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Summary: Easy and very entertaining read
Review: I enjoyed this novel. It was fairly fast paced and easy to read.
The characters were interesting and likable.
I have only 2 problems with it.
The whole scenario and Max's part time occupation were very
implausible. My second problem with the novel was that
the author needed to do a bit more research into the details
of her scenario. Ex. The gun terminology and understanding of
the weapons involved were almost infantile. Ex. 2 : The breaking
and entering scenario....when u shut down the power...all
security systems...even old ones have a battery backup. Little
details like this distracted me.
Overall though...a very entertaining novel
Rating: 
Summary: Not her best, but good
Review: I only recently discovered Rachel Gibson, and I am trying to catch up and read all her books. This is my fourth one, and it is probably my least favorite so far. BUT, that doesn't mean it's not very good. The first two-thirds of the book are especially good while Max and Lola are on the yacht. This book differs from the others in that it has more action. That surprised me, but in a good way. Max is a sexy leading man, even though he's a bit too chauvinistic. I, like most women, like a strong, take-charge, hero type of man. Max is all that (and the proverbial bag of chips), but in the beginning of the book he's a little mean to Lola when she unexpectedly gets in his way while escaping the drug lords that are out to kill him. My other issue with the story is the so-called obstacles that keep them apart, but this is typical of romances like this. These "obstacles" never seem that big or real to the readers, just to the poor distressed heroines. Overall, it's still a really fun read and I recommend it to romance lovers who like a little adventure thrown in.
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Summary: What a man!
Review: It's my first novel from Gibson and i'm really glad that i read that one first! Make me think of an Evanovich's one because of the tension between the 2 characters and the superb masculinity of Max. I laugh, I cried! Well written, easy read.
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Summary: Max could "commandeer" my boat anytime!
Review: You know, I almost didn't read this book because, from many of the reviews, you get the impression that Lola is some sort of moronic, one-dimensional bimbo. Well, she's not! She's a woman who is put into some very scary situations and, ok maybe she does one or two stupid things, but who's to say how any of us might react if we believe our lives are in danger? And so what if she gave her dog a stupid name - lots of people are guilty of that. Give her a break! She's a recovering bulimic former model who's ex has been making a fortune off of naked pictures she had allowed him to take of her because she (stupidly as it turned out) trusted him. She's trying to get away from it all on a vacation to the Bahamas when the yacht she is on is "commandeered" by a scary looking, beaten and bruised, very large man. Why is this happening to her and how much more can she take? Max Zamora is a former Navy SEAL, now a government operative who works covertly on very special assignments where the government needs plausible deniability. This assignment has gone as wrong as it can get! First drug lords capture him, then he is brutally beaten, and in order to escape must kill the drug lord's son and now, on the run, he's commandeered a yacht with a former lingerie model and her annoying little dog on board. He can barely see straight and is still bleeding when she threatens him with a flare gun and winds up setting the engine on fire! Now they are adrift in the Atlantic. Can this get any worse? They wind up bickering and fighting their growing mutual attraction while waiting to be rescued. Lola starts to trust Max, who begins to show her some kindness and even her dog seems to grow on him. He feels responsible for her and the predicament they find themselves in and promises Lola he will get her home safe. But will bad storms and drug dealers allow Max to keep his promise? And if so, what happens when they get back on dry land - will they ever see one another again? I just adored Max - he was absolutely yummy!! Lola was likable and I was sympathetic to her continuing issues with her weight and body image and her fear in relation to her experiences adrift at sea with Max. I did not sympathize, however, with her naked pictures issue. Anyone (especially someone in the public eye) in this day and age stupid enough to allow such pictures to be taken just has to deal with the consequences! But she does get her revenge in the end - thanks to Max! OK, perhaps not Ms. Gibson's best, but still an enjoyable and recommended read.
Rating: 
Summary: It was pretty good but fizzled near the end
Review: I enjoyed Gibson having a female lead who showed her vulnerabilities and needed the male. It was refreshing not to have Miss Independance like in every other romance novel that's afraid to be that stereotypical damsel in distress. That having been said, I enjoyed the story and the time they spent alone on the yacht, but then when they got back home I just didn't see what was actually keeping them apart..his top secret job? It wasn't the best by Rachel Gibson, but it's a fun, light read.
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Summary: Adventure and Humor on the High Seas!
Review: My first Gibson book and am I happy! Very funny and fast-paced, I was thrilled. Full of action and adventure, I couldn't put it down.
A former supermodel and a black ops agent stranded together you say? With a anklebitter dog named Baby? Naked pictures of the said model on the net, but not your typical ones...kinda embarassing actually....very embarassing...so much so that the supermodel finds herself taking a much needed vacation to get away from the laughs she is experiencing behind her back. Not to mention the tabloids calling her 'fat' and 'heavyweight' after she's gaining 25 pounds.
What Lola Carlyle, ex-supermodel and owner of Lola Inc., a lingerie company doesn't expect is her friend's yacht to get taken hostage by a beaten and bruised crazy-man toting a gun demanding she be quiet and sit down and keep her little 'rat' away from him as he takes the boat out to sea!
Things can't get any worse for Max when the crazy-woman on the boat turns on him in the middle of the ocean and fires a flaregun into the controls and fries the engine to stop him. And he also just then realizes she is the famous supermodel Lola Carlyle!
Dead in the water, the two begin to fight like cat and dog...not to mention the little 'rat' that keeps trying to assert his authority by biting Max's leg. With threats of throwing the rat overboard, Lola rethinks her strategy for attack and finds herself unable to do anything.
With druglords after him and a government that refuses to acknowledge its existence, the black ops agent Max Zamora must get back to D.C quick before they finish him off this time. But how? The boat is dead and the controls are fried...a storm is brewing, and not just outside, but between the stranded castaways also.
Can Max save them both? Does he want to? Attracted to the crazywoman, he can't help but feel responsible.
Lola will need to trust the crazyman to survive, as long as she can keep her hands off of his sexy body. Why? She has no idea, must be Stockholm's Syndrome...
Druglords, guns, boats, a deserted island, explosives and true love and oh yeah...the 'rat' Baby, all packed into one explosive book! A keeper! Tracy Talley~@
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