[2] Blair Mallory is the owner of a fitness center named Great Bods.
Blair caught Jason kissing her underage sister Jenni at a family get-together.
Blair knew he wanted to run for congressman so, for the ultimate revenge, she snapped a picture of the two kissing.
Blair is always the last one to leave the gym so as she is about to walk out the door to her car she notices Nicole waiting for her in the parking lot.
She hears a gunshot and instinctively hits the ground, dropping her cellphone underneath the car so that Blair is unable to call for help.
She rents a condo and spends the day relaxing on the beach, eventually falling asleep.
The next day she is driving, approaching a traffic light, and when she tries to hit the brakes the pedal goes to the floor.
The next day, she comes downstairs feeling better and Wyatt tosses her a small velvet box.
He comes rushing in saying that all the detectives have been called to a location but can't give any details.
Since that didn't work, he called in a fake report of a crime being committed to get the police out of the station so he could kill Blair.
[3] Publishers Weekly says that Linda Howard "brings her usual high level of intelligence and flair to her latest tale of romantic suspense."
However, they did note that the plot by the middle begins "to stall" because the suspense dies for a few chapters and reading Blair and Wyatt's bickering gets old.
One Amazon customer wrote in a review that "this novel has plenty of romance, but is overflowing with suspense that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
"[4] One user on the website The Best Reviews wrote that although she liked the book she found the "first person writing to be redundant."