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Stolen Seduction: Great End To Series

Rounding out the STOLEN series, is Stolen Seduction, the story of Hailey Roarke, introduced as Rafe's ex-wife in Book 1, and Chicago PD Detective Shane Maxwell, also introduced in Book 1 as Lisa's twin brother.

Hailey, an ex-cop from Key West with a family that put the "dys" in dysfunctional, has been thrust into the position of head of her late father's corporation. When she meets Shane again on a trip to Chicago, and is rejected by him again, events are set in motion to frame her and force Shane to make a choice about her and what she means to him.

Hailey battles the bad guys as much as she battles emotional issues created by her grasping, selfish family. That kind of emotional conflict is hard for some readers to understand and to realize that it makes a person --real or fictional -- question every relationship that comes along. That makes it hard to take anyone on faith.

What makes this book and the series work?

As with the other two books, Stolen Seduction features strong characterization, believable secondary characters, good plots, excellent emotional conflict that keeps the lovers apart, and riveting sexual attraction between the characters that makes their inevitable consummation believable.

The sexual tension is intense -- just as it should be. The heroes are testosterone-fueled yet sensitive to the women they love -- to all her needs, not just sexually, but to what she needs emotionally and what she needs to be happy with who she is.

This series was great, and that's hard for an author to pull off. Highly recommended.