Grace Under Fire

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Summary: A great addition...
Review: Grace Beaumont was living in an emotionless void for four years after the deaths of not only her father and her husband, but her unborn child as well. When she gets a letter stating that the accident was no accident, Grace feels she has no choice but to pursue justice for the people that she loved and lost. She turns to the Dundee Agency, and the bodyguard they send, Jed Tyree. Suddenly she her feelings are not only back, but intensified as she and Jed get closer and closer. Soon she realizes that while she may not have cared if she lived or died, she doesn't want to lose out on a second chance to love.

Jed Tyree has a bigger agenda than only protecting Grace. The more he falls for her, the more he realizes what a big mistake keeping the full truth from her was. He's not who she thinks he is. While she is on the top rung on the social ladder, he isn't even on the ladder. He soon realizes that there is no way they have a future together.

As the danger comes to a boil, both realizes that they won't give the other up. With her flair for romance and suspense combined, Barton doesn't dissapoint the reader in the new 'Protector' book.

Rating:
Summary: A great addition...
Review: Grace Beaumont was living in an emotionless void for four years after the deaths of not only her father and her husband, but her unborn child as well. When she gets a letter stating that the accident was no accident, Grace feels she has no choice but to pursue justice for the people that she loved and lost. She turns to the Dundee Agency, and the bodyguard they send, Jed Tyree. Suddenly she her feelings are not only back, but intensified as she and Jed get closer and closer. Soon she realizes that while she may not have cared if she lived or died, she doesn't want to lose out on a second chance to love.

Jed Tyree has a bigger agenda than only protecting Grace. The more he falls for her, the more he realizes what a big mistake keeping the full truth from her was. He's not who she thinks he is. While she is on the top rung on the social ladder, he isn't even on the ladder. He soon realizes that there is no way they have a future together.

As the danger comes to a boil, both realizes that they won't give the other up. With her flair for romance and suspense combined, Barton doesn't dissapoint the reader in the new 'Protector' book.

Rating:
Summary: Next book's gotta be better!
Review: I like Beverly Barton's writing. And I was looking forward to the next book in her "The Protectors" series. Even though I figured out who the "traitors" were on both sides early in the book, and even though some of the characters needed more development, "Grace Under Fire" would have been an enjoyable book. Except for one thing--Grace. Grace Beaumont had inherited money, both from her wealthy father and her wealthy husband. And she never let anyone forget it. Her constant refrain to members of the Dundee Agency was "It's my money, I'm paying you, etc." If she'd used some of her "money" to help with child abuse or senior citizens, or some of her time working in a homeless shelter, I would have at least had some respect for her.

Grace also came from an aristocratic line. Even though the "common people" worked for her and were supposedly friends, her feeling of superiority was obvious. She couldn't be attracted to Jed because he was "rough around the edges" and her husband had been "sophisticated". A good lineage may be important when breeding horses or dogs. But money and lineage do not make a person more valuable, worthwhile or suitable.

Personally I don't see why Jed was attracted to Grace. The only thing I can imagine is that he wanted her in bed and I really don't see that either.

Grace was a snob and it's Jed who deserved better. But I certainly haven't given up on Beverly Barton and look forward to her next book.

Rating:
Summary: Next book's gotta be better!
Review: I like Beverly Barton's writing. And I was looking forward to the next book in her "The Protectors" series. Even though I figured out who the "traitors" were on both sides early in the book, and even though some of the characters needed more development, "Grace Under Fire" would have been an enjoyable book. Except for one thing--Grace. Grace Beaumont had inherited money, both from her wealthy father and her wealthy husband. And she never let anyone forget it. Her constant refrain to members of the Dundee Agency was "It's my money, I'm paying you, etc." If she'd used some of her "money" to help with child abuse or senior citizens, or some of her time working in a homeless shelter, I would have at least had some respect for her.

Grace also came from an aristocratic line. Even though the "common people" worked for her and were supposedly friends, her feeling of superiority was obvious. She couldn't be attracted to Jed because he was "rough around the edges" and her husband had been "sophisticated". A good lineage may be important when breeding horses or dogs. But money and lineage do not make a person more valuable, worthwhile or suitable.

Personally I don't see why Jed was attracted to Grace. The only thing I can imagine is that he wanted her in bed and I really don't see that either.

Grace was a snob and it's Jed who deserved better. But I certainly haven't given up on Beverly Barton and look forward to her next book.

Rating:
Summary: Next book's gotta be better!
Review: I like Beverly Barton's writing. And I was looking forward to the next book in her "The Protectors" series. Even though I figured out who the "traitors" were on both sides early in the book, and even though some of the characters needed more development, "Grace Under Fire" would have been an enjoyable book. Except for one thing--Grace. Grace Beaumont had inherited money, both from her wealthy father and her wealthy husband. And she never let anyone forget it. Her constant refrain to members of the Dundee Agency was "It's my money, I'm paying you, etc." If she'd used some of her "money" to help with child abuse or senior citizens, or some of her time working in a homeless shelter, I would have at least had some respect for her.

Grace also came from an aristocratic line. Even though the "common people" worked for her and were supposedly friends, her feeling of superiority was obvious. She couldn't be attracted to Jed because he was "rough around the edges" and her husband had been "sophisticated". A good lineage may be important when breeding horses or dogs. But money and lineage do not make a person more valuable, worthwhile or suitable.

Personally I don't see why Jed was attracted to Grace. The only thing I can imagine is that he wanted her in bed and I really don't see that either.

Grace was a snob and it's Jed who deserved better. But I certainly haven't given up on Beverly Barton and look forward to her next book.

Rating:
Summary: exciting romantic suspense
Review: Three years ago, a car accident killed Gracie Beaumont's father, husband and unborn child and for all effective purposes Grace is only going through the motions of living. The father of a rich man and the wife of a powerful person, Grace took over the reigns of Sheffield Media Inc. as the new CEO. The job occupied her mind so much that she didn't have to think about all her losses.

One day at work Grace receives a letter that states that the deaths were not an accident but a murder for hire ordered by Booth Fortier, the top leader of the southern Mafia. Her husband and father were going to expose his dirty dealing with the governor and that's why they had to be eliminated. Grace hires a PI firm to investigate the charges and Jed Tyree serves as her bodyguard since the case is bigger than she knows. Jed and Grace quickly become a couple but he is afraid she will reject him when she learns that he is the nephew of Booth Fortier.

Beverly Barton writes a thriving work of romantic suspense that has readers totally absorbed in the story. The sexual tension between the hero and the heroine is so powerful that readers can empathize with their feelings of insecurity. The villain comes across as a real person, which makes him viler than many antagonists found in crime thrillers. GRACE UNDER FIRE is a special book filled with lots of suspense and action.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: exciting romantic suspense
Review: Three years ago, a car accident killed Gracie Beaumont's father, husband and unborn child and for all effective purposes Grace is only going through the motions of living. The father of a rich man and the wife of a powerful person, Grace took over the reigns of Sheffield Media Inc. as the new CEO. The job occupied her mind so much that she didn't have to think about all her losses.

One day at work Grace receives a letter that states that the deaths were not an accident but a murder for hire ordered by Booth Fortier, the top leader of the southern Mafia. Her husband and father were going to expose his dirty dealing with the governor and that's why they had to be eliminated. Grace hires a PI firm to investigate the charges and Jed Tyree serves as her bodyguard since the case is bigger than she knows. Jed and Grace quickly become a couple but he is afraid she will reject him when she learns that he is the nephew of Booth Fortier.

Beverly Barton writes a thriving work of romantic suspense that has readers totally absorbed in the story. The sexual tension between the hero and the heroine is so powerful that readers can empathize with their feelings of insecurity. The villain comes across as a real person, which makes him viler than many antagonists found in crime thrillers. GRACE UNDER FIRE is a special book filled with lots of suspense and action.

Harriet Klausner