Guilty Little Secrets
A Loveswept Classic Romance
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Publisher Description
Seduction knows no limits when two people with secrets join forces in Las Vegas.
Special agent Rosie Malone never expected to find herself wearing a clown suit in some dark alley in Sin City, but she’s undercover in a high-stakes sting. Then a sexy male stripper named Mack starts muscling in on her territory. There’s something about the guy that catches Rosie’s eye, aside from his gorgeous body. What is Mack really after? For that matter, who the hell is he?
As if having to resurrect his old strip routine to infiltrate a vicious crime ring weren’t bad enough, now Mack has the attention of a beautiful clown who’s asking dangerous questions—and getting all the wrong answers. Mack will need to move fast to keep Rosie safe, even if it means revealing his true identity. To stay one step ahead of some nasty thugs, they team up by posing as newlyweds on a dream vacation. Now Rosie and Mack must bring down their quarry while running for their lives—and falling in love.
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The pigheaded protagonists in Lane's latest romance (after Romancing Riley) behave like hormonally driven teenagers as they bumble their way toward a happy but highly improbable conclusion. Posing as a showgirl at Las Vegas's Silver Swan casino, ATF agent Rosie Malone is on a mission to find and arrest an illegal arms trafficker. Her primary suspect is a secretive stripper named Mack. Unbeknownst to Rosie, Mack is really an FBI agent, and he's after the same criminal she is. He, however, suspects her. Despite their suspicions, the foolhardy feds date and have hasty sex in a public area. Afterward, they become so wrapped up in sorting out their emotions that they miss obvious clues. Lane goes out of her way to convince readers of Rosie's competence ("Rosie went through the kind of careful analysis that had always impressed her superiors." "Rosie wasn't one for missing the point"), but Rosie's actions belie these statements. Indeed, she becomes even more mulish after Mack's identity comes to light. Mack is marginally more appealing, but he and Rosie spend too many pages fighting and working at cross purposes to render their 11th-hour declaration of love believable. A ludicrous conclusion and a saccharine epilogue are the icing on this half-baked offering.
