I greatly enjoyed Pamela Britton's historical romances so I was excited to read this one, especially given the other positive 5* reviews. What a disappointment! I couldn't even finish it. It's clumsily drawn with insipid, kind of boring characters who had a weird relationship in high school and are somehow, someway, and who-knows-why violently attracted to each other when they meet again as adults. The female lead is supposed to be a brilliant FBI agent and yet she just seems kind of immature and TSTL. The plot is drawn in crayon, contains very little humor, pathos, suspense or sympathy and does very little to engage the reader. I would highly recommend reading Ms. Britton's other novels, as they're a lot of fun, but I must say that this one is really not worth the bother.