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Summary: Romantic Times Review
Review: At first P.I. Slade Rawlins cant understand why his ex-lover is pretending theyve never met. After discovering her ensuing amnesia, he deals with her insistence that someone stole her babywhich is his baby as well. Set to the task, he discovers a link between what happened to Holly and the most important case of his lifewho killed his mother! Although the storyline is confusing at times, well-written characters and strong interplay make B.J. Daniels A WOMAN OF MYSTERY (3) an absorbing read.
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Summary: A Woman With a Mystery
Review: B.J. Daniels delivers a Christmas Intrigue in "A Woman With a Mystery," an entertaining, though flawed, romantic suspense. A year ago a mystery woman walked into Slade Rawlins's life, became his lover, then disappeared. Now she's back. Except Holly Barrows doesn't seem to remember him. She wants to hire him to find out what happened to her baby, a baby Slade knows must be his. The doctors claim the baby is dead. Holly says it was kidnapped by "monsters." Can Slade believe her and find his child?"A Woman With a Mystery" is a compelling pageturner, though Daniels regular readers may find it far too similar to her other books. It's interesting that out of the 12 Intrigues she's written, 8 (8!) of them have involved a secret child or baby being passed off as someone else's as part of the plot. That's two thirds of them. It's not surprising that this book starts to feel old from the start. I had the entire story figured out far too early, mainly because the author has taken me down this same road too many times before. I have the feeling she could have come up with this story in her sleep. Like most of her books, it's overly convoluted and stretches credibility in ways that makes it hard to believe several plot points. That isn't to say it isn't well written. Daniels's prose is typically engaging and fast-paced. Despite the predictability of the plot, I was never bored or anxious to put it down. I was never completely engaged either. Part of this has to do with another element of the book. Daniels makes it hard to completely empathize with her heroine because so little of the book is told from her perspective. The book is 250 pages long, and no more than twenty-five of those are in the heroine's point of view. This makes it really hard to get into her head and know what she's feeling. She never really came to life for me. The book is hero-driven and we do get to know Slade and his motivations very well. Readers who enjoy good heroes might like this one. But Holly is mainly a victim who gets shuffled from one event to the next, and the lack of insight into her head only makes her seem more passive. "A Woman With a Mystery" is a pleasant way to spend a few hours. I suspect though the author's talent would be better served with a more original storyline. Something without a secret parentage? Her upcoming entry in the Trueblood Texas series doesn't sound promising. Hopefully her upcoming gothic in the Moriah's Landing series will be.
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Summary: A Woman With a Mystery
Review: B.J. Daniels delivers a Christmas Intrigue in "A Woman With a Mystery," an entertaining, though flawed, romantic suspense. A year ago a mystery woman walked into Slade Rawlins's life, became his lover, then disappeared. Now she's back. Except Holly Barrows doesn't seem to remember him. She wants to hire him to find out what happened to her baby, a baby Slade knows must be his. The doctors claim the baby is dead. Holly says it was kidnapped by "monsters." Can Slade believe her and find his child? "A Woman With a Mystery" is a compelling pageturner, though Daniels regular readers may find it far too similar to her other books. It's interesting that out of the 12 Intrigues she's written, 8 (8!) of them have involved a secret child or baby being passed off as someone else's as part of the plot. That's two thirds of them. It's not surprising that this book starts to feel old from the start. I had the entire story figured out far too early, mainly because the author has taken me down this same road too many times before. I have the feeling she could have come up with this story in her sleep. Like most of her books, it's overly convoluted and stretches credibility in ways that makes it hard to believe several plot points. That isn't to say it isn't well written. Daniels's prose is typically engaging and fast-paced. Despite the predictability of the plot, I was never bored or anxious to put it down. I was never completely engaged either. Part of this has to do with another element of the book. Daniels makes it hard to completely empathize with her heroine because so little of the book is told from her perspective. The book is 250 pages long, and no more than twenty-five of those are in the heroine's point of view. This makes it really hard to get into her head and know what she's feeling. She never really came to life for me. The book is hero-driven and we do get to know Slade and his motivations very well. Readers who enjoy good heroes might like this one. But Holly is mainly a victim who gets shuffled from one event to the next, and the lack of insight into her head only makes her seem more passive. "A Woman With a Mystery" is a pleasant way to spend a few hours. I suspect though the author's talent would be better served with a more original storyline. Something without a secret parentage? Her upcoming entry in the Trueblood Texas series doesn't sound promising. Hopefully her upcoming gothic in the Moriah's Landing series will be.
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