Cindy Gerard, Under the Wire

Under the Wire

Cindy Gerard

St. Martin's Press, December 2006, $6.99

ISBN: 031298104X

They met in Nicaragua and fell in love. He was a soldier working undercover to destroy the Sandinista, while she was an American physician in country as part of Doctors Without Borders. However, someone ratted on Manny Ortega, who blamed his lover Lily Campora. She went home thinking he died; he escaped only to find his family devastated.

Years later Lily relocates to Boston, accompanied by her sixteen year old son Adam, because she was shocked to see Manny alive and on the news. He is a Boston police detective. When she learns Adam has been kidnapped while in Sri Lanka, she turns to Manny for help. He may hate her, but he lines up his Bodyguard friends Darcy Prescott, Dallas Garrett and Ethan Garrett to mount a rescue. In country, Manny and Lily realize they still love one another, but he holds her culpable until she asks him why she would betray him yet raise his son Adam.

From war torn Nicaragua in the late 1980's to current war torn Sri Lanka, UNDER THE WIRE is an exhilarating action-packed second chance at love suspense thriller. At times the plot goes over the top, especially in Sri Lanka, but no one will care, as the audience will cheer on the heroic team, especially the lead couple, and admire the courage of Adam. The return of the stars from OVER THE LINE adds to the fun, but the tale belongs to the convincing, distressing killing fields where life consists of disposable pawns.