Sweet Suspicion

by Nina Bruhns

Sweet Suspicion by Nina Bruhns released on Jan 23, 2004 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373273479
• ISBN13: 9780373273478
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Silhouette Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Imaginative, intense and intriguing

Muse Summerville is a wanted woman: wanted by James Davies, head of organized crime in New Orleans, to prevent her from testifying against him; wanted by the FBI who needs her testimony in order to bring down Davies, and wanted by Remi Beaulieux, the FBI agent assigned to protect her. Remi wishes he could turn off his unwelcome and unrelenting desire for Muse. Battling his own need is difficult enough, but denying the reciprocal hunger he can see in Muse's eyes is almost impossible. Anything except total focus on the job could compromise the case and get them both killed, but it's a chance he -- they -- will have to take. They're playing for the highest stakes -- a lifetime of love...and their very lives. SWEET SUSPICION takes place just before and during the time of SWEET REVENGE, the story of Muse's twin sister, Grace. In later parts of both books, the two stories overlap, expertly weaving the two together into a remarkable whole, yet both books stand alone and can even be read out of order. (Though I recommend reading them in order, back to back. Trust me, once you've finished one, you'll want to dive right into the next without stopping.) Life has not been easy for the two sisters, but unlike Grace, who drew into herself and focused all of her energy into her work, Muse became the ultimate party girl...at least on the surface. Muse has perfected the art of pushing people away even as she seems to draw them toward her, so that no one realizes they've been cleverly manipulated or that she's holding back -- except Remi, who not only notices, he seems determined to accept nothing less than everything. But how long will he want her, and what will she do when he walks away, as everyone in her life but Grace has done? Remi's own past has left its mark, leaving him longing for something he thinks he can never have -- family. Because of this, the job is his life. He keeps his relationships exclusively sexual and temporary. Once he sees beyond Muse's sexy surface, he recognizes her as a kindred spirit. He fights to maintain his emotional distance from her, though everything in him urges him ever closer. What will happen when the case is closed, Muse leaves, and he's alone once again? Will work be enough to fill the void? Of necessity, Muse and Remi are the primary focus, but secondary characters Grace and Creole, as well as Remi's friend, Dev (who needs a book of his own), broaden the scope of the story while enhancing emotional and character development. Imaginative, intense and intriguing, SWEET SUSPICION once again demonstrates Nina Bruhn's outstanding ability to create wonderful stories and characters to grace your keeper shelf.

The characters bring this book to life.

With what could be a true to life situation, these multi-layered characters bring Sweet Suspicion to life

Another wonderful book

Muse Summerville is a witness to the activities of a major crime lord. When her safety is threatened, FBI agent Remi Beaulieux is assigned to keep Muse safe. This proves to be a bigger challenge then what he bargained for, Remi has wanted to get to know Muse in every way since they first met.Muse fights her growing attraction to Remi, she has had a serious trauma in her life. This makes it very hard for her to get close to any man. But Remi isn't just any man, he has to convince her that he is the man that can help her overcome her fears and keep her safe.Muse and Remi are a fascinating couple to watch fall in love. They bicker with such passion and really connect on an emotional level.Nina Bruhns writes another intriguing story. It's a joy to read her books and to see how they connect and you get to see favorite characters pay a visit.

A superbly sexy, thrill-a-minute category romance

Impulse control is as vital as breathing to FBI special agent Remi Beaulieux. Following one's impulses is a damned good way to get killed, after all. Especially when working undercover for weeks or months at a time, as Remi is preparing to do; hell, it's his specialty. A healthy dose of curiosity can be just as lethal as a lack of self-control, however.One look at Muse Summerville's lethally curvaceous body, for example, and Remi is struck, hard, with a gut punch of attraction so stunningly visceral he's at a loss as to what to do about it. An informant of sorts, Muse has provided the FBI with valuable information about James Davies' crime organization -- the organization Remi is set to infiltrate -- for the past six months through her now defunct relationship with Gary Fox, one of Davies' flunkies.Who knew that putting a face to her file would have such an excruciatingly personal impact on him? On his objectivity, as well as his body, Remi ruefully acknowledges with a grimace of discomfort, his gaze still trained on Muse's short skirt, long limbs, and come-hither smile. She's in her element in the crowded New Orleans bar, flirting and laughing and doing the rounds with a party girl's cool, teasing confidence.Appearances, of course, can be deceiving, as close confines will inevitably prove when Muse is placed in protective custody, and Remi is charged with the challenging task of keeping her alive, and in line. Apparently, Davies has learned about Muse's role and willing cooperation in building a case against him; and a dead witness can't testify, can she? With no other agent available, and the bad guys hot on their trail, a frustrated Remi is Muse's best bet -- but for what: heartbreak or safety in the face of such strangely surreal danger?Her scarily strong attraction to Remi is close to making her witless, but not stupid, surely --- not foolish enough to fall crazy in love with his dark, Creole good looks, and stirring (if wrong-headed) determination to keep her safe at all costs. Not when she has every suspicion that Remi is her equal in every way, and purposefully avoids emotional complications.And what of her twin sister, Grace, who's become caught up, unintentionally, in Muse's latest mess?Running parallel to the storyline of Sweet Revenge, Nina Bruhns's February 2004 release for Silhouette Intimate Moments, Sweet Suspicion, is a sequel that satisfies in more than one respect. It's almost of benefit to readers, though, if their memory of Grace's story is a little bit hazy -- or completely blank, for that matter -- because Muse's actions are a pervading influence on the plots of both books. The element of surprise, therefore, is diluted somewhat by a reader's prior knowledge of certain events spelled out in the author's previous effort.There's still plenty to get excited about, however, in this superbly sexy, thrill-a-minute category romance. The sexual tension between Muse and Remi is so potently thick, you'll be overpowered by it - pleasa