LETHAL CONSEQUENCES is book two in Elisabeth Naughton's Aegis Security series. Too often, I think romantic suspense books fall prey to completely unbelievable plots that pull me out of the story. LETHAL CONSEQUENCES does a fantastic job of inducing me to keep my willing suspension of disbelief, keeping me immersed in the nonstop action and nail-biting tension that carry me happily through the story.

Civilian Olivia Wolfe was kidnapped several months ago during an op that went bad for her sister Eve, who is an operative with Aegis Security. Fellow Aegis operative Landon Miller was the one to find Olivia locked in a cell, and he can't stop thinking about her for months after the rescue. He texts her, and they end up communicating by phone or text daily, growing slowly closer. Olivia has decided she's in love with Landon, and shows up at his Barcelona hotel room to surprise him just as he is leaving Aegis to go back to his clandestine work for the government. Olivia wants to convince Landon to pursue a romantic relationship. While Im'm not usually a fan of one half of a couple trying to convince the other to pursue a romance, Naughton totally made this work for me, and I found myself rooting for Olivia to break through stoic Landon's defenses.

When Olivia unexpectedly arrives at Landon's room, she finds him with a sexy redhead in his room. His supposed one-night stand, however, turns out to be a member of a terrorist organization out to extract information from Landon regarding a lethal bioweapon. Landon and Olivia are kidnapped by the terrorists, and thus begins an exciting cascade of danger and adventure. There are a few red herrings that I fell for, that heightened the drama even further. I love it when that happens!

The sex is steamy and heart pounding, and the thrills and intrigue of LETHAL CONSEQUENCES show why Naughton is the queen of romantic suspense. I've been a longtime fan of Elisabeth Naughton, and I think LETHAL CONSEQUENCES is one of her finest works to date. The suspense keeps getting tauter, and the mystery combined with romance make a swoon-worthy ending.