Crossfire

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Summary: Engrossing action!
Review: I can't seem to read this book fast enough! This is one of those rare books that stays with you, even after you've placed your bookmark and laid it down (if you can lay it down!). Spies, drugs, love, rich brats, sick orphans, and the DEA, with an American woman mixed in the middle of all of it! This is a hefty novel, and I'm more than half way finished with it, but already I don't want it to end. I've really enjoyed Jeanette Windle's fictional account of one family immersed in the drug culture of Bolivia. I look forward to more books penned by this incredible author.

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Summary: Engrossing action!
Review: I can't seem to read this book fast enough! This is one of those rare books that stays with you, even after you've placed your bookmark and laid it down (if you can lay it down!). Spies, drugs, love, rich brats, sick orphans, and the DEA, with an American woman mixed in the middle of all of it! This is a hefty novel, and I'm more than half way finished with it, but already I don't want it to end. I've really enjoyed Jeanette Windle's fictional account of one family immersed in the drug culture of Bolivia. I look forward to more books penned by this incredible author.

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Summary: Where is the Sequel??????
Review: I LOVED this book - once I stated reading it I couldn't put it down !! I felt like I was in Bolivia,in the mansion, trapped by the family and the culture - scared for my life... I still have visual pictures in my head of key scenes from the book - Sarah's first night in the mansion on the balcony praying to God, the picnic at a local church where she begins to discover the "underbelly" of the family she has married into, the night she spent in the jungle with the DEA agent trying to save her life and the late night escape attempt in the rain that ends in a seedy motel room. I was impressed that although it would have been perfectly "natural" for these two characters to fall into an embrace, they did not because of their shared religious beliefs. In an age where smut rules the airwaves and the bookstores, Ms. Windle has accomplished the seemingly impossible; a fast-paced, intense, suspensful story that keeps you on the edge of your seat without resorting to the lowbrow tactics of sex scenes and violence. I cannot wait for a sequel to find out what happens to Doug and Sarah.

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Summary: Must read!
Review: If you like action and adventure laced with romance and a wondeful christian theme, then this book is a MUST READ! The characters are very believable, and the plot extremely gripping.
Sarah is a christian, though she's become luke-warm over the years. In college she meets the amazing Nicky, and falls head over heals in love. They marry and he wisks her away to his family estate in Bolivia where Sarah's met with one shocking revelation after another. She soon realizes how little she knows about her husband. Her plans of a romanic, wealthy life with Nicky are devasted when she discovers that the family is secretly dealing cocaine to remain the extremely wealthy, upper class citizens they are. Sarah has some major, life altering decisions to make. Can she bring herself to uncover this major drug operation, putting her new marriage on the line? Is her husband's enemy, Doug Bradford, DEA Agent, the terrible man her husband paints him out to be, or is he really the trustworthy, christan man he appears?
This book is amazing, and packed out with great action scenes, and shocking plot twists. Jeannette Windle has an amazing way of bringing you right into the book. You feel as if you are experiencing everything Sarah does. The scenes are powerful and very believable. I highly, highly recommend this book!

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Summary: Unparalleled Excellence
Review: It is no coincidence that so many reviewers of this book give it a five star rating. After reading literally thousands of fiction books, it is fair to say I am tough to impress. But Jeanette Windle has done so, and done so with a style and flair that assures 'Crossfire' a permanent place in my library and on my highest recommendations list.
Her research is impeccable. Her characters believable. Her plot and subplots faultless.
You open the first page and suddenly, you're there- surrounded by the cries of foreign birds, angry men and a endearing heroine. Each page draws you further into the tension and the complexity that is the South American drug trade. And then you begin to understand. Not just one side, but all side's emotions as they face off over the age-old moral question: Am I my brother's keeper?
And the hours Windle must have put into the creation of this 600 page masterpiece! It boggles the mind.
After finishing 'Crossfire', I have only two regrets.
One is that she chose a smaller publishing house for this excellent work. A publisher like Tyndale or Bethany House could have given her the advertising and promotion budget she deserved and expanded her reader volume to a level worthy of her skill.
The second is that even at 600 pages it seemed over too soon. I was so delighted with the ending that I re-read it three times. Rarely have I seen a writer end a book in such a powerful, absolutely satisfying manner.

'Crossfire' is, without question, a must read.

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Summary: It's easy to get caught up in Crossfire
Review: The novel Crossfire by Jeanette Windle is about an American girl who finds herself involved in the drug-wars of Bolivia. This fast-paced suspense is hard to put down. I found myself waiting impatiently to find out what would happen next in the lives of Sara and the other characters in the book. If you love action. suspense, and drama, you will love Crossfire!

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Summary: Good book with one flaw that was hard to over look
Review: This book has a lot of action and would have 5 stars if not for one problem. The book was difficult for me emotionally because the heroine was married to Nicki throughout most of the book, yet he was one of the villains. I did not know how to feel because I didn't want to cheer for Sara to end up with the DEA agent because Nicki was alive throughout the entire time Sara and the DEA agent were together and supposedly falling in love.This was hard to overlook as I am very against adulterous thoughts as well as adultery. The action was great and interesting but the love and emotional part left me with a bad taste in my mouth. Hopefully, Jeanette will write another book as I think she is an excellent writer and as long as the heroine will not already be married when she is supposed to be falling in love with someone else I'm sure the book would be worthwhile to read and I would give this author a 2nd chance.

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Summary: An Absolute Must Read!
Review: This is an excellent book! The message of hope is poignant; reflective of a deep understanding of "rediscovering" God's grace and unending love -- very well presented. The only negative for me was that the ending felt rushed. Nonetheless, Crossfire is an interesting, 'can't put the book down' must read!

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Summary: Wow. Excellent.
Review: This is one of the books that I will forever keep among my top favorites! Extremely well written, well developed characters, well researched details. The scenes are vivid and the characters lived in my imagination for days after I was finished with the book. Jeanette Windle casts a beautiful love story that keeps proper and moral restraint in the midst of a fast paced thriller. I couldn't give this book a higher rating! Read it- you'll LOVE it!

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Summary: Awesome read, couldn't put it down!
Review: This was the first book I'd read by Jeanette Windle, and it won't be the last. If you can imagine traveling to your ultimate fantasy and having it turn into the ultimate nightmare, then take a deep breath and read Crossfire.

Sarah marries Nicholas and travels to Bolivia in hope of the perfect life. Nicholas's family, the Cortezes' have wealth that most americans wouldn't believe, courtesy of the family business that provides a life without limits. Encounters with the DEA lead to questions and Sara asks herself if everything is actually what it seems. Many times this book asks the question concerning where God is during the rough times? Has He left us? Has He turned his back on us? When you read this book, you'll see our Heavenly Father in a whole new light, and you will ultimately know that he never left us for one second! That's what makes this more than a mere 5 star book. Jeanette Windle is right up there with Ted Dekker, Frank Peretti and Robert Whitlow! Oh yeah!