Date published July 2008
ISBN 1-59414-681-0
Genre Romantic Suspense
Hardcover
Reviewed by Tammy
Doranna Durgin’s HIDDEN STEEL is unpredictable, mysterious, adventurous and a real adrenaline rush.
When “Mickey” wakes up to find herself a captive with no memory, escape is her only thought. As she listens to her captives and learns they are keeping her alive because they mistakenly think she has information that the drugs they have given her have erased, she questions who she is and how she ended up in this position. When she manages to escape with skills she didn’t know she possessed, she ends up in the gym of owner Steve Spaneas. As they come to trust each other and Steve tries to help Mickey, things turn dangerous and complicated as the truth of her past unfolds.
Doranna Durgin’s HIDDEN STEEL twists and turns and surprises from the very first page. The panic Mickey encounters when she finds she is being hunted and has no memory beyond waking up a captive in a frightening torture chamber sets the tone and the story picks up speed with every discovery she makes. Steve also has his secrets and is a mysterious mix of strength and wariness that works really well with Mickey’s hard edges and confusion. Add in a CIA connection and some foreign goons and you have one unpredictable and intriguing romantic suspense that readers will find hard to put down before all the mysteries are solved.
The only real negative that this reader found with this book was that it is only available in hardcover. This reader tends to purchase hardcover books only when she has waited on the edge of her seat for a particular book to hit the bookshelves as they tend to be expensive and take up a lot of shelf space. Had this book been released in paperback, this reader feels certain it would fly off the shelves. As a hardcover, it is anyone’s guess. In any case, Doranna Durgin has become an author of interest for this reader with her very romantic and suspenseful HIDDEN STEEL.
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