To the Limit (The Bodyguards, Book 2) [Mass Market Paperback]

Cindy Gerard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2007

When former Secret Service agent Eve Garrett, gets a late night call from Tiffany Clayborne saying "Eve, please come and get me" she books over the the bar Tiffany says she's at. She met the girl when she was still an agent. Tiffany was her first assignment and she developed a big sister attachment to the kid that continues to this day. However, when Eve gets to the bar she sees some suspicious activity in a dark alley and her gut tells her that Tiffany is involved. When she goes after her, she's knocked out and when she comes to, Tiffany is gone. Eve believes that Tiffany is in danger. But when she goes to Tiffany's father, he doesn't want Eve anywhere near Tiffany. After all she was in charge the last time Tiffany got hurt. Eve and Tiffany have put that incident behind them. Her father has not. He plans to hire his own private detective to check into this.doesn't hesitate. Eve doesn't trust Tiffany's safety to anyone else and decides to hunt fo her on her own. However, uring her search in Miami, Florida she runs into Clayborne's detective--her old flame, Mac, who loved her and left her. He's the last person she wants to see, especially on this case. However, when several attempts are made on Eve's life, Mac decides that they should stick together. And the closer they get to Tiffany, the more deadly secrets unfold and the more the danger rises. . .

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A tense, sexy story filled with danger. . .romantic suspense at its best."
-- Kay hooper, New York Times bestselling author on To The Edge

"Passion. Danger. Excitement. Cindy Gerard delivers top notch sizzle."
-- Cherry Adair, USA Today bestselling author of On Thin Ice on To The Edge

"Cindy Gerard takes you on a roller coaster ride of heart-thumping thrills, sleek sensuality and unforgettable characters. I have one word for Nolan Garrett. Yum!"
-- Vicki Lewis Thompson, New York Times bestseller of The Nerd Who Loved Me on To The Edge

--This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover

In To The Edge, bestselling author Cindy Gerard introduced the bold men and audacious women of an elite team of bodyguards in a sizzling new romantic suspense series. Now she takes their seductive daring one step further as passion vies with peril for every beat of the heart...

HER RULES: NEVER DOUBT YOUR INSTINCTS...
Please come...and hurry. The frantic message was for securities specialist Eve Garrett, left by her friend, Tiffany, the missing teenage daughter of Florida's most reclusive multi-billionaire, Jeremy Clayborne. However, the only thing Eve found on the stormy midnight rendezvous was a nameless, faceless attacker who left her for dead. But the biggest knockout was yet to come...

NEVER TRUST THE BAD BOYS...
Mac McCain, the arrogantly sexy beach bum who seduced and abandoned Eve years ago is back. Now he's a P.I. hired by Clayborne's own camp to find Tiffany, a party girl on a party run. With two attempts on Eve's life, Mac has reason to suspect it's something more sinister.

AND NEVER SAY NEVER.
Where the search is taking Eve and Mac is into the dark secrets of the rich and famous, into the menacing shadow of a killer playing by his own rules, and into the heart of a sizzling desire
re-ignited by the danger that threatens to claim them both.

"A tense, sexy story filled with danger...romantic suspense at its best."
--Kay Hooper, New York Times bestselling author

--This text refers to an alternate Mass Market Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (May 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312948573
• ISBN-13: 978-0312948573
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,515,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Cindy Gerard has forty plus titles in print. In addition to 6 RITA nominations and 2 Rita wins, Cindy has numerous RT nominations and various awards to her credit. Each book of her single title romantic suspense series, Black Ops Inc, has appeared on the New York Times Bestseller top 20 list. Cindy writes sexy, heart-pounding romantic suspense and has had her work twice featured in COSMOPOLITAN Magazine as Red Hot Reads.

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best I've read from this author - terrific & hot!, September 12, 2005

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Girl on a hill (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To the Limit (The Bodyguards, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first full-length book by Cindy Gerard that I have read, and I really enjoyed it. I love her strong, independent female charater, Eve, and the strong yet vulnerable McCain. The chemistry between the two was excellent, and was enhanced by their history of a brief affair when they were 18. The story was intriguing as these two private investigators (with heroic pasts) try to find a missing heiress and solve a mystery. There are lots of great twists and turns and many interesting characters. The secondary story about Tiffany is well done. I like that this book is part of a series about a family; you can definitely see some groundwork for future stories about Eve's brothers.

I will definitely go out and buy the first in this "Bodyguards" series, and also the new one coming out in December. If you enjoy S. Brockmann and N. Roberts mystery/romance, you'll like this!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Limit on action and suspense, August 30, 2005

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Marilyn Puett (Huntsville, AL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To the Limit (The Bodyguards, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

Spoiled rich girl Tiffany Clayborne had not only been Eve Garrett's first Secret Service assignment, she was the reason Eve had resigned from the agency. But Eve, part of E.D.E.N. Securites, had agreed to meet her after midnight in a sleazy part of town. Eve was attacked and left for dead along with a cryptic message: You're dead. You just don't know it yet.

This confirmed to Eve that Tiffany wasn't just a runaway. She was in real trouble. But as Eve continues her search, she comes face to face with Tyler "Mac" McClain, her high school crush who'd stolen her virtue and broken her heart.

A former cop, Mac now owned a PI firm and had been hired by Tiffany's father. He's surprised to run into Eve and even more surprised that the girl he'd dreamed about handled a gun with such expertise and savvy. Surprise #3 comes with another attempt on Eve's life.

Soon Mac joins Eve in her belief that Tiffany is more than a rich kid on a wild spree and together they track her across the country, dodging bad guys in a race against time.

TO THE LIMIT is filled with action and suspense, oozes passion and will keep you glued to your seat as Mac and Eve follow a trail of clues while they fight the sparks that fly between them. Eve is every man's dream girl and Mac is the stuff of beefcake posters.

Cindy Gerard has gone from being a great writer of category romance to being a remarkable writer of romantic suspense. This reviewer can't wait for TO THE BRINK, the next in this series about E.D.E.N. Securities.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this series!, December 17, 2005

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M. Nix - See all my reviews
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This review is from: To the Limit (The Bodyguards, Book 2) (Mass Market Paperback)

A frantic late night message has personal security specialist Eve Garrett out in a West Palm Beach rain storm waiting for her estranged friend Tiffany Claybourne. While working as a Secret Service agent, Eve befriended Tiffany several years ago when she was assigned to protect the troubled heiress. Not surprisingly, the rich party girl is late, and Eve's gut tells her there is something very wrong. When she sees someone duck between some buildings, she is out of her car and into the dark rainy night. Instead of finding Tiffany, Eve is jumped by an unknown assailant who, before knocking her out, whispers "You're dead. You just don't know it yet."

Bruised and battered, Eve is out the next night searching trendy night spots for any trace of Tiffany. Her search turns up the last person she expected to find, Tyler "Mac" McClain. Fourteen years earlier high school bad boy Mac broke Eve's heart and disappeared from her life. A former cop turned private investigator, Mac is now working for Tiffany's wealthy, reclusive father. It is Mac's job to find the party girl before her exploits become tabloid fodder. Eve, however, believes that Tiffany is in real trouble, not just on her latest bender. Fighting the attraction which never died, the pair's paths continue to cross as they separately work on the case. After a bombing and subsequent attacks which appear to be attempts on Eve's life, Mac finally realizes that Tiffany may be in real peril. Reluctantly, Mac and Eve team up to find the heiress.

The second installment of The Bodyguards Series, To the Limit is a sizzling hot, action-packed thriller. The chemistry between Eve and Mac is explosive. Eve is a strong, talented woman. I appreciated that while she did not want her coworker brothers to go "big brother" on her, she does not do anything stupid while trying to maintain her independence. Mac is a tough, yet all too human man. I also love their give and take. The duo simultaneously battle each other as well as the sinister threat working against them. I was not familiar with Cindy Gerard or The Bodyguards before reading To the Limit. Now I must read the first and can't wait for the next!


Cheryl
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