From Publishers Weekly
Although the book's goofy cover art screams "D-grade syndicated sitcom," fans of Grant's action-packed interstellar romances (
The Scarlet Empress, etc.) would do well to remember the old adage that you can't judge a book by its cover. Fueled by suspense and a sweet, playful romance between state senator Jana Jasper and Cavin Far Star, a human soldier from a distant planet, this colorful tale defies categorization. It starts out tender and whimsical, with hero and heroine connecting as children during Cavin's brief visit to Earth. Then, after the two meet up 20 years later, the story takes a decidedly
Terminator-like turn, as the couple find themselves on the run from a bioengineered assassin and on a mission to save Earth from alien invasion—all while keeping Jana's political reputation squeaky clean. The story runs short on energy midway, bogged down by a transparent subplot involving a group intent on ruining Jana's political career. But once the race to save the planet starts up again, readers will rocket through to the book's pat but satisfying conclusion.
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From Booklist
As a mute nine-year-old from a prominent California family, Jana rescued a space alien stuck in the tree outside her bedroom window and gained the gift of gab as well as her first kiss in return. Twenty-three years later, Cavin, now one of the Coalition Space Force's -highest--ranking military officers, returns to claim the girl he has never forgotten, and to warn her--and all Earth--of impending invasion. But Jana's got problems of her own--unknown persons have targeted her and her family as objects of a smear campaign in an attempt to remove her from office as the state's youngest senator--and it takes several attempts on her life and reputation to convince her to go along with Cavin's agenda. Grant's latest is full of her trademark fun and fast-paced adventure, featuring a good-girl politician who can't stop thinking of the hunky career soldier as her very own Peter Pan, an intergalactic assassin, the Russian mafia, and, for good measure, sly political commentary.
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