Project Eve

by Lauren Bach, Cate Noble

Everything Has A Price. . .

To dig up the truth behind the mysterious death of a senator's daughter, private investigator Rachel Anderson is going back to school. Passing herself off as a transfer student at the small, prestigious college the troubled girl last attended--funded by the powerful Shepherd's Cross Ministry--Rachel finds the secluded campus almost too idyllic, and the girls invited to participate in the "Eve's Circle" honors group too perfect. Too feminine. Too obedient. Not only obedient--completely submissive. . .

. . .Especially Perfection

Before long she realizes that some of the female students recruited to Shepherd's Cross have been abducted and brainwashed, not as the perfect wives Rachel imagined, but the perfect partners for men whose appetites are dark and sexual. But putting an end to the shocking operation requires more than just a cover--and it means trusting the brooding Elijah Trent, a CIA operative also working the campus from the inside. Together, they plan to expose the ministry's unspeakable secret, a crime which reaches outside U.S. borders and into the realm of pure evil. . .

Genres: Romantic Suspense, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Romance

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 7, 2005

About the author

Kathy Holzapfel (pronounced hole-zaf-el) has been writing fiction since childhood. Her first romantic suspense novel, LONE RIDER, was published by Warner Books, now Hachette, in 2001, under the pseudonym Lauren Bach. She published three more Bach novels with Warner and Kensington Books.

In 2009, Kathy kicked off a new series of romantic thrillers written under the pseudonym, Cate Noble. Book one of the trilogy, DEAD RIGHT, was nominated for a Romantic Times Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Awards. Publisher’s Weekly called DEAD RIGHT “impressive.” Her most recent release, DEADLY GAMES, wraps up the saga of three missing CIA agents.

A certified Life Strategies Coach and former accountant, Kathy is passionate about the craft of writing and personal achievement. She smiles a lot and is a member of International Thriller Writers, Crossroads Writers Conference, and Apex Writers. Kathy writes full time and resides in Alabama.

Reviews

[ElaineY · Rating 4 out of 5]

Project Eve is so much better than Pure Dynamite that I am surprised it's by the same author! I did not even finish the previous book because of the annoying heroine but Project Eve had me glued from start to finish. It has all the elements I look for in a romantic suspense - to die for hero, kick-ass heroine, breath-taking sexual tension AND Ms Bach delivers some scorching sex scenes, too. Whilst there is no great mystery about the villains, the suspense is there up to the final page which left me going AAAARGH! Where's Nick, Rachel's brother?

Really, I never expected Project Eve to be this good after Pure Dynamite's slow and disappointing story despite a promising beginning.

[Marika Charalambous · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was not a bad read, but nothing extraordinary either. Will look for more books by this author though.

[Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

The premise of this book was very interesting. A group of students at a religious college being drugged and brainwashed into begging for BDSM even though they don't really know what they are doing and then being filmed and murdered. The main character, Rachel goes undercover into the college looking for evidence of the pregnancy of a senator's daughter. The many complications in the story include a past relationship with Elijah, a CIA agent working undercover with Rachel as well as the seeming death of her brother. Even though I liked the early part of the story, most of the complications were just too easily overcome causing the book to end with more questions than it answered and problems being solved without much explanation. At the end of the book, the question of Rachel's brother is left unanswered. Since this was not really part of a series, I'm not even sure if that question ever gets answered in another book. I really wanted to love this book, but too many plot gaps left at the end just made it hard understand how things had been resolved.

[HK · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rachel Anderson, a PI and Elijah, a CIA former boyfriend work together on a religious college campus. Rachel was hired by a Senator who lost his step daughter to a car accident trying to find out if his step daughter, Cindy was pregnant and had a baby before her death. Elijah is in search of a financial connection between the college and the operation he was in where he lost his 3 friends and had himself captured for almost 3 years for it.

Slow development, half way into the book and no romance action.

Spy story cooperation work of PI and CIA, not good, not believable.
Romance, thin, not emotional.
Disappointed with this one, after liking "Lone Rider".

[Nikel27 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read

[Nabila · Rating 2 out of 5]

Weak plot. 2 dimensional characters. No sparks between H/H

[Tina · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars

[Cynthiaj · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a reasonable reading book, but doesn't leave me wanting more. The characters were bland and the plot predictable.