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Tall, lean and headstrong, FBI agent Kilraven lives by his own rules. And one of those rules includes keeping his hands off Jacobsville’s resident sweetheart, Winnie Sinclair, no matter the temptation. Shy and innocent, Winnie couldn’t handle a man like him – a merciless man with a haunted... read more

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  • Winnie Sinclair: 22 year old shy heroine, 911 operator
  • Kilraven: FBI Agent, never uses his first name of McKuen, loved history - especially Scots history, widowed from Monica, father to deceased Melly who was 3. Loved to play computer games.
  • Jon Blackhawk: Kilraven's younger brother, in the FBI, rancher, a gourmet chef
  • Boone: Winnie's older brother, married to Keeley who was Winnie's best friend
  • Keely: Married to Boone, Winnie's best friend
  • Matt: Gail Rogers' son, 12 years old, in a wheelchair, upbeat attitude
  • Clark Sinclair: Younger brother in the Sinclair family
  • Cammy: Camelia, Kilraven's stepmother, outwardly steely but loving
  • Rick Marquez: Gail Rogers's partner
  • Dan Jones: Victim found in the Little Carmichael River, had been a gofer for Hank Sanders
  • Gail Rogers: Formerly Sinclair, now a homicide investigator in San Antonio
  • Melly: Kilraven's deceased daughter, 3 years old
  • Joceline Perry: Worked in Jon Blackhawk's office; feisty, widowed mother of a 3-yr.-old boy
  • Shirley: Worked with Winnie as a 911 Operator
  • Alice (Jones) Fowler: In Forensics, married to Harley Fowler
  • Barbara Marquez: Rick's mother, owned a restaurant
  • Cash Grier: Chief of Police in Jacobsville
  • Rourke: Worked with Kilraven
  • Senator Fowler: Now working to help find the answer to the murders
  • Garon Grier: Chief of police in San Antonio; one of four brothers in law enforcement
  • Harley Fowler: Younger brother of Senator Fowler, now married to Alice Jones
  • Senator Sanders: Junior senator, had deviant sexual preferences, a protege of Senator Fowler
  • Jay Copper: Old family retainer for Senator Sanders
  • Patricia Sanders: Wife of Senator Sanders
  • McLeod: Security guard at Kilraven's home in San Antonio
  • Hank Sanders: Younger brother of a junior Senator, former Navy SEAL, but now into the mobs
  • Macreedy: A deputy sheriff with a poor sense of direction; known for losing funeral processions
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

Texas, current time
  • Jacobsville, Texas: Smaller town, where Winnie Sinclair lived; where Kilraven did some undercover work
  • San Antonio: Large city in Texas, where Kilraven works and keeps his main apartment.
  • Nassau: In the Bahamas, where the Sinclair's summer home is located near Senator Sanders' place
  • Oklahoma: Where Raven's Pride is located, as well as Senator Sanders' home
  • Little Carmichael River: Where Dan Jones' body was found
  • Kilraven's apartment: In San Antonio, roomy and open, had 3 bedrooms (1 used as an office). Kilraven and the security guard were friendly.
  • Gail Rogers' apartment: In a low-income section of San Antonio, no frills, cheap furnishings, only expensive things being the game console and games for it.
  • Sinclair mansion: In Comanche Wells, Texas

First Sentence edit see section history

Kilraven hated mornings. He especially hated mornings like this one, when he was expected to go to a party and participate in Christmas gift-giving. He, the rest of the police, fire and emergency services people in Jacobsville, Texas, had all drawn names around the big Christmas tree in the EOC, the 911 emergency operations center. Today was the day when presents, all anonymous, were to be exchanged.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Sixteen numbered chapters

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 43 of 45 in Long Tall Texans. (standard series)

Preceded by Tough to Tame, and followed by Merciless.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Diana Palmer (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Harlequin
Country: USA
Publication Date: may-2010
ISBN: 978-0373774593
Page Count: 320

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