The Deepest Edge

One of Catherine Coulter's favorite new writers makes a breathtaking debut-with the first novel in a bold new trilogy filled with modern-day passions and criminal desire...

While in Paris, Valence St. Charles, an expert on antique Asian swords, inadvertently saves the lives of the reclusive collector T'ang Jian-Shan and his daughter. Now, caught between a Chinese tong's assassins and government agents, Jian-Shan and Val have nowhere to turn but towards each other, as each clash of wills threatens to erupt in a moment of searing heat-and blinding passion...

Valence St. Charles, former New Orleans street kid turned art curator, sneaks into the Parisian home of T'ang Jian-Shan, hoping to convince him to display his legendary Asian sword collection, but instead she leads one of his tong father's assassins to him and barely saves Jian-Shan's life while being injured herself. As she recovers, they fall in love but are thwarted by demons from his past; her frustration over his formality, stoicism, and seeming indifference to his daughter; Jian-Shan's father, who wants him back in the tong or dead; and government agents out to capture Jian-Shan's father. Helped by Raven, an international model and former U.S. government agent, they manage to uncover all the bad guys, get rid of the father, find out the truth about Jian-Shan's first wife's death, and commit to marry. When Val and Jian-Shan finally make love, it's well worth all the suspense for lovers and readers alike. In spite of some outdated elements, Hall's thriller romance, the first in a trilogy, keeps the reader's interest from start to finish. Mary K. Chelton
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