Savor The Danger by Lori Foster (Men Who Walk The Edge Of Honor #3)
Romantic Suspense
June 28, 2011
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Jackson Savor has admired and lusted after Alani Rivers for a while now. He’s flirted, but he knows what Alani has been through in the past and he’s more than willing to be patient. He’s confident that one day, they’ll be together and it’s going to be perfect. So, when he wakes up one morning to a warm, naked, Alani wrapped around him he should be happy, right? Although he is, he is confused. In a really big way! Jackson doesn’t remember a thing about how Alani ended up in bed with him. If that wasn’t enough, his head and stomach are about to explode!

Alani is also confused. The Jackson that romanced her into bed last night is not the Jackson she woke up with. She misunderstands everything he says and does and immediately thinks badly of him when he claims to not remember anything of the night before. What they did? What he said? All her insecurities about men return in full force and she cannot get out of there fast enough.

Later that day, barely recovered, Jackson seeks Alani out to try and get a handle on what exactly happened. Trace and Dare (from books one and two of the series) arrive and between the four of them they are able to conclude that Jackson had been drugged. Alani tells them that when she arrived at Jackson’s place a woman was just leaving. Jackson is clueless about who the woman could be and he also has no idea why anyone would be out to get him. It’s clear, though, that since Alani was seen at Jackson’s place, she could be targeted as well, so Jackson is charged with protecting Alani and keeping her safe. No hardship for him, at all.

I smiled, giggled and laughed through the first part of this book. Jackson cannot believe that he’s finally been with Alani and he can’t remember it. He pesters her with detailed questions about their night together. He is unrelenting in his quest to have Alani give him a literal play by play of their night together.

“How many times did I have sex with you?”

Thrown a little, she did a double-take. “I don’t know.”

He groaned. “Way to wound me woman. You’re saying it was so forgettable, you couldn’t keep track?”

Ready to clout him, Alani growled, “Five times.”

“Five! No shit?” He grinned. “That’s a personal best for me.”

Important clues reveal themselves forcing Jackson to admit things from his past to Alani. He’s reluctant to do so, worried about her reaction. But Alani continues to surprise him as she takes in each new piece of information about Jackson’s past in stride. As the pieces of the puzzle start to fall into place, Jackson and Alani along with Dare and Trace move forward with a plan to draw out the villains. Just when you think the conflict is resolved Ms. Foster throws a kink into it and you’re drawn into the action once again for a very satisfying end.

Of the three books released in this series to date, this was my favorite so far. While the story continued with the human trafficking theme we’ve seen in the previous two books, this installment had a much lighter tone to it, while still providing action and suspense until the very last pages. There are many humorous moments, especially at the beginning, but they continue throughout; many of them at Jackson’s expense. I really liked Alani. She had that “what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger” attitude. Having survived being kidnapped by a human trafficking organization, she knows how lucky she is to be alive and she refuses to let what happened slow her down. She didn’t take any alpha male crap from Jackson; rather she stands up to him not really defying but making him ‘ask’ rather than ‘order’ her when he needs her to do something. She did grow up with Trace, after all, and knows her way around an overprotective man. Jackson was awesome, as I knew he would be when he was introduced in Trace of Fever. He is just as skilled as Dare and Trace, but his personality and calm exterior will fool the enemy to think they have the upper hand when we know that is not the case at all. We meet the H/H for the next book in this one, and having had a glimpse of the heroine, I’m very much looking forward to their story.

Rating: B+

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