Controlling Interest by Elizabeth White

THERE'S TROUBLE IN RIVER CITY

Matt Hogan's Memphis detective agency has been on the skids since a recent attack of conscience cost him an important case. When a wealthy investor steps in and saves River City Investigations, Matt thinks all his prayers have been answered until he finds out that with the investor comes a new partner.Fresh out of criminal justice school and a two-year stint in the Tunica County Sheriff's Department, Natalie Tubberville is out to prove she can cut it in the world of private investigations. But her reluctant partner is just as determined to have nothing to do with her until Natalie makes him an offer he cant refuse! If Matt solves the next case before she does, she will return her share of the company.And the race is on. As two strong personalities compete, mutual attraction grows while a simple case of a runaway bride threatens to become an international incident. Will Matt and Natalie call off the competition or discover an entirely new arrangement?

My Review: I eagerly anticipated this novel. Matt Hogan is a secondary character from Off the Record and I loved that book. Eddie Tubberville is the new silent partner in Matt's struggling detective agency but his daughter Natalie is a budding cop/detective so he arranges for her to work with Matt. Natalie is a pretty blond with a knack for getting herself in awkward situations. Matt is def. not happy with having a working partner especially her. The case he is working on involves a missing Pakistani bride to be. To make things more complicated she is an oil Barron's princess daughter. Her husband to be Jarrar Haq does not seem to be who he says he is. This novel is full of suspense, romance, mystery, action, and humor. I love this combination especially from this author. I highly recommend this book and the first Off the Record.

About the author:

Elizabeth White (www.elizabethwhite.net) is the author of Controlling Interest, Off the Record, Fair Game, Fireworks, and the Texas Gatekeepers series for Steeple Hill’s Love Inspired Suspense line. She lives in Mobile, Alabama.

Website:http://www.elizabethwhite.net/

"Off The Record" by Elizabeth White

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing

OFF THE RECORD
(Zondervan August 15, 2007)

by
Elizabeth White

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Beth White is the author of Fireworks and Fair Game, as well as the critically acclaimed Texas Gatekeepers serie from Love Inspired Suspense.In her own words, she appreciate her most valued roles as wife and mom. Beth is also a second-grade Sunday school teacher, church orchestra member (She plays flute), and artist. She loves to read, crochet, sew, go on mission trips and avoid housework.Beth lives in Mobile with her minister husband, and is currently on staff at First Baptist Church of North Mobile (fondly known as NoMo), in Saraland, Alabama.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Ambition is on a collision course with a secret from the past.Judge Laurel Kincade, a rising political star, is announcing her candidacy for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Her aristocratic Old South family, led by her judge grandfather, beams as she takes the podium. Then her eyes light on a reporter in the crowd…and suddenly her past becomes a threat to her future.Journalist Cole McGaughan, religion reporter for the New York Daily Journal, has received an intriguing call from an old friend. Private investigator Matt Hogan has come across a tip…that Laurel's impeccable reputation might be a facade. Matt suggests that Cole dig up the dirt on the lovely judge in order to snag his dream job as one of the Journal's elite political reporters.There's just one problem: Cole's history is entangles with Laurel's and he must decide if the story that could make his career is worth the price he'd have to pay.A sensational scoop becomes a rollercoaster ride of emotions. Can Laurel and Cole find forgiveness and turn their hidden past into a hopeful future...while keeping their feelings off the record?

Brittanie: I loved this book. It is my favorite book of hers so far. The characters are believable and the secret is one that you might start to guess on but has details and twists to it also. It is a very fresh book. This one will be staying on my shelf to be reread!