Notorious [Mass Market Paperback]

Lord Jason Baston is really a mercenary for the Queen of England's Special Forces called Cobra. They are the ones who go in undercover and do the most dangerous jobs of killing and rescue to protect the Crown, and as the leader, Jason is the best there is. However, he has just spent a year in confinement and is only released because he agrees to take an assignment to assassinate Lord Fontaine, an Englishman, living in India, who is believed turned traitor. Jason locates Destiny Fontaine Chesterfield, his daughter, now a widow in England to find out what she knows about her father. Jason is very strong hero, he knows what to do in tight situations, and this is his dark side, but he has a caring heart as he has a special place for women and children, he's handsome as sin and has women melting at his feet. What will he do if he has to decide between the Crown and Destiny if her father, who is also a personal friend, is guilty of treason?

When Jason and Destiny meet you can just about hear the lightening bolts hit the ground. Ms. Sutcliffe is a master at creating electrifying characters and this reader was spellbound by all that went on between the two. Believe me it is very explosive and sometimes rough and raw as the dickens. Destiny is an innocent in many ways, but a strong willed woman that is beautiful and stubborn, a courage to match Jason's, and more importantly, she's about to rock Jason's world with passion. His rules are about to go to hell in a hand basket.

When Destiny finds out her father is in trouble she is determined to get to him even if it means she has to travel on a ship loaded with unsavory cutthroats, and an ugly captain who somehow reminds her of Jason. I loved the crew of mercenaries as their personalities are revealed through the book. To make matters worse, her aunt, Diana aka Cassandra, to my way of thinking, opens Pandora's Box and makes things chaotic for everyone as she stows away on the ship. She can make you so darn mad you are ready to throw her overboard. You never know what is going to happen next in this rousing adventure that is piled high with interesting characters and secrets, life at sea, and some hot sexy love scenes to blow you out of the water at the same time. And we're not even to India yet! <Grin> We still have the bloody Sepoy rebellion to go through in Cawnpore, British East India. I was on the edge of my seat for this one. I'm glad to see some authors are taking us to exotic places. I'm ready to travel and I think a lot of other readers are too! Brava Ms. Sutcliffe.