The Domino Effect by Julie Elizabeth Leto
The second Extreme Blaze is an interesting contrast to the first. While the first has a science fiction theme underpinning the story, this book was set in the shadowy world of secret government espionage. However like the first one, this story was extremely fast paced and the sex was definitely high energy. Also like the first one, this book left the characters in a situation where a happily ever after was impossible, though the book does find a way to insure the hero and heroine get their happily ever after. This book may not be for everyone, but I know I enjoyed it. If you liked the first Extreme Blaze, I’m certain you’ll like this one too.
Details: Blaze #272, August 2006
Bottom line: A great book
Imagine one day, your husband of nearly 20 years decides to trade you in on a newer model. Next, your divorce lawyer finds out that your husband mismanaged your assets so badly that you were on the verge of losing the house anyway. Finally, you learn that all of your friends have abandoned you. What do you do? First, you join forces with the other outcasts in the neighborhood, a brand new trophy wife who hasn’t a clue how to navigate life in the suburbs, and the much-married lady who’s dating the your son’s baseball coach. There you realize each member of the threesome has the knowledge to help the others. Now can these three women help each other to overcome the challenges of being single in suburbia? 
Tressa Jayne Turner, aka, Calamity Jayne, is back, this time dishing ice cream for her uncle at the Iowa State fair. But when a series of suspicious accidents targeted at his ice cream stands, Tressa finds herself in the middle of a mystery. Fortunately, Ranger Rick is on the scene and just in case things go wrong (an absolute certainty with Calamity Jayne), Rick’s grandfather and Tressa’s grandmother are around to provide backup. Rogers and Hammerstein never envisioned a state fair quite like this one. :) 
When a small nuclear device destroys a major oil refinery near Houston Texas, the country is stunned and then outraged. The President wants to declare war against the terrorists, but until he can convince the rest of the country, he dispatches a top-secret team led by Major Jason Richter to investigate and take action against the perpetrators. Richter quickly finds that the device was detonated by a radical environmental group who have been attacking energy plants all over the world. But then he learns that the terrorists are being fed information about his team’s every movement. Now with the battleground shifted to the United States, can Richter and his team find the mole and prevent the total destruction of America. 
Dr. Kate Wexford felt an incredible attraction to a portrait she found in the Sex through the Ages traveling museum exhibit. Kate couldn’t describe why she was drawn toward Darach MacTavish, Laird of Glenagan, but on the final night of the exhibit, went to see the painting one last time and found herself naked in Darach’s bed. Darach don’t fully understand how the naked girl ended up in his bed, but when she claimed that she was was from the future, he wondered what to do with the crazy woman. Kate knows that Darach will die soon and she needs to use all her skills to save Darach’s life, even if it meant changing history. 
Vanessa Douglas is a disappointment to her parents. They expected her to follow in their footsteps and move among the elite in Atlanta, while Vanessa wants to live her own life. Cut off from her parent's money, Vanessa is struggling to make her desert business successful when she meets the handsome, Lucas Broussard. Just one glance is enough for Vanessa to want to climb into his bed and never get out. Though Lucas has bigger plans which he hopes will mend the divide between Vanessa and her parents. When Vanessa gets wind of Lucas’s plans, she boots him out of her life. Now it’s up to Lucas to repair his relationship with Vanessa, as well as her relationship with her parents. 
Getting kicked out of Heaven is a bad way to start your day. But as the ex-angle, Valerie Grace learns, it’s only the beginning. Being human means that you have to put up with colds, sore bodies and creepy men. But there’s a glimmer of hope. If she can do enough good deeds and avoid temptation for the next 70 years, she just might make it back into Heaven. Of course, there’s no way in Hell, the Devil is going to let something that pass, so he dispatches a sexy tempter named Nathaniel to make sure that Valerie never makes it home. But a slight complication becomes a hellacious mess as Valerie finds herself responsible for recovering the Key to Heaven. Now can Valerie convince Nathaniel to help her to save Heaven and Earth or will Valerie succumb to Nathaniel’s charms and live the rest of her life in Hell? 
All three stories are set in Louisville Kentucky, the home of one of the hottest Major League Baseball teams, the Slammers. Unfortunately a bad business deal may force the team to leave Louisville, which will really hurt the three businesses run by the three heroines that are closely coupled to the team. With the impending doom, each of the three young ladies vows to have one last fling before their world collapses around them. 
So many accidents have happened around Vincent Argeneau lately that he decided to hire a private investigator. But when Jackie Morrisey arrives on the scene, he was doubly surprised, not only is Jackie a hot looking girl – she’s also a mortal. While Jackie frequently solves problems for immortals like Vincent, she’s had some bad experiences with them in the past, leaving her extra cautious when dealing with them. The danger escalates as Jackie and Vincent search for the guilty party, but so does her attraction to the 400 year old vampire. Now she must decide whether she should stick around to protect Vincent or run away and save herself from Vincent. 
Tamara Clarkson is searching for her place in life. But the search needn’t be boring right? So she grabs a chance to go out with the hot looking Kyle Sullivan. Unfortunately, Kyle decides that Tam doesn’t live up to his high standards even though his cousin Murphy finds her the hottest woman he’s ever seen. Murphy volunteers to take Kyle’s place, and Tam believes he’s Kyle. Now Murphy finds himself forced to play the carefree and shallow Kyle, while suppressing his sensitive and caring side. But as the relationship transforms from a booty call into something more, Murphy knows that the lie will ultimately break them apart, but he’s also afraid that telling her the truth will hurt her even more. 
For the last five months, Christie Pratchett was the target of a stalker and the police and FBI are unable to do anything to help her. The guy knows everything all her secrets and is making her life a living hell. He cost her her job, and now the IRS has frozen her bank accounts. Her only hope is an emergency telephone number that her dead brother left. With nothing left to lose, she calls it and is connected to a pizza parlor. With no hope left, she contemplates her options when a mysterious man appears inside her bedroom promising to save her. Now Christine needs to decide if this man is her stalker or her savior? 
