Present Danger

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Summary: Second only to Exposure
Review: A riveting read - second in hot sex, suspense, terrific character development,romance and fun to her novel "Exposure".
I thoroughly enjoyed her use of dialect - didn't find it excessive (Exposure went a little overboard with the cher amies).
I couldn't put this book down - very suspenseful and loved the hot sex scenes!

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Summary: A southern girl in need of help.
Review: A woman seeking a new life. A man's search for revenge for his wife's departure. A love affair with a macho man. Sounds exciting? That's what I thought in the beginning. Unfortunately it leads to a slow paced love affair which helped me doze off at nights. The suspense that I expected was not there and that was the main reason I purchased the book.

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Summary: BETTER THAN AVERAGE
Review: Aunie Franklin flees her unbalanced abusive ex-husband to start a new life in the Pacific Northwest. She grows close to a new circle of friends she meets there, while falling for bad boy James Ryder, a cartoonist with an attitude. As a suspense premise, the material here is slim. Perhaps that's why the plot never really delivers the expected tension. The only present danger in this book is that of being bored to death. There's way too much introspection and not enough of Andersen's usually wonderful dialogue. Readers should definitely pick up one of this author's other books for a great read. I'd encourage you to pass this one by, though.

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Summary: disappointing
Review: Aunie Franklin flees her unbalanced abusive ex-husband to start a new life in the Pacific Northwest. She grows close to a new circle of friends she meets there, while falling for bad boy James Ryder, a cartoonist with an attitude. As a suspense premise, the material here is slim. Perhaps that's why the plot never really delivers the expected tension. The only present danger in this book is that of being bored to death. There's way too much introspection and not enough of Andersen's usually wonderful dialogue. Readers should definitely pick up one of this author's other books for a great read. I'd encourage you to pass this one by, though.

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Summary: HARD TO PUT DOWN!
Review: I absolutely loved this book! The story was great and I especially loved the chemistry between the two main characters. I also liked all the other characters as well. I am looking foward to Susan Andersen's next book.

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Summary: High expections...let down
Review: I am so disappointed by this book! I hate to agree with the other reviewers but I do. I love Susan Andersen she is a great writer. But this book had me snoozing! It started out good but it just dragged and was boring. It was not suspenseful at all. I might have liked the book more if they didn't claim it to be romantic suspense on the spine. It was just okay. I would recommend her other romantic suspense Exposure however. That was a wonderful book!!

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Summary: BETTER THAN AVERAGE
Review: I enjoyed the book, but I enjoy all of Susan Andersen's books. This one was not my favorite, but thought it was a better than the average on the market today. She does not depend on SEX, SEX AND MORE SEX. There is actually a story line unlike a lot of so called "romance writers" today. And her scenes between the heroine and hero are a lot more realistic.

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Summary: Great characters but lousy research!
Review: I really enjoy Susan Andersen's writing. Her characters are always truly intriguing, and it's always a good read, especially the book Exposure. I've overlooked a trend of hers in other books that was impossible to get past in this one, though: her misuse of southern dialect. Someone please explain to this wonderful writer that we in the south no longer speak like Scarlet O'Hara and haven't for decades! The very worst, though, was the frequency of the misuse of the word y'all, which makes southerners in general appear quite illiterate. I'll clear it up for you. Y'all is always plural (hence the all at the latter part of the word) and is never, never used by a true southerner when speaking to one person and referring only to that one person. Others may not find this irritating, but I was almost unable to finish the book, as it seemed that on every other page the heroine was calling one of the other characters 'y'all.' Ms. Andersen should use some of her royalty $! ! to take a research trip to the South. I'm a fourth generation Atlanta native, the supposed origin of the main character, so I know such a trip would be beneficial. Aside from the negative light I believe this book casts on southerners, I enjoyed the suspense and chemistry between the two main characters.

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Summary: Distracting accents
Review: I totally agree with vt1752 about those god-awful accents Ms. Andersen insists on using. I finished the book but toward the end I swore if I read "Gawd, James!" one more time I would scream! I did enjoy the story and I decided to try another one of her books, Baby, I'm Yours, but once again, more southerners. This time it's "Jayzus" (Jesus) every few sentences. (I guess she couldn't make up her mind on the spelling because she alternates between Jayzus and Jaysus. Either way, both are annoying. I'll give her credit and blame the copy-writer. Hopefully all of her books aren't set in the south.

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Summary: Distracting accents
Review: I totally agree with vt1752 about those god-awful accents Ms. Andersen insists on using. I finished the book but toward the end I swore if I read "Gawd, James!" one more time I would scream! I did enjoy the story and I decided to try another one of her books, Baby, I'm Yours, but once again, more southerners. This time it's "Jayzus" (Jesus) every few sentences. (I guess she couldn't make up her mind on the spelling because she alternates between Jayzus and Jaysus. Either way, both are annoying. I'll give her credit and blame the copy-writer. Hopefully all of her books aren't set in the south.