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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780312945817
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0312945817
Label: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: September 01, 2009
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Release Date: September 01, 2009
Studio: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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John Vincent has always led a life of danger, and now he has every reason to want to remain as dead as the obituary in the Australian papers had proclaimed him to be. He’d left nothing behind in the life he had once led—except for one woman, and one night of unforgettable passion. Now, both will return to haunt him…
Bailey Serborne is still tormented by a past she can’t change and a man she hasn’t been able to forget. A man who was supposed to dead.. But now, a stroke of fate has revealed that sometimes, a woman is given a second chance to heal her heart—and exact the sweetest revenge…
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Rating:  -
I liked this book much more than I thought I would. Wow. Way to start a review, but honestly this has been a bumpy year for Leigh during which she has turned out a LOT of books and quality has suffered. There. I said it and I am a huge LL fan, but her 2009 books have not been to her usual standards. The lack of editing alone is worth an extended rant (which I'll spare all of us) and this book was the worst with a character flipping back and forth between names in the last few chapters. So when the story is supposed to at its most suspenseful, I was muttering "Who is Jules?!?!?" and doing a quick search on my Kindle to see how I missed this person. When Jules started flipping between identities in the same scene separated by a scant couple of sentences, I figured it out. To any who haven't read the book yet -- Jules is Mary.
But back to the story. After reading so many scathing Amazon reviews of Heat Seeker, the letdown of Bengal's Heart, the somewhat flat Coyote's Mate and the lifeless short story in Hot for the Holidays, I put off reading Heat Seeker despite pre-ordering it (did I mention I'm a big fan?). So it was a pleasant surprise to find that it fits in very nicely with her other Seals/Special Ops books. Not as good as Maverick because of the editing and quite frankly the oral sex scenes were way too long and repetitive. And yes, there were significant plot similarities to Wild Card but I liked the characters better in Heat Seeker and the circumstances weren't so extreme. Is the plot outlandish at times? Yeah. And I'm sure there are lots of technical mistakes regarding weaponry, CIA and soldier stuff. Still, Lora Leigh can tell a dang good story despite all that and even in a bad year.
I hope things are settling down for her and she paces herself a bit more with turning out books. I also really hope she gets an actual editor. And I devoutly hope she doesn't mess up Jonas' story in the Breeds series. In the meantime, I give 4 stars if you are a LL fan and 3 stars if you are not addicted to her work.
Rating:  -
This is a great book to be added to the elite ops series. My only complaint is not having the rest of the team and the seal team play a much bigger part, like they normally do. I've read the entire series by Mrs. Leigh, from Reno Chavez to now John Vincent and this was a great addition. The sex was hotter than hot, the suspense was great and the ending was happy and funny. The part with Bailey and Malone was cute.
I do wish we knew who Jules was, I don't think Mary was the character Mrs. Leigh was talking about. Because she was referred to as a girl and Mary was a 50 year old woman. I think Jules was edited out some where else in the story. And about the editing I do believe a better job could have been done. It was sloppy in places and I do expect more from this publisher. But, except for near the end I was able to figure out what the writer meant.
Don't let the bad reviews stop you from reading this book; it you like the series this is really a hot addition. And I can't wait for "Black Jack" to come out. I love these elite ops and Seal guys and will be sorry when everybody's story has been told.
Rating: -
I read the reviews for this book before I bought it. Most of them said that it was a so so book by Lora Leigh but I bought it anyway. Weeellll.... they were right. It seemed that Leigh rushed this one. Her books are sooooo great. But this one just wasn't. It need to be fleshed out more, the characters anyway. I didn't pay full price and I am glad I didn't. Oh well. I guess you just buy at your own risk. LOL
Rating:  -
This book is NOT WRITTEN by Lora Leigh. It's not possible. If it is, I will NEVER BUY again. It's too bad, she was one of my favorite authors.
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I love Lora Leigh's books and am currently trying to make my way through the entire list, but sometimes certain books make you want to put it down and try again later. Not for a good reason either. I am a huge erotic fiction fan, but even I thought it was too much sex for all of the drama that was going on. Another thing was all of the mistakes throughout the story, ie.., changing character names, typos, etc. This should have been a great book, it had all of the right elements for it to be the best in the series, but it didn't pan out. Wild Card is still my favorite of the three, and of course I am looking forward to the day that Jordan gets his comeuppance.
Other than those things I loved the characters, Bailey was the first truly strong woman in the series. Bella, wasn't to bad, but Bailey was more independent and could stand by her man in any situation. John and Bailey were more equals than the other couples in this series.
If you are a fan of the series, please go ahead and read the book. The next book in this series will be Black Jack. I am definitely looking forward to it.
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