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Summary: Montana Confidential starts off in fine style!
Review: Ms. Rosemoor begins the new Montana Confidential series from Intrigue with a tense, emotional heart-grabber. Spun off from last year's successful Texas Confidential series, her book SOMEONE TO PROTECT HER introduces us to some very hunky agents who live on a horse ranch in Montana--cowboys by day, agents by night, I believe the cover blurb says. Her scenery details put me right in the heart of the mountains where her couple gets stranded. And her villain is a brilliant foe for the hero/ine. This mercenary has made the chase very personal, a combination of past history and a need for "stimulation".She has created a rich community of characters that makes me want to know each and everyone's story--without taking away from the main romance and suspense line. I love a tortured hero like her Frank Connolly, who is a better man that even he realizes. I had an honest concern about the subplot of suspected terrorism in the book, but it really felt minor compared to the much more personal conflicts of the characters. Though this is a fictional world, I was proud of the determination and love and conscience these characters showed--a lot like the real life American and British heroes and heroines who have been in the news lately. I'm looking forward to the other books in this series. This one is a keeper.
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Summary: Someone to Protect Her
Review: Patricia Rosemoor makes a much-needed return to Intrigue as she contributes the first book in a new series, Montana Confidential. This is a sequel to last year's Texas Confidential series. In "Someone to Protect Her," former military pilot Frank Connolly is assigned to escort a British scientist to a Montana research facility. But when their flight is sabotaged, the pair is stranded in the Montana wilderness. On the run from the mercenary hired to kidnap her, C.J. Birch must trust that Frank will keep her safe. Can she also unlock the demons haunting this rugged man? So far, Montana Confidential is looking less like a sequel to Texas Confidential than a copy, so much so that I almost feel I should cut and paste my review of the first TC book, "The Bodyguard's Assignment," here. Both series start out with a reliable mystery writer being forced to write a couple-on-the-run Intrigue, both involving a bodyguard with a haunted past assigned to transport a woman in danger. "Someone to Protect Her" and "The Bodyguard's Assignment" could easily switch titles. And the second book for each series is a secret baby story. If the third book turns out to be a fake couple story, I'll really be worried. As with "The Bodyguard's Assignment," this book does not show its author at her best. Like Amanda Stevens last year, Rosemoor is an author who usually delivers intricate plotting and interesting mysteries, and this simply isn't that kind of book. She gives a half-hearted attempt at some mystery, but overall, there's nothing to this plot. It's one of those stories that is simply 250 pages of the characters running, bouncing from one dangerous situation to the next while being chased by the most inept mercenary ever. The story simply isn't that interesting. It's nothing more than the killer catching them, them getting away, the killer catching them, them getting away, the killer catching them...and surprise! They get away. You can probably guess what happens then. The formula is dull and repetitive. I was bored a hundred pages into it and had to struggle to make it to the end. The twists are few and far between. As for what mystery there is, it's too easily predicted (honestly--what else could it have turned out to be?). There are also several annoying elements, for instance, the way the C.J. continually refers to Frank as "more handsome than George Clooney," a comparison she makes about nine times. George Clooney. George Clooney. George Clooney. Enough already! We get it! He looks like George Clooney, only more handsome. Got it. On the plus side, Rosemoor does a much better job setting up this series than Stevens did last year. The main characters for the other books have been given reasonably well-defined personalities, the agency is well-defined, and we understand who the overall villains and players will be better than in Texas Confidential. It's nice to have this veteran author back. Now if only the editors would let her write the mysteries she excels at. This is Rosemoor's thirty-first Intrigue. I'd have to say at least twenty-nine of those were better than this one.
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Summary: Someone to Protect Her
Review: Patricia Rosemoor makes a much-needed return to Intrigue as she contributes the first book in a new series, Montana Confidential. This is a sequel to last year's Texas Confidential series. In "Someone to Protect Her," former military pilot Frank Connolly is assigned to escort a British scientist to a Montana research facility. But when their flight is sabotaged, the pair is stranded in the Montana wilderness. On the run from the mercenary hired to kidnap her, C.J. Birch must trust that Frank will keep her safe. Can she also unlock the demons haunting this rugged man? So far, Montana Confidential is looking less like a sequel to Texas Confidential than a copy, so much so that I almost feel I should cut and paste my review of the first TC book, "The Bodyguard's Assignment," here. Both series start out with a reliable mystery writer being forced to write a couple-on-the-run Intrigue, both involving a bodyguard with a haunted past assigned to transport a woman in danger. "Someone to Protect Her" and "The Bodyguard's Assignment" could easily switch titles. And the second book for each series is a secret baby story. If the third book turns out to be a fake couple story, I'll really be worried. As with "The Bodyguard's Assignment," this book does not show its author at her best. Like Amanda Stevens last year, Rosemoor is an author who usually delivers intricate plotting and interesting mysteries, and this simply isn't that kind of book. She gives a half-hearted attempt at some mystery, but overall, there's nothing to this plot. It's one of those stories that is simply 250 pages of the characters running, bouncing from one dangerous situation to the next while being chased by the most inept mercenary ever. The story simply isn't that interesting. It's nothing more than the killer catching them, them getting away, the killer catching them, them getting away, the killer catching them...and surprise! They get away. You can probably guess what happens then. The formula is dull and repetitive. I was bored a hundred pages into it and had to struggle to make it to the end. The twists are few and far between. As for what mystery there is, it's too easily predicted (honestly--what else could it have turned out to be?). There are also several annoying elements, for instance, the way the C.J. continually refers to Frank as "more handsome than George Clooney," a comparison she makes about nine times. George Clooney. George Clooney. George Clooney. Enough already! We get it! He looks like George Clooney, only more handsome. Got it. On the plus side, Rosemoor does a much better job setting up this series than Stevens did last year. The main characters for the other books have been given reasonably well-defined personalities, the agency is well-defined, and we understand who the overall villains and players will be better than in Texas Confidential. It's nice to have this veteran author back. Now if only the editors would let her write the mysteries she excels at. This is Rosemoor's thirty-first Intrigue. I'd have to say at least twenty-nine of those were better than this one.
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Summary: More love on the run.
Review: Someone to Protect Her reminds me more than a bit of another category romance I read last year called Show Me the Way, or something like that. Plot: Stuffy Lady is stuck with Rugged Outsdoorman type in isolated wilderness, making the situation worse is the unseen threat tracking them. I found the two lead characters well drawn and likable and some of the discription was beautiful (I particularly liked how, at one point, a rattled C.J. mistook a close quarter fist fight between the hero and villain as a dance). I'm looking forward to the next book in the Montana Confidential series, recommended.
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Summary: More love on the run.
Review: Someone to Protect Her reminds me more than a bit of another category romance I read last year called Show Me the Way, or something like that. Plot: Stuffy Lady is stuck with Rugged Outsdoorman type in isolated wilderness, making the situation worse is the unseen threat tracking them. I found the two lead characters well drawn and likable and some of the discription was beautiful (I particularly liked how, at one point, a rattled C.J. mistook a close quarter fist fight between the hero and villain as a dance). I'm looking forward to the next book in the Montana Confidential series, recommended.
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