Rating: 
Summary: Captivating and thrilling with a dash of humour
Review: Is beauty a blessing or a curse?Aunie Franklin doesn't know the answer. Because of her beauty, she is married to a rich and handsome man, Wesley Cunningham, at nineteen but lives like a prisoner. Wesley is a gallery owner and is very possessive of Aunie. He arranges everything and controls Aunie's life that she feels unbearable. She finally gets Wesley to agree for a divorce and he gives her a big settlement including his house and car. It is just the beginning of Aunie's nightmare. Wesley always shows up whenever he likes and gets her to attend business dinners with him. One night when she refuses to go with him, he beats her up and she is put in hospital. Wesley is arrested and put in jail. Aunie is scared to death and once she is released from the hospital, she rents a car and drives directly from Atlanta to Seattle. James Ryder is a construction worker and the owner of the apartments where Aunie rents her new home. He is also the hot cartoonist known as JT Ryder. When he meets Aunie in her recovering status, he knows that she is in big trouble and refuses to rent her the apartment but Aunie has already given Lola, the apartment manager, a down payment and has signed the lease. Aunie starts to attend school in the local area and meets new friends. James is attracted to this little beauty although he doesn't want to get involved. Sparks grow between them and one challenging little kiss starts the flame within James and Aunie. Then, all hell breaks when Aunie receives a call from her lawyer, informing her that her ex-husband is released from jail. Present Danger is the second romantic suspense written by Susan Andersen. The story is captivating and thrilling with a dash of humour. James is not a typical hero a woman to die for and most people would think him a villain with his build and appearance. Aunie is the Snow White of every man's dream and she tries very hard to prove that she has a brain and not just beauty. A definitely page-turner and keeper for readers who loves romantic suspense!
Rating: 
Summary: romantic and thrilling
Review: Present Danger had everything in a great romantic thriller. It had sex, emotion and action. Aunie Franklin is running from her cxrazy husband. She settles in Washington state finding new friends and a sexy new neighbor name dd James. Now James is like other romantic heroes. He wants to be unattached and unavailable to any women, but when he sees Aunie he cant help but like her. Well with great secondary characterslike Lola and Otis, this book gives you everything you need to get hooked in the plot and understand these people and there lives. Aunie and James have a refreshing romantic affair that blossoms into love . Your rooting for these two to get together. This is absolutely one of the best susan anderson books ive read in a long time and its a definite keeper.
Rating: 
Summary: An 31/2* effort by Andersen
Review: The story was good but could have been better as a regular romance instead of suspense romance. There was so much potential for a wonderful suspense story but I feel that Andersen did not take the ball and run with it. Aunie escapes from her abusive and delusional es-husband to start a new life in Washington State. Here she does her level best to start a new life for herself and surrounds herself with a new circle of friends. One of these friends is James Ryder a 'wrong side of the tracks cartoonist' who finds himself against his own judgement drawn to his "magnolia" despite all of her problems. Again it is a good story with really likeable characters. It only falls short on the suspense area. If you are a fan of Susan Andersen you don't want to miss this read. If you are new to Susan Andersen don't let this turn you against a very talented author. It is just not one of her best.
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Summary: Distracting accents
Review: This book had so much potential, and started out great...then fell flat. In spite of that, this book contained what Susan Andersen does best, create complex, interesting characters who have mature relationships. She is so good at chronicling the ups and downs of a romantic relationship in such a realistic way. But this book had two shortcomings: a totally one-dimensional villain, and severe mis-use of the southern and Jamaican dialects. About the villain (Aunie's husband), by the end of the book we know nothing about him except that he was normal when she married him, then inexplicably became a homicidal maniac after she divorced him. We find out absolutely nothing about his past or his perspective. You see, Ms. Andersen, a normal man whose wife divorces him doesn't stalk her, beat the living tar out of her and then hunt her down and follow across the country to kill her. So it might help if you explained what motivated him, besides wounded pride. Also, we're given no explanation of how, even though there was a witness to her husband's brutal beating (a witness who presumably testified at trial) and explicit photographs of Aunie's savaged face (presumably entered as evidence at trial), her husband is acquited of battery charges. It couldn't possibly be that hubby was so wealthy and powerful that he bought an acquital, because they were in Atlanta, which is a huge, diverse metropolis. Also, it was wholly unrealistic that the district attorney would have introduced pictures of Aunie in lieu of her testifying at trial. Obviously SA didn't bother to research how the criminal justice system works. About those atrocious accents: I know many southerners, and none of them speaks like Scarlett O'Hara, which is what Aunie sounds like. The only thing she didn't say was, "Why, I nevah!" The southerners I know have accents, but they are quite moderate and, as a consequence, very charming. Also, given that Aunie was from a cultured family from the "right side of the tracks," there's no way she would have been raised saying words like "y'all" and "sugah." Also, it made no sense that the Jamaican Lola would call her husband "mon" and call Aunie "woo-mon," instead of their actual names. Clearly, these were the only words the author could think to use to emphasize her Jamaican accent. Both accents were overblown and ridiculous, and seriously distracting. Unfortunately, those two deficiencies were enough to detract from what could have been a great book.
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Summary: Not her best effort...
Review: This book had so much potential, and started out great...then fell flat. In spite of that, this book contained what Susan Andersen does best, create complex, interesting characters who have mature relationships. She is so good at chronicling the ups and downs of a romantic relationship in such a realistic way. But this book had two shortcomings: a totally one-dimensional villain, and severe mis-use of the southern and Jamaican dialects. About the villain (Aunie's husband), by the end of the book we know nothing about him except that he was normal when she married him, then inexplicably became a homicidal maniac after she divorced him. We find out absolutely nothing about his past or his perspective. You see, Ms. Andersen, a normal man whose wife divorces him doesn't stalk her, beat the living tar out of her and then hunt her down and follow across the country to kill her. So it might help if you explained what motivated him, besides wounded pride. Also, we're given no explanation of how, even though there was a witness to her husband's brutal beating (a witness who presumably testified at trial) and explicit photographs of Aunie's savaged face (presumably entered as evidence at trial), her husband is acquited of battery charges. It couldn't possibly be that hubby was so wealthy and powerful that he bought an acquital, because they were in Atlanta, which is a huge, diverse metropolis. Also, it was wholly unrealistic that the district attorney would have introduced pictures of Aunie in lieu of her testifying at trial. Obviously SA didn't bother to research how the criminal justice system works. About those atrocious accents: I know many southerners, and none of them speaks like Scarlett O'Hara, which is what Aunie sounds like. The only thing she didn't say was, "Why, I nevah!" The southerners I know have accents, but they are quite moderate and, as a consequence, very charming. Also, given that Aunie was from a cultured family from the "right side of the tracks," there's no way she would have been raised saying words like "y'all" and "sugah." Also, it made no sense that the Jamaican Lola would call her husband "mon" and call Aunie "woo-mon," instead of their actual names. Clearly, these were the only words the author could think to use to emphasize her Jamaican accent. Both accents were overblown and ridiculous, and seriously distracting. Unfortunately, those two deficiencies were enough to detract from what could have been a great book.
Rating:
Summary: Good Book
Review: This is the third Susan Andersen book i have read.
Granted it is not as funny as the others,but i liked it just
fine.The hero James is like a real guy not made up,if you know
what i mean? It was a pretty fast read between other real life things that interupted,so i definatly Do recommend it!
Rating:
Summary: Good Book
Review: This is the third Susan Andersen book i have read.
Granted it is not as funny as the others,but i liked it just
fine.The hero James is like a real guy not made up,if you know
what i mean? It was a pretty fast read between other real life things that interupted,so i definatly Do recommend it!
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Summary: Wow! What a wonderful book
Review: This was the best book I have read in a long time. It was suspensful and full of "real life" situations. The romance was delightful and not just mush like some other books. I have recommended this to all of my friends. WOW!
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