be READY for a strong ardent romantic suspense thriller starring two courageous heroes and a couple of testosterone hunks. Readers will feel the heat as the passion between Lise and Josh flow at the same time her stalker raises the stakes feeling betrayed. The villain pales next to this strong team of lover and friends. Lucy Monroe provides a hot-wire storyline tale so filled with explosive Nitro that sub-genre readers will enjoy the heated action wondering whether this Lone Wolf will remain solo.

Harriet Klausner