** spoiler alert ** I read a really good book yesterday. Yes, yesterday. One day. One book. It was another free Harlequin on my iPod. And it was GOOD! I'm not sure if my system was ready for the shock, but I couldn't put it down.

It's called Stranded with a Spy and it's about a woman wrongly accused of being a slut and trying to go on a simple vacation to escape her scarlet letter where no one gets killed for talking to her. Is that so wrong?!? She meets an operative from a secret government organization and they fall madly madly in love over the course of two days. What's totally fricken awesome is the hero says "I love you" and the heroine says "yeah, whatever, look at these cool shoes!" (not an exact quote, but awesome nonetheless) She did love him, but the author didn't feel the need to shove the love in the reader's face. Awesome soaked in awesome sauce with a side of thank you for crying out loud!

It was a Romantic Suspense book, but the actual spy stuff was cut short. There wasn't much suspense really. It was obvious the heroine was being set up to everyone but the government, but the story was good and the characters were believable. The only characters too stupid to live were the people who got killed (perfect) and the villain. As Batman once so wisely said, villains are so stupid (On HowItShouldHaveEnded.com that is). Clancy and Grisham have nothing to fear, but Merline Lovelace, you're on my author to read more from list. Welcome to that very short and very exclusive list.