Broken Honor
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Almost sixty years after a fortune in looted World War II treasure vanished from a captured German train, a man and a woman who have never met are thrust into a world of danger . . . and desire
Amy Mallory chafed at the discipline and authoritarian control she was forced to endure growing up in a military family. Never, she vowed, would she fall for a man in uniform. But now, years later, as a history professor reading her late grandfather's secret files, she discovers a dangerous, enticing world she wants to experience for herself.
Lieutenant Colonel Lucien "Irish" Flaherty was taught by his grandfather, General Sam Flaherty, to believe in three things: honor, duty, and country. His faith is shaken when his mentor is implicated in a presidential advisory commission's investigation into the disappearance of valuable artwork that was captured from a Nazi train. Determined to clear his grandfather's name, he uncovers dangerous secrets that link his past to that of beautiful stranger Amy Mallory. But neither of them suspects that the truth they seek to uncover is deadlier than they can imagine.
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History professor Amy Mallory's devotion to her long-deceased grandfather is put to the test when he and two other high-ranking World War II vets are accused of having looted Jewish treasures nearly 60 years earlier. Raised by a flower-child single mom who scorned all authority, Amy's naturally leery when handsome, 40-something Lt. Colonel Irish Flaherty, also determined to disprove the allegations against his family name, arrives in Memphis just in time to witness her house burnt to the ground. Nevertheless, she slowly begins to trust him after he thwarts several attempts on her life. While the two pour over a box of military documents which may hold a key to their grandfathers' pasts, they desperately attempt to contact the third major player, D.C. bigwig, Dustin Eachan, whose true agenda will keep readers guessing until the novel's end. The gutsy action and compact dialogue that marks Potter's latest (after The Heart Queen) is softened by a believable romance between her seemingly mismatched protagonists and extensive character development even Amy's irritating, emotionally distraught dog, Bojangles, is afforded some psychological depth. Although Potter is better known for her historical romances, this bracing romantic thriller proves that she's just as comfortable writing in the contemporary arena.
