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Review Keep listening.-- "AudioFile" Product Description When an exquisitely crafted, authentic imperial Faberge egg mysteriously shows up at Laurel Swann's home studio, she knows it can only be from one person-her father, who has drifted in and out of her life for as long as she can remember. But this time Jamie Swann leaves her something too many people will kill for. Out of her league and desperate, Laurel is forced to accept help from the very man who is trying to ensnare her father in his own web of double crosses. Cruz Rowan can help her stay alive, but will he do the same for her father? About the Author Elizabeth Lowell's acclaimed suspense novels include the New York Times bestsellers Blue Smoke and Murder, Innocent as Sin, The Wrong Hostage, Always Time to Die, The Color of Death, Die in Plain Sight, Running Scared, and Moving Target, as well as four books featuring the Donovan family: Amber Beach, Jade Island, Pearl Cove, and Midnight in Ruby Bayou. She has more than thirty million books in print. She lives in Arizona and Seattle, Washington, with her husband, with whom she writes mystery novels under a pseudonym.Carrington MacDuffie is a voice actor and recording artist who has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, received numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards, and has been a frequent finalist for the Audie Award, including for her original audiobook, Many Things Invisible. Alongside her narration work, she has released a new album of original songs, Only an Angel. From AudioFile Jewelry designer Laurel Swann receives a package containing a Fabergé egg from her estranged father. An assortment of villains wants the egg as well, and Laurel must rely on her father's nemesis, Cruz Rowan, to keep her safe. Action alternates with romantic dialogue as Laurel, predictably, falls for Cruz. Carington MacDuffie handles this as well as possible, softening her delivery for the sexy scenes and individualizing characters good and bad. Especially memorable, if not likable, is the female agent who flirts with anyone who is male. The denouement's revelation of the real value of the egg is the highlight of the story, first published in 1995, so keep listening. J.B.G. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine