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Shadow Hawk (Harlequin Blaze)

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ATF agent JT Hawk knows he has been set up by one of his own. As he flees trying to prove his innocence, he takes fellow agent Abby Wells along for the ride. He knows she is in danger also, but convincing her of that takes persuasion and proof on his part. Follow them on a very exciting journey!!

These are two very complicated, and likeable characters. They have great chemistry that will draw you from the beginning, and keep you interested throughout the entire book. The secondary characters Logan and Callen were very well written, and you end up rooting for them as much as you do Hawk and Abby. The mix of action, suspense, and romance makes this a very good read.

Take one strongly capable male and one fiercely independent but completely feminine female, add some bad guys, suspense and intrigue, and then top it all off with smoldering sensuality and you've got the makings of SHADOW HAWK, the latest Blaze offering from the talented Jill Shalvis.

When a mission to recover over 300 rifles stolen from ATF storage goes to pieces while agent Abby Wells listens from a mobile communication center, she can't help but rush out into the action to see if she's needed. Abby was formerly active in the field herself, until an earlier mission went wrong and left her emotionally scarred. Someone within the agency is assisting the criminals, and as soon as Conner Hawk grabs her and forces her to go on the run with him, Abby thinks that he is the rogue agent and she is determined to escape him. When Hawk tells her that he suspects their director is involved, Abby is disbelieving, as the man who has raised Hawk's suspicions is the very man who rescued her several months before. Almost as quickly as Abby is convinced that Hawk's suspicions are true, the two have an incredibly passionate encounter that leaves both of them a little confused, yet wanting much more.

Hawk realizes that he has deeply frightened Abby by kidnapping her and that he's asking a lot in wanting her to believe him. He realizes that Abby's life is also in danger and that the race is on to find the true bad guy while fighting to keep them both alive. Hawk has always been attracted to Abby, but never dreamed that the two of them would actually get together. Hawk now needs to get Abby to drop her defenses so she can open herself up and accept his feelings for her.

Jill Shalvis has penned a fast-moving romantic suspense with intriguing lead characters that readers will quickly become attached to. Secondary characters are equally important and a sensual side romance is an added bonus. SHADOW HAWK is a bit of a change from the humorous, quirky characters that Jill Shalvis often gives her readers. Abby and Hawk aren't the light and fluffy characters you might associate with a Blaze. Each is dealing with serious issues; current dangers for Hawk and indescribable horrors in Abby's past, give this book the bones of an excellent suspense.
COURTESY LAURIE/ROMANCE JUNKIES

Jill Shalvis pens another sexy and suspenseful story in Shadow Hawk.

ATF Agent Conner Hawk latest mission has him on the run for his life. Something has gone terribly wrong and his partner Logan is fighting for his life. To find out who set him up as the fall guy he takes fellow Agent Abby Wells as his unwilling hostage. As Hawk works through the clues to find out the mastermind he realizes Abby's life is in danger as well.

ATF Agent Abigail Wells is used to being a field agent. When she almost loses her life several months ago, she transfers to a much safer desk job as a computer tech. Abby is assigned to work with Hawk. There is just something about Hawk that pushes all her buttons, buttons she thought were long dead.

As more facts come to the surface Abby is forced to rethink who she should trust. And she has to face the terror from almost losing her life. Her heart is opening up to Hawk and Hawk is realizing the treasure he has found in Abby.

Shadow Hawk weaves the right blend of romance, snappy conversations and high stakes suspense. Jill Shalvis has written another keeper.

Wow - who knew the queen of romantic comedy could write such incredible romantic suspense?!

I really, really loved this book, and it was nothing like I expected. I mean, look at the cover. Sure, it might be nice for a woman to look at, but it also advertises in all its Harlequin Blaze glory that the book will be a sexathon. And it definitely isn't. In fact I don't even believe Blaze is the right category line for this book.

Hawk is a former Special Forces soldier who now works for ATF as a field agent. He and a few others are set up for a string of bad crimes, and Hawk has no choice but to go on the run until he can prove his innocence. The problem is now ATF communications worker Abby has also been put in danger, and he has to take her with him - against her will - in order to keep her alive. What he does not realise as he's doing this is that Abby is still recovering from another mission that went terribly wrong where she was captured and tortured. She sees Hawk's actions as something different to what they are because she associates everything he does with what the people did to her in the past. They have to figure out if they can trust each other because they're both on the same side and they're both in danger.

Shalvis has a way with words like no other writer. Most of her books are laugh out loud funny, but it doesn't come from slapstick humour. It comes from her ability to create excellent dialogue and real characters. So all of those wonderful qualities are present here in this far more serious story, even in many of the most serious scenes.

As always in Shalvis' books there's an excellent and engaging secondary romance that doesn't get in the way of the main story but instead complements it. Shalvis' characters are always individual and interesting, and she manages to find the right balance between humour and heat.

This is a category romance, and so things have to move fast. But this is an author who knows how to handle the category restrictions without resorting to clichés and stupidity, and I got to the ending feeling it was a very satisfying read.

I just loved this book. I've never before read a Jill Shalvis book that was so strong in the suspense aspect, and I liked the way she handled it so much I wish she would write more books in this genre!

I love Jill Shalvis and have read quite a few of her books. This book, like the rest was great, but for the first couple of chapters, amid all the action, I was confused. There was so much going on and I felt like it drug on too long. Other than that, it was a great book that made you want to root for the hero and heroin.

This book quickly starts with pulse pounding excitement...a raid on a warehouse searching for a man named the Kiddie Bomber along with weapons and bombs. The ATF agent Hawk ends up set-up and on the run with another agent Abby as his hostage. The main story is the love story of these two. She is psychologically damaged from her previous mission and Hawk helps her to overcome her fears. Hawk's best friend, an agent named Logan, is wounded and sent to the hospital, where his angel, a nurse named Callen becomes his love interest.

The intrique is an interesting story but is breezed over in the writing and only presents itself again towards the very end of the book with a too swift wrap-up.

I liked this book because it combined action, romance, and mystery in a believable plot. It was the kind of book you had to finish in one sitting.

In Wyoming ATF Agent Conner Hawk is attracted to fellow agent Abigail Wells, but she refuses to mix work with pleasure as her last assignment ended poorly because of that. She goes so far as to make Conner believe she loathes him though he cannot ascertain why.

However, personal feelings aside, they work together with other Feds on a raid that goes completely wrong leading to a massacre. They realize they were set up, but the agency believes Hawk sold them out in spite of his taking a bullet. He desperately tries to stay free and keep Abigail safe as he assumes she has to be eliminated as she knows too much. Thus until he can uncover the identity of the real culprit, he handcuffs Abigail to himself. She assumes she is his hostage; his gut insists he keep her out of harm's way.

The above is just the first few pages of a one sitting police procedural romantic suspense that hooks the audience the moment the lead couple is handcuffed together and never slows down until the final confrontation. This exhilarating thriller will blow away readers as Hawk and Wells battle one another and an unknown common enemy who wants him dead and she might be collateral damage; no witnesses.

Harriet Klausner