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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780373275533
ISBN: 0373275536
Label: Harlequin
Manufacturer: Harlequin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: October 01, 2007
Publisher: Harlequin
Studio: Harlequin
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Escape from hell?
To hell was more like it! When Mallory Dawes, suddenly infamous in the States, decided to take that vacation to France, her problems were just beginning: a lost passport. A car swept out to sea. Missing travelers' checks. And a mysterious, if intriguing, man who always seemed to turn up just when she was in trouble...
Cutter Smith--code name: Slash--was told to keep the beautiful blonde in his sights. But as his interest in her veered from the professional to the intensely personal, Cutter knew the cost of falling in love would be high indeed. And he would have to pay the price...
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I enjoyed this book on the whole, but felt the characters needed some further development. It is so much easier to relate to characters and subsequently become more involved in the read if they are fully developed in the text. Though not predictable, it was a bit mundane with the progression on the romance between the main characters. A good read if your not looking to get too involved in a book.
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For free - I couldn't resist, and was surprised to find that this was not bad. The writing was competent, and though the characters and plot were stock, they were well handled. I never for a moment thought that these were real people, but the story did move along pretty well and made for an enjoyable summer read. I could have done with a little less flag-waving, but I gather that is Lovelace's standard take. I was also grateful that the love scenes were not too frequent or over the top. As far as I'm concerned, they don't add much to the story except to slow it down. I also enjoyed the little tour of Normandy, a part of France I've never visited. I'd like to, after reading the author's description. A surprisingly enjoyable read.
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Very fast paced suspense. Mallory's character was more believeable to me as it was taken right out of the headlines. His character was a little too predictable. I enjoyed the "scenery" in the story and Mallory's adventure to trust again. I read this book in 2 hours, but found in the end I wanted to know more about other characters that were mentoned. Overal it had a beginning, a middle, and an end and was well written.
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this book was so anticimactic, if thats a real word and the proper way to spell it. i founf stranded with a spy boring. something to read if you want to waste time, with an added bonus that it was free. i felt like the ending was rushed with little detail. you can buy the book, but dont feel down if you are left feeling empty.
Rating:  -
Tired of being stalked by the media after her sexual harassment lawsuit against her former employer has been dismissed for lack of evidence, Mallory decides a vacation in France is just what the doctor ordered. Unfortunately, unbeknown to her, someone puts a CD with highly classified information in her suitcase in an attempt to smuggle it outside the U.S. Airport security goes ballistic when they find the CD and OMEGA, a top secret government intelligence agency, and Cutter, one of its operatives, are called to the picture. Cutter's mission is to follow Mallory and catch her in the act of delivering the CD to the Russian criminal OMEGA believes she's working with, but he soon starts to question if she's as guilty as he thinks. And when his interest in her turns more than personal, things get complicated...
Cutter and Mallory were very likeable characters, and I had no problem believing how quickly they fell in love with each other. She was a bit too trusting at first, but I'm not sure I wouldn't have done the same if I was in her shoes. As this book is part of a series, other OMEGA operatives made appearances in the story and, while they were interesting, I thought some of their scenes were unnecessary - particularly the ones featuring secondary characters Mike and Gillian, who are the H/h in UUndercover Wife (Silhouette Romantic Suspense), BTW.
As for the plot, it was well done. The pace was a bit slow in the beginning - as much as I loved revisiting Mont St. Michel, I could have done without the detailed description provided by Ms. Lovelace - but it got better once Cutter and Mallory got together. The ending was a bit anticlimatic and, funny enough, even Mallory thought that, LOL. Anyway, I didn't need to see bullets flying and blood splattered all over the place. All in all, I was pretty much happy with the way things were.
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