This book in the Star Harbour series brought back some of
the characters I'd got to know in Blaze of Winter
featuring this Cape Cod town. Theo Grayson, a writer, is
collecting an award, and his family are thrilled. Cameron
Stahl, who runs a boutique here and another back in Boston,
comes to the ceremony but can't relax, thinking of her
demanding schedule. Val Grayson, Theo's brother, spots her
alone and persuades her to dance. Maybe life should have
some fun in it.
SLOW SUMMER BURN follows Val back to his own demanding DEA
job, which tracks drug shipments up and down the coast. A
trail leads to Star Harbour at present, and it seems that
someone with funds is shipping large amounts of chemical
drugs falsely labelled bath salts through the quiet town.
Congressman Kirkland, who had been prominent at the
writers' awards, is one suspect. Ordinary shopkeepers in
Star Harbour had felt forced to smuggle drugs to keep their
businesses running in the recession, and while these people
have been getting caught, the big money remains untouched.
Cameron spends her life shuttling between her two shops,
changing seasonal inventory and preparing for summer. She's
making money, but it's not easy, and she has no time left
for a relationship. Then she runs into Val again during a
heavy shower on the street, and life suddenly holds
possibilities.
I liked Cameron, a trust fund girl weary of charity suppers
and polite society chatter, who wants to make her own mark
and needs to succeed. Val is something of an enigma at
first, an isolating career having left its imprint on his
character. He also thinks that the wealthy Cameron is out
of his reach. There's a great description of a clam beach
party - the folks dig a pit and fill it with rocks and a
large wood fire, then add wet seaweed, potatoes, ears of
corn and plenty of clams. Four hours later it's time to
eat. Boat fishing and other activities fill the summer,
along with a sizzling adult love affair. There's a pirate
treasure legend strung out through the series as well as
the ugliness of drug shipping. The investigation comes
between Cameron and Val, as she realises that he could just
be using her to get to the Congressman.
SLOW SUMMER BURN by Elisabeth Barrett completes her series
and all her fans will want to read it.
As the sizzling Star Harbor series concludes, the fourth
sexy Grayson brother, a dedicated DEA agent, shows a
high-society beauty the true meaning of love.
Cameron Stahl has everything, so why does she feel like her
life is incomplete? A beautiful Boston socialite and a
successful entrepreneur, she’s just opened her second
boutique in Star Harbor and business is booming. But one
searing look from Val Grayson sends fire through her body
and shows her exactly what’s missing from her life: a real
man who doesn’t play games and who makes her feel like the
most desired woman on earth.
DEA agent Val Grayson has always looked after his brothers.
Now it’s his turn to find love—though Cam is the last sort
of woman he ever dreamed he’d fall for. When courageous Cam
realizes she has the insider connections to help Val take
down a major drug player within Boston’s political elite, he
can’t stop her from putting herself in danger. But as the
drug bust of his career looms, all Val cares about is saving
the woman he loves before it’s too late.
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