Usually romantic suspense is a hit or miss for me. I need more romance than suspense in order for me to enjoy a book. Luckily, Caught in the Act had the right balance and I enjoyed the book from start to finish.Kari Strauss owns a crafts shop in San Diego. She takes a chance and smuggles a woman, Maria, across the border. While she's at the border checkpoint, she encounters officer Adam Cortez. There's immediate chemistry and Kari tries to use it to her advantage and flirt with Adam. Unfortunately, her flirting skills are not that great but Adam let's Kari pass through even though he found her behavior very suspicious. Adam starts following and watching Kari's movements. When he notices that she has connections to an infamous Mexican drug lord, he decides that he can use Kari to finally take down Carlos Moreno. Moreno is also Kari's sister, Sasha, boyfriend and in Kari's mind, the reason why her sister is strung out and hooked on drugs. Kari will do anything to get her sister away from Moreno, even it means making a deal with the devil himself.I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed Caught in the Act. This is my first time reading Jill Sorenson and it won't be my last. What I enjoyed most was how steamy it was. I love my smut and I loved how Adam and Kari had no problem getting down and dirty. There is a lot of action and suspense and I love how the bad guys were truly bad.I also enjoyed the secondary characters story line - Ian and Maria. Ian is working undercover monitoring Moreno and his cohorts and gets mixed up in Kari's entanglement with Moreno. The reach of Moreno is far and touches everyone near and dear to Kari.We learn that Ian and Maria have a past and as the book progresses, Maria remembers Ian as the agent who rescued her from la migra. She in turn helps him and doesn't blow his cover. With each encounter, they both grow closer even though they can not be together. I really loved this subplot of the book and I hope to see more of Ian and Maria in the future. Their story cannot end without a happy resolution that satisfies Ian, Maria and me as the reader. Haha!I hope there is a follow-up to Caught in the Act. I really liked this book. It was the perfect mix of romance and suspense. I loved the action, in and out of the bedroom, heh. I will definitely be reading more of Sorenson's work in the future.
