Jilted on her wedding day, librarian Faith West goes on her Italian honeymoon solo. Then she meets Caine Hunter - smart, hot andsexy, he has her feeling like a real woman for the first time.
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Faith has been left at the altar by fiancee Alan, but she takes the honeymoon on her own. In Italy she meets Caine, who romances her and generally shows her a 'good time'. Faith's father runs a PI firm, and Caine is really in Italy to keep an eye on Faith because he suspects that she is really in Italy to scupper a deal with a potential client of Caine's employer. Add to the mix a personal vendetta between Faith's father and Caine's boss, and another personal vendetta between Caine and Faith's father and it all gets a bit improbable. (yes, I know this is escapism, but if it becomes too improbable it just gets silly)
There is a story to follow: Faith goes to work for her father and starts to investigate Caine's father's death (which is why Caine has the vendetta) - she joins up with Caine to do the investigating, they soon realise that it's useless to fight their attraction ... and you can guess the rest. What I, personally, found difficult is that much of this is written as dialogue. There are many (many) conversations - and much of the story is told through conversations. I don't really find this style of writing very engaging - if it's all going to be dialogue, then I start to worry about the holes in the plot, and then I get irritated because my attention hasn't been kept. I completely missed the entrance of the villain because I was skimming - which meant that when Faith and her father get 'abducted' by the villain I was left wondering where he came from and what his connection with the story was.
I didn't really believe the connection between Caine and Faith - even though they had some good lines. I *may* buy the sequel - if I'm really stuck - but somehow I'm not really very keen at the moment. While this isn't bad, there is better stuff out there.
There is a story to follow: Faith goes to work for her father and starts to investigate Caine's father's death (which is why Caine has the vendetta) - she joins up with Caine to do the investigating, they soon realise that it's useless to fight their attraction ... and you can guess the rest. What I, personally, found difficult is that much of this is written as dialogue. There are many (many) conversations - and much of the story is told through conversations. I don't really find this style of writing very engaging - if it's all going to be dialogue, then I start to worry about the holes in the plot, and then I get irritated because my attention hasn't been kept. I completely missed the entrance of the villain because I was skimming - which meant that when Faith and her father get 'abducted' by the villain I was left wondering where he came from and what his connection with the story was.
I didn't really believe the connection between Caine and Faith - even though they had some good lines. I *may* buy the sequel - if I'm really stuck - but somehow I'm not really very keen at the moment. While this isn't bad, there is better stuff out there.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
A little less talk, a lot more action.
14 Mar 2010
By mellyn16
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
I usually do not review books, instead preferring to read the synopsis (synopsii?) already written. However, this book made me nuts and almost made the DNF pile. My main gripe is the constant references to the the hero's former Marine status. I almost - just to prove my point - went back through and counted how many references to being a former Marine, a warrior, or some other needless reference to Marine-dom. My husband was a Marine (I was Navy), we met in A School and I lived next door to the Marine barracks, and I don't think we've said the word Marine as much as the author did in this book. I get that he's tough and hard-core, I don't need reminders every other paragraph. A lot of snappy dialogue, with luke-warm love scenes. And honestly, this may very well be my own issue with the book, especially since I tend to gravitate toward authors like Gena Showalter and Kresley Cole who write about real bad-a$$ guys and there is very little dialogue used to have to convince the reader of that, plus the love scenes are, um, lovelier ;).
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Puts a smile on your face!
3 Mar 2010
By OklaNannie
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is my first book by Cathie Linz. Though the storyline involves some unhappy times, the bulk of this book is just plain fun! It's full of laugh-out-loud moments and witty remarks, along with characters (both lead and secondary) that are charming and entertaining from the first page to the last. It's one of those books that just leaves a smile on your face and to me, that's what makes a worthwhile afternoon of reading!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great read!!!
7 Mar 2010
By Holliday Rohrbaugh
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
I read an exerpt and that was enough to make me go out and get the book. I did not want to stop reading it. It was that good. Caine is a sexy Alpha male hero and Faith is feisty and fun, and a good match for Caine. This was the first book of Cathie Linz's that I've read, but it won't be the last.
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