Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
The Sugar Coalition sends insurance investigator Leanna Cargill to find out what is going on. Jackson catches her trespassing and threatens to have her locked up, albeit temporary if she fails to cooperate and work with him. Knowing that he could put her away for a few days leaving her child with the parish, Leanna agrees. Very quickly the Yankee investigator and the southern CEO fall in love, but both are raising a child alone and each has a different agenda when it comes to the arson. Still the two adults and their two children gain a taste of what could be if everyone would take a chance on love.
The children's fears disarm the reader and the heroine is a tough charmer. However, Jackson comes across as Machiavelli manipulating the investigation and his beloved to the point that readers will question why the independent feisty Leanna would want to live with him. Still readers will enjoy the final tale in the refine "Raising Cane" trilogy.