“Kiss Me While I Sleep” is about a contract killer for the CIA. Lily Mansfield has never known another life, and it isn’t until she goes against the CIA and eliminates a crime boss that she finds out what it is like to be really alone.
Salvatore Nervi had Lily’s friends and adopted daughter killed, and she is determined to make him pay. She disguises herself and gains access to Salvatore, playing up to his desire for beautiful women. She has what she thinks of as a foolproof plan; poison a bottle of rare and expensive wine and wait for him to drink it. She has set the stage by refusing to ever drink wine, to her it taste like vinegar, but Salvatore insists that she at least taste this special bottle. Lily puts it to her lips and gives the glass back to Salvatore, but that small touch to her lips is enough to make her ill.
When Salvatore dies of the poison, his son Rodrigo has Lily brought to his home. She is so sick that instead of getting away, they find her passed out in her apartment. At first Rodrigo does not suspect her, after all she had been poisoned too. It isn’t until after she has gotten away that Rodrigo realizes his mistake. Now Lily has the mob after her and she still hasn’t found out why her friends were killed. Enter Lucas Swain the CIA’s best agent, with orders to bring Lily in or eliminate the problem.
The job Swain is sent to do becomes harder as he gets to know Lily. She is smart and resourceful, and maybe she was right to kill Salvatore. Swain and Lily lead you through the streets of Paris as they try to find out why a lab developing a flu vaccine is being protected by the mob, and what it had to do with her friends’ murder.The surprises keep coming while Lily and Swain grow closer as they work together to block the threat.
This book takes you on a roller coaster ride and doesn’t let you off until the last page..
If you like a good mystery give this book a try.
Happy reading, Linda Laughlin
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