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Summary: What could have been...
Review: I had really high expectations for this novel based on some of the reviews I read here. Sadly, this book fell very short. Normally I love romance novels that involve some sort of kidnapping, but I was so disappointed with the heroine and other aspects of the novel that I just couldn't enjoy it.I'll start off with the biggest disappointment, the heroine Tess. She was one of the weakest, most helpless, and most clueless romance heroines I have ever come across and I have more than 200 romance novels under my belt. For example, her entire time in captivity, she was more worried about getting physical with her captor than she was about trying to figure out a way to escape. Her actions during this part of the novel were not actions any woman with any common sense would take. My biggest problem with Tess was that she constantly needed saving. About every 25 pages or so, Dallas/Grey would have to come running in and save her from some bad guy, or some disaster. It happened over and over and over again and got very old. I found myself wishing that Tess could manage to save herself for once, but she never did. I was also disappointed with their romance in general. Normally, a good romance will have the characters build up to the point where they realize they are in love with each other. The author never lets us know why they love each other, or how it developed; suddenly, they're just in love for no apparent reason. I felt that the characters were just confusing strong physical attraction with love. I never felt throughout the entire novel that they were ever in love with each other. As others have said, the plot had a lot of holes, more than most romances do. However, romance novels typically have a lot of plot holes so I was expecting it. This novel contained two of my biggest pet peeves with contemporary romance novels. The first is 25+ year old virgins. Nobody in this day and age, male or female, in the Western world makes it to their late 20's still a virgin unless that person- 1. Has strong religious convictions 2. Is very physically unattractive 3. has a disability or 4. Has serious personality problems. None of these really apply to Tess and I found myself rolling my eyes in disgust when she announces her virginity. I really wish contemporary romance authors would quit making their supposedly very attractive heroines virgins. It just doesn't fly anymore. SPOILER My second pet peeve in contemporary romance is accidental pregnancy. As a rule, I find it tends to distract from the romance between the main characters. This novel is worse than most with this because the unborn baby becomes a major character in the novel. The baby is mentioned what seems like 5 times a page for the second half of the book. Also, the romance between Tess and her unborn baby seems stronger than her romance with the baby's father. I found the baby's presence in this book to be a total turnoff. Please Authors, keep the pregnancy in the epilogue where it belongs! With the right heroine, this book could have been a winner. I am really disappointed for Dallas/Grey, I think he was a good character and he deserved a better woman than Tess.
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Summary: Hot and Sexy Biker oh my.....
Review: I have to agree with several reviews on this. The male lead of Dallas/Grey was HOT HOT HOT but the female lead of Tess was WEAK WEAK WEAK. Dallas didn't deserve such a whiny heroine such as Tess, but Grey did. ~Tess Marsh finds herself stranded and alone on a dark and deserted highway in Montana. Along comes a biker willing to give her a ride to the nearest town. She is about to go since he seems very honest and his eyes are a telltale sign. The only thing that goes wrong? When a band og bikers comes riding over the horizon. Motorcycles blazing and all in a surly mood. Quickly her savior becomes her captor as he grabs her and forces her to go with them all as his captive. What happened? Things get worse when she realizes he is taking her to a biker gang's hideout and plans on ditching her car in a lake! Dallas does not need another hassel, yet the good guy he is, he stops to offer his help to a woman from out of state, Massachusetts to be exact. Things go from sour to rotten when the gang shows up unexpected and he must play the captor to the woman, all for show. He cannot mess this up. He has been working on this for too many years, this woman is going to be a problem he does not need. Only when he starts to feel his heart engaging does he feel scared. How in the world is he going to pull this off? How is he going to keep her safe and juggle this gang in the process? Very sexy and fast paced. I loved Dallas, yet I wasn't crazy about Tess, she tended to be whiny and unreasonable. I gave this story 5 stars because I loved the tale, but wished for a different heroine. She was weak willed and clingy. I was surprised Dallas could listen to the nagging and whining for so long without getting angry! They weren't really meant for one another, but the story was excellent regardless. I just wish the biker part (the beginning) was longer, because that was the best part of the book. The second part was less exciting and Tess seemed to get worse, lol. All in all, great job Ms. Bach, I look forward to another book! Tracy Talley~@
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Summary: Be prepared to burn the midnight oil
Review: I loved this book and read it in one night. Had red eyes in the morning but it was worth it. I loved the twists and turns and the love scenes are red hot. The story might be alittle fluffy on the actual details of courtrooms, witness protection etc, but that is why I read romance. If I wanted the technical details and depressing real life - I'd read true crime or nonfiction. I cannot wait to read the Author's new novel. If you like big heros with tender hearts this book is for you. But be prepared to burn the midnight oil finishing it!!!
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Summary: Lone Star
Review: I loved this book. Right from the very first lines I was hooked and I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next or how this situation was going to get solved. Both Tess and Dallas were hot together. I don't like to go into a lot of book detail as that takes away I think for the person who hasn't read it yet. But if you are familar to Suzanne Brockmann, Linda Howard-- you get the idea of what mood this story is in and it is an extremely good read. I am looking forward to her next book, as I have become a fan. It also doesn't hurt that this book was on the 10 best RWA's list for 2001 along with the "big" guns of writers. Go Lauren!
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Summary: My new favorite...
Review: I read LONE RIDER in one night and hated to see it end. Dallas/Grey is the ultimate dark/alpha hero who can hold me hostage *any* time. It's a great book, full of twists, turns, and some scorching hot love scenes. Looking forward to more great fantasies from this author!
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Summary: Lone Rider
Review: I think this book was excellant and I can't wait for the new book that is called slow hands this summer
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Summary: So, so
Review: I thought the book started out really good. The biker gang and getting kindapped. That was good and exciting. No suspense though really. But then it was over and so quickly too. I thought the kidnapping with the biker gang could hae been just a little better and longer. The book slowed down alot after all that. It was almost silly.
There was Tess and the plot. For a "strong, independent, striking-out-on-her-own" woman, she sure turned into an obsessed with her kidnapper, weak-willed whiner. A virgin at twenty whatever because she is waiting for Mr. Right, but did not hesitate so get it on with her kidnapper. It was just made out to be too important, when it obisously was not. Then the plot, the poor plot. The whole story had so much potential, but it fell through short. It had more then holes. More like entire sections ripped out. I love romance books and am open bout lots of stuff. I forgive many mistakes, as long as it is made up somewhere else. I can go along with hard to believe and far fetched. Thats what I read for, ya know? I LIKE made up stories, I like the authors imagination, but not something like this. This kind of stuff I cant handle. What happened to the business Tess had? What about all the stuff in her car? What about her parents? What about her life that you never really get told about? What about Greys life that you never get told about? The end was just too convient. Did Greys parents have any part in it at all? Cause you never see them, you hear about them a few times. Thats it. There were so many problems with the story line. Grey was ok, nothing spectacular. I liked him better as Dallas. He was better in that character. Interesting how that happened cause he was the same person but you can hardly tell. I think that with time and a few more books under her belt this author will be great. Once she gets everything right the stories will be dyanmite. It did have promise, some parts were good, and the sex scenes were hot. She has that part of her writing down pat. Now, character development, way better plot with just a little bit of depth, and we might make it somewhere. So, even though I found this book way wacked, I am going to check out later books and reviews and see if she made herself yet. I hope she does, shell have good books if she can get it right.
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Summary: I gave this book four stars but 3 1/2 is more than enough
Review: I was a little disappointed with the book. Based on reviews I had read I was looking forward to a book in the same vain as a Linda Howard, Rachel Gibson or Cherry Adair novel. And while the book was entertaining (sometimes steamy), it didn't live up to my original expectations. Still a good way to pass time though. I'll check out some of her other books before I give up on Lauren Bach as an author.
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Summary: Lone Rider should be left alone...
Review: Lone Rider by Lauren Bach is a cliche romantic novel. I purchased the book, because it was listed on so many Manias. When I saw the cheesy cover, I had an idea what lay ahead. Although, the story-line of the book is interesting, the follow-through is lacking. It isn't suspenseful, at all. When a book only mentions two people who could possibly be the bad guy in question and one of them is murdered, it isn't too hard to figure out who did it. Also, the book is filled with ridiculous, over-used descriptions of interesting body parts. If an author isn't able to write clever descriptions, call the parts by their real names; it may not be fresh, but at least it isn't comical. If you are looking for a romantic novel that doesn't require any thought or imagination, Lone Rider is for you.
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Summary: LONE RIDER Letdown
Review: LONE RIDER for me is a waste of a great title and a cool cover.I was really looking forward to this book after reading several enthusiastic reviews. I'm afraid I set myself up, becuse all in all, LONE RIDER was a big disappointment for me. Many people have commented on the sexual tension in this book. It's there, alright. But I need a half way convincing story to connect the sexual scenes together. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen here. The hero is indeed very charismatic as Dallas, big bad biker. But when he becomes Grey, stalwart F.B.I. agent, he talks too much and thinks too little. If this is how the F.B.I. really works, we are all in big trouble! I understand this is a novel and I have no problem with a little artistic license, but the storyline here is ridiculous. Remind me never to go into the Witness Protection Program ! The whole "undercover biker" premise reads like an old sixties biker movie. I didn't find any suspense in this at all. It was just silly. The stereotypical "really bad guys" were almost laughable. I wish I could have found something to like about the heroine, Tess. I didn't think she was smart or spunky or even sexy. Everything she did was just plain dumb! I was starting to root for the "biker babe" in their altercation.Tess deserved every over the top thing that happened to her! The best thing about this book are the sex scenes. Lauren Bach writes a great steamy love scene. I believe too that Ms. Bach has talent. She just needs to work a little harder on character development and a plausible plot. I look forward to her next effort, and wish her luck in her career.
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