Blake Windsor is used to corporate negotiations, boardrooms and Armani suits.  Now his boss has sent him to Camp Getaway to see if Kelli Carpenter is really Casey Wallace, and in order to infiltrate her cover he is to assume the identity of a handyman sent to do repairs.   

Kelli has kept her past a secret all these years and has gotten used to the solitude of her situation.  When a disarmingly handsome repairman shows up at her cabin she isn’t prepared for how her body reacts.  She immediately starts questioning his presence, trying to reassure herself that he is not there trying to find her former self.  After finding evidence that he might be there to do just that, she decides to temporarily put him out of commission while she makes her escape.  However, someone has other plans for her departure, and they are not temporary.  Blake and Kelli are now trying to stay one step ahead of whoever is after them before the hired assassins finally hit their mark. 

WHAT’S IN A NAME pulls the reader in and keeps them there all the way through.  At the beginning, it is unclear to the reader if there will ever be a connection between Blake and Kelli, as Kelli is frustratingly distant.  Thankfully, Blake manages to break through some of her walls and we are introduced slowly to the real Kelli.  Ms. Odell does a great job of always keeping some things hidden; Blake appears to be putting everything out there on the surface however later on the reader finds out that even the charming Mr. Windsor has some buried emotions.   

The love scenes are well written as Kelli has a very traumatic past to deal with and this is not ignored when Blake attempts to be intimate with her.  As wonderful as the love scenes are they are not overpowering, the real theme for this would be suspense.  This reviewer would recommend WHAT’S IN A NAME when you are in the mood for a good mystery with some passionate sex for seasoning. 

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