Damaged goods. Is Arizona Storm working towards a self fulfilling prophesy with a self image beyond self deprecating. There's no denying how devastating this young woman's life has been, just how does a seventeen girl survive being traded by her own father to a human trafficker. How does she survive watching both her parents killed right before her eyes. What amount of courage and strength does it take to live through an unending nightmare. But here's the real question or challenge, survival is one thing, but forging a life in the aftermath well that's just possibly the most impossible task anyone could tackle and yet Arizona is trying to do just that. It's not something she can do on her own. Arizona is going to have to take a huge leap of faith and trust and team up with bounty hunter Spencer Lark. Arizona's a cross between a strong feisty warrior, with a gutsy goal to get rid of the monsters and their organization that stole too much of her life, and a young woman who at times is as fragile as an egg shell. Just which of these women within her will ultimately survive.

Spencer has a huge task and facing the greatest challenge of his life. First and foremost to keep Arizona safe, not easy considering she keeps putting herself in harm's way. Second is to keep his hands off this beautiful desirable young woman who has him repeating a personal mantra - she's too young for me. Let's not forget their shared determination for justice for those caught up in a cruel underground. Arizona was saved from certain death by Jackson part of a three man mercenary band continuously putting themselves in perilous situations saving people. There is an amazing attachment between Arizona and her savior. This relationship causes a great deal of angst to Spencer who puts on a gallant fight to keep from making any moves on a very skittish woman eleven years his junior. Spencer's life has been on a kind of holding pattern since his wife's death but there's no denying being with Arizona is reawakening some of his needs and not all of them just sexual.

A PERFECT STORM delivers a harsh one-two punch. Reading this moving and stirring story about an unimaginable crime against vulnerable people was sad and scary but Lori Foster was skillful in adding just the right amount of wit, love and caring to smooth the rough spots. Tough job making characters lovable when they work so hard shoving their bad attitudes in your face. In this book Foster brings us two believable characters in a story that jump off each page. This is last part of the men who walk the edge of honor series but don't worry if you haven't read the first three, this book stands on its own. But if you love it go back and read the others, definitely worth reading.

Book Summary

He never saw her coming…

Spencer Lark already knows too many secrets about Arizona Storm, including the nightmare she survived and her resulting trust issues. But in order to expose a smuggling ring—and continue avenging his own tragic past—the bounty hunter reluctantly agrees to make Arizona a decoy. Yet nothing has equipped him for her hypnotic blend of fragility and bravery, or for the protective instincts she stirs in him.

Arizona wants to reclaim her life, which means acting as bait to lure the enemy into a trap. Sure it's dangerous, especially with a partner as distractingly appealing as Spencer. But as their plan—and their chemistry—shifts into high gear, Arizona may discover there's an even greater risk in surrendering her heart to a hero…

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