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Summary: A Disappointment...
Review: Andrea Kane joins the league of fellow authors like Linda Howard with a crossover from historical romances into contemporary romance/suspense - and her debut RUN FOR YOUR LIFE begins with attorney Victoria Kensington witnessing her sister Audrey dishevelled in a hospital gown, distressed and gasping a telephone number. The mystery develops and links with Hope Institute - a secluded medical treatment centre for the rich and privy; Victoria's investigation is obstructed by attempts to kill her - soon Zachary Hamiliton comes into the picture. A former lover and FBI agent, he is here to assist Victoria and as the mayhem enshrouds, their passion prevails to battle the evil...RUN FOR YOUR LIFE as a psychological thriller is taut but marred by the superfluousness in details and excessive dialogue. It detours and backflashes the details already given but this flaw is fortunately covered up by the good pacing of the story - there is development when Victoria realizes her father is somewhat linked to the whole story. In terms of romance, Zach makes a strong presence with his intelligence and protective instincts, but Victoria is too resilient and independent - and the "damsel in distress" mode isn't effective in enhancing the romance. However, on the whole, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE could be more succinct and brief to engage the reader. Ms. Kane shows a penchance for contemporary romance - and this story, no doubt is credible for a first dive into the new foray.
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Summary: A SUSPENSEFUL PAGE-TURNER
Review: Attorney Victoria Kensington is shocked to run into her sister Audrey in Central Park, considering she is supposedly living overseas. Dressed in a hospital gown, and babbling about danger, Audrey, collapses, and as Victoria is seeking help, her sister disappears as quickly as she appeared. After numerous dead-ends, Victoria's questioning will lead her to the Hope Institution, a mysterious medical clinic being investigated by her one time lover with FBI connections, Zachary Hamilton. With no one to trust, Victoria and Zachary will work together to unravel the web of deceit that plagues Victoria's family. "Run For Your Life" is a fast-paced novel, with enough twists to keep even the most jaded thriller reader on the edge of their seat. Andrea Kane has written a thriller that deserves to be at the top of the bestseller list's, and place her name along side other "MUST READ" authors in the suspense genre. A MUST read! Nick Gonnella
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Summary: Run for Your Life? More Like "Match Wits for Answers"
Review: From the title of the book and the other reviews I read, I was expecting a fast-paced thrill a minute story. Sad to say, I was disappointed. The plot of the story was fairly interesting and it kept me guessing as to what was going on at the Hope Institute. However, the only thrilling thing were the love scenes. I also felt that the characters were rather cliched.
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Summary: A little too long?
Review: I picked up RUN FOR YOUR LIFE expecting it to be a thriller/romance with nonstop action. But it was about a hospital and illegal activities, and no way were the main characters running for their life. I never really got into the romance between the hero and heroine.
All in all, it was not a bad book, just I thought it was a little too long. I felt it could have wrapped up faster than it did.
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Summary: This book should have been a lot shorter
Review: I read some good reviews for this book, so I was amazed when I read it how awful it is. I have to wonder if the author has ever heard or been part of a conversation, the way these characters talk is ridiculous. Throughout the book they all speak every option there is. It's as though the author wants to assure the reader that she has thought of all the possibilities and so have her characters. This book is 464 pages. If you cut down the conversations so every character doesn't speak every thought they've ever had, the book could easily have been under 400 pages and wouldn't have felt like 1,000.
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Summary: A page-turner!
Review: Taking her usual two-mile run through Central Park one morning, attorney Victoria Kensington is shocked when she discovers her younger sister Audrey. Wearing a yellow hospital gown and mumbling about danger, Audrey collapses at Victoria's feet. After running for help, Victoria is even more alarmed when she returns to find Audrey nowhere in sight. Victoria's father is very controlling when it comes to Audrey, so Victoria only goes to see him after she tries to locate Audrey with the help of the police. He tells Victoria that Audrey is still in Italy and that the woman she ran into could not have been her. Realizing that her father will be no help, Victoria takes matters into her own hands. Despite threats against her own life, Victoria decides to find Audrey on her own. As her search takes her deeper and deeper into unknown territory, Victoria is stunned when Zachary Hamilton shows up on her doorstep. Why has he suddenly re-entered her life after four years? Having traveled the world investigating a drug ring, Zach tells Victoria that his investigation might be tied into the whereabouts of her sister. Deciding to help each other, Victoria and Zach start working together to find the truth and Audrey. As the truth is revealed, Victoria realizes that unraveling all the lies could ruin many lives, including those of her own family -- starting with her father. Andrea Kane's first contemporary suspense will grab you from the first explosive scene and keep you rooted to your chair until you get to the extraordinary conclusion. A thrilling tale of deceit and secrecy, RUN FOR YOUR LIFE will have you suspecting everyone you meet in the book as you pull for Victoria and Zach to get back together while catching the villains. Plus, Kane still manages to shock the reader at the end.
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Summary: Let's get real
Review: The beginning of the book is very good, you think that you will never put the book down, the fight of Victoria with her father, the way she found her sister the first time, the way she help married woman and the way she save her sister, all that part of the book was well written and you will never put the book down while you read this.
BUT, the love story of Victoria with Zach is really very boring, it takes you out of the story so many times that you will want to leave the book, but the end of the book is very good...don't leave the book.
What happened in the love story?...when a writer writes FOUR explicit sex scenes with the same couple (Victoria and Zach), for me, that is a signal that the writer doesn't have anything else to write and he or she wants to write many pages in the book...
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Summary: A suspenseful page turner...
Review: The day Victoria Kensington found her sister, Audrey, unconcious in Central Park, she realized that something more was going on than she originally thought. With a whispered word to Victoria, Audrey blacks out leaving Victoria no option but to go for help. When she returns, Audrey is gone. Victoria's only course of action is to go to her father, who always knows where Audrey is. When she gets the run around from him, she starts questioning his motives for keeping the truth from her. In her family, it was always Victoria that ran interferance for her mother and sister against her father. Soon Victoria realizes that there is more going on than she ever expected, especially when the only man she's loved has come back to Manhattan to find the same answers that Victoria is looking for. What is the Hope Institute? Zach Hamilton has spent his life waiting for the day to bring the drug syndicate that killed his father to justice. Ever since that day that his father mistakenly stepped into the crossfire, Zach realized that the course of his life had changed. When he finds Victoria several years later, he finds more than a lover, he finds a soulmate. It has been four painful years since their parting, but Zach knows that he won't let her go this time around. The only question is, will they be alive to work out all their differences? In my first Andrea Kane book, I was not dissapointed. Kane brought so much life into her charachters, that while to plot was far fetched, it was definetely believeable. While Victoria works on her issues about her obsession with independence, Zach comes to terms with the fact that he can't let his life be ruined by the people that killed his father. You also have Victoria's father who obviously loves his daughter, but doesn't show it in the best way possible. Don't miss it!
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Summary: A suspenseful page turner...
Review: The day Victoria Kensington found her sister, Audrey, unconcious in Central Park, she realized that something more was going on than she originally thought. With a whispered word to Victoria, Audrey blacks out leaving Victoria no option but to go for help. When she returns, Audrey is gone. Victoria's only course of action is to go to her father, who always knows where Audrey is. When she gets the run around from him, she starts questioning his motives for keeping the truth from her. In her family, it was always Victoria that ran interferance for her mother and sister against her father. Soon Victoria realizes that there is more going on than she ever expected, especially when the only man she's loved has come back to Manhattan to find the same answers that Victoria is looking for. What is the Hope Institute? Zach Hamilton has spent his life waiting for the day to bring the drug syndicate that killed his father to justice. Ever since that day that his father mistakenly stepped into the crossfire, Zach realized that the course of his life had changed. When he finds Victoria several years later, he finds more than a lover, he finds a soulmate. It has been four painful years since their parting, but Zach knows that he won't let her go this time around. The only question is, will they be alive to work out all their differences? In my first Andrea Kane book, I was not dissapointed. Kane brought so much life into her charachters, that while to plot was far fetched, it was definetely believeable. While Victoria works on her issues about her obsession with independence, Zach comes to terms with the fact that he can't let his life be ruined by the people that killed his father. You also have Victoria's father who obviously loves his daughter, but doesn't show it in the best way possible. Don't miss it!
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Summary: Exceptional book
Review: The theme of Run for Your Life by Andrea Kane sounded so intriguing that I bought this book. Seeing a sister in a yellow hospital gown in a state of distress only to have her disappear. Your father insists she is still in Florence painting rather than New York. All this is quickly explained and is not as intriguing as it sounds. Reunited lovers with very little tension between them doesn't sizzle for me. The book didn't work as a suspense or a romance for me, but I understand that others who appreciate the gothic romance formula more than I, would enjoy the reading.
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