Golden Fox (Courtney publication, #8; Courtney chronological, #21)

The Courtney family blood has long run hot - as hot as the passion and turmoil boiling in war-torn South Africa. When one of their own succumbs to the worst kind of evil, those ties are put to the ultimate test. Isabella Courtney, dazzling daughter of South Africa's ambassador to England, is passionately obsessed with Ramon, the Marques de Santiago y Machado - also known as the Golden Fox, one of the world's most ruthless terrorists. When she secretly bears his child, Ramon kidnaps the boy and persuades powerful, yet reluctant, Isabella to betray South Africa and her beloved family... until the truth at last comes out, and the explosive Courtney's rally to her side and strike back with a raging vengeance. In the searing heat of divided Africa, two decades of bitterdynastic conflict explode with terrifying ferocity. For Gary and Sean Courtney it is a struggle to the end, brother against brother, unaware that their battle is dragging them irresitably into the lair of an international terrorist. Only Isabella Courtney stands between them and the mutral destraction they have willed for so long. Beautiful, headstrong Isabella; the link to the 'Golden Fox' - a man whoses alias hides a sinister and deadly secret ... -- back cover The 1970s will test the headstrong and beautiful Isabelle Courtney to the extreme. They will be times of hardship and pain, hidden behind the masks of affluence and success. Brother will be pitted against brother as this story moves from London to Europe and to the searing heat of a divided Africa 'Full-blooded and romantic adventure' Sunday Express