Dying for You

October 27, 2008
Bestseller Barton wraps up her long-running Protectors series (launched with 1995’s Defending His Own
) with a nail biter about private security agent Lucie Evans, whose feud with Sawyer McNamara, CEO of the Dundee Private Investigation and Security Agency, finally explodes. Lucie leaves Dundee and starts working as billionaire Cara Bedell’s personal bodyguard, only to be kidnapped by hired South American killers who mistake her for Cara. Sawyer enlists the help of agent Geoff Monday and they quickly rescue Lucie. When the kidnappers follow Cara back to the U.S., Sawyer, Geoff and Lucie leave no stone unturned in their efforts to stop the thugs and find their employer. Barton tosses in several familiar names and other gifts to fans who have been cheering on Sawyer and Lucie for years; new readers will enjoy the fast pace and hot-tempered romance.

December 1, 2008
When former television star Taylor Lawson needs a bodyguard, he calls the prestigious Dundee Private Security and Investment Agency, and executive Sawyer McNamara sends himagent Lucie Evans. When the has-been celebrity tries to rape her, Sawyer shrugs it off with an I-knew-you-could-take-care-of-yourself attitude. Lucie has always loved her oblivious boss, but his cavalier response to her vicious attack is the last blow to her unrequited love, and she quits. Lucie goes toSouth America to protect anheiressbut gets kidnapped by mistake. When Sawyer finds out about Lucies abduction, he realizes how much the woman he always took for granted means to him, and hevows to move heaven and earth to save her. Fast-paced action, a brave but stubborn heroine, and a hero who puts his own life on the line for the woman he loves are all part of Bartons gripping conclusion to the Protectors trilogy (The Dying Game, 2007; A Time to Die, 2007).(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)