Shadow Hawk

By Jill Shalvis

Book Overview

When his latest mission turns into a bloodbath, ATF officer JT Hawk realizes he's been set up by someone at the top. Wounded and on the run, he has no choice but to take beautiful Abby Wells hostage. After all, she's in danger, too. And if the only way to keep the fiercely independent communications expert safe is to cuff her and bring her along for the ride, he'll do it. With pleasure, even. Only, given their close contact, it's not long before Hawk's thinking about a totally different kind of pleasure....

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373793332
• ISBN13: 9780373793334
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Harlequin Blaze
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Exciting Read From Beginning to End

ATF agent JT Hawk knows he has been set up by one of his own. As he flees trying to prove his innocence, he takes fellow agent Abby Wells along for the ride. He knows she is in danger also, but convincing her of that takes persuasion and proof on his part. Follow them on a very exciting journey!! These are two very complicated, and likeable characters. They have great chemistry that will draw you from the beginning, and keep you interested throughout the entire book. The secondary characters Logan and Callen were very well written, and you end up rooting for them as much as you do Hawk and Abby. The mix of action, suspense, and romance makes this a very good read.

A great read

Take one strongly capable male and one fiercely independent but completely feminine female, add some bad guys, suspense and intrigue, and then top it all off with smoldering sensuality and you've got the makings of SHADOW HAWK, the latest Blaze offering from the talented Jill Shalvis. When a mission to recover over 300 rifles stolen from ATF storage goes to pieces while agent Abby Wells listens from a mobile communication center, she can't help but rush out into the action to see if she's needed. Abby was formerly active in the field herself, until an earlier mission went wrong and left her emotionally scarred. Someone within the agency is assisting the criminals, and as soon as Conner Hawk grabs her and forces her to go on the run with him, Abby thinks that he is the rogue agent and she is determined to escape him. When Hawk tells her that he suspects their director is involved, Abby is disbelieving, as the man who has raised Hawk's suspicions is the very man who rescued her several months before. Almost as quickly as Abby is convinced that Hawk's suspicions are true, the two have an incredibly passionate encounter that leaves both of them a little confused, yet wanting much more. Hawk realizes that he has deeply frightened Abby by kidnapping her and that he's asking a lot in wanting her to believe him. He realizes that Abby's life is also in danger and that the race is on to find the true bad guy while fighting to keep them both alive. Hawk has always been attracted to Abby, but never dreamed that the two of them would actually get together. Hawk now needs to get Abby to drop her defenses so she can open herself up and accept his feelings for her. Jill Shalvis has penned a fast-moving romantic suspense with intriguing lead characters that readers will quickly become attached to. Secondary characters are equally important and a sensual side romance is an added bonus. SHADOW HAWK is a bit of a change from the humorous, quirky characters that Jill Shalvis often gives her readers. Abby and Hawk aren't the light and fluffy characters you might associate with a Blaze. Each is dealing with serious issues; current dangers for Hawk and indescribable horrors in Abby's past, give this book the bones of an excellent suspense. COURTESY LAURIE/ROMANCE JUNKIES

a one sitting police procedural romantic suspense

In Wyoming ATF Agent Conner Hawk is attracted to fellow agent Abigail Wells, but she refuses to mix work with pleasure as her last assignment ended poorly because of that. She goes so far as to make Conner believe she loathes him though he cannot ascertain why. However, personal feelings aside, they work together with other Feds on a raid that goes completely wrong leading to a massacre. They realize they were set up, but the agency believes Hawk sold them out in spite of his taking a bullet. He desperately tries to stay free and keep Abigail safe as he assumes she has to be eliminated as she knows too much. Thus until he can uncover the identity of the real culprit, he handcuffs Abigail to himself. She assumes she is his hostage; his gut insists he keep her out of harm's way. The above is just the first few pages of a one sitting police procedural romantic suspense that hooks the audience the moment the lead couple is handcuffed together and never slows down until the final confrontation. This exhilarating thriller will blow away readers as Hawk and Wells battle one another and an unknown common enemy who wants him dead and she might be collateral damage; no witnesses. Harriet Klausner

WOW Shadow Hawk soars

Jill Shalvis pens another sexy and suspenseful story in Shadow Hawk. ATF Agent Conner Hawk latest mission has him on the run for his life. Something has gone terribly wrong and his partner Logan is fighting for his life. To find out who set him up as the fall guy he takes fellow Agent Abby Wells as his unwilling hostage. As Hawk works through the clues to find out the mastermind he realizes Abby's life is in danger as well. ATF Agent Abigail Wells is used to being a field agent. When she almost loses her life several months ago, she transfers to a much safer desk job as a computer tech. Abby is assigned to work with Hawk. There is just something about Hawk that pushes all her buttons, buttons she thought were long dead. As more facts come to the surface Abby is forced to rethink who she should trust. And she has to face the terror from almost losing her life. Her heart is opening up to Hawk and Hawk is realizing the treasure he has found in Abby. Shadow Hawk weaves the right blend of romance, snappy conversations and high stakes suspense. Jill Shalvis has written another keeper.