Kathryn Jensen, Hot Pursuit

Hot Pursuit

Kathryn Jensen

Silhouette Bombshell,

ISBN: 037351364X

NASA scientist Dr. Kate Foster assumed her troubles would be in space not on earth. Instead someone broke into her secure lab holding a gun on her and seven members of her staff, stole valuable data, and "abducted" a HW-1 satellite that she operates. She assumes that the intruder is a corporate espionage agent from a rival of her prime funding Alternate Source Energy Corporation (ASEC) until this Zed kills one worker and shoots and abducts another.

Civilian anti-terrorist expert and retired marine colonel Daniel Rooker is hired to find the criminals and recover the information and the satellite. As he begins his inquiries with Kate, the thieves demand ransom money from the government. He questions Kate as if she is the felon and is even harsher with her about her loyal crew as he is convinced someone inside had to expedite the caper. She cannot give credence to his theory that she has a traitor on her team though that is the only plausible way the theft could have occurred. Instead she knows each person personally and each one is dedicated, knows their stuff, and has cleared security checks. As they dispute who is behind the escapade yet work closely together, Kate and Daniel fall in love.

HOT PURSUIT is an exhilarating thriller that never slows down from the moment that Zed enters the NASA Weston Research Facility until the final confrontation. The relationship between the scientist and the anti-terrorist expert starts early with a dispute over alarms and continues arguing over the turncoat and even over falling in love. Kathryn Jensen writes a fun romantic suspense thriller filled with plenty of action and a neat final twist.

Harriet Klausner