★★★★½ stars! After I switched gears and realized it was an erotic novel, I loved it. Not you standard “hook-up” and nothing too kinky for me. Just lots of smoking words that burned up the screen on my computer. This one had an intriguing premise and a story with some punch when I least expected it. Favorite line:

She was the lump of chocolate and Russ was a warm radiator.

Man-oh-man! Juliana and Jill you've done it again. First time I’ve read anything by this author and it definitely won't be my More...

I think this book is a "put up, or shut up" for anyone who's called for flawed characters, physical imperfection or morally ambiguous heroines. It defies a whole host of genre conventions in a way I found refreshing, but anyone looking for a placeholder heroine to indulge in female fantasy would be completely put off. It's not a perfect book, but Maguire is taking romance somewhere new with her books, and I'm totally on board with this.

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For three weeks and nearly two thousand miles Sarah Novak has been on the run. Now with buckshot lodged in her side from a wary Montana farmer, Sarah stumbles onto Russ Gray's property in the middle of the night. Luckily for Sarah, Russ is a doctor of sorts.

Russ, is thirty-six, a widower and local veterinarian. He doesn't press Sarah too much for answers as to how she ended up in the backwoods with buckshot in her. He's lonely for company. And realises she needs to recover. Sarah for her part a More...

Originally reviewed at Fiction Vixen.

I love that I never know what I’m going to get when I pick up a Meg Maguire/Cara McKenna novel. This author always seems to offers up something different. Although I haven’t read her entire back-list, what I have read has taken me into a totally new direction every time. In Trespass Meg Maguire gives us a different kind of hero than I’ve come to expect. Since Russ was the character I thought most about while reading, and the reason I spent most of that time w More...

Who knew getting peppered with buckshot would be the thing that changed Sarah Novak’s life around? Little does she know fortune has smiled broadly on her in Nowhere, Montana after midnight, when she stumbles onto veterinarian Russell Gray’s property and trips his canine alarm system.

The synopsis is fairly accurate so there is no need to rehash it. What it doesn’t convey is the chemistry between the leads and cute intimacy scenes or the steamy ones. My derision of the heroine’s questionable mora More...

In the middle of the night, Russ Gray finds an injured woman wandering outside his home. In an attempt to help her, he invites her in so he can treat her gun shot wounds. Being a vet he knows a little something about treating injuries. Russ realizes right away she's probably in some sort of trouble, but offers her food and shelter while she recuperates. When she steals away in the middle of the night several days later, she takes more than just his money, she takes a piece of his heart.

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On the run from a crime of self-defense, Sarah Novak arrives in the dead of night at Russ Gray's remote Montana property, riddled with buckshot and short on answers. Despite his misgivings, the kind, hunky vet treats her wounds and allows to let her stay until she heals. But will the attraction that flares between them be enough to allow trust to build? Russ hopes so, but when he awakens to find “Nicole” and his money gone, anger drive More...

I should probably give it a second star for being well-written, but I subtracted a star for every time the hero's d!*k (view spoiler)[screamed. (hide spoiler)] Ugh. It was a startlingly poor word choice the first usage, and then moved past distracting and right into annoying with each repetition.

As for the story itself: Nope, sorry, didn't believe it. Intense, but nonsensical, with a hero & heroine who were BOTH TSTL. (view spoiler)[Didn't credit the instant-sex, instant-love. And what was up with all the "Pretty Woman" references, anyw (hide spoiler)] More...

After reading The Reluctant Nude earlier this year, I became very excited to try something else by Meg Maguire. Trespass didn’t quite live up to my expectations, but it still offers quite a different story, which I’ve come to expect from Meg Maguire aka Cara McKenna.

Sarah is on the run. From Buffalo, New York you know she is running from something serious she was involved in, but as the reader you don’t know exactly what. After hitchhiking west, she finds herself in Montana, hungry and injured. More...

When I read the plot synopsis for Trespass – Sarah, our heroine, after having been on the run for three weeks, shows up at Russ’, our hero’s, doorstep with a buckshot wound in her side - I assumed that this would be Meg Maguire’s first foray into Romantic Suspense. As it turned out however, there was even less suspense here than in her previous novel, The Reluctant Nude – there is some minor mystery about the reason why Sarah, the female protagonist, is on the run, but the reader can guess quite More...

3.5 Stars

I wasn’t sure what to expect when starting Trespass, but I’ve enjoyed all of Meg Maguire (Cara McKenna’s) books that I’ve read in the past so Trespass was an auto-buy for me. I will admit to being intrigued in Nicole/Sarah’s story right from the start. Why was she on the run, injured, so far away from home with no clothes, little money and basically at the end of her rope when she landed on country vet Russ’s doorstep? I needed to know and I was fully prepared to feel empathy for what More...

3.5 stars.

meg maguire/cara mckenna really has an ear for dialogue and is one of those sadly rare authors who take the time to find authentic motivation for their characters. i may not always particularly *like* her protagonists' kinks or personalities, but she carefully and thoroughly maps them, creating satisfying reads that often are a real joy.

trespass is a rather straightforward romance -- no great kinks or crazy -- that is paced well and only has a very, very few little moments where i wish More...

Another "sex on paper." AWESOME almost sex, and then BAM they finally get to, well, penetration. I know that sounds clinical, but it's part of the story. I thought the dialogue was superb for being an erotic story. I wish there would have been an epilogue or a part two or something, though.

4 1/2 STARS

What a fantastic story, the moment I read The Reluctant Nude by this author she became an automatic buy for me!

Enjoyed it. Stayed up late reading it. But didn't buy the general plot too much. H/h fell in to sex way too fast. Russ is way too trusting/non-questioning. And Sarah is just kinda clueless...

Again....LOVE this author! Great story!! I love the chemistry between Sarah & Russ! Even though they're story takes place in a short time span, they emotion & chemistry is unquestionable. From about middle to end, I couldn't put it down! Great read!!!

Pretty good story. Nothing wrong with a Montana man.

a low 3* but 3* non the less. The story is a little far fetched and i got a little bored near the end

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Great cabin romance! I love that Sarah and Russ were the sole focus. It allowed their characters to be fully developed so I was really able to root for their HEA.

The romantic and sexual tension was pitch perfect and believable. There were some plot points that weren't so believable but I was too wrapped up with the romance to care. The sex scenes were graphic but well- done and they got nicely creative due to lack of condoms.

Highly recommend. Meg Maguire is now on my auto- buy list.
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3.5 stars

A cute sweet story.

This is the first book I read by Meg Maguire. I thought Russ was dumb & brave for letting Sarah stay in his home. I loved the steamy scenes. It kept me interested from the beginning to the end. I really enjoyed reading this book. I'm glad I purchased it.

4.5 stars

This would have been a great full length book. A little more character development and then maybe a 5 star read. I like the concept and will be looking for more by this author.

Enjoyable. I liked the hero. Not too sure what to think about the heroine. Also, not sure I find the whole set up believable.

HOLY SHITBALLS! I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH THAT I HAVE TO TYPE IT IN ALL CAPS!!

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