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Summary: TOP-NOTCH FAST PACE SUSPENSE!
Review: Annie's novel "Like a Knife" is the wonderfully written suspense story of Rachel Goodman, who as a yound child witnessed the murder of her mother. Growing up she wants to help others and takes a job running a preschool with children witnessing violent crimes committed against their parents. There she meets Nick Raines who has a past. Together, they race against time to save a missing boy. Rachel falls for Nick but Nick does not want her to get involved because of his past. If you are looking for a fast-pace gripping suspense book full of surprises that you would not want to put down, look no further! This is THE book to get!
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Summary: exciting romantic suspense
Review: As a child Rachel Goodman lost both of her parents with the strokes of a knife. She watched the vicious murder of her mother and the "disappearance" of her father into his publicly acclaimed "Safer America" movement. As an adult, Rachel manages St. Anthony preschool for children whom witnessed violence in Astoria, Queens. Six months ago, Rachel hires reticent handyman Nick Raine to make repairs at St. Anthony. Unbeknownst to Rachel is that Nick is a former gunrunner who quit the profession six years ago. Now Nick's former boss and mentor Spier demands he locate a six year old son he did not know he sired as his recently murdered wife hid him with her aunt from him. If Nick fails to do Spier's bidding or fails at his task, Rachel will suffer. LIKE A KNIFE is an exciting romantic suspense that spotlights how love can provide the opportunity for redeeming for the darkest of souls. The story line is fast-paced though how Spier's wife could hide the child from him so easily and why Spier wanted the kid is never quite clear. Still the audience will relish the activities of the lead couple, Rachel with her almost obsessive need to help those youngsters following the ugly path of her youth and Nick needing a soul cleaning after years of selling weapons to murderers and terrorists. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Like a Knife
Review: Great book! Amazing debut! I can't wait for her next book to be released!
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Summary: GREAT BOOK
Review: I normally do not write reviews, but this book is worth commenting on. AWESOME Romantic Suspense.
I really look forward to Ms. Solomon next book
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Summary: Suspense Done Right
Review: I read a lot of suspense and Like a Knife is among the best I've read. Annie Solomon has created in Nick and Rachel characters that are vivid and three-dimensional, and makes you feel the hurt they carry. This is a story about redemption and forgiveness and Annie doesn't miss. I didn't want to put this book down. It's a fast-paced read and just when you think the plot can't twist again, it does. There's realism here, and hope as well. I can't wait for Annie Solomon's next offering.
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Summary: Powerful romantic suspense -- Highly recommended
Review: Memories of witnessing her mother's death have always remained at the edge of Rachel Goodman's consciousness. She devotes her life to helping children who have survived similar circumstances, running a school for children who have been victims of violence. With only six weeks left on the rental space for the school, Rachel desperately seeks new funding. She certainly needs to avoid adverse publicity, but it unfortunately finds her. Nick Raine left designer suits behind six years ago, embracing an austere life that led to his maintenance work at the school. Then his old boss demands that Nick return to his former life and find a missing child. Suddenly Nick is thrust back into a nightmarish world where he discovers the missing child his own, and where men will do anything to maintain power and money, including destroying innocents like Rachel. Author Annie Solomon pens a stunning debut with LIKE A KNIFE. Crisp prose, sharp characterizations and a fast-paced plotting provide a combination impossible to put down. Nick Raine proves to be an intriguing hero with a deadly, dark past that haunts his every step. Rachel's background is equally painful, but gives her character power as she resourcefully deals with virtually impossible circumstances. Solomon does not pull any punches, with harsh realities and cruelties, thereby lending the novel a hard, believable edge. Readers will eagerly await more from this promising author. LIKE A KNIFE comes highly recommended.
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Summary: Gritty suspense and good debut
Review: Redemption proves possible in this debut novel by Annie Soloman. Rachel Goodman hires Nick Raine, a former gunrunner who is trying to escape his past, as a handy man in the church where she teaches needed children. Rachel, who knows violence first hand having witnessed her mother's knifing death and later has her father's disappearance, brings in children from violent backgrounds to her school. When she finds out about Nick's past, and is in fact kidnapped and delivered on his doorstep in a carpet, still gives him a chance to show he is not the same person he used to be. Nick discovers a child is missing and his former boss Spire insists he finds him or Rachel will be harmed. He sets out to do just that with Rachel at his side. This story moves at a fast pace, though the characters themselves are not developed to their full potential. Still, this is an enjoy suspense with lots of grit, shootings, and action to keep the reader interested!
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Summary: Good Debut
Review: This is a really good suspenseful, heartwarming page-turner. Ms Solomon goes on my list of favorite authors.
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Summary: WONDERFUL FAST-PACED SUSPENSE
Review: This is the wonderfully written suspense story of Rachel Goodman, who as a yound child witnessed the murder of her mother. Growing up she wants to help others and takes a job running a preschool with children witnessing violent crimes committed against their parents. There she meets Nick Raines who has a past. Together, they race against time to save a missing boy. Rachel falls for Nick but Nick does not want her to get involved because of his past. If you are looking for a fast-pace gripping suspense book full of surprises that you would not want to put down, look no further! This is THE book to get!
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Summary: Absolutely held my attention
Review: This new author did a great job on her first romance/suspense novel. I opened up my Amazon box of books. Went to the computer to reread some of the reviews and choose this book to spend reading for my whole day off. Rachel has painful memories of her mother's violent death and her father's aloofness after the death. I didn't need the father thing to explain Rachel's actions at all. Her passion to help kids that had violence in their past was groaning to me. I think the author could have worked the need in by being a normal caring person that sees the need around her. Or helping kids that need not to fall through the cracks of living in a tough city neighborhoods. Nick was very well written. Not so hot of a guy the first twenty pages, not because he was a janitor, he just wasn't interesting. But he really picked up to be a hotty as the character developed. The author didn't choose the easy way out on events she brought into play. I liked that. Otherwise it would follow suit to many of the romance books. I think this author will grow with a few more rewrites and the editor being pickier for not so complicated character building that doesn't work or is needed
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