Hidden Hearts

Second book in the "Hide and Seek" trilogy by Kearney: The Hidden Years (#636), Hidden Hearts (#640), and Lovers in Hiding (#644). Description from the book back cover: He would protect her with his life ... Architect Alexandra Golden insisted she didn't need the bodyguard her brother Jake had hired. Surely the papers Jake had sent weren't worth killing her for. Anyway, could she trust the handsome stranger? Sure, he was gentle with her and funny, and his I've-got-to-have-you kisses made her knees weak, but he was also arrogant, sensitive, and very dangerous. Roarke Stone, ex-CIA field officer, had failed to save his fiancee from a terrorist's bomb and had no intention of losing Alexandra to the powerful, deadly men who were pursuing her. He was determined to protect her, but could he protect his own vulnerable heart?

First let me state that this is the second in a series of three books. However, it can certainly stand alone if you have not read the first one. This book is supposed to be occuring simultaniously as the first one. It ties in well with the first one with the characters referring to the ones in the first novel. Alexandra Golden is an architect. She has just learned she has a brother that she had been seperated from before she was adopted. She learns this by recieving a short letter and a pile of papers in the mail. Just when it seems things are going her way, a man breaks in trying to get the papers she was sent. Fortunately, Roarke Stone is there to save the day. He saves her several times in the course of this book. Very interesting. Roarke is the sexy, patient kind of guy I'd like to have saving me if I were in trouble. Alexandra is the gutsy, smart type of woman I'd like to be. She holds her own in this book and I like that. A great read.