Patricia S. (patsto) reviewed on 10/20/2005 + 33 more book reviews

5 stars - Veteran romantic-suspense novelist Brockmann serves up a heady mix of tension, romance and

international intrigue. Readers first meet Agency computer specialist Tess Bailey posing as

a topless barmaid in order to save field agent Lawrence Decker from a deadly setup. After

she and gorgeous macho agent Diego "Jimmy" Nash succeed in rescuing Decker, they celebrate

with a steamy one-night stand that they both later regret. Months later, Tess quits when she

doesn't get the promotion she was promised; conveniently, partners Decker and Nash have quit

the Agency as well and have signed on with a covert private agency, Troubleshooters,

Incorporated. Assigned to earthquake-ravaged Kazbekistan (aka "The Pit") to retrieve the

laptop of al-Qaeda warlord Padsha Bashir, they find themselves in need of a seasoned

computer hacker: enter Tess. Player Nash is a bundle of nerves around Tess (he really likes

her!), and Decker is smitten as well: it's the perfect love triangle. As Tess juggles the

dangerous assignment and the affections of both men, Sophia, a mysterious woman who avenges

her hatred of Padsha during the earthquake, asks their help in fleeing the country. Car

bombs, shady American reporters, police interrogations, aftershocks and hot sex complicate

matters, but it's a hotel ambush and Tess's kidnapping that sends both men on the rescue

effort of their lives.

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