"Great action thriller"
It has been ten years since she left Destiny, Louisiana,
the town controlled by her father Huff Hoyle and his
prodigal son Chris, but her younger brother Danny died and
Sayre Lynch wants to be there for his funeral. She plans
to leave right after he is laid to rest but she changes
her mind when the deputy sheriff says that it looks as if
Danny did not commit suicide, but was murdered.
Circumstantial evidence links Chris to Danny's death and
even the sheriff, though in Holt's pocket, can't stop the
investigation. The family lawyer Beck Merchant is bought and paid for by
Huff but that doesn't stop the attraction Sayre feels for
him. The foundry is the town's main business and Huff
rules it with an iron fist but trouble is brewing as
safety conditions are non-existent and the labor union is
trying to get Huff's workers to join. Sayre is on the
side of the workers and fights for their rights, not
realizing she is precipitating the very violence she wants
to avoid and getting in the way of Beck's plans for the
Huff empire and the Holts. Once again, Sandra Brown presents her myriad of readers
with an action thriller that will keep reader attention
from first page to last. All the major characters have
dark secrets in their past that makes them interesting,
dynamic and as WHITE-HOT as a bomb going off. The female
protagonist is no angel but her motives are pure and she
does care about the town's welfare even if she sometimes
makes the wrong move and incites trouble. This book is
heading to the New York Times best-seller list, deservedly
so. Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted June 6, 2004
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