Roxanne St. Claire's "Face of Danger"

Grade: B-

passion rating: hot

First impressions matter. Fortunately they don't always presage what's to come. My initial impression of Face of Dangerwas one of annoyed incredulity. The heroine, Vivi Angelino, said to "have some of the best investigative instincts around," agrees to a contractual agreement even the most gullible of marks would question. The hero, Colton Lang, "an uptight Dudley Do-Right" FBI agent, engages in eye-poppingly nonsensical oral sex in an airplane with a scantily clad Vivi. At page 82, I detested this book. By its finish, however, I found it an enjoyable yarn.

Face of Danger is the third book in Roxanne St. Claire's Guardian Angelinos series. I've not read the first two but didn't need to for this book to make sense. The Guardian Angelinos is the name of a security firm run by Vivi and her twin Zach. (His story is told in the first book in the series Edge of Sight.) Vivi desperately wants her agency to make it to the big time. So, when she reads there's a possible serial killer slaying actresses who've won the Oscar, she sees a way to fame and fortune. Vivi looks a lot like actress Cara Ferrari and Cara is up for best actress award. Vivi approaches Cara and proposes, if Cara wins, Vivi will impersonate her. The "Red Carpet Killer" will come after Vivi (believing she's Cara), Cara will be safe, Vivi will bring in the killer and thus make her name in the security business. Cara agrees to the plan but swears Vivi to extreme secrecy: if Vivi tells anyone - including any law enforcement officers or family - she isn't actually Cara, Cara will force Vivi to pay her ten million dollars. Vivi, inexplicably, agrees.


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