Harlequin Love Inspired
Featuring: Max Powell; Erica James
222 pages ISBN: 0373445482 EAN: 9780373445486 Kindle: B00BNRJAA0 Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Erica James is still searching for her missing young
daughter three years after her disappearance, and follows
any tip, even this one leading to a crack house. Maybe this
time she's gone too far....
Max Powell, former cop, now PI, is one of the people who
gets Erica out alive. He's similarly searching, but for
his sister, Lydia, one of the suspects in little Molly's
kidnapping. Erica is now working to find missing children,
but this is the first time they've met. The two agree to
share information. That night however Erica's addict
brother Peter shows up at her house, looking for cash.
Living alone, Erica is glad when the cops show up in
response to a report of a prowler. Max follows, scenting
trouble. Peter has been to rehab - more than once - but he
came out to hang around with the same friends, so all the
good work is undone. With the situation calmed down Erica
and Max begin sharing data a little earlier than they'd
planned. Max's sister's fingerprint was found on some of
Molly's discarded clothing. Having had a difficult
upbringing, Lydia's chosen to vanish. HIDE AND SEEK is a
child's game, but these people are playing it for real.
Lynette Eason has carefully thought out the situation and
when a car belonging to Erica's brother sideswipes the one
the investigators are in, and is later involved in a drive
by shooting, we are kept guessing as to who wishes Max and
Erica harm, or why. The pair find that homeless people
have many different reasons for their plight, and it is
easy for someone to vanish in this nameless community.
While this seems an unlikely setting for romance, Max and
Erica discover that they have a lot in common. The main
dividing factor however is that Max wants to find and help
his sister, while Erica wants - if she's the abductor - to
put her in jail. The author sets this seemingly
irreconcilable difficulty between them at the start and
maintains the tension as they continue their quest.
HIDE AND SEEK is a gritty suspense story first, with a
romantic element second, but the characters have a lot to
overcome. This is a good absorbing read.
Erica James has spent the past three years as a skip tracer,
hunting down others and hoping one day it will lead to her
kidnapped daughter. Now she has a new suspect—Max Powell's
missing sister. Max, a private investigator, has found
evidence that connects the two missing girls, and together,
he and Erica search for answers. The closer they get to
finding answers, the stronger their feelings for each other
become. But the kidnapper will stop at nothing—including
murder—to keep them from finding Erica's daughter
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