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Eve St. Giles is the best flu hunter the European Center for Disease Control (ECDC) has. She loves her job tracking down diseases and controlling them before devastation hits. But this time it’s personal. When an unknown terrorist releases a deadly disease in Switzerland, Eve’s sister is one of the victims. Though this outbreak has all the earmarks of the lethal Spanish Flu, it appears altered to only affect women. Former Swiss Guard Nick is now in the private sector as a securities expert. When one of his clients, a huge pharmaceutical company discovers one of its supposedly destroyed experiments was stolen and used by a rogue former employee, Nick is called in to track down the perpetrator. His job puts him in close contact once more with Eve, his one time love, whom he’s never forgotten, and they find themselves working for the same cause. But events spiral out of control, pitting them on a race against time to stop the monster responsible for the deadly epidemic before he can destroy even more women. I love this book! Each installment of the Madonna Key is more complex and more exciting than the last, and Shadow Lines is no exception. Fans of adventure, romance, and paranormal genres will all find something to love between the covers of this story. The action begins in the opening pages when Eve is first set on the course to track down this threat to international health and safety of untold numbers of women. Enter Nick, a suave, sophisticated, and dangerously sexy guardian, and sparks are sure to fly. The paranormal element comes to play in Eve. A descendant of an ancient sect of Black Madonna worshippers, the Marians, and very strong in psychic abilities, she has suppressed them for several years after one attempt to use the power had disastrous effects. Feeling her talents are unreliable and dangerous, she has no desire to use them now, until their strength seems to have grown by leaps and bounds, with visions of a healer from the time of the Crusades helping her to solve the current crisis. Readers who have followed the mini series from book one, will love how each book delves farther back in time to the history of the Black Madonna and what has led to today’s problems. We also learn more about the just-as-ancient enemy of the priestesses, the Adriano family, and see their desperation to succeed in their mission grow even stronger. Secrets are revealed, and even more mysteries are introduced, which catapult readers through a fascinating adventure ride. Shadow Lines by Carol Stephenson will grab you by the throat and provide many pulse pounding moments of excitement until the conclusion is reached. I for one can’t wait to see what happens next in the unique and compelling Madonna Key series. © Kelley A. Hartsell, August 2006. All rights reserved.
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The Madonna Key Book 4: Shadow Lines
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Posted August 2006 |
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