Originally Reviewed For: Tea and BookWithout a doubt, Safe at Last is one of Maya Banks best books. Ms. Banks has been faltering a bit lately but I had seen a sign of a come back in her Slow Burn Series.. Which Safe At Last is book 3.. but with SaL, she has announced it with a shout. Yep, Ms. Banks is back.Safe At Last is intense, a second chance romance that pulls at your heartstrings while it plays at your inner calm. For those who haven't yet read the Slow Burn Series, it's a mix of old fashioned security and a bit of the whoo whoo factor. It isn't what I would call PNR because I am sure there are people out there today who actually have these talents but they are unique and rather startling. Added to the mystery and suspense that permeates Safe At Last you get an amazing book.Anna-Grace was born on the wrong side of the tracks, trailer trash to be sure, but she was smart and kind and rose so far above her upbringing that an amazing boy fell in love with her. She was 16 and he was 20, they were planning a life together. Until an horrendous event, planned by the boy she loved, destroyed everything. It's been 12 years and the boy has become a man and has forced his way back into her life. She has barely functioned for those years and has finally created a life. Can she watch it crash and burn again?Zack Covington was the all American boy, star football player, excellent scholar and child of wealth. And he had the prettiest girl in the world just waiting for him. In time his world was going to be perfect. Until he came home weekend from college and there was no sign of his "Gracie", she had just disappeared. He even went to his father and begged him for help finding her. But there was nothing. He went through the motions of his life but the ache remained. Was she alive or dead? If she was alive, why did she leave? Then a routine security job brought them face to face and it wasn't joy he saw in her eyes, it was fear, fear of him. The questions are piling up but no matter what Zack is not going to loose "Gracie" again.This was an emotional wringer. Not only did Zack and Gracie have to fight hard to find their way back to each other, but a certain element that was dying to destroy Devereaux Security has risen and Gracie is the victim they are willing to use. Beaten and left for dead, Gracie discovers that she is forced to rely on the one man she never wants to see again.And when they finally face the secrets that are between them, the betrayal might actually destroy them forever.Just amazing.. emotional, tense, passionate, enraging..A serious must read!Shauni