Nora Santella pulls the reader along through the fast paced world of artificial intelligence, and probes into the middle of an espionage plot so detailed the reader will be looking over their shoulder for the KGB or the FBI.

When American-born Russian Lynzee Beryl, brilliant AI wizard at MIT, comes into direct contact with FBI Special Agent Hunter McCrary the romance sizzles. But they don't stop there, oh no, so many men, so little time.

Trey Petersen, Lynzee's reporter friend, who seems much too interested in her three-year-old daughter, Tovah. Andrei Kobrin, a Russian professor on the MIT staff who seems to know more than he should. And the main source of their problem, Lynzee's old flame and Tovah's father, Yuri Ivanov, a Russian operative whose gained access to US government communication lines.

Hunter knows his father was killed by The Dark Swan, a Russian operative, and his life's work has been to find out why. Lynzee has no memories before the age of four, but she owns a black cloisonné pin which belonged to her mother, and is now experiencing disheartening dreams - her past is oozing into the present. As Lynzee and Hunter grow closer together, they realize their ancestry is intertwined as danger rears up to haunt them.

This is one book you need to put on your to be read list immediately.

Overall rating:
Sensuality rating: Very Sensual

Reviewer: Mary Ann Carman
www.mywordsworth.com
April 7, 2003