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Summary: full of suspense
Review: a great book that keeps a quick pace. at first i wasnt sure it would be as good as i wanted, but it didnt let me down.....loved it!! ::smile
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Summary: I Love Nora Roberts Books
Review: I feel that she has written an enjoyable romance that is very true to life. The suspence keeps this story moving. I couldn't put it down. This is a suspenseful romance in the true Nora Roberts fashion.
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Summary: Where in the world is Trace O'Hurley?
Review: Nora Roberts, the prolific romance author first began her writing career in 1981 with the title Irish Thoroughbred, a book that I refer to as a pure romance book. Continuing to write for publishing houses specializing in romances like Silhouette and a series called Language of Love, Ms. Roberts wasn't content to just write romances. Today she is well for writing a futuristic mystery series under the pseudonym JD Robb and also publishes titles from the romantic suspense genre. I was therefore really quite unawares when I finally picked up the 4th book in the O'Hurley series to find out this book dealt with the O'Hurley son Trace, a man who runs from the family and their world to become a spy who works against terrorists.
Trace O'Hurley never enjoyed being in the family business. With a bit of the wanderlust in him and at odds with his father he takes off at 20 and never looks back. Saving a man from being killed during a barroom brawl, Trace is persuaded by the saved man to join an agency similar to the CIA where he will be employed as an undercover agent. But now at 32, trace's friend is dead and though Trace has had his share of adventures to last him a lifetime, he is tired of running and is taking a vacation after a failed assignment. Into his midst walks a physicist, Dr. Gillian Fitzpatrick, a fiery Irish redhead who offers him a great sum of money to find her kidnapped brother and niece. And it didn't take long before I felt I was between the pages of a Robert Ludlum novel with the couple in Casablanca walking down narrow and winding streets filled with danger everywhere. And if this is a Nora Roberts novel, it also doesn't take long before the young couple, first at odds with one another, are falling in love.
While I prefer to read books without a terrorist plot since the news is enough these days, I found this book to be a fast and interesting read and quite a departure from those books I most enjoy by Ms. Roberts. It was also a nice to finally meet up the fourth O'Hurley child even if he was the oldest. But if Nora threw me a curve ball with part of the theme of this book, she more than made up for it with the wonderful ending where there was a poignant reconciliation between Trace, his sisters and his parents. One thing Nora Roberts does so well is family stories and this series is no exception. And then you might ask yourself what becomes of Gillian, and her family?
I guess you'll have to read the book to find out.
Several years ago I finally read my first Nora Roberts book, Born in Fire. Since that time I am slowly making my way through all of her books. While I have a preference for her pure romance books and family sagas like the McGregor series, I often read her romantic suspense books as well. As I often say, a so so romance book by Nora Roberts is usually much better than titles by other romance authors.
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Summary: I didn't want to put it down
Review: This book was really good. I had things I needed to do, but kept on reading. It keeps you on the end of your seat.
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Summary: I didn't want to put it down
Review: This book was really good. I had things I needed to do, but kept on reading. It keeps you on the end of your seat.
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Summary: What a Book!!
Review: This is the best book of the O'Hurley Saga. Believe it, it's worthed the time or money. Gillian and Trace are a great couple and the finishing touch, the reunion, is delightful.
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Summary: I LOVED IT!!!
Review: This is the story of Trace, the long lost brother of the O'Hurley triplets. Boy! What a story! It was by far the best out of the series, not only because of the action and intrigue, but because it reunites the O'Hurley family. Gillian and Trace are a phenominal couple, perfect for each other. We're updated on the lives of Abigail and Dylan, Maddy and Reed, and witness the wedding of Chantal and Quinn. The conflict between Trace and his father has gone on for years and is really heartbreaking, but, man, what a tearjerker of a reunion they have at the end. Trust me, this is the best O'Hurley book and one of the best books I've ever read. You'll love it!
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Summary: TRACE
Review: THIS ONE IS WELL WORTH THE TIME AND MONEY. NOTHING ELSE NEEDS TO BE SAID
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Summary: A satisfying finish
Review: Trace O'Hurley, the first of the O'Hurley children but last in the line of books, finally gets his story told in this very satisfying book. Not a straight romance by any means, there is plenty of intrigue and excitement to entertain the most distractable of readers. Trace, at odds with his family for a dozen years now and tired of his world-travels and work as a spy, is ready to throw in the towel when he is sought out by Dr. Gillian Fitzpatrick, a scientist whose brother and niece have been kidnapped by a radical terrorist group. He agrees (for a large sum of money) to help Gillian recover her family, but underestimates the bond that he quickly forms with her. Believing for so long that he is not meant to love or be loved, Trace is reluctant to give his heart to someone and even more reluctant to let anyone love him, lest he hurt them the way he did his family. The terrorist kidnapping plot certainly moves this story along, although some of the details were a bit too easily resolved once the final confrontation is in place. The romance was extremely well-written and believable, and things did not just neatly "fall into place" there -- you knew they would wind up together but it wasn't overly convenient for them to get there, just like real life! The reunion of the O'Hurley's after all is said and done really provides a satisfying end to the "quadrilogy".
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Summary: A satisfying finish
Review: Trace O'Hurley, the first of the O'Hurley children but last in the line of books, finally gets his story told in this very satisfying book. Not a straight romance by any means, there is plenty of intrigue and excitement to entertain the most distractable of readers. Trace, at odds with his family for a dozen years now and tired of his world-travels and work as a spy, is ready to throw in the towel when he is sought out by Dr. Gillian Fitzpatrick, a scientist whose brother and niece have been kidnapped by a radical terrorist group. He agrees (for a large sum of money) to help Gillian recover her family, but underestimates the bond that he quickly forms with her. Believing for so long that he is not meant to love or be loved, Trace is reluctant to give his heart to someone and even more reluctant to let anyone love him, lest he hurt them the way he did his family. The terrorist kidnapping plot certainly moves this story along, although some of the details were a bit too easily resolved once the final confrontation is in place. The romance was extremely well-written and believable, and things did not just neatly "fall into place" there -- you knew they would wind up together but it wasn't overly convenient for them to get there, just like real life! The reunion of the O'Hurley's after all is said and done really provides a satisfying end to the "quadrilogy".
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