I am a fan of Julie Garwood, and enough of a fan that I keep my copies of the books she wrote for the pleasure of re-reading them. So when I was very disappointed to find this book seems to be a catch-all of intriguing ideas, exaggerated characters, unrelated events and the contents of the round file, and out of keeping with her previous books, I went back and re-read two of her recent books just to be sure it was the same author. Having done that, I am even more disappointed in this book. Sigh. I hope to have better luck the next time I buy one of her books.
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Prolific and Bestselling, and deservedly prize winning as an author, Nora Roberts has in this book turned her attention to the difficulties of women in another of the careers in which women must be extra tough to enter and stay in and succeed. In this exciting novel, that career is the stress and drama of being an officer in the police division that deals with hostage situations. The heroine, herself at one time a child-hostage, faces not only the emotional ordeals of hostage negotiations, the politics of the police department, and the chauvinism of the men she works with, she must also deal with her life as the lynchpin and support of her multigenerational family. She must cope with life as a single mother, as her mother's daughter, and her own inner life as a woman falling in love, reluctantly, again. Here she finds herself under a life threatening personal siege, for a fast-paced and dramatic story that climaxes in the heat of a Savannah summer.
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Shadow Dance by Julie Garwood
Harriett, January 21, 2008
I am a fan of Julie Garwood, and enough of a fan that I keep my copies of the books she wrote for the pleasure of re-reading them. So when I was very disappointed to find this book seems to be a catch-all of intriguing ideas, exaggerated characters, unrelated events and the contents of the round file, and out of keeping with her previous books, I went back and re-read two of her recent books just to be sure it was the same author. Having done that, I am even more disappointed in this book. Sigh. I hope to have better luck the next time I buy one of her books.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
High Noon by Nora Roberts
Harriett, November 14, 2007
Prolific and Bestselling, and deservedly prize winning as an author, Nora Roberts has in this book turned her attention to the difficulties of women in another of the careers in which women must be extra tough to enter and stay in and succeed. In this exciting novel, that career is the stress and drama of being an officer in the police division that deals with hostage situations. The heroine, herself at one time a child-hostage, faces not only the emotional ordeals of hostage negotiations, the politics of the police department, and the chauvinism of the men she works with, she must also deal with her life as the lynchpin and support of her multigenerational family. She must cope with life as a single mother, as her mother's daughter, and her own inner life as a woman falling in love, reluctantly, again. Here she finds herself under a life threatening personal siege, for a fast-paced and dramatic story that climaxes in the heat of a Savannah summer.(2 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)