A chance encounter with a pregnant woman at a Tampa bus stop brings back heart-rending memories of Ed Cade's first and greatest love... Kim.
Kim was Ed Cade's goddess. In his world, there could be only her pleasure to which to aspire. But change is inevitable, and their paradise ends when it overtakes Cade and Kim. Kim's weakness for alcohol, an accidental pregnancy, and the US military bureaucracy all have an effect on their rocky relationship.
CAUTION: Must be 18.
While seeking a way to remain in Europe with Kim, Ed Cade is recruited into a career for which he is eminently suited; he accepts a position with a certain intelligence agency. His newfound status as a spook displeases many -- including Kim -- but Cade finds satisfaction in the job and in his new colleagues. Through break-ups and reunions, in danger and good-times, for excitement or love, with his goddess or other women, the reader follows Ed Cade from Texas to Virginia to Europe. From nightclubs to Emergency Rooms, archeological digs to mansions, and beaches to bedrooms, Ed's adventures explore both the US in the aftermath of Vietnam and Germany during the cold war. CAUTION: Must be 18.
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Brenda sighed with exasperation and said, "Quit fooling around and listen. I think Kim's pregnant, Ed. I think that's why she called. I think you're about to become a father."
Cade gazed silently at Brenda for a moment, then turned away to finish making his coffee. Brenda moved to stand beside him at the sink and said nothing for some moments.
Tap some instant into the cup. Damn, way too much. Screw it. Add hot water anyway. Stir mindlessly.
Oh, damn, damn, damn...
"Well?" asked Brenda.
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Reviewed by Anne Pache
7/12/2003
I'm in this book.
Well, not me, exactly, but a woman very much like me. Everybody on base thought I was a dyke because I didn't date anyone on base.
When the question came up officially, I had to PROVE I wasn't a lesbian to stay in the military.
It almost cost my boyfriend his career because he was an officer and I was enlisted.
Well done (again), Ed, even if you did make me remember a time I'd almost rather forget.
Anne P.
