Jenna Mills, Veiled Legacy

Veiled Legacy

Jenna Mills

Silhouette Bombshell, December 2006, $4.99

ISBN: 0373514328

Her young daughter Lexie shows her mom, former MI6 agent Nadia Bishop the obit picture in the paper that looks exactly like her; thirty-two year old Scarlet Rubashka killed because she looked too much like her. The homicide hurts even more because Nadia knows it relates to her, as the location is Saint-Tropez, a place she fled from just a few years ago.

Nadia knows she must return to the town where her former lover Joshua Adriano lives to uncover who killed Scarlet, as she expects the culprit to come for her and her beloved daughter. However, she must continue to hide Lexie from her biological father Joshua, whom she does not trust because his family would want her for their diabolical use, as a means to obtain control of a mosaic with powers beyond the understanding of mortals. She must also decide whether to rely on the priestesses guarding the mosaic, for in Saint Tropez she will meet human and inhuman demons, yet the bottom line is Lexie is all that matters.

The latest Madonna Key thriller hooks the audience, as innocent Lexie shows the obit picture to her mom saying how pretty she is; this sets the comparative tone of good vs. evil, with the heroine refusing to rely on anyone, as she believes the man she loves wants her dead so he and his family can obtain the mosaic. Nadia is intrepid though scared, but not for herself; her biggest fear is that Joshua will know Lexie is his offspring and take her, whether the former espionage agent lives or dies. Jenna Mills provides a non stop action exhilarating thriller.