No Way Out
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
New York Times bestselling author Andrea Kane creates a sizzling mix of emotions, white heat, and pulse-pounding suspense in one of the biggest knockout thrillers of the season. With a child's life at stake, a woman's deepest fears and desires careen toward an explosive climax where there is no time to hesitate, no going back, and
NO WAY OUT
Something is wrong with teacher Julia Talbot's favorite second-grader, the mayor's son Brian. Seeing the outgoing little boy become increasingly anxious and withdrawn, she suspects problems at home, inside the mansion of a high-profile political family. But even Julia doesn't know the real truth. Venture capitalist Connor Stratford, the boy's powerful uncle, does.
Intrigued by Julia, Connor plans a campaign of seduction designed to keep her from snooping -- and to get her into his bed. Yet Julia has already learned too much. As danger bears down on her like a runaway freight train, Brian vanishes, and a desperate hunt to find him draws Julia deeper into a family's secrets and an irresistible passion -- and closer to a place where a child's future, and her own fate, hang in the balance.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Although Kane is better known for her historical romances, she splashed onto the contemporary scene a year ago with her New York Times bestseller Run for Your Life, and she continues to broaden her readership with this tightly woven romantic thriller. When Julia Talbot's second-grade student Brian Stratford becomes withdrawn in class, she suspects that his problems may be related to his father's Senate campaign. Brian's father, Stephen, is the mayor of Leaf Brook, N.Y., and a model citizen, but when Julia expresses her concerns for Brian's welfare to the Stratford family, she finds that her inquiries are unwelcome. To keep Julia from probing further and discovering the mayor's well-hidden compulsion to gamble, Brian's uncle Connor, a jaded venture capitalist, tries to seduce her. Instead, he falls in love with the idealistic young teacher. Their relationship is put on hold, however, when Brian is kidnapped and Julia is injured in a hit and run. Kane's characters are realistically flawed and endearing, and the romance between Connor and Julia is well developed. Although the novel's conclusion is no surprise and a saccharine epilogue ties up loose ends too neatly, this fast-paced tale will appeal to fans of Lisa Gardner and Heather Graham.
