Book Review: Personal Enemy

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Personal Enemy     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Sylvie Kurtz
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Romance   Adventure   Woman Main Character   Romantic Suspense
Series: Silhouette Bombshell
Silhouette Bombshell, Feb 2005, $4.50

In Stamford, Connecticut business executive Peter Dragon needs personal protection so he hires an undercover bodyguard Adria Caskey to pretend to be his assistant. However, unbeknownst to Peter, Adria has plans for her new employer that is not in his best interests. He was one of those who killed her parents when she was six years old living in Hawaii and her surname was Kaholo; he is the only one left for her to enact her grandfather’s death bed vengeance.

The preliminary phases of her plan go off without a hitch so Adria sets up the implementation step. However, before she can destroy her enemy, an adversary surfaces using her scheme to attack Adria and Peter. To survive this intruder who wants both dead, Adria will have to team up with the person she most hates in the world. As they struggle to live, Adria and Peter fall in love, but she refuses to sleep with the enemy as she cannot let go of the past beyond the current deadly scenario as she still plans to kill Peter once the new foe is stopped.

PERSONAL ENEMY is a thrilling romantic suspense with the emphasis on the action though the attraction between the besieged lead duo is not neglected, but handled in context of their past and their current dire straits. The story line is fast-paced starring realistic characters especially Adria and Peter. Romantic thriller readers will appreciate this tense tale.

Harriet Klausner

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