Make No Promises

Wow! I loved it. The adventure swept me along and left me with a strong desire to visit the southern-most tip of Chile. What a great story, excellent pacing, very well-written, great characters and a hot romance to boot. What's not to like?

Taylor Travini of Travini Vineyards of California arrives in Chile to find her twin brother, Terry who has disappeared. From the time Taylor arrives in Chile, she finds herself in mega trouble. Attempts are made on her life, she is framed and jailed for possession of drugs, and it goes down hill from there. Rafe Maguire is an ex-army ranger turned mercenary who trains Chilean recruits for the army forces. Rafe has his own demons to banish and he has no time to protect this American woman who seems to have done something to have the Mafia after her, but Rafe just can't leave her to her own defenses she will end up a statistic for sure. There is sexual tension from the time they lay eyes on each other. The persistent undercurrent of sexual attraction combined with the heart pounding suspense of the story keeps you turning pages. This book has it all mobsters, drugs, espionage, terrorists, and a political coup in the making. Taylor is too stubborn and determined for her own good, and will not back down from anything until she finds her brother and proves herself to her father, something she has been trying to do all her life. Rafe is a road weary warrior, and together they are an unlikely couple, but they are a team due to circumstances and an explosive one at that. If you are looking for a thrilling suspenseful romance, this is the book for you. I look forward to more books from Charlotte Maclay.

Thirty years old Taylor Travini leaves her family owned California vineyards to search for her missing twin brother Terry last heard from six weeks ago in Chile. Terry told Taylor he was heading in country to photograph some local flavor. However, everyone she talks with in Santiago including the police deny her sibling was ever there. She is even set up to be forced out of the country during an incident in which her doorman is murdered and her backpack is filled with cocaine. Retired US Army Ranger Rafe Maguire earns a living training the local military how to fight. When he sees the danger Taylor is in he comes to her rescue. Soon he finds saving her life has become his day job, bit nothing will prevent the courageous Taylor from continuing her quest even except concern for the soldier she loves. MAKE NO PROMISES is an exciting romantic suspense thriller that grips readers from the start to the finish because of the courage of the heroine though at times her actions are foolish and put her too much at risk. The story line is fast-paced as Taylor refuses to leave though the cops, the druglords, the mercenary, and seemingly everyone else in South America scream Yankee go home. As insane as her antics are, fans will enjoy her Chilean romp to include the hunk who loves her. Harriet Klausner