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5.0 out of 5 stars
Midwest Book Review - full bodied prose, sexy intrigue, February 11, 2003
With this first book, Elizabeth Lucas-Taylor has crafted a winner from first page to last. Dubbed romantic intrigue by the author, it was that and much more. The characters were well-developed, the technical aspect of the story realistic, and her writing full bodied.
Lindsay Mayer is insecure, plump, and maybe just a little frumpish around the edges. Her marriage to the irresistably sexy Griffin is unraveling. He's been troubled lately, avoiding her, and staying gone from home for increasing periods of time. What is her college professor hubby up to? Despite the love and chemistry they've always shared, Lindsay fears he may have found another woman. When she discovers him in his bathrobe, sharing a ritzy hotel room with an exotic beauty, her worst fear is confirmed.
The proof of Griffin's infidelity almost kills her. When she doesn't hear from him in weeks, she feels her life is over. Enter a savvy long time friend, Chloe Brennan, recently assigned to a new position in Washington, DC. Chloe has the contacts and the means of turning her friend's life around, if only Lindsay will cooperate for once. The shattered Lindsay has nothing left to lose. With Griffin gone, her life is over anyway, so she puts herself in Chloe's hands.
Segue five years into the future. Lindsay has now been successfully transformed into Honor Danforth, technical wunderkind of the British MI5.
Expert in foreign languages and dialects, master of computer wizardry, tireless tracker of elusive foreign agents. she blocks all thoughts of Griffin from her heart and mind. She's shed excess weight, dyed and straightened her curly hair, changed her eye color and adopted a British accent to reflect her new life. The pain of Griffin's loss is blunted. She's moved on to another life, but not to another man. No man could ever be enough after Griffin.
When she's assigned to protect the British Embassy in Washington DC, everything she ever believed about her marriage is rocked with one revelation after another. Griffin appears in tuxedoed splendor, hobnobbing with British and American dignitaries with suave familiarity. And then she learns he's CIA - one of the best - assigned to her team, in league to ferret out one of the worst terrorists the West has ever known.
Griffin believes his wife died five years before. He's never come to grips with the guilt and sorrow. For certain he has avoided replacing her because Lindsay can never be replaced. His immediate sexual attraction to the cool and very British Honor Danforth is a mystery, but one he's bent on solving.
If ever any male and female belonged together in the biblical sense, it's Griffin and Lindsay/Honor. But each plays their own game as agent until the old familiar chemistry takes over. Amidst that inevitable sexual explosion, somehow they must stay on their toes and thwart the plans of Embassy moles and ruthless terrorists.
Oh what a fun trip it was helping these two resolve their Unfinished Business! I recommend it to those who enjoy action and intrigue, but only for adults and mature adolescents due to strong sexual content.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Mr. and Mrs. Spies, August 20, 2008
Finding your husband, the absolute love of your life, in the arms of another woman in a quirky and off-kilter circumstance, how could you go on? What if you could have another incarnation in this lifetime, putting all that pain and anguish behind you as you accept a new identity and intriguing spy status as another nation's citizen? And what if half a decade later you discover that the wayward spouse wasn't wayward at all, but a covert operative himself?
Elizabeth Lucas-Taylor grabs us with an ingenious premise and moves us into a whirlwind world of fast-paced adventure in her deliciously entertaining romance novel, Unfininished Business. For each and every one of us ladies who love the thrill of cleverly styled romantic fiction, this book proves utterly delightful. Just when the humdrum of every day life threatens to flatten your spirits, curl up with Lucas-Taylor's marvelous adventure tale. There is heat, drive, and sexual tension which will effuse joyous praise from even the most staid homemaker. Between the witty dialogue, neat plot, and urgent playful sensuality, we find ourselves in total agreement with the heroine who gave up her past life for new adventures - it is entirely about thriving with renewal and gusto
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great action and romance, December 17, 2007
Understand Police Officers and Staying Out of Trouble
Unfinished Business is one of the best action romance stories I've ever read. It would also make a very good movie for tv or the big screen. Mrs Taylor spared no details in bringing her story to life in words. She actually painted her scenes to life with great expression and detailed description. In this story you never have a dull moment in reading. All of her characters bring suspense, action and adventure to the story. Reading this story makes one think that the author had some type worldly espionage experience herself. She writes as though she use to be one of the characters in a real life adventure. It is a very well writtern story which keeps the readers attention from the beginning to the end. I recommend this book to all who enjoy plenty of action, suspense and romance. Get this book and read it, you will not regret it.
GEMorrison
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