Rating: 
Summary: Not Bad...Not Bad At All!
Review: "Deadly Pleasure" by Brenda Joyce is a book that I enjoyed. I love stories from this time period (1900's.) And as far as I am concerned no one takes the reader back in time any better than this writer. I can not recall a book by Ms. Joyce that I haven't enjoyed to the max!Her characters are always well-developed. The dialogue crisp and focused. And her plots intriguing with the perfect blend of romance. (Ms. Joyce is a writer that I have had an eye on for quite sometime,) If you haven't started this entertaining series now would be a good time to buy the book and hop to it! John Savoy
C.E.O. & Financial Advisor
Savoy International
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Summary: Enjoying this Series
Review: "Deadly Pleasure" by Brenda Joyce is a book that I enjoyed. I love stories from this time period (1900's.) And as far as I am concerned no one takes the reader back in time any better than this writer. I can not recall a book by Ms. Joyce that I haven't enjoyed to the max! Her characters are always well-developed. The dialogue crisp and focused. And her plots intriguing with the perfect blend of romance. (Ms. Joyce is a writer that I have had an eye on for quite sometime,) If you haven't started this entertaining series now would be a good time to buy the book and hop to it! John Savoy
C.E.O. & Financial Advisor
Savoy International
Motion Pictures
Rating:
Summary: Not Bad...Not Bad At All!
Review: "Deadly Pleasure" by Brenda Joyce is a book that I enjoyed. I love stories from this time period (1900's.) And as far as I am concerned no one takes the reader back in time any better than this writer. I can not recall a book by Ms. Joyce that I haven't enjoyed to the max! Her characters are always well-developed. The dialogue crisp and focused. And her plots intriguing with the perfect blend of romance. (Ms. Joyce is a writer that I have had an eye on for quite sometime,) If you haven't started this entertaining series now would be a good time to buy the book and hop to it! John Savoy
C.E.O. & Financial Advisor
Savoy International
Motion Pictures
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Summary: Don't listen to those other reviewers..the series is Awesome
Review: A lot of reviewers are giving Brenda Joyce a hard time about Deadly Love and Deadly Pleasures being to slow, but thats the point. The Deadly series is building momentum as it goes! You will be hooked and waiting for the next book like I am! Deadly affairs is even better and Deadly Desires tops all three. You will find yourself in the midst of a love triangle that you don't know how to solve. Brenda does an excellent job of bringing her characters to life and the secondary plots are great as well. All I can say is that I love the deadly series!!
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Summary: Wonderful "Deadly" Series by Brenda Joyce
Review: Brenda Joyce's ongoing "Deadly" Series is wonderful. Francesca Cahill and Rick Bragg work wonderfully together and are falling in love with each other though Rick is married. His wife has been in Europe for 4 years and he is supporting her. The first in the series was Deadly Love, then Deadly Pleasure, and now Deadly Affairs. Deadly Desire will follow in May 2002. Other interesting characters are Connie (Fran's sister) and Neil, her husband, Calder (Rick's half brother), Evan (Fran's brother) who is engaged to Sarah and neither are happy with this engagement,
Maggie (Joel's mother and Fran's assistant). You will enjoy the crime solving by Francesca who is not like most young ladies of wealth in the 1902s. Read the books in order. You'll enjoy the suspense and the developing relationship between Rick and Fran.
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Summary: Wonderful "Deadly" Series by Brenda Joyce
Review: Brenda Joyce's ongoing "Deadly" Series is wonderful. Francesca Cahill and Rick Bragg work wonderfully together and are falling in love with each other though Rick is married. His wife has been in Europe for 4 years and he is supporting her. The first in the series was Deadly Love, then Deadly Pleasure, and now Deadly Affairs. Deadly Desire will follow in May 2002. Other interesting characters are Connie (Fran's sister) and Neil, her husband, Calder (Rick's half brother), Evan (Fran's brother) who is engaged to Sarah and neither are happy with this engagement,
Maggie (Joel's mother and Fran's assistant). You will enjoy the crime solving by Francesca who is not like most young ladies of wealth in the 1902s. Read the books in order. You'll enjoy the suspense and the developing relationship between Rick and Fran.
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Summary: Good start in a new series.
Review: I bought this book to tie me over until my new book is ready to arrive. Francesca Cahill is refreshingly new and very young woman who is trying to become a detective in the very early twentieth century. Back at that time there were no computers and other fancy gadgets to help solve crimes. I enjoyed her enthusiasm and her wit and her determination to help the people who came to her for help. Also, I enjoyed the minor characters, Connie, and her brother who both came to her for advice, but Bragg reminded me so much of Roarke in the Eve Dallas series. I might read the next book in the series. I hope that Brenda continues to develope both Francesca and Bragg and to see if she becomes the detective that she wants to be so much.
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Summary: Deadly Pleasure
Review: I bought this latest book because I was familiar with most of her previous productions. It really should be titled "Deadly Dull." I was dismayed at the very poor level of writing. If this were a "1st book" I would never buy another. The dialogue was wooden. The plot was developed in a choppy way and was largely unbelievable. The heroine was impulsive, intrusive, insensitive, and so annoying that her appeal to the males (Bragg and brother) was beyond comprehension. I thought her brother-in-law's response was most reasonable and was sorry he didn't hit her or worse, so that we could see if she might actually be able to learn some restraint. I will carefully peruse any further publications purporting to be by Brenda Joyce before purchase. This one goes immediately to the second hand book store.
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Summary: Disappointed Again
Review: I don't know what Brenda Joyce is thinking, but Deadly Pleasure once again was a major let down. The first book in the series Deadly Love, set out to lay the foundation of the series so when it ended suddenly I was not too upset because I thought that the characters, especially the main one Francesca would become more interesting in the next installment-Dead Wrong.
Francesca talks too much and doesn't even solve the crime she just happens to solve the case at the last moment. Just like in the Scooby Doo cartoons. The information discovered on Bragg was interesting but I still don't see him and Francesca as great matches not compared with the other Braggs that made Ms. Joyce so famous. The people in New York and the city seem too dark with no joy anywhere. That plus the fact that this was a romantic suspence was a let down since the romance between Bragg and Francesca only happens once per book.
Like other reviewers I found that the minor characters such as Connie and Calder had a better story than Francesca and Bragg. In fact I enjoyed them so much that once I figured out the mystery (that anyone could have solved) I skipped over much of Francesca crime fighting techniques to read about the other characters.
I would have given this book only one star, but I know I'm going to finish the series just to see how it turns out so it deserves two stars because it was definatly better than the first one.
I just hope that after this series that Ms. Joyce will return to writing historical romances that people love and leave the mysteries and contemporary romances to someone better at writing them. Buy this series from a used book store and save money or rent it from the libray.
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Summary: Wrong Matches
Review: I enjoy the Deadly series and have read other reviews, I just felt that I can add my 2 cents worth. The crimes were predictable and it doesn't take much sleuthing to discover the culprits. The romances are somewhat predicatble as well. Although Fran is attracted to Bragg, it is apparent that she has put him up on a pedestal. Also, it is also apparent that there is some unfinished business between he and his wife...I think that the next book will shed more light on her character...which might not be as spoiled or selfish as Fran assumes. I see more of a romance developing between fran and Hart...I think this would be better for her and I think that is the way that author B.J. is meaning to end the series. Any comments on that?
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