The Kari AnnAlysis

Trace Rivers is undercover as a bodyguard for one of the sleaziest men on the planet. Murray Coburn is very powerful and successful, hence the need for  a bodyguard. But he is also the mastermind of a human trafficking ring.

Trace’s sister fell into a human trafficking ring (not Coburn’s) and now Trace has made it his mission to stop all human traffickers.

While on the job one day, in strolls Priscilla Patterson, AKA Priss, claiming to be Coburn’s daughter with a few tricks up her sleeve. Trace is put on Priss Patrol. Coburn thinks it’s ordinary bodyguard work, but Trace has a few plans of his own, including keeping Priss out of Coburn’s direct line of fire.

First of all, is Trace Rivers not an awesome character name?

Second of all, HOLY STEAMY BOOK! I am going to start this review by admitting that this isn’t my normal comfort zone genre. I work a job where fatal car accidents and shootings are the norm, so I normally pick up the light and fluffy for evening reads. I’ve been trying to expand myself with my reading, a mystery here and there, a love story thrown in. I agreed to read this book because I thought Trace sounded like an awesome, very chivalrous character. I got soooo much more than I expected!

I didn’t know until I got to page 15 that there was a little heat in the book. I am not going to lie, when I was reading this book, there were some times when I blushed, especially doing some lunch room reading. Now I’m not saying this book is raunchy and explicit. It’s just a little more than I expected. There are some nakey scenes, but they are written tastefully.

I really liked Foster’s characters in this book. Trace, of course, is a hot ball of tough man fire. Priss isn’t too shy herself, although that’s how she portrays herself in front of her possible “daddy.” But Trace has an entourage of buddies that are all buffer than the next. Shoo wee!

I always have a hard time turning down books when authors/publishers contact me to read them. The majority of the books I get this way are out of my normal comfort reading zone, but it’s the best way for me to expand. Although this book isn’t one I would have picked up off the shelves, I think I have found a new author to start collecting their books. I don’t know if I’m ready to jump into the genre head first, but I will definitely read more of Foster’s books. Especially if the leading men are all like Trace. I love that this book is proof that just giving other genres a chance can really surprise you!

I give Trace of Fever four bookmarks.

This is the second in the Men Who Walk the Edge of Honor series. I had hoped to read the first book before this one, but vacation, work and mail (curse the mail lag) got in the way. Trace of Fever stood alone great by itself but I still want to read the first one.

ISBN: 9781410437969
Published: June 2011
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Kari got this book as part of a blog tour