Date published January 2008
ISBN 978-0345476456
Romantic Suspense
Mass Market Paperback
Reviewed by Gina
A year after using her and leaving her in her bed, T-FLAC agent Max Aries is forced to respond to a series of telephone calls from Emily Greene. She wasn’t calling to entice him back into her life. No, she was calling to tell him his father, Daniel Aries was dead after committing suicide. With no love lost between he and his father, Max was in no particular hurry to reach Emily’s side. After all, the man was dead and Emily was just another woman. Right?
Wrong.
Max arrives to find an unconscious intruder in Emily’s house along with a vial of unknown origin and purpose. With the intruder not willing and then unable to talk and no idea what could have been let loose in her home, Max bundles Emily up and takes her to his father’s former estate. Just when he thinks she’s safe, Emily gives him the slip and runs to her current boyfriend’s house only to find that he and his entire family have been killed. Suddenly Max’s personal life is on a dangerous collision course with his career as a T-FLAC operative.
As different holy sites are bombed and art restorers mysteriously die, Max watches as a chilling pattern unfolds—each site contains an original painting restored by his father. A frightening series of events unfold that almost leaves Emily dead before she can tell Max exactly what she feels about him.
WHITE HEAT was eagerly anticipated by this reviewer and Ms. Adair did not disappoint! With her return to mainstream romantic suspense, WHITE HEAT is Cherry Adair at her absolute best. Max is reminiscent of Jake Dolan from KISS AND TELL, book 2 of the T-FLAC series in how the loner in him makes him so touchingly vulnerable, yet he has carefully constructed his emotional armor that you believe no one will ever cut through those self-imposed chains. He’s calm, controlled, smart and Emily Greene is his perfect foil. While a bit more detail to the historical sites they pass through would be appreciated, the fast pace keeps the reader thoroughly engrossed. This is not a book you can pick up and put down for a leisurely read. Instead you want to keep reading until the very end so be prepared for a long night with little sleep once you enter Max’s world.
Along with the return to the mainstream T-FLAC series comes Kane Wright’s wife and fellow operative AJ Cooper. I didn't particularly care for AJ in OUT OF SITE because I felt she as careless and over the top in her need to prove she could hold her own among the testosterone laced male cadre of T-FLAC. She was a very hard character to like. In WHITE HEAT she is more likeable and I would have liked to have seen Kane make a cameo in the story as more than just a reference.
Like all of Ms. Adair’s heroes, Max is a brunette making this reviewer wonder if that is a criteria for a male to enter into service with T-FLAC. That aside, the story is an enthralling wild ride that brings Ms. Adair’s talent to push her operatives to the limit with flair.
Each of the T-FLAC books is a stand alone that does not have to be read in order. That said, each one gets better and better. I look forward to the next mission and learning more about the mysterious new flower Ms. Adair has set before her readers.
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