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Summary: Great book - hope she writes more!
Review: This was a very witty, fast moving, sexy, and entertaining book. The plotline has already been mentioned by others, so I'll just say that this book is money well spent. I laughed out loud at some of the scenes and character observations. The primary characters were interesting, complex, and equally matched in determination. The secondary characters are just begging for books of their own. I'll definitely get Ms. Graves' next book!
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Summary: Watch out!
Review: To some romance readers Jane Graves might be better known for her Harlequin titles under the name of Jane Sullivan. I GOT YOU, BABE is her first single title release and it is a very sexy, witty and funny debut.On the run from the police and one mean bounty hunter, stuck with a broken down car, no money and no spare clothes, Renee Esterhaus needs to hitch a ride. And what better way to do it in the middle of Texas than offering a country hick a long and hot night of mind-blowing sex; too bad that the guy is John DeMarco, not a farmer, but a tough and edgy cop on a forced vacation. I GOT YOU, BABE is a fast paced story laced with constant action and sparkling dialogue. It had me in giggles from the first page and groaning in embarrassment more than once. Minor characters add, in their over the top mannerisms and stereotypical behaviour, more than enough comic flavour. They might not be deep but definitely very entertaining. I really loved this book. I loved it for its not'so-perfect heroine, for a hero that is trying so very hard to appear tough only to fail when around his chosen lady and for a sexual tension that is not just based on good looks but on trust
This is one author I will be watching out for and so should you!
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Summary: Action, adventure, passion and FUN!
Review: Twenty-five-year-old Renee Esterhaus doesn't have a chance. The offspring of an uncaring, alcoholic mother, she has a juvenile record in her hometown of Tolosa, Texas, and is positive she'll serve time for an armed robbery she didn't commit. Someone has framed her, stashing a gun and stolen goods in her car, and the cops and her court-appointed attorney are convinced she's guilty as sin. Renee panics and jumps bail, but her aging Toyota breaks down far too few miles down the road, and a sleazy bounty hunter catches up with her. After extraordinary effort, Renee escapes, but she knows she needs help to avoid recapture. Unfortunately, she picks the wrong man for assistance when she hitches a ride with vacationing Tolosa police detective, John DeMarco. Burned-out John is supposed to be on vacation, far away from the riffraff he puts up with on the job. The last thing he needs is a gorgeous, blond grifter, willing to seduce him to evade paying for her crimes. But in spite of his cynicism, Renee's claims of innocence soon begin to make sense to John. If she's a cold-blooded criminal, who's allegedly committed assault with a deadly weapon to rob a store, why is she so unwilling to have anything to do with guns? In particular, using John's gun to shoot =him= and flee when she gets the chance. Maybe he's not just thinking with his hormones, stupidly taken in by hot curves, and deceptively honest eyes. Renee is an extremely sympathetic heroine. She's had a very hard life, yet refuses to give up, even when everything seems to be stacked against her. John is a hero worthy of her, as he digs beneath his pessimism, and Renee's "obvious" guilt, to discover the real truth and help Renee, for once in her life, find justice and love. A real keeper!
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Summary: A First Novel of Enormous Promise
Review: With almost any work of fiction, the reader has to participate with the author to the extent of accepting the creator's premise. This participation probably is more of a requirement with romance novels which, bluntly, tend to have more fanciful foundations for their stories than do mainstream fiction. In I GOT YOU, BABE, once the reader buys into the motivating force of this plot, that the heroine has been framed for an armed robbery of a convenience store, the rest of the book flows quite logically. BABE is well-conceived and well-written, with an endearing damsel-in-distress and the prototypical hero who is firm but true. The supporting characters are hilarious. When the immovable object meets the irresistable force, sparks are sure to fly, so the sex scenes in this book are hot, hot, hot. This is a first novel of enormous promise, and I look forward to the sequel.
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