THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA by Karen Leabo (see her website)

BooksForABuck.com, 2000

Clint Nichols is way out of line, and he knows it. By kidnaping mafia princess Marissa Gabriole, he is risking a multi-year FBI investigation and his career. Like it or not, however, he is a man even more than an agent. By holding his ex-wife hostage, Marissa’s brother pushed Clint way over the edge. He certainly can’t let the attraction this beautiful woman holds for him stay him from what he has to do.

Marissa had intended to spend the weekend relaxing and doing nothing when a commando-painted stranger emerges from the sea to capture her. She can’t believe her brother would be involved with anything more evil than fudging his taxes, but Clint believes otherwise--and Clint can be very convincing. As the Mafia leaders close their trap, Clint and Marissa are forced to work together and their attraction flowers to love.

Although she loves him, because she loves him, Marissa demands that Clint abandon his personal vendetta. The FBI has taken the case back and Clint is out. When he refuses, she truly finds herself between the DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA. Can she let go of her fears, and can Clint outgrow his need to throw himself into danger in time to save their love?

In THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, BooksForABuck.com favorite author Karen Leabo has written a book that combines thrilling adventure with a compelling love story. Every step her characters take puts them deeper into danger and simultaneously makes their love inevitable and impossible. Leabo’s writing style, spare description, and clever dialogue moves the story along in a break-necked, "can’t put it down" pace.

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