Soldier's Last Stand

H.O.T. Watch #6

by Cindy Dees

Navy Commander Brady Hathaway is done with women. Since H.O.T. Watch is pretty much a 24/7 job, that leaves no time for female entanglements. Then he's appointed Eve Dupont's handler. Tan, leggy and blonde, the lethal-looking civilian chosen to take down a terrorist cell scares the hell out of him. Can he keep Eve safe and resist her charms?

This may be Eve's only shot to clear her name from any involvement in a terrorist cell and bring in a wanted assassin. But can the ultimate party girl do it? And can she convince the sexy Mr. I'm All Business Hathaway that there are times to move fast -- and times to go very slowly.

Genres: Romance, Romantic Suspense, Military Fiction, Harlequin, Contemporary Romance, Harlequin Romantic Suspense

217 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 21, 2011

About the author

Cindy Dees started flying airplanes while sitting in her dad’s lap at the age of three and got a pilot’s license before she got a driver’s license. At age fifteen, she dropped out of high school and left the horse farm in Michigan where she grew up to attend the University of Michigan.

After earning a degree in Russian and East European studies, she joined the U.S. Air Force and became the youngest female pilot in the history of the Air Force. She flew supersonic jets, VIP airlift and the “C-5” Galaxy, the world’s largest airplane. She also worked part-time gathering intelligence. During her military career, she traveled to forty countries on five continents, was detained by the KGB and East German secret police, she got shot at, flew in the first Gulf War, met her husband and amassed a lifetime’s worth of war stories.

Her hobbies include professional Middle Eastern dancing, Japanese gardening and medieval reenacting. She started writing on a one-dollar bet with her mother and was thrilled to win that bet with the publication of her first book in 2001.

Reviews

[Lady Lioness · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to admit, I had an issue with this book from the very first sentence and its use of the descriptor 'cavernous twilight' for a room. Call me narrow-minded if you wish, but a) I don't associate twilight with indoor lighting and b) how on earth can light be cavernous?

However, the whole book seemed to require an element of belief suspension. While I apparently have no problem being okay with a world where vampires and werewolves roam free, I seem to have difficulty accepting the idea of a government agency recruiting a civilian supermodel-type to infiltrate a terrorist organization.

So I'm just going to give it three stars because I didn't find it badly written, just implausible, and leave it at that.

[Sharon Sherman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Boy its heck when you fall in love. At least Naby Commander Brady Hathaway knows he is done with women.
Yeah.

[Harlequin Books]

Miniseries: H.O.T. Watch

[Elizabeth Mckernan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book I really enjoyed it

[Romance Writers of America]

2012 RITA finalist in the Contemporary Series Romance: Suspense/Adventure category

[Cathy Beckett · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. Dees has become a must buy author for me. She never disappoints.

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[Susan Carlisle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book, nice read