Candace Irvin has written an absorbing romantic system with three-dimensional characters and an extremely complex plot.Joaqu�n (Joe) and Tess met each other, six years ago, during their FBI training. Even then they both had feelings for each other. However, since Tess was engaged, they chose to keep their feelings a secret. Instead, they became best friends.Now, Tess is working undercover as an emergency room nurse (her first occupation). It appears that someone in this hospital is illegally selling drugs. She and Joaquin are pretending to be husband and wife in order to find the proof needed to convict whoever is doing it.The plot takes an interesting turn when Tess and Joe realize that something more than drug smuggling is happening. This crime is even worse than their original suspicion and puts both of their lives in serious danger.Meantime, while Tess and Joe work closely together in their search, the couple�s love for each other is becoming more and more difficult for them to hide. In fact, their attraction makes it difficult for them to completely concentrate on the investigation.Additionally, Joe is totally obsessed about a major event that happened to him years ago when he was still a child. This traumatic experience still haunts him and manages to complicate of his life. It is because of Joe�s preoccupation with this experience, that he finds it difficult to stay focused on his current mission.The rocky relationship between Joe and Tess, impressively, runs parallel with the mystery and shakiness of their undercover mission. As if that weren�t enough, the twists and turns they find in their current case are very similar with the surprises in the traumatic event that occurred when Joe was a child.Unquestionably, this is a page-turner with lots of action and intrigue that will have readers sitting on the edge of their seat.

Loved this newest addition in the series. Joe and Tessa....so much emotion, both past and present for these two DEA agent best friends. Their journey to accepting and following their feelings to their HEA was full of heart wrenching emotion amongst danger, action, and suspense as they worked to solve a case that turned ominous.

Great characters with Tessa and Joe who are both DEA Agents and secretly in love with each other but not willing to share that info with the other. Very good writing that kept me on the edge of my seat as I wondered "will they or won't they", what is Joe's secret and why can't they see that they are perfect for each other? This is great writing and a must read story that will leave you breathlessI was given an ARC in exchange for an honest and totally voluntary review.

I swear if Candace Irvin wrote a telephone book I would still purchase it and stay up all night reading it because she is just that good!

This is another undercover suspense novel that grips you from the start. Tess is undercover at the local hospital to investigate the pharmacy technician. Her friend and fellow agent is undercover as her husband, they discover that the technician is involved in more than stealing drugs, but can they stop him before more people get hurt?I am really enjoying this series and I'm looking forward to more books by this author, once published.

When the reader got a taste of both Karin and TJ in FOR HIS EYES ONLY, who would have thougth Ms Irvin would give this unlikely pair such a hot melting love story IN CLOSE QUARTERS. From page one the reader is taken on a delicious sensual journey, but with incredible tight writing the journey takes but a matter of days. But OH!! the days, Ms Irvin has pulled out all the stops on sexual tension, after this one, a trip in a whirlpool will never be the same. Add to this the incredibly scrumptous model on the cover, and this will be one hero not easily forgotten by the reader. As the mystery unfolds there are as many surprises for our couple, as the reader. Both sexual and story tensions are there to the final pages with a few nice but unexpected twists. Our couple clinging to hurts in their past will make it hard for to let go but for each other they find the answers, but hopefully not to late for one of them.With two wonderful military books under her belt it is hoped that Ms Irvin is given the chance by a single title publisher, to stretch her wings with a full length offering. She has joined the Ranks at the Top:Susanne Brockman and Lindsay McKenna, in providing the very best in military romances.

Although a stand alone story - you (reader) would be better grounded by reading the previous stories. "I" felt I'd missed something a time or two because I hadn't. The story of Karin & TJ - the heart, passion and determination makes a GREAT LOVE STORY! The mystery - drugs, thefts, and murder(s) - make it very interesting. I do LOVE catching the bad guy(s). Thank you for your time, talent and the story!

Beautiful moving story of finding love and compromise. Suspense of finding who is stealing the drugs and finding their way back to their parents. Loved it

Another, simply put... AMAZING, story by Ms. Irvin that will keep you glued to page after page of heart stopping, adrenaline pumping suspense! And the romance ain't bad either!

In Close Quarters--Candace Irvin"Class Twos are walking," the note left for Lt. Karin Scott her first day at her new assignment. There's only person this navy doctor can trust...TJ Vasquez, a DEA agent who sets her soul on fire, a man who could break her heart if she let him. But Karin's not planning on letting him. She'll accept his help finding out who's lifting the drugs, but she won't accept anything personal from him. But maybe TJ, like the sheriffs of old, can get his man, and, if he's careful, get his woman as well, if only Karin can learn to trust.Candice Irvin pens a deft tale of intrigue and passion. Fans of military romance--fans of romance period--will welcome this newest book by this gifted writer.

I get the warning a bit too late.. hehe i read it.. and i just could not put it down. I hadn't read for his eyes only.. so, i had just bought one and could not wait to read it. TJ is just so.. oh man.. deliciooousss... i could just imagine the way he said Carino.. if i'm Karin, i would snap him right the first time i saw Tomas. You would not be wasting your money on this book, that's for sure..

Karin and Joe's eyes meet across the room at the end of the previous book and there is an immediate attraction.It is nearly a year later, much has happened between them and they are about to meet again.Karin discovers that narcotics are possibly being taken from the naval hospital she has been transferred to. Reese is unable to take the call, as he and Jade are on their honeymoon, so Joe is assigned the case.The investigation starts to gain momentum and so does the attraction between them. Can Joe keep Karin out of danger and how will she react when Joe is the one in danger?I really enjoyed this fast paced suspense novel, I could not put it down and I'm really looking forward to reading the next one.

I hate females who think they can do it all and eventually get the hero in trouble.Fortunately Lieutenant Karin Scott falls just short of that. Her skrewed up emotions don't keep her from accepting help from DEA agent T.J. Vasquez when she realizes that Special Agent Reese Garrick and his wife, Jade have already left on their honeymoon.Karin has returned from her 6 months tour of duty and started seething when she realizes she will be working with Lieutenant Doug Callahan again. He tried to destroy her career.She is dumbfounded when she receives a note saying that "Class Twos are walking". It has to be Doug playing a trick on her. Someone knew how to correctly identify the drugs.Then TJ "Tijuana Jones" shows up and makes her understand the note falls under his jurisdiction. She hates his nickname after he tells her his reputation is true. She is humilated when she hears that a couple of guys are betting that she will become TJ's next conquest.Soon we learn of TJ's hatred and anger for Admiral Thomas Banks, his biological father. He almost bumps into him at one of Manning's parties where Eric tries to start trouble when he notices one of the waiters constantly watching Karin.Tomas is working with fellow DEA agent Joaquin on the death of two girls who overdosed on some drug. Then another death is reported, TJ is having a hard time getting any information on the 16 year old girl named Magdelina.Ah, but he gets caught in Karen's office at the hospital by Admiral Banks who wants to show TJ his file on him. It had taken 8 years to track TJ down.I never did understand the trouble Karin had with her mother and step-father. I chuckled, finally a 27 year old virgin - glad she had the guts to withstand the "but everyone's doing it" whine! And Tomas, he has gone 6 years without a female, finally got some brains working, probably because of Antonio.Intense passion, dangerous enemies, skrewed up emotions, sorrow and regret, finding the right priorities, definitely love wins in the end.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -m - You wont want to pass these books up.

This is a fantastic book. I especially enjoyed the hero because he never took the easy way out, and neither did this author with her plot. It's just a great follow-up to Ms. Irvin's debut, FOR HIS EYES ONLY. If you love strong heroines and complex...heros thrown into intense situations, you will love IN CLOSE QUARTERS.

Candace delivers another great romantic suspense in the Mission: Undercover series. Tomas and Karin battle outside forces on their way to their HEA. Tomas is a man who isn't giving up on the love of his life despite her determination to deny their fate. And when danger comes, a story of action, suspense, and discovering what really matters as their journey plays out.