ForceofNature:ANovel

Hard-drivingsuspenseandintensepassionarethehallmarksofbestsellingauthorSuzanneBrockmann’spulse-poundingthrillers.Inhertalesofdaring,danger,courage,anddesire,menandwomenofactionfightfiercely,lovedeeply,andtimeaftertimeraisethebarforadventuretonewheights.Brockmann’slatestnovelisnoexception.Floridaprivateinvestigatorandex-copRicAlvarado’slifeisspiralingoutofcontrol.HisbeautifulnewgirlFriday,AnnieDugan,isfarmoreinterestedinfieldworkthanfiling,anddespiteRic’sbesteffortstoignoretheattraction,sparksareflyingbetweenthem.ThenoneofRic’sclientsturnsfemmefataleandtriestogundownaninnocentman.Thankstoquickthinkingandevenquickerreflexes,Riccomestotherescue,onlytolearnhe’sdoneaverygooddeedforsomeverybadpeople.SuddenlyRicfindshimselfdeepundercoverwithAnnie,workingfornotoriouscrimebossGordonBurns.OnemistakefromRic’spainfullyinexperiencedpartnerandthey’rebothdead.FBIagentJulesCassidy’slifeisn’tinmuchbettershape.ForyearstheFBIhasbeentryingtoproveGordonBurns’stiestoterroristactivity.Now,thankstoRicandAnnie,Juleshasfoundawayintothelion’sden.Butinthecourseofhisinvestigationhecomesface-to-facewithRobinChadwick,thecharismaticbutself-destructiveandclosetedmoviestarforwhomJulesfeelsapowerfulattraction.Robin’sintownpromotinghislatestfilm–andGordonBurnsisastar-struckmoviebuff.WithRobinandJules’shelp,RicandAnniearesoonentrenchedinBurns’sorganization,surroundedbykillerswhomayalreadyhaveexecutedanFBIinfiltrator.Beforelongthecouplerealizesthatmanymorelivesbesidestheirownwillbeatstakeiftheymakeafalsemove.Astheheatbetweenthemreachesdangerouslevels,sodotherisksthey’rewillingtotake–inthelineofduty,forthesakeofloyalty,andinthenameofsomethingthatrunsevendeeper.FromtheHardcoveredition.,