In Linda Howard's gifted hands, second chances, unexpected romance, and
unrelenting action combine into a riveting new novel of suspense. In
Death Angel, bad girls can wake up and trust their hearts, bad guys can
fight for what's right . . . and dying just might be the only way to
change one's life.
A striking beauty with a taste for diamonds and dangerous men, Drea
Rousseau is more than content to be arm candy for Rafael Salinas, a
notorious crime lord who deals with betrayal through quick and
treacherous means: a bullet to the back of the head, a blade across the
neck, an incendiary device beneath a car. Eager to break with Rafael,
Drea makes a fateful decision and a desperate move, stealing a mountain
of cash from the malicious killer. After all, an escape needs to be
financed.
Though Drea runs, Salinas knows she can't hide-and he dispatches a
cold-blooded assassin in hot pursuit, resulting in a tragic turn of
events. Or does it?
Left for dead, Drea miraculously returns to the realm of the living a
changed woman. She's no longer shallow and selfish, no longer steals or
cheats or sells herself short. Both humbled and thrilled with this
unexpected second chance, Drea embraces her new life. But in order to
feel safe and sound-and stop nervously looking over her shoulder-she
will need to take down those who marked her for death.
Joining forces with the FBI, supplying vital inside information that
only she can provide, Drea finds herself working with the most dangerous
man she's ever known. Yet the closer they get to danger, the more
intense their feelings for each other become, and the more Drea realizes
that the cost of her new life may be her life itself-as well as her
heart.
