Peyton Lockhart is a recent college graduate on her way to a
job at a respected culinary magazine. Unfortunately, her
new boss almost immediately begins sexually harassing her.
As Drew Albertson is being groomed to take over the reins of
the magazine, he believes he can get away with anything and
everything. Peyton records a conversation of him making
sexually charged comments to her; then quits the job to go
home. Leaving the job, however, turns out to be quite
dangerous, as someone follows her and shoots at her. Peyton
is not home for long when her rich Uncle Leonard makes an
offer to her and her two sisters that would make them part
owners of his luxury resort in Bishop's Cove, Florida.
While at a family wedding, Peyton runs into childhood friend
Finn MacBain; who is now a respected FBI Special Agent.
When he discovers the bullet holes in her car, he demands
the full story from her; and then follows her to Bishop's
Cove to see to her safety while he checks out Drew
Albertson. Turns out that Albertson is in fear for his
cushy job, and that Peyton will sue or cause trouble for
him. He will do whatever is necessary to silence Peyton,
and protect his interests. Finn, quite attracted to the
grown up Peyton, is determined to protect her and get to the
bottom of the shooting incident.
Unfortunately, this is only part of Peyton's problems at
Bishop's Cove. When she and her sister Lucy arrive to begin
renovations to the resort, their manipulative cousin Debi
confronts them, wanting in on the resort inheritance. As
Debi chose to take the large monetary inheritance Leonard
offered instead of a piece of the resort, she is turned away
by the sisters. Debi doesn`'t take well to being deprived
of
what she believes is rightfully hers; and proceeds to make
problems for the sisters in any way she can. There is also
the powerful contractor who wants the resort, and is
determined to buy the sisters out, or if necessary, force
them out. The sisters suffer numerous inexplicable
setbacks, which are endangering their chances of getting the
resort reopened on time.
HOTSHOT is a very well done Garwood story, probably the best
she has written in recent years. It was fun, refreshing, and
quite entertaining. Peyton is an intelligent no-nonsense
heroine, and quite likable. Finn is the alpha FBI agent,
great at his job; but clueless when it comes to women. The
writing is crisp and smart, and the point of view is told
from both Finn and Peyton's point of view. This is a great
read for Garwood fans, especially the ones who have been
somewhat disappointed in the last few books.
Peyton Lockhart and her sisters have inherited Bishop’s
Cove, a small, luxurious oceanfront resort, but it comes
with a condition: The girls must run the resort for one
year and show a profit—only then will they own it.
A graduate of a prestigious French culinary school, Peyton
has just lost her job as a food critic. Out of work and in
a bad place personally, a year doing something completely
different sounds wonderful.
There are countless challenges and too many people who want
to stop the sisters from succeeding. Among them are
Peyton’s contentious cousins, who are outraged that they
didn’t inherit the resort, as well as a powerful group of
land developers who have been eyeing the coveted beachfront
property.
It’s soon apparent to Peyton that their efforts are being
sabotaged, but she refuses to let the threats scare her—
until she’s nearly killed. She calls on her childhood
friend and protector, Finn MacBain, now with the FBI, and
asks for his help. He saved her life once; he can do it
again.
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