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No Control: Dangerous Seduction

Shannon K. Butcher
Forever (2008)
ISBN 9780446618663
Reviewed by Gina Holland for Rebeccas Reads (3/08)

Caleb Stone, pure man, pure operative, pure romantic. Lana Hancock, pure woman, pure victim, purely kind.  Caleb met Lana when he was working undercover for Covert Delta Force. He worked as an operative on the inside of a very dangerous and sadistic terrorist group. Lana was a victim, an innocent, and this group tortured her. All of her friends that she worked with were tortured and killed. Lana was beaten until she could barely move. Almost every bone in her body was broken. Her face was badly bruised and swollen from those repeated beatings. Caleb, not wanting to give away his identity, stood by and did nothing as Lana and her friends were beaten and killed. When he took all he could take, he stepped in, pretending to want to hurt Lana himself, all because in his heart, he really wanted to save her.  He and his comrades had killed the entire terrorist group, The Swarm, or so they thought.  So Caleb knew it was time to get Lana to safety.

Caleb sat at Lana’s side, in the hospital, until she was recovered. Lana was told she would never walk again, and this sickened Caleb. Months later Lana would prove everyone wrong, and not only did she walk again, but she also became someone very important and very special in the world. While Lana was tortured, her right to have children was also taken. She could never have children of her own. So, she ran a center, just for the children. When she got back from her ordeal, her then fiancée left her for someone else. He broke off the engagement as Lana figured he didn’t want her to make him look bad as he was in the public eye.

Caleb got a phone call, from his boss, a man named Colonel Monroe. Monroe ordered Caleb to follow Lana around and keep her safe. There was some chatter going around that all of the members of The Swarm were not all dead. And that they may be coming after Lana, since she was the only survivor. Lana’s head was covered up while she was captured, however, unknown to The Swarm, she had a hole in it from which she could see certain things. She had seen the face of one terrorist. This would cause her great pain once again.

Caleb and Lana get closer and closer, and Caleb is falling in love with Lana. He wants to keep her safe. Lana has a very difficult time accepting Caleb because of what he did, watching while she was tortured. Caleb did what he had to do. And he regrets not being able to help the others. Can he make Lana understand and get into her heart? As Lana and Caleb’s story heats up, Butcher’s view of the love, hate relationship comes to life. It is truly a romantic love story. Caleb is a big man with a big heart and he doesn’t give up on Lana, no matter how many times she pushes him away. She lies to him about one person she has seen, that she knows, from those horrible days, but she wants to keep everyone safe so she doesn’t say a word. But when things start getting out of control, especially with the children from the center being in danger, Lana starts to wonder if she has done the right thing. This is a must read novel, the best I have read in quite a long time. If you enjoy romance along with a small amount of intrigue, this is the book for you. “No Control” is a great book for adults.

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