Cate Noble, Dead Right, 2009
It's not often Shannon McKenna shows up as a blurb on a novel's front cover so when I saw this one at the library along with her comment "Thrilling" I immediately picked it up. Plus, the cover is sexy.
Sadly, this was disappointing. I can see why McKenna liked it, and to be honest, it wasn't half bad, but since the relationship is told entirely in flashback and they don't actually show up in real time in the same room (not running away from each other) until about the last 20 pages of the book, well, you can see what my issue is. Plus, the hero has all these issues, which mysteriously get resolved within the span of one page and he is also apparently psychic, which was important in the first quarter of the book and then never gets mentioned again.
I will say that this book had a lot of potential and would have been better served if they had come in contact in person in the end of the first half of the book, or even slightly before, I would have really liked it. The hero has McKenna issues (aka that wonderful "in real life, we'd be talking restraining order") that I love. Okay, that sounded wierd, but maybe you understand. McKenna heroes are extreme bad boys and that's a wonderful thing to enjoy ONLY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF FICTION. Anyway, if the author had gotten the hero/heroine together sooner we could have seen a lot of the heroes issues in action which would have made this book so much better.
Also, either he's psychic and it's a major plot point, or he's not. One or the other. That was a real red herring for me and I started to get mad about it.
This would be an author, however, to keep an eye on. I think this is her first book. I would probably check out her next book to see if she improves since I think she has a McKenna quality that could be really great.
C+
Sadly, this was disappointing. I can see why McKenna liked it, and to be honest, it wasn't half bad, but since the relationship is told entirely in flashback and they don't actually show up in real time in the same room (not running away from each other) until about the last 20 pages of the book, well, you can see what my issue is. Plus, the hero has all these issues, which mysteriously get resolved within the span of one page and he is also apparently psychic, which was important in the first quarter of the book and then never gets mentioned again.
I will say that this book had a lot of potential and would have been better served if they had come in contact in person in the end of the first half of the book, or even slightly before, I would have really liked it. The hero has McKenna issues (aka that wonderful "in real life, we'd be talking restraining order") that I love. Okay, that sounded wierd, but maybe you understand. McKenna heroes are extreme bad boys and that's a wonderful thing to enjoy ONLY WITHIN THE CONFINES OF FICTION. Anyway, if the author had gotten the hero/heroine together sooner we could have seen a lot of the heroes issues in action which would have made this book so much better.
Also, either he's psychic and it's a major plot point, or he's not. One or the other. That was a real red herring for me and I started to get mad about it.
This would be an author, however, to keep an eye on. I think this is her first book. I would probably check out her next book to see if she improves since I think she has a McKenna quality that could be really great.
C+