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February 22nd, 2010 — Adoption, Book Review, Books, Detective or mystery, Military, Parenting
Because I enjoyed Tess Hudson’s Double Down so well, I wanted to read this one. If you remember, Double Down was a romance about a young woman overcoming her addiction to gambling. There were some darker images in it involving uncovering a mystery about drugging a football player (her new romance) in order to predict a game.
I don’t know what I expected from Invisible Girl. Perhaps it was something psychological about a teen? It was not what I expected.
Invisible Girl’s prologue starts in the middle of the story. It unfolds in flashbacks to Vietnam and the Vietnam War, not chronological, superimposed on present day. It is very well written. I finished it pretty much in one sitting. I couldn’t put it down.
I think Hudson captures the time of the war, as well as the feeling that there are a lot of things we will never know about or that are deliberately hidden from us. She tells us that she was befriended by a Vietnam-era veteran who taught her about writing, art, and faith and showed her a side of the war she hadn’t glimpsed in the news broadcasts from her childhood.
She uses that to good advantage here. I cannot check her facts, but I can attest that she captures the feel of that time of war perfectly. And the feel of many of the returning soldiers.
She moves effortlessly from the battlefield to deep love; from rape to the babylift; from the soldiers to the highest echelons of politics and a powerful family; from the family of soldiers to the family of one of them; from the harshest of betrayals to the depths of trust and love. Along the way she mingles Catholicism and Buddhism, as Maggie’s mother covers all the bases to protect her family. She succeeds in a way not foreseen, including her own death and the solving of a puzzle from the past wherein only bits of the puzzle are held by individuals in order to afford protection to her children.
I find myself thinking if only, if only she had taken others into her confidence, others that loved her, she would be alive and reunited with her daughter.
For those who are touched by the Vietnam babylift, this book offers a small insight into the pain corruption adds to adoption. At the same time, the woman who was adopted as a baby was deeply loved by her adoptive mother (and loved her too.) There is also reunion of the half-siblings.
Additionally, it was interesting to me how the young Vietnamese woman who gave birth after being raped by an American soldier named her daughter Tam, which means heart. She felt that when she prayed to Buddha, he conceived this child through her heart on her own, not through rape. I don’t know how realistic this is, but it was very touching to me. Having biological (and adopted) children of my own, I know how deep is the mother love, and how it is very often our heart.
I give it a 5.
Karin
Originally posted 2008-07-09 08:06:21.
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January 24th, 2010 — Book Review, Kindle book, Military, Romantic Suspense
Hot Ice continues the story of the T-Flac group. As usual it starts off with a bang.
I had a very hard time reading this book, and if it weren’t for the fact that I like the characters, I could have given up, because much of it was distasteful.
It reads much like the Da Vinci Code with alternating chapters. I enjoyed the story of the good guys, but the bad guys were too evil for me. Plus the evil guy they are trying to head off is a religious fanatic who self-flagellates, similar to the DVC, and nope, that is not for me.
The woman
Taylor Kincaid is a jewel thief and real good at her work. She has some life secrets unknown to the T-Flac operatives. She is being targeted by two groups of bad guys and by T-Flac for something she stole along with the jewels in a safe. While she took it deliberately, she didn’t know what she had. T-Flac had hoped to have her steal it for them, but before they could contact her, she did it on her own.
She finds herself in a San Cristobel jail — able to escape, but being caught and worked over each time — the first time she has been in custody for any of her jobs.
The man
Huntington “Hunt” St. John needs her, not only for what she stole, but for her ability to crack safes and other codes. In the first few pages he rescues her from jail. He doesn’t trust her (and she doesn’t trust him.) Of course he doesn’t know her motivation for stealing or who has hired her.
Their love story Erotic as usual.
She awakens his protective instincts against what he thinks is his better judgment. Together they are able to thwart the bad guys (and women.) You knew that from the genre of the book.
What they are up against
A religious fanatic who is also a terrorist — and a second terrorist group which is gunning for the first, as well as them.
Jose Morales has an underground lair, complete with armed missile. He has rigged it all to follow the book of Revelation in his twisted way.
Warning
Some murders that are particularly distasteful (which all murders are, really.) A religious fanatic who is more than a little crazy. Chemical warfare; hand to hand warfare with knives; etc.
My take
I would prefer a lighter hand in the evilness. More of a romp than a treatise on evil. I’m not sure I want to continue with the books, except to take a quick look to see who has the next stories. I should only have read the chapters concerning the T-Flac group.
Have you read this book?
It is available for Kindle for $5.59.
Book 2 Kiss and Tell
Book 3: Hide and Seek
Book 4: In too deep
Book 5: Out of Sight
Book 6: On thin ice
Karin
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January 17th, 2010 — Book Review, Kindle book, Military, Romantic Suspense
Book 5 of the T-FLAC series, Out of Sight is the story of Kane Wright, fashion and other photographer extrordinaire. It was strongly hinted in the storylines of other books in the series that he is not all he seems, and so it is.
The hero
Yes, Kane is a photographer, but he is also a T-FLAC operative, going in under the guise of being a photographer to various hotspots in the world. He is adept at disguises. And he’s fighting his own demons because he lost one team to torture when they were captured.
The heroine
A.J. Cooper can hit a target without fail, but then she has an accident during training in which she is shot. She is blamed for it, but we learn later there is more to the story. Meantime, sent in as part of Kane’s new team to take out a wicked terrorist, she misses the shot. Then freezes in fear. She vows to get the target the next time.
She is another strong woman who doesn’t give in to her fears. She holds her own and then some.
The love story
Believable. Some interesting situations, including one place I’ve never seen in a book before. Adrenaline does that to you. Plus she is very beautiful and both have noticed each other before this op. Together they watch each other’s back and get out of some tight situations, which might not work in RL.
Violence
As usual, the baddies get taken out, one by one. A couple of gruesome deaths — and dead bodies. Some torture, but of baddies to baddies, except for finding the body of one of the good guys. Makes you not want to give the bad guys any chances.
The action is fast and furious. Of course, you root for the good guys (and woman.)
Have you read this one?
It is also available for Kindle at $6.39.
Book 2: Kiss and Tell
Book 3: Hide and Seek
Book 4: In too deep
Book 6: On thin ice
Book 7: Hot Ice
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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January 16th, 2010 — Book Review, Kindle book, Military, Romantic Suspense
This is the 4th book in the T-FLAC series.
I have also reviewed the first (Kiss and Tell) and second books (Hide and Seek).
The hero
In too Deep follows the story of Michael Wright, the second of the three Wright brothers. When the story opens, he is a changed man. No longer a Navy Seal, because he lost one eye on his last assignment, he now fights his fear of the water. All he wants to do is revenge the death of Hugo, his partner.
As luck would have it, he meets the daughter of his arch-enemy. He rescues her from certain death when the yacht she is on explodes.
Tally Cruise has come to the same island to meet her father, having been invited there. Michael expects he will use her to get to her father, but he underestimates Tally herself.
The heroine
Tally has not had a happy childhood, traipsing all over the world in search of her illusive father at the whim of her mother. She is fighting her own demons. Not as beautiful as her mother, never really having the love of her father, extremely afraid of the dark …
Like the other Adair females, she is strong and feisty, fighting for her life on more than one occasion and fighting for Michael’s life, once she knows he is trustworthy.
Flashbacks
Michael’s flashbacks eventually reveal to us the accident that took his eye. Tally’s one flashback reveals to her and to us why she is afraid of the dark.
Tally’s father
SOB doesn’t begin to describe him. He doesn’t show up on the scene until the last few pages. One particular act of murder on his part is particularly shocking and grim, even if you don’t much like the one he kills.
Figuring it all out
It doesn’t take long to figure out that Tally is slated for murder. The reader figures it out, at least I did, before she or Michael do. The question is, by whom?
The sex
Definitely there. The love story is believable.
My take
There is violence in this book. The baddies get theirs, which doesn’t hurt the reader a bit. You practically cheer. Tally is roughed up more than once, but more than holds her own. She gives as good as she gets, sometimes almost comically. Though you can almost feel her palpable fear, you also see how strong she is not to give in to it. The book is not as dark as the second book, thankfully, or I couldn’t keep reading the series.
Have you read the book or any of the series?
If you like this genre, you would like this book.
It is also available for Kindle.
Book 2: Kiss and Tell
Book 3: Hide and Seek
Book 5: Out of Sight
Book 6: On thin ice
Book 7: Hot Ice
Karin
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January 14th, 2010 — Book Review, Kindle book, Military, Romantic Suspense
Hide and Seek is the third book in the T-FLAC series. This book concerns Kyle Wright, the second of the Wright sibs. He is a medical doctor, but like all the Wright brothers, not what he seems.
Be warned
This book is considerably darker than Kiss and Tell. Personally, I prefer it a little less dark. Truthfully I read over much of this, skimming very rapidly to get to the part that carries the story forward. I was strongly tempted to just say: I know they end up together and get out alive, skip to book 3.
The hero
Kyle has been working undercover to expose and destroy the far-reaching empire of an international crime lord who now wishes to release small pox on the world. Imagine his surprise to run into Delanie Eastman with whom he had had a very hot 3 days several years earlier. He is afraid his work will be ruined. Later, he is joined by his career military brother and his brother-in-law (who was featured in Kiss and Tell.) He does everything in his power to keep Delanie safe, but it isn’t always enough.
The heroine
Delanie has problems of her own. She is pretending to be a dumb blond bimbo in order to find her sister who has disappeared into the recesses of this evil empire. She thinks Kyle is part of it. On the whole, she is a very strong, resourceful woman. She fights with all that is in her to save herself (and Kyle, once she realizes he is one of the good guys.) She holds her own and doesn’t give up any territory.
The protagonist
The drug lord is particularly evil, with a streak of sadism, and just despicable evilness. And his mother is even more so. There is murder and torture. Piranas and a big snake. Very hard to read these sections.
The good men
The good men have a strong, protective streak for women, as well as keeping the world safe.
The sex
Hot and heavy. Including some drug induced aphrodisiac administered by one of the baddies. The scene is almost comical, were it not for the evil of it. Be warned.
I believe two of the characters are introduced in this book that may end up having a book of their own.
I’m on to the third book. We’ll see if all the books are as dark. I hope not.
Have you read this book?
This book is also available for Kindle.
Book 2 Kiss and Tell
Book 4: In too deep
Book 5: Out of Sight
Book 6: On thin ice
Book 7: Hot Ice
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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January 12th, 2010 — Book Review, Military, Romance, Romantic Suspense
One genre I generally will read is romantic suspense. It’s a little softer than suspense, which hits too close to home for me now.
Drue Allen’s first book, The Cost of Love, is romantic suspense at its best. I hope she has plans to make this a series.
Format: hardback
Length: 311 pages
ISBN: 9781594148590?
Publisher: Five Star
Pub Date: March, 2010
In the interests of transparency: I was given a pdf to read by Love Romance Passion who received it from Drue prior to publication. I put it on my Kindle, and unfortunately it didn’t format perfectly, which was super annoying, but the book was so good, I could overlook all that.
National security comes with a price.
Read my full review at LRP.
In the meantime, if you like the romantic suspense genre, you will love this book. It is not erotica. It is very suspenseful! Every page is a page turner. Everyone is suspect. I missed entirely who the baddie is.
It becomes clear that the bad guys are domestic, but that isn’t clear for a while. Who are the mole(s)…
My take:
I give this 8* out of 5, that’s how good it is. Make no mistake, it is suspenseful; there are murders and gruesome details… believable characters… and more.
Would a man like this book?
I think so. It has plenty of action. I think it would make a wonderful movie — now who to cast…
Karin
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January 11th, 2010 — Book Review, Books, Kindle book, Military, Romance, Romantic Suspense
It’s always fun to find a new author — especially when they have beaucoup books already in print!
Thanks to Susan for sharing the author, Cherry Adair who writes a genre I enjoy reading, romantic suspense.
I decided to order some from the library. The reference librarian said — Do you want all? strongly hinting that there were a lot. Ha! Yes, I did. So now I have a huge stash to read. Unfortunately, I can read them faster than she can write them! It looks as though each book gives enough of a recap to make it understandable if you read them out of order.
It is also available as a Kindle version.
Kiss and Tell is the second in the TFLAC series. I’m guessing The Mercenary is first.
While predictable, in a good way, I give it 5 stars. The odds of all this happening in a short period of time are thankfully small.
When Marnie Wright goes to her grandmother’s cabin, shortly after her grandmother dies, in order to think out her life, she doesn’t expect to meet a mercenary who pretty much has received a burn notice. When a storm comes up, washing away the bridge, and a tree falls on her cabin, she is ‘rescued’ by Jake Dolan (and her dog.)
But the bad guys — or is it the good guys — are running rampant in the woods, dressed in spy gear and speaking a special language known only to TFLAC members (or not.)
Trouble is, no one knows where he is and he hasn’t been followed.
So, of course, someone knows where he is. I figured that out right away, though Jake and Marnie do not. Who that someone is, is a main part of the story.
Romance
Believable and strong.
Strong feminine lead
Marnie is strong, feisty, hard to resist in every way. It’s great to have a strong feminine lead. She is not trained in warfare, but never underestimate the power of a woman who refuses to lie down and die.
Male lead
Jake has been burned by a woman he thought he loved. She tried to kill him by slitting his throat. So when Marnie shows up, similar in coloring to this previous woman, his defenses are up. Lucky for him he has designed a high tech lair to which they retreat, complete with infrared cameras.
Violence
Yes.
One by one the baddies are picked off. In this genre, you know the main characters will come out on top a la James Bond. You don’t have to worry about that. Along the way, they pick up assorted injuries, are in several fights (rough ones.)
While there is violence, it seems very far removed from real life — at least in once sense, until we think of terrorists — so it is not something I worry about in a dark alley.
If you want a good read — and an all too fast one — you can’t go wrong with this book.
Hints of the next book
Marnie has four brothers, all over protective, and her father owns a computer company (where she works.) One brother is a doctor; one a military man; one a photog; one owns a cattle ranch. But we are given hints in this book that they all are more than they seem. On thin ice is previewed in the back of this book, but it is not the second book, so far as I can tell. But as I said, they all pretty much can stand alone.
I’m on to the second one.
Have you read any of her books?
Do you have a favorite?
Book 3: Hide and Seek
Book 4: In too deep
Book 5: Out of Sight
Book 6: On thin ice
Book 7: Hot Ice
Karin
www.savvythinker.com
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June 28th, 2009 — Book Review, Books, France, Friendship, Military, Relationships, Romance
Suzanne Brockman writes several series. This book is from her Troubleshooter’s series, stories of US Navy Seal Team Sixteen. Each book details the story of another member of the team, as well as intertwines the characters more and more.
I’m not sure if this is the first book, but it’s a good place to start. I have liked some of the stories more than others, but I like the concept.
I picked this book up again recently and found myself rereading it, something I rarely do.
From Suzanne Brockman’s website:
After a near-fatal head injury, U.S. Navy SEAL Lieutenant Tom Paoletti catches a terrifying glimpse of an international terrorist in his New England hometown. When he calls for help, the Navy dismisses the danger as injury-induced imaginings. In a desperate last-ditch effort to prevent disaster, Tom creates his own makeshift counterterrorist team, assembling his most loyal officers, two elderly veterans of the Second World War, a couple of misfit teenagers, and Dr. Kelly Ashton — the sweet “girl next door” who has grown into a remarkable woman. Once known as the town’s infamous bad boy, Tom has always longed for Kelly. Now he has one final chance for happiness, one last chance to win her heart, and one desperate chance to save the day….
HERO: Lt. Tom Paoletti, U.S. Navy SEAL Commander
HEROINE: Dr. Kelly Ashton, pediatrician
LOCATION: Baldwin’s Bridge, Massachusetts
You can call these romance books with a twist. The twist is, of course, saving the day.
In this book, various voices narrate the action. I particularly liked this. It was believable and not just a writing device. It actually allowed the reader to catch glimpses of the inner persons. And woven through the book are the narrations of a romance and heroic actions during WWII in France. These actions have direct bearing on the circumstances in the book.
There is to be a ceremony honoring the hero of Baldwin’s Bridge (Tom’s uncle — and until this point in time Tom never knew of the actions of his uncle in OSS) — and his uncle plans to give an interview to a reporter detailing the real hero (Kelly’s father.)
The characters rise to the occasion, get the bad guy(s), save the day, fall in love — what more could you want from a story.
And the romance develops over a slow pace — the entire book — with a lot of stream of consciousness and flirting and some serious, but not crude, sex.
Tom has been told that his kind of head injury may result in paranoia. And he has bad headaches throughout the book.
When he first catches a glimpse of the man he strongly believes is the Merchant, he recognizes the odd way he puts his backpack on his shoulders. He has altered his appearance some, if indeed it is the Merchant. Tom feels it is his duty to report this sighting, but it is not well received. No legitimate source of intel has anything, but the fact that it is believed the Merchant died of his injuries in the last encounter.
Tom continues to catch glimpses of him — as well as the tattoo that members of the Merchant’s team use to identify themselves.
But has he seen him or hasn’t he? Does he just imagine there is danger when there is not? Even though paranoia usually means thinking that only oneself is in danger, whereas here he sees the possibility of others’ being in danger, he must decide if he should pursue following this lead, even if it means he could be medically discharged from the Seals.
He calls in as many of his trusted team as he can, making them know it is not an order, that they are acting on their own time (vacation.) Good thing he did too.
The action gets very fast paced at the end where they must find the bomb and save the day.
Have you read any of Brockman’s books or series?
Which is your favorite? This is one of mine. I kept putting it down so as to savor the finish.
Karin
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May 31st, 2008 — Books, Military, Romance
Suzanne Brockmann writes interesting books, and this is no exception. I stumbled across one of her books a few years ago. She writes military fiction (Navy Seals) with characters you enjoy, rolled up with passion for work and each other, as well as the requisite love story, a little danger and a lot of action. I haven’t read her books in any particular order, but each book concentrates more on one of the characters than another in a continuing saga of sorts.
This book is a love story about a hero and a hero. It is not heterosexual. She writes with compassion and understanding. Her son Jason is gay, she tells us in an addendum, and she lives in Massachusetts with her husband, author Ed Gaffney.
The book is set in Boston where Jules and Robin are going to be married, taking each other as life partners. Along the way, both of their lives are endangered — Jules because of his work and Robin because he is (they are) peripherally stalked.
I wouldn’t say this is the best of her books. There is less action, though what there is takes place in Afghanistan. For the most part, it is a love story. She ties present feelings and actions to past and childhood events. She makes you care for her characters’ hurts, which is a skill in itself.
Have you read any of her books?
Karin
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