ALWAYS LOOK TWICE – Geralyn Dawson
The Callahan Brothers, Book 3
Signet Eclipse
ISBN-13: 978-0-451-22488-0
ISBN-10: 0-451-22488-4
September 2008
Contemporary Romantic Suspense

Hawaii, Colorado, Kansas, and Texas – Present Day

Climbing the side of a cliff in Hawaii is exactly the way security expert Mark Callahan chooses to crash this particular party, so when he finally reaches the top, he gets an eye full of a sexy woman in a low cut, almost backless red dress – and has to remind himself that he's not there to get distracted by a pretty, ah, backside. Mark promised to bust this party of pornographic beauties, rescue Sophia Garza, and take her out of harm's way. Sophia is being kept prisoner against her will, and even though Mark thinks she almost deserves her fate, the Garza sisters, Maria and Juanita, who live back in his hometown of Brazos, Texas, are like his own family. Just for them, he'll rescue the wayward Sophia from the wealthy porn magnate, Harvey Selzer. Uh, oh. Mark's in trouble. When the lovely in the red dress turns around, she isn't some no-name actress, instead, Mark is faced with none other than Annabelle Monroe, his ex-wife. And, complicating matters, Mark discovers an old enemy at her side, low life Eastern European operative Boris Radovanovic, the man responsible for killing Mark's brother John.

Private Investigator Annabelle Monroe doesn't have time for Mark now. She's at this party for one reason only, to infiltrate Rad's organization and rescue a young girl whose death is scheduled for tonight when Harvey and Rad get together on their newest venture, snuff films. And if Annabelle's job means that she has to make nice with Radovanovic, then so be it. But right now the danger is palpable, and Annabelle knows she's got only seconds to contain Mark's anger before it explodes and messes up her plans to save that girl's life. She has to get Mark away from Rad, so she maneuvers him into a linen closet. And then she realizes her mistake. This isn't the best or the safest place to be trapped with Mark. The last time they were in a closet they ended up married in Las Vegas, not to mention that they have a history of making wild, passionate love whenever they get caught inside small, close places.

Mark and Annabelle ALWAYS LOOK TWICE after they discover there's someone with a grudge against the Fixers, their former team of twelve covert operators under the command of Colonel Greg Warren, now stationed in the Pentagon. Their days of taking out spies and drug dealers might be over, but now a cold-blooded killer is killing the Fixers, one by one. And he or she isn't stopping at the Fixers alone, but is also turning on their families, leaving Mark and Annabelle racing to stay on their toes, stay alive, and keep their families safe. Lots of other characters populate the pages. Mark's brothers are former operatives themselves; his twin Luke (former DEA agent) and older brother Matt (former CIA agent) and their wives, Maddie and Tori, provide lots of action and humor. Annabelle's mother, Lynn Monroe, and her father Frank are also instrumental in this story, as well as many of the former Fixers, like Harrington and Kincannon, who help Mark and Annabelle out of some tight spots.

Geralyn Dawson throws you right smack in the middle of the action, so hang on as you crack open the cover in ALWAYS LOOK TWICE. The third in The Callahan Brothers series, it follows GIVE HIM THE SLIP (October 2006, Maddie and Luke's story) and NEVER SAY NEVER (October 2007, Tori and Matt's story). ALWAYS LOOK TWICE stands alone, and though I haven't read the other stories, I am definitely going to catch up very soon!

You won't get much chance to catch your breath with this book. ALWAYS LOOK TWICE is a roller coaster ride that wraps up all the loose threads into a neat bundle, gives us lots of passionate embraces, and leaves a new cliff-hanging mystery for the next installment. Don't miss it!

Diana Risso