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Summary: A really good book
Review: California Moon was smart and exciting. I really enjoyed the fact that it was romantic and adventerous at the same time. It is a good read.
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Summary: Great Read
Review: I was interested right from the start and didn't want to put it down. The author did a great job of fleshing out all the characters, the story was exciting and eventful, and I liked the drama thrown in about the heroine's daughter. I'll keep it on my shelf to read again.
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Summary: Great read for romantic suspense lovers
Review: One of the John Does rushed to Shreveport's St. Christopher's Charity Hospital is dead; the other comatose victim is barely clinging to life. Both were badly beaten before the murder. The deceased is identified as Adam Rivers of New Orleans. The other Doe remains in intensive care under police watch, but still unidentified. Nurse Shannon Riley is assigned to John. Police Chief Bremen assigns newly appointed Officer Ben Richards to keep John safe and to inform him when the victim becomes conscious.As the days creep by, a lonely Shannon begins to fantasize that John is her knight in shining armor. During that same stretch, Ben begins to fall in love with an uninterested Shannon. When John awakens, instead of being grateful and loving, he abducts her. As they flee towards Texas, a Colombian cartel and a corrupt police official highly connected in Louisiana politics follow. They need John and Shannon dead to insure no trail tracks back to their illegal activities. CALIFORNIA MOON is an exciting romantic suspense novel that never slows down for a minute breather. The story line is fast-paced with a weird triangle-like romance starring three players containing secrets. Shannon is an interesting character who has a past that makes John's mess seem picnic-like. Ben also conceals something major about himself. John is more of a victim, but knows what everyone wants. Tied together by corruption and murder, Catherine Lanigan weaves an action-packed tale that requires a sequel. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: A really bad book
Review: This book stumbles from one improbable scene to another. In attempting to create a romantic suspence, Catherine Lanigan has failed to be suspenseful or romantic.
The love triangle aspect (which of the two guys the heroine will choose) contains the only smidgen of suspense, but left me feeling unsatisfied. In a triangle like this, for one guy to win, one must lose.
The reasons for, and the chase itself, were illogical. They just didn't flow.
There was an excessive amount of description of the many minor charcters resulting in shallow portayals of the main characters and their relationships. It could have done without several of the bad guys.
The happily-ever-after ending is completely unrealistic and some of the decisions made just didn't feel right. I wasn't convinced that the couple were truly in love and after finishing the book I just didn't care what happened to them.
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Summary: Everything. . and the kitchen sink
Review: This is the worst 2000-published book I've read so far, and it would take a lot for another book to push it out of this dubious first place. Featuring lots of action but not much logic, one villainous character reminded me of the incompetent sheriff from Smokey & the Bandit, while the many others seem to have been lifted from of every "drug-cartel" television show I've ever seen. The problems start nearly at the beginning of the book and continue all the way through. The Colombians or the corrupt politician and sheriff kill everyone, for the smallest of reasons. Someone feeds a cat, they are killed. Someone sees something in the hall, they are killed. While romantic suspense novels require some suspension of disbelief, California Moon has so many coincidences that reality goes out the window fairly early on. And while publisher Mira goes to pains to showcase author Lanigan as the author of the novelization for Romancing the Stone, the romance in California Moon fails on almost every level. Finally, the history involving the heroine and her true background seemed absurd as well, something you'd read in a very early Danielle Steel novel, which is not a compliment. TTFN, Laurie Likes Books Publisher, All About Romance
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Summary: Everything. . and the kitchen sink
Review: This is the worst 2000-published book I've read so far, and it would take a lot for another book to push it out of this dubious first place. Featuring lots of action but not much logic, one villainous character reminded me of the incompetent sheriff from Smokey & the Bandit, while the many others seem to have been lifted from of every "drug-cartel" television show I've ever seen. The problems start nearly at the beginning of the book and continue all the way through. The Colombians or the corrupt politician and sheriff kill everyone, for the smallest of reasons. Someone feeds a cat, they are killed. Someone sees something in the hall, they are killed. While romantic suspense novels require some suspension of disbelief, California Moon has so many coincidences that reality goes out the window fairly early on. And while publisher Mira goes to pains to showcase author Lanigan as the author of the novelization for Romancing the Stone, the romance in California Moon fails on almost every level. Finally, the history involving the heroine and her true background seemed absurd as well, something you'd read in a very early Danielle Steel novel, which is not a compliment. TTFN, Laurie Likes Books Publisher, All About Romance
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