"Unexpected love found in quirky small town."
Reviewed by Lexi Carter
Posted November 6, 2005
Romance Contemporary
Claire Betancourt is the mayor of a small town in Florida
peopled with eccentrics and characters who share a laid back
attitude and love of the coastline. Point man for a rich
executive, Jack Hogan, arrives in town to survey the
security before his boss reopens the resort where he first
met his wife during the 60's. Since Jack is a former secret service agent, he immediately
clashes with Claire, who fills in for the school crossing
guard, owns a resale dress shop and has come to appreciate
the ways of her community. After all, they welcomed her with
open arms three years ago after she moved to the area
following the death of her husband with her young daughter.
Now she feels she must run interference between the security
expert and the locals. The two are opposites -- who do what opposites tend to do
and become attracted to one another during their various
clashes over the security gaps Jack keeps finding. Claire is
adamant that everything in Heron Point is fine and that Jack
is being alarmist until she is forced to reconsider when her
daughter is kidnapped and Jack is the one with the
experience to find her. Cynthia Thomason has written a nice and
easy story of instant
attraction between two strong characters who on the surface
seem to be an unlikely match. Her descriptions of the
eccentrics, my favorite being Hester Poole and her pink
ladies, populating the town and the contrast of small town
safety versus big city danger are well done and reinforce
that bad things can happen anywhere.
SUMMARY
The
cocky ex-Secret Service agent Jack Hogan is determined to
point out the
security risks in this eccentric little beach town. Mayor Claire
Betancourt's town. Claire is just as determined to
protect
Heron Point and its free-spirited citizens -- however
quirky they
may be-from his interference. No way are Jack's
take-charge
attitude and dangerous good looks going to sway her. But Claire
gets a shocking reality check when her nine-year-old daughter is
kidnapped and Jack is the only one who can save her. And
he's surprised
to discover that what started out as just a job has suddenly
become very personal.
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