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Summary: No thanks.
Review: A year after learning of her beloved cousin's death in an apparent drug deal gone amiss, Jamie is sent to find answers by her aunt on a quest that will lead her face to face with the man who found Nate's body, Dillon Gaynor. The two have a highly charged history dating back twelve years to when she was an innocent, but he has always been a bad boy.The tension between them is charged with a sexual energy that is palpable, and though they fight and snipe at each other to avoid it, they can not ignore what is between them. Yet even as they hover around each other, a vengeful "ghost" watches, bent on revenge. ** In a blend of Stephen King and Anne Rice, this novel attempts to widen Ms. Stuart's audience in a steamy tale with no redeeming characters or qualities. Instead of romantic, it comes off as smutty, overriding what could be a genuinely suspenseful story to become nothing more than a nearly pornographic semi-horror story. **
Reviewed by Amanda Killgore.
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Summary: Shape up, Stuart!
Review: Anne Stuart is one of the few writers whose books I buy automatically...and I haven't been sorry until this one. This one is pretty much a mess, with unbelievable, unengaging characters (a sure sign for me: could never remember what they were supposed to look like) and a couple of holes in the plot that you could drive the hero's vintage Cadillac--plus a few of Elvis's--through.
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Summary: Flawed characters for an interesting story.
Review: As usual, Staurt as created another dark story with flawed characters, emotional impact, and a hint of suspense. When Jamie's cousin dies, she heads out to find Nate, her cousin's best friend, to retrieve her cousin's belongings and maybe to find out what happened. When Jamie was a teenager, she had a crush on Nate, who was a true "bad-boy" with a criminal record to prove it. Due to a particularly nasty experience in her past, Jamie believes Nate may have more to do with her cousin's death than the police can prove. When she arrives in at Nate's place during a snow storm, Jamie is somewhat dismayed to discover that her attraction to Nate has not disappeared over the years. Nate wants her to stick around because he feels that the only way to exocise her and her cousin from his life is to finally remove the last link between him and her family. Since the last link is his attraction to her, he does his best to get her into bed. While Nate is not the most likable character, he is compelling in a dark, alpha-male sort of way. Jamie could have stiffened her back bone on a few occasions, or just admitted that she really wanted Nate. Even though they are flawed characters, they are also well-rounded and compelling. As each layer is developed, they become more intersting and even more likable. Stuart, once again, has managed to make me like characters that normally would drive me mad.
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Summary: entertaining romantic suspense
Review: At the urgings of her mother, boarding schoolteacher Jamie Kincaid drives from her Rhode Island home to Cooperstown, Wisconsin to learn what happened to her cousin, Nate. Officially, Nate was found murdered in the garage of his best friend Dillon Gaynor. Jamie's car breaks down near Dillon's establishment, forcing him to provide hospitality to her. She stays under his hostile roof with her money and credit cards soon missing and while she waits for her vehicle to be repaired. Only his "pal" Mousy treats her nice. Still though a dozen years have passed since they last saw one another the attraction between the daughter of wealth and the bad boy blossoms into an adult love. However, the specter of Nate and the more to life philosophy that her mother the "duchess" espouses stands in the way of anything permanent. This is an entertaining romantic suspense with a hint of supernatural happenings (read the novel to determine if it is a ghost or not). The story line is exciting, but the audience will become a bit irritated with Dillon's consistent nasty behavior towards Jamie. Still Anne Stuart provides a solid tale that will please her fans that will only want the best for the warm heroine. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Wow!
Review: I couldn't put this book down. I agree with one reviewer, this is not a book for the faint of heart. If you like books that are wrapped up in a bow and made pretty, then this is not the book for you.
Rating:
Summary: bloody brilliant
Review: I don't think I have read a better book - though Moonrise is as good. This writer just does so much, gets beneath the skin and holds a mirror to emotions we might not wish to face at times.
I was devastated by the emotions Stuart conjures.
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Summary: Ick
Review: I have liked Ms. Stuart's previous "dark" books, even those other readers didn't, but this latest is just dreadful and leaves the reader feeling slimy besides. The PUBLISHERS WEEKLY review is right on the money: The hero is a rapist as well as a coward, the heroine is so badly damaged that she thinks rape and verbal abuse are love and the nonsensical plot is obvious immediately. Every author has an off book once in a while, and I'm certain Ms. Stuart's next one will be up to her usual standard.
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Summary: Yeow! Best Stuart novel yet!
Review: I love Anne Stuart's books! I buy them new, ferret them out at consignment shops, search for them online, check them out more than once from the library. There may be a formula to them (which romance novels nearly always have), but her writing is getting better and better. She's stripping it down, getting rid of the euphemisms, starkly describing the relationship and sex of the main characters, and the result is grittier and more passionate. Yeow! Best Stuart novel yet!
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Summary: Amazing!!!!! Such a talent!
Review: I loved Moonrise as my favourite book for years. Nightfall and Ritual Sins came really close. Stuart rises to the level of Moonrise to give her best book in years. The characters are so compelling I could not put the book down. More more, Ms. Stuart!
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Summary: Engrossing
Review: I must say this was different from my usual reading but I really liked the book. I almost didn't purchase because of some reviews, but I am glad I took the chance. I am a lover of romantic suspense but this books takes you further into the dark side than most. You have two very troubled characters who through each other find ways to heal from their troubled pasts. I know some people have issues with Dillon's treatment of Jamie, but he has lived his life without love and mostly he has lived life on the shady/dark side. I don't think Dillon or Jamie knows how to give or receive love. Dillon was raised without loving parents (his mother died when he was young) and although Jamie's father was loving and supportive, her mother was not. This is a side of life most of us can and choose to ignore, but unfortunately some people live this kind of life. The chemistry and tension between Dillon and Jamie is undeniable. Ultimately, Jamie learns to trust Dillon which is difficult for her because she had never been able to trust anyone but her father and she thought Nate. Nate was pure evil and scary to say the least. If you like your romance/suspense on the dark side you will love this book.
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