Taking the Heat (Silhouette Super Romance Series Extra)
by Brenda Novak
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Author: Brenda NovakEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-02-01
ISBN: 0373835701
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Harlequin
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Book Review: It'll keep you hooked until the end...
Summary: 4 Stars
Gabrielle Hadley has just moved to Florence, Arizona to get close to the birth mother who gave her up for when she was a toddler. Gabby's ex-husband would like nothing more than for her and their infant daughter to return to Phoenix so that they can start over. But something is missing for Gabrielle; David's her best friend, but she's never really loved him the way a wife should. In order to make end meet, she takes a job at the only gig in town - one of Florence's many prisons.
During her first week as a guard, she attempts to break up a fight between two prisoners, and discovers that the guards not only step aside, but encourage the brawls. When she insists on treating the injuries of convict Randall Tucker, her compassion manages to arouse feelings in Randall that he never thought would exist again - hope. Falsely imprisoned for the murder of his unfaithful wife, Randall was given a life sentence and his young son sent into foster care. But Randall doesn't want Gabrielle treating him human, as it just makes him remember all that he's lost.
While being transferred to an even tougher prison thanks to Gabrielle's interference, Randall escapes from custody after a car accident and heads for freedom through the unforgiving Arizona desert. Despite having a baby waiting for her back home and the possibility she won't come back alive, Gabrielle takes off after him. The two form an unlikely alliance as they trudge through the desert searching for signs of life, and develop feelings for each other. Soon she is convinced of his innocence and struggles with her feelings for a man with whom she has no future. As he attempts to find out who really killed his wife, she gathers the nerve to confront her birth mother.
Novak's emotional story is surprisingly well written, with multiple plots and fully-developed characters - a rarity for a Silhouette novel. I was hooked from the first paragraph and could not wait to find out the fate of the two lovers as well as the identity of the murderer.
Summary of Taking the Heat (Silhouette Super Romance Series Extra)
When the captor becomes the captive -- and the guard becomes the guarded.The small town of Florence, Arizona, is known for one thing -- its prison. Gabrielle Hadley is in Florence of personal reasons, though; she's seeking the mother who abandoned her more that two decades ago. In order to support herself and her two-year-old daughter, Gabrielle is working as a prison guard -- just about the only job available in this bleak desert town.
Randall Tucker is a prisoner at Florence, convicted of murdering his wife. He has one goal: to survive until he can prove his innocence -- and reclaim his seven-year-old son, Landon, now living in foster care.
In the prison's atmosphere of tension and corruption, Gabrielle discovers that Randall Tucker is far from the murderer he's said to be. When he escapes during a prison transfer, she follows him into the unforgiving desert. To protect her job, her own integrity -- or him? But the guard becomes the prisoner's captive . . . and more. It's a relationship that's not supposed to exist, and yet it might save them both.
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