Dangerous Deception

by Beverly Barton

Book Overview

For Lausanne Raney, romance meant nothing but trouble. Once it cost her her freedom and her baby girl. Now she's got a respectable life...but desperately needs money to find her child. When she accepts an unusual offer from her wealthy employer's daughter, she finds herself under deadly suspicion--and the unwanted protection of security agent Domingo Shea. Bad enough the courageously honest ex-Navy SEAL doesn't completely trust Lausanne any more than...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373770677
• ISBN13: 9780373770670
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Hqn
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Dangerous Deception

Lausanne Raney hasn't had an easy life. Forced to give up her daughter, convicted of a crime she did not commit, Lausanne only wants to lead a respectable life and find her daughter. When her employers daughter, Audrey, asks her to travel around the southeast and impersonate Audrey, Lausanne becomes embroiled in an intrigue that could prove deadly. Private investigator and security specialist Domingo Shea is called in to find the missing Audrey. With Lausanne the last link to Audrey, Dom must set aside his feelings for Lausanne. While Dom doesn't completely trust Lausanne, he is incredibly attracted to her. With a killer hot on a Lausanne's heels, Dom finds himself not only protecting her, but wanting to believe in her too. I hadn't read any of Beverly Barton's books before and I have been missing out. I am already searching for all the books from the Protectors series. I loved Dom and I can't wait to fall in love with more of Beverly Barton's Alpha men. Full of suspense that kept me guessing and plenty of chemistry between Dom and Lausanne, I really loved Dangerous Deceptions. After I read the last page, I hugged the book to my chest and sighed a happy satisfied sigh. Nannette Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed

interesting romantic suspense

Lausanne Raney thinks men are lowlifes as she had nothing but trouble with males. When she was seventeen, she gave birth, but had to give up her daughter for adoption. In her early twenties she thought she found love, but instead of a lifetime together raising a family, she spent five years in prison as his accomplice on a crime she had nothing to do with. She has sworn off men, but vows to find her child just to insure her offspring is living a contented life filled with love. When Audrey Bedell Perkins goes missing her wealthy father, owner of Bedell, Inc. hires the firm of Dundee Private Security and Investigation Agency to find her; cost no object. Former SEAL Dom Shea is assigned the case with the evidence pointing towards a homicide as many people wanted the spoiled rich girl dead. He soon suspects Bedell, Inc employee Lausanne because she got involved with the missing heiress just before the wealthy woman vanished. However, to his chagrin he also is attracted to Lausanne and her to him though neither trusts the other for differing reasons; he because she may be a kidnapper-murderer and he because he is a male hunk. DANGEROUS DECEPTION is an interesting romantic suspense thriller starring a woman whose luck in men has been all bad until she meets the SEAL and a hunk who does not know whether to kiss her or have her arrested. The story line focuses ion their relationship as they seek the missing Audrey. Though Lausanne's constant lament can turn too whining, no one will have a dry eye with the final confrontation. Harriet Klausner