A Dangerous Engagement: Sisters in Arms (Silhouette Intimate Moments) [Mass Market Paperback]

Candace Irvin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Silhouette Intimate Moments | Publication Date: October 1, 2003

US Army Delta Force Major Tom Wild has never played by the rules and he's not about to start now. Why should he when adhering to the rules accomplished nothing for a close friend, except that friend's death? Tom has spent precious weeks setting up his own cover, even going so far as to arrange a deal to reduce a small-time terrorist's prison term for an introduction into the shady underworld of Panamanian terrorist Luis Ortiz. So far, Luis and his thugs have been minor players on the Panamanian criminal scene. But before Tom's friend was murdered, his friend learned that Luis gained a wealthy but unknown sponsor-and was promptly tasked with a deadly but equally unknown mission. Tom has no idea when the cowardly act is supposed to go down and he'll do whatever it takes to obtain the information, even if it means courting Luis' trusted cousin Anna Shale straight into bed if need be. As far as Tom is concerned, he has no choice. The sultry beauty is the budding terrorist's only weakness. That Anna is also a former US Navy lieutenant suspected of passing military secrets to her cousin will make taking the both of them down-as well as Tom's personal revenge for his buddy's death-all the sweeter...

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About the Author

A former U.S. Naval officer, Candace Irvin currently writes military romantic suspense for Silhouette Books. Her first book was a Waldenbooks Series Bestseller. Her second was a finalist for the prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA Award. She's also finaled in the Virginia Romance Writers' Holt Medallion contest and is a two-time Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award nominee. Be sure to check out the other titles in Candace's cross-branch Armed Forces miniseries, Sisters-in-Arms, from Silhouette Intimate Moments: CROSSING THE LINE (Oct '02) and IRRESISTIBLE FORCES, coming in Jan '04.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373273223
• ISBN-13: 978-0373273225
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,073,808 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sisters in Arms continues to thrill!, November 11, 2003

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Holly Fuhrmann (PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Dangerous Engagement: Sisters in Arms (Silhouette Intimate Moments) (Mass Market Paperback)

Dangerous Engagement is a who-can-you-trust sort of story. Lt. Anna Shale is undercover, investigating her cousin, a dangerous, unstable man. Major Tom Wild is a major problem...not only could he blow her investigation, he just might be the man she's always wanted. Both Anna and Tom play a dangerous game with not just the mission, but with their hearts!

Candace Irvin tells a gripping story that touches your heart even as it leaves you on the edge of your seat!!

5.0 out of 5 stars TOP NOTCH MILITARY STORY - STRONG HERO!, January 15, 2008

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M. Hartmann "abayyan" (Milan, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Dangerous Engagement: Sisters in Arms (Silhouette Intimate Moments) (Mass Market Paperback)

Strong Hero with a problem - drinking and drugs - can not tolarate them.

Three of the "Sister in Arms" have developed problems - Each makes a wonderful story. Eve Paris, Anna Shale, Samantha Hall and Meg Gallagher. Carrie Bishop is dead.
Luis Ortiz is running guns or drugs and has a very complicated scam in operation which involves using Delta Force Major Tom Wild.

Tom introduces Anna to Julio Ramos, better known as JuJu because of his liking the candy, at JuJu's bar.

Foster has been promising Anna a comprihensive investigation into Tom Wild and then she finds out that Wild had her investigated. Who the devil could she trust? Foster was threatening her career. And he made her get in painful implant. Sam made Foster give Anna a shut-off beeper.
Ha!

Ortiz kept stringing Tom along, promising a close-up meeting to inform him of why he was hired. Pepe was a bear of a man who was Anna's childhood friend. He also knew how her mother was killed.

The intrigue was woven skillfully through the plot to keep you guessing.
The characters fit into the story to round out the plot - with passion not overriding the plot but skillfully used to keep the plot moving.

Sam has been in touch with Anna and trying to help her with the problem presented by the drug for pain. Another excellent piece of intrigue.

Tom and Anna have some very real issues to resolve and kept stumbling toward the solution. Tom wants revenge for Manny's death and Anna wants to salvage her career and to live down the trauma of her experiences when she was fourteen years old. Her aunt pimped her and now Luis was doing the same.

I loved the resolution of the plot [even when Sam turns up missing - great connection to the next story].
Wildman almost blew it.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -m -- keep all of her books - they rate a space on your bookshelves.

5.0 out of 5 stars "The second installment in the Sisters-in-Arms series!", October 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: A Dangerous Engagement: Sisters in Arms (Silhouette Intimate Moments) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the second Sisters-in-Arms book about sorority sisters who've formed a bond and would do just about anything for each other. If you read the first book in the series, CROSSING THE LINE, you might recall that Anna Shale had been accused of treason and was kicked out of the military. She has no choice but to go back to Panama to her scum-sucking cousin Luis but there's an ulterior motive behind this.

Undercover agent Tom Wild was given the job of taking the place of the previous agent, Manny who was murdered in cold blood by Luis right in front of Anna. Anna feels like it's her fault that Manny was murdered. When Tom first meets Anna she's under the influence of pain pills for a very good reason but Tom jumps to the conclusion that she's addicted to drugs. He's lived through this very thing with his mother and his girlfriend before so there's no way he's going to even remotely get involved with Anna. What Tom doesn't know is that things are not what they seem.

Even though they don't know it yet, Tom and Anna are both on the same side. What will it take for them to finally realize it and start working together to take Luis down once and for all?

This book was intriguing from the get-go. There were some twists to the plot that I never even saw coming until they hit me right between the eyes. This was a fabulous story that I read in a matter of hours. It was that good.

Reviewed by Kathy Boswell, TheBestReviews.com