When a man loves a woman

REVIEWS BY SANDY HUSEBY

Fasten your seatbelt and prepare for out-of-this-world adventure as Tess Gerritsen launches her newest medical suspense novel, Gravity. The rigors of astronaut training put married doctors Jack McCallum and Emma Watson to the test, but never more than when he's scrubbed out of the NASA program. That's more than their marriage can handle, yet neither is quite ready to sign the final divorce papers.

When several astronauts in the International Space Station die under mysterious circumstances, Emma must try to find the killer. She's part of an emergency flight to the space station. Jack returns to the astronaut corps, determined to do everything he can to support and assist Emma's mission to solve the mystery. Then Emma herself becomes a potential target and faces death alone in space.

As Emma and Jack race to stop the killer, even the government tries to keep dangerous secrets that could save Emma's life. And as the astronauts race to save one of their own, Gerritsen's page-turner will keep readers spellbound.


No alibi . . .

Alex Ladd sashays into Hammond Cross's life on a sultry Charleston night and he pursues her with a predator's determination in Sandra Brown's steamy new suspense novel, The Alibi.

When Lute Pettijohn is found murdered in his luxury hotel suite, Alex is the prime suspect. Hammond Cross is the only alibi she has, but if he supports her story, he puts at risk a lifetime of political ambitions. His colleague, Steffi Mundell, would be only too happy to eliminate Hammond as a competitor in the County Solicitor's office.

Too many people have motives to kill Lute Pettijohn, including his wife, Davee, and even the investigating detective, Rory Smilow, Davee's long-ago lover. Davee insists that her childhood friend, Hammond, should be the prosecutor, but Steffi tries to undermine his case. Even as he deals with competing allegiances, Hammond stays silent while Alex is being interrogated, investigated and hounded. Hammond must finally decide between ambition and honor in this riveting tale of conflicting loyalties.


Hoarse whispers . . .

When a woman loses everything and seeks her own identity, the best place to find it is through understanding her own legacy in Robin Lee Hatcher's Whispers from Yesterday.

The RITA-award-winning author's newest inspirational story brings Karen Butler from the harsh experiences of California to the respite of her grandmother Sophia Taylor's Idaho ranch. There, ranch-hand Dusty Stoddard prods her to face issues about herself that she had never before confronted. And Sophia gives Karen a key to the part of herself she never before knew existed through the pages of Sophia's sister Esther's journals. Hatcher's inspiring story will wring your heart . . . and ring your spirit.


Brave hearts . . .

The combat of the Scottish clans is never so powerful as when one man and one woman engage in a test of wills and wits. Meredith Monroe is the captive of Cameron MacKay, and he's determined to show his power in Samantha James's His Wicked Ways. But Meredith is every bit his match in love and conflict in this tender, loving story of the medieval land of the clans.


Each month Sandy Huseby covers romance for BookPage. She can be reached at shuseby@aol.com.

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