Gayle Lynds follows her first two bestselling novels, Masquerade and Mosaic, with Mesmerized, a heady, spellbinding stew of courtroom thriller and spy action story. After brilliant attorney Beth Convey goes into cardiac arrest during an important trial, she's saved by a heart transplant, but it slowly dawns on Beth that she now has newfound memories and talents seemingly taken from the unknown donor. As she attempts to help her client she inadvertently winds up in the midst of a tangled web involving KGB defectors and undercover FBI agents. Alongside reporter Jeff Hammond, Beth hopes to not only fight off Russian agents but also discover exactly who her donor was and what secrets she now possesses. Mesmerized is a strange and unique amalgam of science fiction, political suspense, and action-adventure novel that works on all levels, thanks to the author's sure and talented hand.