Intimate Danger [Paperback]

Amy J. Fetzer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 27, 2007

Clancy McRae is mad as hell. Charged with creating technology-enhanced troops, she’s discovered her top-secret nano-device has been surgically implanted in four U.S. Marines without her approval. Though it makes them smarter, faster, and stronger than any human on earth, in this untested stage it can also drive them insane—or kill them. Now she’s stolen classified data, risking her career—and her life—to go after them. While recovering from a shoulder wound, Spec Ops leader Mike Gannon learns the rest of his team was dropped into the jungles of Peru to locate a chilling new weapon. Then: nothing, nada. Injured or dead, it’s his duty to bring them home and destroy the threat. But when a scrappy red-haired beauty butts into his rescue mission, insisting the government turned his men into lab rats, Mike doesn’t believe her—till she becomes a moving target. Keeping Clancy with him keeps her safe, yet as the tropical temperatures rise with their passion, Mike and Clancy are ensnared in a labyrinth of ingenious deceptions concealing a peril no one suspects—and only they can stop. In the dark forgotten Andes, they unearth a deadly plan and an ancient menace that turns a rescue into the crucial fight for their very survival.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Brava (February 27, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758216556
• ISBN-13: 978-0758216557
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #945,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Reading Twice!, April 26, 2007

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Wisconsin Bookworm (Racine, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intimate Danger (Paperback)

Like Perfect Weapon, and Hit Hard, this book kept me reading late into the night. In Intimate Danger, research scientist Clancy McRae is appalled to find out that the nanotechnology she has been working on and testing to help soldiers in the field has been used on humans way before it's ready. While she's tested primates, no way would she condone the use of the technology on humans. It was just too soon. While those around her are going for the money and power using her research for their own purposes, she holds on to her moral values and tries to correct the mistakes of those on her team. Finding the four Marines used as "test subjects" is priority. She has to deactivate the pods as soon as possible.

Her search takes her to Peru, where she meets Michael Gannon, the leader of the Marines the technology has been used on. Michael, the leave no man behind Marine is looking for his team, shot down while on a mission. Though he is attracted to Clancy, he doesn't act love struck or unprofessional when he meets her. He also doesn't automatically trusted her, which is how someone in his position should be. While he keeps focused on the task of finding his men, he does research into Clancy and uses his many contacts to find out what he can about her. Capable, smart and strong, Michael acted like a true Marine, and definitely one of the good guys.

Mike and Clancy made a good team and I liked that the attraction between them didn't distract from the story. Making Clancy a veteran of Desert Storm helped validate her capabilities when confronted with danger through out the story. A research scientist without that background wouldn't be as believable.

I think the only negatives in the book were the switching back and forth in the story lines, even though everything came together in the end. Overall I enjoyed the story and would recommend it to others that like Romantic Suspense books, and of course, a military hero.

17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars exciting romantic suspense thriller, March 3, 2007

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intimate Danger (Paperback)

Proud of her progress, research scientist Clancy McRae has worked hard on her nanotechnology project to enhance animal capabilities. However, she is outraged to learn that the military took her advancements and placed them inside four marines. That alone would be unethical, but so far her experiments on animals have resulted in a 100 percent identical effect of each test case going insanely berserk regardless of species. She fears these soldiers will follow suit and desperately wants to help them before they become so dangerous they must die so Clancy steals classified documents to begin her quest.

Marines Spec Ops leader Mike Gannon finds out that while he healed from an injury on their last assignment, his squad worked a dangerous mission in the Peruvian jungle. They failed to return so Mike plans to go bring them home dead or alive as no marine is ever left behind. However before he goes too far Clancy informs him that their government has turned his men into guinea pigs. He assumes she is a nut because his country would never commit such an atrocity especially on patriots like his team. He soon changes his mind when someone tries to kill her. He must keep Clancy safe because she is the only hope for his men, but nether knows what awaits them in the Andes. It will prove far more dangerous than unethical federal agents.

INTIMATE DANGER is an exciting romantic suspense thriller with the emphasis on the escapades and adventures starting even before the lead duo hook up. Once they meet, sparks ignite, but after he is convinced she is legit and his men in trouble, they both agree the team comes before the attraction. Though some might scoff at the Feds conducting human experiments to produce super Captain America soldiers (remember NYC subway testing in the 1950s and rendition to abusive regimes including so called public enemies), those of us who believe the government capable of anything will appreciate this action-packed thriller.

Harriet Klausner

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intimate Danger, September 2, 2007

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This review is from: Intimate Danger (Paperback)

Mike Gannon is a Special Ops soldier who was injured on a mission. While recovering, he finds out that his team has been dispatched to the Peruvian jungles to find a top secret and deadly weapon. However, no one has heard from them since. Soldier first and foremost, Mike doesn't care how injured he is, he is going to find his comrades and either rescue them or bring their bodies home. There is just one thing standing in his way, and she is red headed and a spitfire.

Clancy McRae is an inventor and not a happy camper. Told to find a way to make a device to boost the performance of soldiers, Clancy is stunned to find out that what she created was implanted into four Marines without her knowledge. Then, if that isn't bad enough, no one has heard from them since they were sent on a mission to Peru. Knowing the effects of her untried and untested device, Clancy has to find those men - even if she has to go to Peru herself.

Mike does not believe the wacky virago when she first tells him her story. The longer he is around her, the more he believes. Well, and the fact that someone wants her to be silenced...forever.

If you are not a fan of suspense, edgy romance, and complete absorption in a plot, then Intimate Danger is not for you. If you are, then grab a drink, sit back, and immerse yourself in this delightful addition to any bookshelf. Intimate Danger kept me on pins and needles the entire time I was reading. I thought Mike was loyal, sexy as hell, and everything a soldier in my mind should be. Clancy was feisty and extremely smart, and she since she continuously surprised Mike throughout the entire book, exasperating comes to mind. Their attraction for each other was evident pretty early in the book, but I really like how their romance was written. Desperately they loved at times, and at others, the explored sensually.

Intimate Danger is my first Amy J. Fetzer book. I am now such a fan, I have to go back and read her previous works!

Talia
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