Michelle Albert ,Hide In Plain Sight

Hide In Plain Sight

Michelle Albert

Pocket, May 2006, $6.99, 384 pp.

ISBN: 0743485033

Five years ago in Los Angeles her husband Richard apparently drove in to the river, but no body was found, so Kennedy Antiquarian Books store owner Fiona Kennedy was left to linger in a nowhere zone between married and single. Now her time is up in marital purgatory, and she can officially have the court rule that her spouse is dead. She plans to celebrate her widow status with fun and sun in the Bahamas.

However, before she can leave town, Griff Laughton asks her to authenticate and appraise an old manuscript. Griff hides his real agenda from her, which is to capture his enemies Von Lahr, while also protecting the bookworm from enemies she does not know she has, that her late spouse has brought her. He also conceals his work of fifteen years destroying art, artifacts, and antiquities smuggling rings. He is a bit disturbed to find he is attracted to the charming beautiful Fiona, but detachment is his middle name, until someone tries to kill the woman he willingly would die for to keep her safe.

HIDE IN PLAIN SIGHT is a fabulous fast paced tale starring a courageous female and the male champion risking all, especially his heart to keep her safe. The storyline is filled with action from the moment Griff hires Fiona, and never slows down as her past comes back to haunt her, in spite of her innocence from Richard's dealings. The changing relationship between the hardened agent and the bookseller is deftly handled in a believable manner, that in turn augments the prime plot of a woman in peril over something she knows nothing about. Readers will appreciate Michelle Albert's superb romantic suspense thriller.