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Summary: The Perfect Read
Review: A book that is shocking, thrilling and spell binding. I loved this one. Not often anymore can I read a book that holds my attention the way this one did. I just couldn't put it down. If you like Suzanne Brockmann's seal team books, well you are going to love Dinah McCalls The Perfect Lie. It is on that level, with action, suspense and romance all rolled into one, I wish they had more books like this out there.
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Summary: Enjoyable Easy Read!
Review: Although some of the action is a bit far fetched, this novel is a very enjoyable read. McCall has written a simple easy to read plot with interesting characters. Jonah Slade is approached by a woman named Macie, who is the sister of a woman who chose her inheritance over him because her father gave her the ultimatum. Unbeknownst to him he has a son named Evan and even more shocking, Evan has been kidnapped and Jonah's ex murdered with her father in critical condition in the hospital. Being a CIA agent, Jonah chose a line of work which he never would if he knew he had a family. Recently he killed the son of South American drug baron Miguel Calderone now in jail who wants an eye for an eye and will stop at nothing for his own freedom and to kill Evan in front of Jonah's eyes.
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Summary: Big type, medium characters, small plot
Review: I thought at first I had mistakenly purchased one of those books in large print. Now I know that if it was in a normal font, it would have been pitifully shallow. After reading the first page you know immediately how the story will turn out. Not only that, you also know exactly how the action (quote unquote) will progress.
I hate to say this, but it reminds me of a woman writing for women; the author seems to have no real grasp of either the world of spydom, the military or the way men think. All the characters appear to be from movies, even the best realized one of all- Evan (the teenager). Too many names, not enough personality, CIA, FBI, special agents, blah blah blah.
The plot is standard soap opera - some guy suddenly learns that he has a child and must do something spectacular relating to his profession (almost always militay/intelligence). The mom is killed and who should walk into the room but grownup, now-gorgeous little sis who, as in all stories like this, is wealthy and independent.
Bad guy is a South American drug lord who, for some reason, wants to assassinate the President (as if that would alter US drug policy). Our hero is forced to shoot bad guy's son and bad guy gets even by capturing the boy he never knew he had. Lots of give and take - sister and hero bed, son suffers, snore snore until dad reaches son. Again, as in those made-for-TV two hankies, the boy has admired his (missing) dad for years and they bond right before, in James Bond fashion, he takes out the bad guys and discovers a traitor.
Epilogue: Dad and son fishing when out comes now-pregnant wifie, former little sister...and they all lived happily ever after.
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Summary: Started Good, Fizzled Out
Review: I was truly enjoying the beginning of this book. Jonah Slade;Strong hero trying to do the right thing. But then when he meets his love interest, Macie Blaine, they fall in love without many preliminaries. I couldn't suspend my disbelief for that one.I lost interest toward the end. The love interest was unbelievable and banal. The hero wasted tons of pages and time waiting around for help with his kidnapped son. Why did he call for help from his CIA buddies after 3or 4 days into the kidnapping? Why did he wait around Macie's house day after day instead of going out to his contacts? Some of it just didn't make sense. This book should have been great. Could have been great. Where's the editor when you need them? P.S. The other thing that bothered me was that Macie's older sister who had betrayed Jonah had plastic surgery to look younger. Geez, she wasn't 50! She was 40! And is that supposed to make her wicked in the reader's eyes? I was briefly, very briefly under the illusion that Macie's older sister would be the heroine. How refreshing would that have been! A 40 year old woman loving a man the same age.
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Summary: The book wasn't bad but it wasn't great either
Review: If you like strong women in your book this isn't the one for you. Yes the main female character has lost her sister and had her nephew kidnapped but come on. Throughout most of the book she needs someone to take care of her. It drives me crazy. I really wanted to love this book but I just couldn't. I found myself giving up almost towards the end. I just started to lose interest. The other thing I had issue with is how the main female and main male characters fell in love so quickly. I know some people believe in love at first sight but come on. It would have at least been nice to see them slowly fall in love. That would have made it all the greater. SIGH. I don't know. I can tell that I'm in the minority here. Go head, read the book. You might actually like it, but I didn't.
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Summary: Extremely Disappointed!
Review: Pretty unbeleivable, I could see her being attracted to him, but I was not sure what attracted him to her. I thought she was [weak]. I guess overall I would say don't bother unless you are super bored, it was loaned to you and you have nothing else to read. If you want to read something good, go with Helen Myers, Justine Dare for different authors. Catherine Coulter would be good too. I would give this one a skip.
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Summary: Impossible to put down
Review: This is a great book! I couldn't put it down. It was totally gripping and also very sexy and romantic. The only drawback was that it was SO gory. Blood was constantly spurting out of people and flowing all over the place. I thought it could have used a bit less of that. Still, it's just the perfect thing to spend an evening with. It's a quick read, despite having over 300 pages, and it just flies by.
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Summary: Impossible to put down
Review: This is a great book! I couldn't put it down. It was totally gripping and also very sexy and romantic. The only drawback was that it was SO gory. Blood was constantly spurting out of people and flowing all over the place. I thought it could have used a bit less of that. Still, it's just the perfect thing to spend an evening with. It's a quick read, despite having over 300 pages, and it just flies by.
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Summary: A Tale of True Love
Review: This is a great book. It's a story of love gone wrong and true love that waits. It is also a story of the uncoditional love of a parent and proves that no matter what, there is always someone out there who your actions will affect. There is also no such thing as a perfect lie. All lies come out in the wash. Ms. McCall does a marvelous job with this novel. She captures and discribes emotions that most of us wouldn't know how to put into words. She spins a captivating tale that you will not be able to walk away from. Don't start this book late at night because if you are like me you will be in for the duration. Enjoy! I know I did.
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Summary: A Tale of True Love
Review: This is a great book. It's a story of love gone wrong and true love that waits. It is also a story of the uncoditional love of a parent and proves that no matter what, there is always someone out there who your actions will affect. There is also no such thing as a perfect lie. All lies come out in the wash. Ms. McCall does a marvelous job with this novel. She captures and discribes emotions that most of us wouldn't know how to put into words. She spins a captivating tale that you will not be able to walk away from. Don't start this book late at night because if you are like me you will be in for the duration. Enjoy! I know I did.
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