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bonnieg's review against another edition
1.0
Oh my, this book is execrable. The world did not need a female Jason Bourne. Also, the writing is painfully bad. I read a lot of popular romance, and I did not pick this up expecting spare and beautiful prose, but I also did not expect florid and hideous prose. Also, there are plot holes big enough for an elephant to stroll through.
mindylou's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 Stars
I enjoyed most of the book. The beginning and the ending had the exciting parts to the story. The middle seemed to drag a bit, but overall it was good. This was heavy on the suspense and low on the romance.
Hero is a Texas man that still has that wild Texas boy in him, always ready for adventure. Heroine is more serious and pretty badass considering she’s a professional assassin. The ending surprised me. That more than anything made me like this book. I like being caught off guard like that...in a good way.
I enjoyed most of the book. The beginning and the ending had the exciting parts to the story. The middle seemed to drag a bit, but overall it was good. This was heavy on the suspense and low on the romance.
Hero is a Texas man that still has that wild Texas boy in him, always ready for adventure. Heroine is more serious and pretty badass considering she’s a professional assassin. The ending surprised me. That more than anything made me like this book. I like being caught off guard like that...in a good way.
january313reads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
amyschoon71's review against another edition
4.0
CIA contract agents, hired assassins, viruses unleashed on society...this tale of spies and suspense, lovers and evildoers, had me reading long past my bedtime. She's not my favorite author, but this is the one real gem I've found in her repertoire.
khamilton01's review against another edition
4.0
WOW!
This book was definitely full of surprises, and cliffhangers.
At first I didn't think I'd like it, mainly because I was put off by Lily. But like I was the first time I read a book by Linda Howard, I was again surprised by the plot and emotional feelings I felt.
Lily was by far after the first chapter my ffavoritecharacter. Her disguises were hilarious and totally a surprise. My ffavoritebeing the bright loud wild child that lost the Nervi Org. at the airport. She made a large emotional life change throughout the plot. Going from this woman who seemed like she was emotionally disconnected but blinded by grief as she went on this rampage to take down this company. Then she met Swain and that's where the change started. She started very slowly to be able to deal with her feelings and grief. She also started to feel remorse in the killings...shown in the end when Swain ended things for Dr. Giordano.
Lucas Swain...
I pretty much wanted to murder him with my bare hands the entire book, for hiding who he was and his true intentions from Lily. With the way things progressed in the novel I figured he'd give up his job and go underground with her permanently when it was all said and done.
The very last few pages of the final chapter when Howard lead us to believe that Swain had after all betrayed Lily, I bawled buckets. I threw a fit and envisioned his very tortuous death and tried to come up with a reason as to why or how a human being could do that to another human being, Especially when he had admitted that he truly loved her and her him. I was filled with rage ad the "tragic" ending and almost closed the book before reading the epilogue.
He was definitely swoon worthy. He can definitely take me for a speeding ride down a highway in a sports car anytime.
This novel was full of lots of twists and turns. Things that I did not see coming and probably would never have imagined. It kept the book interesting and it was hard to put down.
I can't wait to read more of Linda Howard's novels.
This book was definitely full of surprises, and cliffhangers.
At first I didn't think I'd like it, mainly because I was put off by Lily. But like I was the first time I read a book by Linda Howard, I was again surprised by the plot and emotional feelings I felt.
Lily was by far after the first chapter my ffavoritecharacter. Her disguises were hilarious and totally a surprise. My ffavoritebeing the bright loud wild child that lost the Nervi Org. at the airport. She made a large emotional life change throughout the plot. Going from this woman who seemed like she was emotionally disconnected but blinded by grief as she went on this rampage to take down this company. Then she met Swain and that's where the change started. She started very slowly to be able to deal with her feelings and grief. She also started to feel remorse in the killings...shown in the end when Swain ended things for Dr. Giordano.
Lucas Swain...
I pretty much wanted to murder him with my bare hands the entire book, for hiding who he was and his true intentions from Lily. With the way things progressed in the novel I figured he'd give up his job and go underground with her permanently when it was all said and done.
The very last few pages of the final chapter when Howard lead us to believe that Swain had after all betrayed Lily, I bawled buckets. I threw a fit and envisioned his very tortuous death and tried to come up with a reason as to why or how a human being could do that to another human being, Especially when he had admitted that he truly loved her and her him. I was filled with rage ad the "tragic" ending and almost closed the book before reading the epilogue.
He was definitely swoon worthy. He can definitely take me for a speeding ride down a highway in a sports car anytime.
This novel was full of lots of twists and turns. Things that I did not see coming and probably would never have imagined. It kept the book interesting and it was hard to put down.
I can't wait to read more of Linda Howard's novels.
archangelwings's review against another edition
2.5
2.5 stars
Fiat scene, you will always be famous!!
an interesting story, tho I called the twist at the end pretty easily, that didn't take away from my enjoyment
the MCs were great, but they met about 45% into the book, so even tho they spent about 2 weeks together they just didn't have all that much time to fall in love and sell it too, that being said tho, I really liked their dynamic and enjoyed their teasing immensely, like the aforementioned Fiat scene, or the this is a recording thing, to name a few
(the bad guys lil bro & his Gisele? I would read their story, just sayin👀)
the audio was phenom, narrators were great, it was Duet!! and they even had an effect for when they were on the phone - and the fiat noises? Iconic
Fiat scene, you will always be famous!!
an interesting story, tho I called the twist at the end pretty easily, that didn't take away from my enjoyment
the MCs were great, but they met about 45% into the book, so even tho they spent about 2 weeks together they just didn't have all that much time to fall in love and sell it too, that being said tho, I really liked their dynamic and enjoyed their teasing immensely, like the aforementioned Fiat scene, or the this is a recording thing, to name a few
(the bad guys lil bro & his Gisele? I would read their story, just sayin👀)
the audio was phenom, narrators were great, it was Duet!! and they even had an effect for when they were on the phone - and the fiat noises? Iconic
wkalthoff's review against another edition
4.0
I liked it a lot, though for an assassin, I thought lily should have had more brains. I loved the character of frank, and of the hero. I loved how the brothers related to each other and the ending. I found some of the things the heroine did were gutsy and others were just silly. I really liked thos book an awful lot but i found it a bit confusing to figure out who the mole was in the cia. I love linda howard's books.