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Book Review of Taking the Heat

Taking the Heat
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Helpful Score: 2


I have not found one of Brenda Novak's books that I do not like this is a dupicate of one I am keeping and a great read. To support herself and her one-year-old daughter Gabrielle Hadley is working as a prison guard-just about the only job available in Florence Arizonia. Randall Tucker is a prisoner at Florence convicted of murdering his wife. He has one goal: to survive until he can prove his innocence-and reclaim his eight-year-old son. When he escapes during a prison transfer, Gabriele follows him inot the unforgiving desert. Within the course of a single day, staying alive becomes the only thing that matters. The balance of power between guard and prisoner changes as they-re drawn together in a struggle to survive. Its' a relationship that's not suppose to exist-and yet it might save them both.