Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek is the kind of T-FLAC novel that Cherry Adair was producing in volume during the mid-2000s, and that volume is part of the appeal: you can read three of these in a weekend and still want a fourth. This one has a T-FLAC operative pulled off rotation to protect a kindergarten teacher who has, through no fault of her own, become a key witness in a global counterfeiting case.

The romance follows the standard Adair rhythm: meet-uncomfortable, mutual underestimation, slow heat. Adair's teacher-protagonist is treated as competent in her own world rather than as a damsel, which the form does not always allow. The operative's backstory gets honest texture rather than wallpaper.

Four stars. Recommended to fans of the form and to readers looking for a clean entry into Adair's T-FLAC catalog.