Adopted by a prominent Texas family, Caitlin Prescott, now known as Kate Montgomery, is working as a news reporter for an Austin, Texas, station, doing a story on Teague Ramos, the owner of a bodyguard service, only to discover that she has picked up a mysterious stalker who could hold the key to the old secrets of her biological parents' deaths an
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Marilyn Montgomery sat in the straight-backed chair in the office of the adoption agency and stared at the door. Read the first page
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This novel is extremely charming and enchanting. Bestseller Christina Dodd perfectly entwines romance and suspense.
I absolutely enjoy when Christina animates this story with dynamite possibilities and amorous fantasy. This book will leave you craving for more. A must-read!
I absolutely enjoy when Christina animates this story with dynamite possibilities and amorous fantasy. This book will leave you craving for more. A must-read!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worth the Wait
30 Mar 2005
By Jennifer Banker
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
I got this book as soon as I saw it and read it as soon as I finished what I was reading, read it in one day. The first book in this series was my first book by Dodd but not the last. I now have a collection, which this book will be added to.
I loved this book. It had the right amount of everything. Tension, suspense, love and laughter. Although the author gives away more to the readers and the readers figure out what is going on way before the characters. Thats the good tension.
This was a wonderful third story and I only have one complaint. This story seems to be the end of the series. But I am hoping it is not as we still have the foster brother Gabriel, who really needs his own story. So, this just cant be the last, but the tone says it is. It wraps up most issues in the story, but I am keeping my fingers crossed.
I likes most everything else and cant think of anything else to complain about. Wonderful story. 5 stars and highly recommended!! Enjoy
I loved this book. It had the right amount of everything. Tension, suspense, love and laughter. Although the author gives away more to the readers and the readers figure out what is going on way before the characters. Thats the good tension.
This was a wonderful third story and I only have one complaint. This story seems to be the end of the series. But I am hoping it is not as we still have the foster brother Gabriel, who really needs his own story. So, this just cant be the last, but the tone says it is. It wraps up most issues in the story, but I am keeping my fingers crossed.
I likes most everything else and cant think of anything else to complain about. Wonderful story. 5 stars and highly recommended!! Enjoy
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Close to Perfect
23 Mar 2005
By Anne Fleming
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This was a really great book, though I was a little disappointed that the villain was revealed early on, and the romantic conflict was a bit weak. Kate's story is the third in a trilogy (?), tracking the fate of four children, orphaned by the death of their parents and scattered to the wind in the wake of their parent's alleged embezzlement.
The story begins when Kate lands a new job reporting on Capitol politics in Austin for a local TV news station, but bodyguard Teague Ramos is soon enlisted when a stalker's attention turns violent. The heat between Kate and Teague is immediate and stays strong as the stalker's threat is replaced by a lascivious senator and his ties to the small town where Kate's birth family was divided.
Teague was an impressive hero, big, brooding and sexy; he also came across as smart, and fell in love with the standard reluctance Dodd's hero's usually display. Kate was likeable, intelligent, and assertive enough to be admirable without being too aggressive. The villain was appropriately slimy, though he was not developed in any depth.
But at times throughout the novel the hero's big brood seemed a little manufactured--he claimed to be hung up on an incident in his past (surprise), and worried revealing it would send Kate running. The incident itself was moderately inventive, but it just didn't seem bad enough to keep the two at odds; and Teague did very little to fuel the separation throughout the book (unlike in Pepper's story where Dan did asinine things throughout the book just to keep it interesting). So the conclusion to the romance was a little anti-climactic.
Likewise, while I was glad to finally learn a little more about the mystery surrounding the death of Kate's birth parents, the little glimpses into the villain's mind peppered throughout the book undermined the suspense and the ending was not particularly surprising. Also, the book was written like the end of a trilogy, and I would be a little disappointed if we never get a chance to hear Gabriel's story.
Overall, however, it was a very entertaining book with snappy dialogue and loveable characters; a satisfying end to a wonderful series.
The story begins when Kate lands a new job reporting on Capitol politics in Austin for a local TV news station, but bodyguard Teague Ramos is soon enlisted when a stalker's attention turns violent. The heat between Kate and Teague is immediate and stays strong as the stalker's threat is replaced by a lascivious senator and his ties to the small town where Kate's birth family was divided.
Teague was an impressive hero, big, brooding and sexy; he also came across as smart, and fell in love with the standard reluctance Dodd's hero's usually display. Kate was likeable, intelligent, and assertive enough to be admirable without being too aggressive. The villain was appropriately slimy, though he was not developed in any depth.
But at times throughout the novel the hero's big brood seemed a little manufactured--he claimed to be hung up on an incident in his past (surprise), and worried revealing it would send Kate running. The incident itself was moderately inventive, but it just didn't seem bad enough to keep the two at odds; and Teague did very little to fuel the separation throughout the book (unlike in Pepper's story where Dan did asinine things throughout the book just to keep it interesting). So the conclusion to the romance was a little anti-climactic.
Likewise, while I was glad to finally learn a little more about the mystery surrounding the death of Kate's birth parents, the little glimpses into the villain's mind peppered throughout the book undermined the suspense and the ending was not particularly surprising. Also, the book was written like the end of a trilogy, and I would be a little disappointed if we never get a chance to hear Gabriel's story.
Overall, however, it was a very entertaining book with snappy dialogue and loveable characters; a satisfying end to a wonderful series.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great finish to the series
1 Sep 2005
By castlereader
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
Christina Dodd did a great job with CLOSE TO YOU - but then, I love books where the hero is a bodyguard for the heroine. It wasn't a mystery because we know who done it, but the suspense to see if the bad guy gets Kate is riveting and the ending tied up all the loose ends left in the oother two books. That scene in the graveyard is positively spooky - I got chills. Teague was a great hero, a bodyguard with a past. He's intense, handsome and driven, and the love scene during the storm was the hottest I've ever read. I recommend this series. Start with JUST THE WAY YOU ARE, then ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE, then CLOSE TO YOU.
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