Review: Smart and Suspenseful! I loved it!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2013
What a wild ride! IN THE SHADOW OF GREED is a smart, sexy and intriguing romantic suspense that kept me on the edge of my seat to the very end.The heroine, Dr. Sarah Tu, is a gifted cryptologist (think numbers) who spends her days studying coded language, cracking secret codes and protecting information. While frantically working to block a national security threat, her sister, Hannah, is brutally mauled by a serial killer. Sarah's world crashes all around her as a beaten Hannah is in a coma.FBI Agent Jason McNeil is driven to catch the culprit. He discovers he has a connection to the coma patient that he can't quite understand. Somehow Hannah's in his head, and she's telling him to protect Sarah.In no time, Jason develops strong feelings for Sarah, but she's too broken to act on any feelings she has for him.Then Chapter Three comes - Wow! I won't give it away but what happens surprised me and really is what got me invested in this book. I needed to know how on earth Sarah and Jason would reach their happy ending.And what a great suspenseful ride to that happy ending it was. As both Sarah and Jason attempt to move on with their lives in separate cities, they soon are thrust back together as an attempt is made on both of their lives on the same day. The serial killer had already been caught - so who would want both of them dead?On the run, it's only a matter of time before they give in to their strong feelings for one another. Their love developing in the mist of danger was heightened. I was on pins and needles because I knew something bad could happen any minute.Nancy also weaves in some really cool scenes involving Sarah's work as a cryptologist including Sarah reconstructing an attempt at their lives using number equations. I found it quite fascinating.If you're looking for a romantic suspense that is smart, and full of intrigue, this is the one. It's easily one of my favorites this year.