February 2, 1998
Like the hand-blown objects she curates for the Leabrook Glass Museum in Seattle, sharp-witted Eugenia Swift is full of edges, an odd match for slow-moving, slow-talking, meat-and-potatoes PI Cyrus Chandler Colfax. From their first clash of wills and styles to their last kiss, however, they are a mismatch forged in heaven, and the bestselling Krentz (author of the pseudonymous Amanda Quick historicals and Jayne Castle futuristic romances) makes the most of it. Posing as a couple, Eugenia and Cyrus travel to Frog Cove Island to unravel a bunch of mysteries. Did glass collector Adam Daventy die accidentally? Is his last lover, Eugenia's friend Nellie Grant, dead at all? Will Cyrus find the legendary Hades cup before it's traced by his nemesis, Damien March? Krentz's bad guys verge on the parodic, so mean that we know they have to lose. But Eugenia and Cyrus are endearing curmudgeons, old-fashioned in their loyalty and guts, and even though we know they have to triumph, we don't want to miss a word.
November 15, 1997
Krentz sends museum director Eugenia Swift to catalog an important glass collection whose dead owner was the lover of one of Swift's friends, now vanished. No wonder she takes along a private investigator.
November 15, 1997
Eugenia Swift, director of a cutting-edge glass museum, travels to an island off the coast of Seattle to inventory a glass collection bequeathed to the museum and to discover the whereabouts of a missing friend. Eugenia's unwanted traveling companion/bodyguard is PI Cyrus Chandler Colfax, who has his own agenda. Cy believes the deceased collector added the mythical Hades Cup to his collection shortly before his death; the cup is a remnant of Cy's failed investigation and his only clue to locating the partner who betrayed him and murdered his wife. When Eugenia discovers Cy's agenda, she plots to obtain the cup for her museum. Meanwhile, Cy is working to make their cover of "lovers-on-vacation" a reality. Amid a jumble of eccentric artists, glass metaphors, and the usual mixed-up family members, Krentz creates an enjoyable romp sure to appeal to fans who will notice a few departures from the author's standard fare. Recommended. ((Reviewed November 15, 1997))(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 1997, American Library Association.)
February 15, 1998
Krentz's latest fast-paced, sexy, romantic mystery centers on elegant, educated art-glass expert Eugenia Swift and rugged, no-nonsense security agent Cyrus Chandler Colfax. They are set down in a secluded artists' colony on a small Puget Sound island to inventory a noted glass collection and to check into the death of its owner. The sparks between the reluctant partners are immediate and antagonistic; but when a calculating killer leaves a body in the wine cellar, they reassess their relationship--with dangerous and passionate results. Treachery, greed, and the quest for a priceless glass bowl drive the plot of this fast-paced romance that will appeal to the writer's many fans. Krentz (Deep Waters, Pocket, 1997) is a veteran writer of lively romances filled with strong protagonists and witty dialog; she lives in the Seattle area.
December 2, 1997
Museum director Eugenia Swift reluctantly acquiesces when her boss insists on hiring private investigator Cyrus Chandler Colfax to act as her bodyguard on Frog Cove Island, where Eugenia hopes to catalog a valuable bequest of art glass. While on the island, Eugenia secretly plans to investigate the disappearance of a good friend, and she has no intention of allowing anyone to interfere. Unbeknownst to Eugenia and her boss, however, Cyrus has plans of his own, and it's not long before he and Eugenia find themselves working together, posing as a couple, in search of a priceless piece of antique glass--and a murderer. While there aren't as many interesting secondary characters as there were in Deep Waters (LJ 2/15/97), this is witty, entertaining, and enjoyable, as always with Krentz. Readers will be waiting for this. Strongly recommended for all popular fiction collections. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 10/15/97.]--Elizabeth Mary Mellett, Brookline P.L., Mass.