The Husband (Smytheshire, Massachusetts) (Silhouette Special Edition, No. 1059)

We are now pulled into the life of Beatrice Gerard [first met in #4 A Wedding For Emily] learning the reason behind her "divorce".Beatrice is visited by Samantha Brant [#2]to tell her that she has seen a man in danger and that she saw Beatrice standing vaguely behind him. When Bea asked Samantha to describe the man, it turns out to fit the description of her former husband, thought by everyone to be dead.WoW! does this get intense. We soon find out that Beatrice and Joseph Whitedeer worked under deep cover for a man named Tobias Smith. Tobias's code name at that time was "The Manager", Beatrice's code name was "Thistle", so named by Joe. At first Bea knew Joe only as "Coyote".Boy, is this story action packed and fast paced. It appears that there is a "Mole" in the organization and "Coyote" went deep undercover to discover who it was. Taking advantage of a car bomb to fake his death.When her husband of a year supposedly died Bea left the organization and lived in Smytheshire in "seclusion" for five years keeping house for her grandfather, Justin Gerard. [he appeared in #4 in support of Emily and her son Josh]Oh, it also appears that she has inherited the same powers as her brother, Ryder. [but keep this a secret.] Oh boy, wait till "Coyote" finds out.Ah, how intricately these stories are woven. Before leaving Smytheshire Bea stops of at Zebulon's place to find out if he knows of a "Seeker" [#5] She needs help to place the location of the man Samantha saw in her grandmothers crystal ball.I am not going to tell you how she finds "Coyote" after thinking him dead for five years. But there is more intrigue and action and suspense to make this story truly fascinating.AND HARD TO PUT DOWN.Keep track that other "operatives" are involved and pay attention to their roles in this story. You will meet "Knight", blonde and fabulously good looking [so they say] and ordered to take out "Coyote". [it was plotted for "Coyote" to take out "Thistle" [grin] but she put the move on him.] "Knight" shows in #10.Then there is "Raven", the right hand man and guard to Tobias.And remember Tobias is a Smith. [Yeah! right.] Tobias shows up in Smytheshire and visits Zebulon, taking "Raven" [#9] with him as a personal driver.Ho! Ho! Ho! E. August has written the very best Saga that I have ever read in the constrainment of Silhouette Romance but this Special Edition book has topped them all.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED --M - definitely a set of books worth keeping and reading again.