Locked Down
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
<p>A Texas Heroes Novel</p><p>A charming, confident FBI analyst gets more than the fling he bargained for when his lover lands smack in the middle of his investigation.</p>
<p>Gabe Lopez travels to Everness, Texas, to investigate and profile a dangerous group of white supremacists living on the outskirts of the small town. As far as he's concerned, the assignment can't end soon enough. When he stops to help Matt York with a flat tire, he anticipates a sexy distraction—nothing more. But Matt has a knack for getting himself into trouble, and soon Gabe is torn between protecting Matt and doing his job.</p>
<p>Matt left a successful life and business back in San Francisco to fulfill a promise to his aunt: find his runaway cousin and bring him home. But Tommy is on a dangerous path, and someone is trying to scare Matt off—or worse.</p>
<p>When the situation escalates, Matt turns to Gabe, who doesn't like mixing business and pleasure. But in Everness, the secrets are buried deep, and like it or not, Matt is at risk of being buried right alongside them.</p>
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Anastasi's lackluster contemporary has plenty of sex but minimal story. FBI analyst Gabriel Lopez helps Matt York with a flat tire near Everness, Tex. Though instantly attracted, they fail to exchange phone numbers, a problem immediately rectified when they coincidentally occupy adjoining motel rooms. Both seek information about the ALP, a local white supremacist group; Gabe is investigating them for the FBI and Matt hopes to convince his bigoted cousin to leave the group. Sadly, a plot with the potential for emotional complexity vanishes behind fast-moving romance and extensive bedroom scenes. Characterization falters when Gabe obsesses over a single suspect and draws sudden conclusions from thin evidence. Once Matt's familial connection to ALP is revealed, he and Gabe must temporarily sever their relationship, though this twist is conveniently forgotten after a shooting incident that endangers them both. The explicit content might satisfy erotica readers, but those hoping for character growth and serious treatment of cults and white supremacy should seek another book.
