Securing Ava
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Publisher Description
Ava Prescott has had one goal in life, to carry on the Prescott legacy by taking the reins of Diamond Unlimited Wealth Management. Her father’s determination to uphold the company’s wholesome family image propels Ava into a reluctant fake relationship with Kyle, a man she’s sure is a threat to the business. When her father is the victim of a suspicious accident, Ava believes Kyle is responsible and has no choice but to run.
Paige Richards saw enough violence to last a lifetime during her years as a counterintelligence specialist. She’s ready for some peace on her ranch in Oklahoma and is paying the bills as a private investigator. Paige takes a case to locate and bring back runaway heiress Ava Prescott. It seems simple enough, until she stumbles upon a bungled kidnapping attempt and her peaceful life is turned upside down. Now she must use every skill she has to secure Ava.
As they try to figure out who is out to hurt Ava and her family, Paige and Ava fight to stay one step ahead of the threat and resist their growing attraction. But ignoring their feelings may prove impossible when their hearts and lives are at stake.
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Shade has a reputation for building deeply imagined settings that foreground the African American lesbian experience, from 1920s Harlem (Masquerade) to this contemporary romantic suspense novel set initially in affluent Chicago. But dedication to setting does not serve the goal of burning up pages with either suspense or romance, which means Shade's writing strengths are working in opposition to readers' expectations throughout the encounter between Ava Prescott, 35-year-old heiress to a financial empire, and Paige Richards, a Marine veteran turned private security specialist. Indeed, there are eight chapters of scene-setting before the pair even meet, detailing how Ava is blackmailed by her father to either marry a skeezy male colleague or lose her inheritance. When the fiancé finally shows his true colors, Ava bolts for New Orleans and finds work under an alias in a lounge. The action again goes dormant for a stretch. By the time Paige saunters in, having been hired to track down Ava, it's too late for either pace or anticipation to recover. What should be a thrilling cat and mouse pairing never quite takes off.
