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Into the Dark by Cindy Gerard

Into the Dark by Cindy Gerard

St. Martin’s Paperback, June 2007

Amy Walker has been after a madman for a long time. In her quest to find him she was held hostage, raped and tortured, in a foreign country. Then along came the Dallas and the guys from E.D.E.N. to rescue her and the other hostages. After the rescue she decides it’s better not to get anyone else involved so she disguises herself and goes in to hiding. She’s determined to get the man who is running the secret organisation that reduced her mother to a vegetable. She’s even more determined to keep Dallas out of it.

Dallas has wanted Amy back every since she left. When she shows up on his doorstep six month after disappearing he isn’t sure what to think. Seeing that she is in danger he swears to protect her no matter what the cost and the two of them head off in search of a killer. A killer who happens to be related to Amy. Falling in love isn’t part of his plan.

I have been waiting for this book ever since I first read about Amy and Dallas in To The Brink. Sometimes when you are highly anticipating something it doesn’t meet your expectations. Well, I am thrilled to say that Into the Dark met and exceeded my expectations. I loved it.

Ms. Gerard transformed Amy from a victim to a hard-core, kick-butt heroine with a vulnerable side and it was believable. I loved the interaction between Amy and Dallas. The story pacing was intense all the way through. The tension was palpable.

I kept waiting for something that would make Amy not related to the bad guy (this isn’t a spoiler it’s on the back cover). I kept waiting for anything to redeem these antagonists, there was nothing. If I could hate a book character I would hate these ones. These “bad guys” were so bad it made me sick to my stomach. When the story rocked to its conclusion I was one happy girl. Well, other than the fact that the story concluded.

What made me even happier was meeting two new characters, Jones and Jenna, who were just as real as Amy and Dallas. Often in books that have so many high octane heros and heroines the characters start to feel like no one you’d ever meet. However, Ms. Gerard has given each of these characters flaws and personality and even though they have jobs to do you feel that you know them - they could actually exist. Ms. Gerard says this is the end of her E.D.E.N. series. Whether it is or whether it isn’t I sincerely hope we will see Jones and Jenna’s story.

Kudos to Ms. Gerard for maintaining the tension, pace and quality of writing throughout this series.

I give this 5 kisses. Review for Romance Divas

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