Gina Wilkins, Hearts Under Caution

Hearts Under Caution

Gina Wilkins

Harlequin Special Releases: NASCAR, Feb 2007, $5.99

ISBN: 0373217684

When dangerous Jesse Norris escapes, Chicago-based Assistant District Attorney Lisa Woodrow decides to take some R&R amidst the safety of her family in Charlotte because she knows this nasty person will be coming for those who put him away. She is at the top of his list. Her ailing parents are elated to see her, but she hides why she came home from them out of concern for their well-being though Lisa suspects her mother knows.

However, her former fianc , Team Woodrow NASCAR crew chief Wade McClellan, overhears the threat to his beloved's life. He altruistically blackmails her as a caution into staying with him by threatening to tell her parents if she refuses although he also believes her parents would be safer if she remained with him. Wade never stopped loving Lisa even though he assumes it is over between them, but he must insure she is safe and can best do it with the security of the racing circuit.

The theme of an avenging, convicted criminal going after the prosecutor has been used frequently, however Gina Wilkins freshens it with the milieu of the NASCAR racing circuit. The storyline is fast-paced whether the subplot is a second chance at love or the criminal threat. Readers will enjoy this fine race between love and a murdering escapee intent on killing the ADA and anyone else blocking his victory lap.

Harriet Klausner