Taking the Heat

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Summary: Excellent story!
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's a fast read because putting it down is very difficult. Gabrielle, a prison guard breaks up a fight between several men against one man, Randall Tucker, a man wrongly accused of killing his wife, as the other guards stood and watched without doing anything. The guards turn on her but she stands her ground. Due to the ruckus she creates by questioning why they didn't stop the fight, Randall is transferred. On the way to the new facility Randall escapes. She follows him well into the hot unforgiving desert and then together they fight to survive the journey. I'm not giving anything away here, this all happens early on and the synopsis on the back of the book states as much. This book reminds me somewhat of the movie 'The Fugitive' with Harrison Ford, a man running from the law trying to find the real killer as the cops didn't bother to look any further than the husband. The book did not have any boring parts and had an excellent ending which means everyone gets what they deserve. I read several books every week and this is not one I will soon forget. I will look to read more from this author.

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Summary: HOT! HOT! HOT!
Review: Read this one ONLY... if you can take the heat, 'cause it will singe your fingers. Fast paced and tense...a sexual who-done-it. My pick for a late night read with no interruptions.

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Summary: Taking the Heat
Review: Taking the Heat by Brenda Novak is a great read. It tells of corruption within the prison system, and the preserverance of the desperate. Gabrielle and Tucker's struggle to survive the harsh Senoran desert was written in such an eloquent manner that it's hard not to root for them. It was climactic and passionate, and the writer really did her research. I have lived in Arizona for my whole life, and I could not find one single error involving surroundings, climate, even street names. I am impressed and will definetely be searching out this author in the future.

Rating:
Summary: Taking the Heat
Review: Taking the Heat by Brenda Novak is a great read. It tells of corruption within the prison system, and the preserverance of the desperate. Gabrielle and Tucker's struggle to survive the harsh Senoran desert was written in such an eloquent manner that it's hard not to root for them. It was climactic and passionate, and the writer really did her research. I have lived in Arizona for my whole life, and I could not find one single error involving surroundings, climate, even street names. I am impressed and will definetely be searching out this author in the future.

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Summary: Wonderfully Writen
Review: The story takes place in Florence Arizona.Gabrielle and her one year old daughter just reloacted.Gabrielle is working as a prison guard in an all male prison so that she can support herself and her daughter so she doesn't have to rely on her ex husband for money.In the prison she meets Randall Tucker who has been wrongly acused of murder.After a fight breaks out and Gabrielle tries to stop it she starts falling for Randall.Then when Gabrielle is helping in transporting Tucker to another prison they get in a crash and Tucker excapes and tries to find his son and reclaim his inocence,Gabrielle goes after him in a attempt to get him to come back but finds herself falling more for him.