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I loved the characters. I thought the romance and suspense were both tastefully written and satisfying without going over the top and the story in general was really well rounded. Go read this book If you enjoy romance novels but don't need for clothing to be ripped off in the first chapter and you can appreciate an actual plot then pick this book up NOW.
You won't regret it. Dec 12, Lynsey A rated it really liked it Shelves: romantic-suspense , library-book , child-children-involved , reads , hero-i-luv , hardcover. This was a delightful book to read The book was fast paced and a fun read. Our hero goes by three names in this book, one, his real name Danny as the undercover FBI agent, Trey, the nickname he had in college which he gives to the little boy who he's never met but is trying to protect, and Marco, the traitor ex-federal agent he is pretending to be to get the bad guys.
This This was a delightful book to read This made him a great hero, the way he protected Sam and her son Tyler from the get-go. He is a great hero. He was so sweet to Sam and I loved how he called her "baby doll.
The ending is short as are most of her RS books but still very satisfying. This is definitely one of her better RS books.
The only issue I had with this book was view spoiler [them somehow surviving a plane crash without even a scratch. A bit unrealistic but what can you do. It is fast paced, with a short timeline of the story.
Not quite up to Pamela Clare RS books but still a good read. View all 8 comments. I found this at the local Friends of the Library sale. I've read Karen Robards before and her books are hit or miss with me.
This was a hit for the most part. Samantha Sam Jones drives a tow truck and repos vehicles for a living. She is a single mom doing the best she can. One night she goes to repo a BMW and discovers a man bound and wounded in the trunk. Before she can help him she is knocked out and thrown into the trunk too. Lots of excitem I found this at the local Friends of the Library sale. Lots of excitement and action as Sam, her son, Tyler, and "Marco" escape the bad guys and go into witness protection together.
I would recommend to Romantic Suspense fans. Jan 08, Olga DiLenge rated it it was ok. I usually like her books but this just irritated me. Gorgeous single girl meets gorgeous single guy and they live happily ever after.
Ok, they went over a few bumps but they were completely predictable. I'm not even sure why I finished it. Don't bother! Mar 06, Alisa rated it it was ok Shelves: audio , zz Absolutely ridiculous. Two stars is being generous. It started off really good and I was immediately drawn in. Then it went in to old school stereotype filled nonsense.
The strong, independent heroine became too stupid to live. The "hero" was a patronizing jackhole and I swear to god if he called her "babydoll" one more time I was going to find a way to travel in to a book and punch him in his face. The plot was ridiculously unbelievable.
View all 3 comments. Dec 29, Noelle rated it it was ok Shelves: alpha-male , kindle , reads , kidnapped-by-hero , contemp , romantic-suspence , owned , children-in-the-mix , dnf , held-captive-by-hero. I HATE to do this because Karen Robards is one of my favs and always a sure thing for me but this one feels like this one was written by someone else.
Sam h was a product of the foster care system, street smart wild teenager Now she's a 23 year old single mother who is working her self into the ground and going to school to be an EMT to make ends meet and put food on her table.
Her only I HATE to do this because Karen Robards is one of my favs and always a sure thing for me but this one feels like this one was written by someone else. Her only saving grace is an old tow truck that an 'Uncle"had left her when he passed. As she is closing in on one of the cars on the list she knows that the neighbor hood is a bad one so she needs to hurry. As she's hooking up the car she notices that the trunk is open. He knows he's in a world of trouble because the baddies that are after the real Marco has infiltraited the witness protection program, killing several agents and kidnapped him falling for the ruse that he's really Marco.
Now he's laying tied up in the trunk of a car while Vieth tries to gain information from him, he's already been shot in the leg and knows he doesnt have much time before he ends up dying as Marco. Just as this thought is going through his head Vieth and his gang hear something that spooks them and they leave. The next thing he knows he's looking up into the eyes of a beautiful young woman, before he can shout a warning, she is clubbed over the head and dumped into the trunk with him.
To me, she's 23 and ya she's tough but she doesn't really show much fear. When she wakes up in the closed trunk of a moving car with a bound and bleeding stranger , the author has her being really sarcastic I just couldn't take it anymore and symbolicly tossed the book down.
If I hadn't been reading this on my Fire I would have really thrown the book. Dec 05, A. I picked this up because I needed something different to read. And I loved the cover, it's gorgeous even if I learned that it doesn't actually match the MC. She has black hair - it's mentioned quite a few times. It's not bad at all, I was on the edge the whole time, it keeps you interested to see what and how it goes down and I definitely didn't see the ending coming.
Though I have to say that the whole fairy tale ending was just over-the-top. I know they realize 3. I know they realize they're in love and everything, but it was just rushed. The heroine's name is Samantha Jones, and I have to say I was mildly disappointed that nobody makes a reference to Sex and the City or the singer.
I couldn't believe the author resisted that temptation! But I digress. Reading this there was something that bothered me a lot in the back of my mind and I couldn't figure out what it was until it hit me - Danny says he has a "hot girlfriend" somewhere in the beginning!
Here, I found it. He was thirty-two years old. Had a big, boisterous extended family. A hot girlfriend. A good although dangerous, see present situation job. Tickets to the NBA championship game in two weeks. Lots of things in the works.
And she's conveniently forgotten about after that. I'm not sure how I feel about that. For those who care about these things, there's one sex scene in here. It's not overly graphic. There's a lot of sexual tension between Sam and Danny, and it's believable considering what they've been through together.
They form this connection, and it's reasonable that she trusts him because he never proves that she shouldn't. So yeah, I was looking for something different to my usual YA, NA and romance reads and I have to say this did a good job. It has a fair amount of suspense in it, a very likable, strong female character. I did like it, and I do recommend it. Dec 10, D. Reynolds rated it really liked it. Danny Pantero is an undercover FBI agent who's posing as a bad guy, in order to draw attention away from the real bad guy who's singing like a bird.
She's barely making ends meet, but is determined to give her child the the security she never had. She's on a routine repo of a BMW when she pops the trunk and finds Danny Pantero, tied up and badly wounded. And before she knows it, she's in the trunk wi Danny Pantero is an undercover FBI agent who's posing as a bad guy, in order to draw attention away from the real bad guy who's singing like a bird.
And before she knows it, she's in the trunk with him. Talk about a cute meet! But there's nothing cute about Robards' story. It's fast-paced and gripping. The bad guys are ruthless and no one is safe from their brutality. Danny and Sam are drawn to each other, though both fight it for different reasons.
This becomes more difficult when they're forced into close proximity as they both, and Sam's young son, end up in the same safe house. That doesn't stop the bad guys, and the only question is whether Danny will figure out what's going on before Sam and her child end up casualties of his undercover op. My only complaint with this book is that the very end is too quick and convenient, but getting there is worth the read. May 12, Sher Marie rated it it was ok Shelves: audiobook.
Gosh, this book sucks! Its like the writer felt she had to qualify every action or description taken by the protagonist. The overkill with dumb details and the shoehorning of unnecessary curse words was too much. Poor writing, amateurish product, and Gosh Darn It did I really need to get a full anatomical description of the similarities betwe "Sam saw him walking toward her from the pine forrest, its then that she noticed there was the smell of pine in the air along with fuel from the wreckage"!
Poor writing, amateurish product, and Gosh Darn It did I really need to get a full anatomical description of the similarities between Sam and her BFF simply because Sam borrowed a dress from her for a night out!!!
Usually if you share clothing with your bestie it goes without saying you are probably the same build I will never read this "authors" drivel again.
One of the worse I've encountered! Dec 18, Jacqueline J rated it really liked it Shelves: romantic-suspense , from-readers-world , baby-child-involved , cop-fbi , heroine-is-feisty-heroine. Beautiful cover! I have been in a 3 week reading slump which equates to ten years probably for anyone else. I needed something to kick start my reading and this suited very well. I really liked it. Nothing new or ground breaking just some pretty solid romantic suspense.
Loved the gutsy heroine and the hot hero. Some parts might have been implausible but what the hey? Sometimes you just have to go along for the fun ride without tearing stuff apart. A solid entertaining read. I like this author's work but this was not one of my favourites.
I liked the heroine I was so irritated with the repetition of Not a bad romance suspense but not a great one either. What I loved was the cover View 2 comments. Dec 08, Hazel rated it did not like it Shelves: one-star-book-shelf. Why was this book even published? Words cannot explain how beautiful this book was Like seriously, the main character's son was more grown up than her and he was like, ten, I think.
She lives in a neighborhood full of drug dealers, street-walkers, and people up to no good so she carries around a gun I know, that so totally automatically makes you badass to protect herself. Then, one day, she finds this bloodied up hot dude in the trunk of a BMW, and gets thrown in there with him. The mentioned hot dude then goes on to tell the story and jabbers on and on about how she has such an attractive scent, form, bla bla bla.
Okay, break in the summary. I listened to this book and I think it is read by the same person who read the Wings of Fire series so since then I associate her voice with innocent and appropriate beings, not smoochy killers, so it was kind of weird to have this guy who sounded like a kid talking about that sort of stuff. Now back to the summary. She ends up escaping with him, rescues her son just before he would have been caught by the bad guys, gets saved by marshals who understandably don't like her or the guy, Daniel, and falls in love with the latter.
Then things go wrong, she and her new lover get captured but through a series of events, one of which includes a crashing plane, escapes again and lives happily ever after. So that was the story plot. I didn't care for any of them except for the son view spoiler [who luckily did not get shot or terribly injured but did get exposed the some cruel scenes. Aug 27, Tammy Ambrose rated it it was amazing. Karen Robards has long been one of my favorite authors and she does not disappoint with Shiver.
From the get go I was invested in the characters and on this rollercoaster ride with them. I loved Samantha, she's no princess waiting to be saved. She's strong and determined to save herself and her son from a ruthless gang intent on killing her and all because she was in the wrong place at the wrong time Mar 26, Aina Winky rated it liked it. For a single mother to four years old son, being in the middle of danger is the last thing that Sam ever want. With little hope and trust, Sam have to reliant on a stranger who is the main reasons that put Sam and her son in jeopardy in the first place.
This thriller-romance will keep you shiver till end. Oct 18, Tori rated it liked it Shelves: mystery , read-in , review-for-smexybooks , arc , romance-suspense , there-s-an-arse-inhere , dark , violence , tortured-hero , tortured-heroine. Samantha Jones never thought her life would change when she answered a call for a repo. A young single mother who works and lives for her young son, Sam does what she can to try and make a better life for the both of them. When she pops the truck on the BMW and sees a man inside, beat up and shot, she has no time to react and finds herself sharing the tiny space with him.
Daniel Panterro is convinced this is his last stand. Kidnapped from protective custody and beaten within an inch of his life, he is shocked when a beautiful young woman opens the trunk and joins him in his mobile grave. Sam is furious to be dragged into his situation and only wants to get to her son. Now Sam, Daniel, and her son are on the run. Can Sam trust her heart, or will Daniel prove a fatal attraction? Karen Robards Shiver is a strong character driven romantic thriller that is predictable in the set up and outcome but provides a few twists and turns in the journey to the end.
A smooth flowing storyline that, perhaps unintentionally, focuses much more on the characters and their romance than the main conflict. I found myself guessing the ending halfway into the book. Well written dialogue and definite antagonistic chemistry between Daniel and Sam is what held my interest in the story.
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