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13 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
This book was supposed to be the start of a new LTT series....hmm, 18 Sep 2008
Book is 219 pages long, and on page 18, Boone accuses Keeley (a vet's nurse) of faking his dog's illness to delay him going on a date to try to get his attention. There are very few scenes with the leads in them - there are so many other characters and couples in this book that we seem to be getting told a number of tales at the same time, and so the 2 leads only manage to have their first scene together in a library just before closing time, on page 87...boring. On page 119, they have a dance at the community centre and a couple of kisses...nothing else happens, apart from the fact that he tells people she's been chasing him...On page 156 he aks her for a drive and tells her he's starving for her, and dying for her, but when she objects to being touched (due to scarring she has on her shoulder, which is a BIG secret - another Diana Palmer female lead who is less-than-perfect physically...why oh why does DP feel the need to demean her female leads with physical flaws/disabililties) he tells her it's over (I didn't think it had even started!). On page 160 he gets a package delivered and asks her to come and look at something, which turns out to be blatantly doctored pictures of her in bed with his brother, who he knows she is not dating, just pretending to. She tries to lower her blouse to show him her scarred shoulder and prove that it's not her in the pics, but he thinks she's trying to undress to seduce him, so on page 163 she leaves after he orders her away, and gets bitten by a rattlesnake, nearly dying. Hmm, apparently Keeley had decided she would never marry and have children becasuse her scarred shoulder had once made a 16-year old date throw up when he saw them after fumbling her shirt off - great logic. Oh, and the good old Jacobsville posse gets a mention like in every DP book - Sheriff Carson Hayes, Harley Fowler, Dr Coltrain, Cag & Tess (yet again the movie 'Babe' is mentioned, together with Cag's aversion to eating pork)thrown in for good mix, and there is the usual 'they say/people say' when talking about the male lead's quirks (he is cold with women, does not touch them tho he is dating them) and exploits. Oh, and her father is a druggie and an outlaw and is out for her, so the whole police force in 2 counties are out to protect her. Oh, and yes, and even in Comanche Wells, like in Jacobsville, there seems to be an issue with people obsessed with what Americans call biscuits, which I think we call rolls...and Keeley just happens to love baking... Too formulaic and boring for me. Diana should really call it a day before she alienates readers who have been fans since day 1.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
loved it, 8 Oct 2008
i really loved the book, it's nice hearing about the other characters that have been going in other books. i hope she does another story on boones brother and sister. would love to know if his sister gets with the cop she likes!!
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT, 30 Sep 2008
This is the DP I love to read reminds me of some of her older books, Alpha male leads are great
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