Concrete Evidence by Rachel Grant

Rating: ♔♔♔♔ (4)

Romance Rating: ❤❤❤❤ (4)

Suspense Rating: ★★★★ (4)

Action: ‼‼‼ (3.5)

A year ago she lost everything. Now she wants revenge…

Accused of stealing artifacts from a five hundred year-old shipwreck, underwater archaeologist Erica Kesling is determined to clear her name. She’s concealed her past and taken a job certain to give her access to the buyer of the missing antiquities. She's finally closing in on her goal, when she's distracted by a sexy, charismatic intern who makes her want something other than revenge.

But Lee Scott is no intern. He's looking for the lead conspirator in an international artifact smuggling scheme, and Erica is his prime suspect. He’ll do whatever it takes to win her trust and get her to reveal her secrets, even seduce her.

As Erica and Lee struggle to conceal their real agendas, the one thing they can’t hide is the attraction that burns hot between them. When Erica’s quest puts her life in jeopardy, Lee must choose between old loyalties and a woman he never expected to fall for.

Rachel Grant knocked this book out of the park! The prologue alone had me hooked and it only consisted of five pages. It set the mood for the book and throughout reading I reminded myself of the beginning of the book. I did not have the bad guy pegged correctly and it is always refreshing to not know the ending before you get to it. As far as romantic suspense goes this book is at the top of my favorites list. Rachel did excellent research and it allowed me to believe the story line and it never got outside of a realistic situation. I highly recommend this book and can not wait to read the next book in the series, Body of Evidence.