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Summary: A Real Hit
Review: This book was so good that I finished it in one sitting. Karen Robards books have always been very good with one exception--sometimes they were a little too gross for me to give a five star rating. This book didn't have the gross parts in it that "Ghost Moon" and "Paradise County" did so it got the five stars. It was a fantastic read and well worth the hardback price.
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Summary: Terrific Suspense
Review: Suspenseful and sexy, Ms. Robards' read is a thriller with non-stop action providing hours of glued-to-the-pages entertainment. Former South Carolina beauty queen Julie Carlson suspects that her mega-bucks husband, Sid, is cheating on her. As she follows him one night, a farcical set of circumstances leave her clad in skimpy pajamas, stranded in Charleston's red light district without a car and with a transvestite named Debbie as her only companion. Debbie is really Mac McQuarry, a P.I. who went undercover to locate a client's cheating husband. When Mac aids Julie out of the jam she is in, Julie discovers that Debbie is really a man, but she assumes that he is gay. Not bothering to correct her, Mac lets Julie think what she will, adding an element of humor to this intense read as Julie finds herself fantasizing about Debbie aka Mac. Soon, Julie discovers that her life may be in danger, and Mac is probably the only one that she can trust. Swallowing her pride, Julie tries to overlook the fact that Mac omitted the truth about his sexuality and his previous association with Sid. In a heart-stopping race for their lives, Julie and Mac are on the run from the police, the mob, and a hit man. Can they find safety before they both end up dead? Combining the excitement of a mystery with the spice of a romance, Ms. Robards has, once again, firmly established her position in the genre of romantic suspense. And all the characters, most especially Mac and Julie, are so realistically written, thereby increasing the credibility of this read. A MUST READ!
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Summary: A Real Sizzler!
Review: I have to say it - Wow! First book I read by Ms. Robards and I found this one not only suspenseful but a real sizzler, as well. Absolutely loved it. Writing in the same genre, I was curious about her style and found it to be the best! You won't want to put this one down!
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Summary: Fans of this author will love this
Review: After several years of marriage, Julie Carlson realizes that her spouse Sid slips out every evening at midnight when he thinks she is fast asleep. Julie figures Sid is cheating and plans to catch him with his lover. She pretends to sleep and when he leaves follow him only to lose him. When her car is stolen, transvestite Mac McQuarry rescues her.
Julie assumes her savior is gay, but is unaware that Mac is an undercover private investigator trying to prove Sid is dirty with mob ties. Sid's friends probably killed his first wife and Mac's brother, and ruined the latter's police career. Mac uses Julie to get at Sid, but soon realizes that the mob wants him and Julie dead.
TO TRUST A STRANGER is an exciting romantic suspense novel that never slows down as Sid and his pals need Julie and Mac dead. Though a taut thriller, the weakness of the plot lies in the intrepid Julie, who remained oblivious for years as to how cruel her spouse was until she decides to investigate his alleged cheating. Karen Robards has written a terse tale, but some of the key characters are too malicious to care what happens to them. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Trust this awesome book for a good read!!
Review: To Trust a Stranger was so awesome I could not put it down! I'll admit the heroine was a bit of a let down simply because of her problem with her image and food. But it was steamy as usual and one of Ms. Robard's best!! Read it! You won't be dissapointed!
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Summary: Sexy Thriller!
Review: This book was hard to put down. It was both sexy & suspenseful! Julie Carlson is a former Miss South Carolina & currently a successful boutique owner in an unhappy marriage. She meets Mac McQuarry under unusual circumstances & soon hires him to spy on her cheating husband. There's an instant strong attraction between the two. Julie soon starts to depend on him for comfort & security & they end up having phenomenal sex but are later caught up in a race for survival thanks to Julie's husband, Sid who led to Mac's downfall & had something to do with his brother's death 15 years earlier. There are many twists & turns in this book. I strongly recommend it!
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Summary: Plot never thickens...what plot
Review: This book is a bore and you could probably read a few chapters in the beginning, maybe one in the middle and then the last and feel you have completed your read. The story telling reads like a teenage harlequin romance book. Definitely a beach book you could leave in the sand.
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Summary: Good Story
Review: I love Karen Robards' novels. The heroine is usually pretty lively even when life has dealt them a hard blow, and the men in her novels are all "definitely men". This is a very good story and I would highly recommend. Julie Carlson believes that her husband is having an affair on her. She decides to track him down and instead runs into a drag queen who is actually private investigator Mac McQuarry. Mac is interested in Julie, and he also has his own score to settle with Julie's husband who he believes set him up. Then someone tries to murder Julie, and now its up to Mac to figure out who the killer is before Julie winds up dead. Very good story!
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Summary: My favorite of Karen Robards
Review: To Trust a Stranger is my favorite Karen Robards book so far and I have enjoyed her other work as well. I just liked Mac so much from the beginning it added to my enjoyment of the book. A big, masculine guy who is comfortable enough in his own skin to dress in drag in order to spy on a cheating spouse for his client was so funny. He's got this attitude like "Yeah, so, I'm in a dress." Then Julie runs into him while out doing her own spying on her husband. She lets Mac help her simply because she's thinking of him as a "Girlfriend." Her assumption about Mac's sexual orientation gives her that impression that it's nice to have a man around who will be nothing more than a friend. Of course all that changes as things start coming out into the open. Julie's husband is doing more than cheating and Mac isn't who she thinks he is. Around every corner there is something unexpected popping up and it was an enjoyable read. I first heard the abridged audio of this book and it really didn't do the book justice. It leaned toward the humor and there is much more to the story than that, so I picked up the book and was glad I did. As others have mentioned it's pretty steamy so I like to add that in so you don't pick up this book and then are shocked that it's in there. This book has some definite HEAT coming off of it so be warned. Julie is kind of annoying but for me Mac made up for it by miles and miles. I really like this book and have read it several times now.
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Summary: One of Robards' best!
Review: We have had so many tough world events lately that I decided I would like to read a foolish "beach book". I can't believe this writer really has any fans - they really need to get a life. Give me a break - this author must laugh all the way to the bank writing such dribble that people actually pay to read. I picked this book up for free - thank god I didn't pay a penny for it. I always force myself to finish a book once I start it - this was a tough one and it ended just as I figured it would. There were no surprises.
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