Constance O'Day-Flannery Colliding Forces

Colliding Forces

Tor, Oct 2005, $6.99

ISBN: 0765351021

Thirty-six year old Philadelphia TV six o'clock newscaster Deborah Stark, has never, and will never allow her feelings, especially that second hand emotion of love, to get in the way of her career ambitions. Her latest lover Marcus Bocelli, is perhaps more of a hunk than any of them, and she admits she wants him as never before, but he remains like those before him, a temporary itch "scratcher".

Deborah returns to her Hadley, New Jersey home when her aunt calls to tell her that her mother has died. Marcus arrives shortly after, allegedly to offer her solace. She appreciates the gesture but fears falling in love with him, so she dives into a story that should dampen her lust. She has found that the company that owns her Philadelphia television station is corrupt, and seemingly breaking the law; she plans to prove this and air her findings. However, Marcus has kept some secrets from his beloved, that he knows he must share with her, if he wants anything permanent with his reluctant disbelieving beloved. The least is his ability to change physical shapes, while the most is the agenda that sent him following her to Hadley.

COLLIDING FORCES is a fast-paced romantic suspense thriller, that contains some supernatural elements, but for the most part those paranormal skills take a back seat to the love story between two reluctant warriors, and to the corruption investigation. The storyline is action-packed, but driven by doubting D. who questions the motives of the man she is falling in love with from the moment they connected at the wedding of the stars of SHIFTING LOVE (Marcus was a secondary character). Fans of supernatural romantic suspense, will appreciate Constance O'Day-Flannery's fine tale.