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Freedom's Price (Bartlett Brothers #2)
Could a revolutionary used to running wild win the heart of a world-weary journalist?
Liam Bartlett had nearly lost his life in San Salustiano, and for five years the correspondent had done his best to silence his ghosts.But when Marisala Bolivar arrived in Boston, all his memories returned—along with a white-hot hunger for the young rebel who'd hidden him and kept him aliv...more
Liam Bartlett had nearly lost his life in San Salustiano, and for five years the correspondent had done his best to silence his ghosts.But when Marisala Bolivar arrived in Boston, all his memories returned—along with a white-hot hunger for the young rebel who'd hidden him and kept him aliv...more
Mass Market Paperback, 229 pages
Published
February 26th 2008
by Bantam
(first published 1998)
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This is another great Brockmann quickie that although originally published in 1998 and just 229 pages still feels fresh and complete. I’m just loving her older, stand-alone romances which can be finished in an afternoon and give you everything you’re looking for in a contemporary romance.
FREEDOM’S PRICE is the companion book to Forbidden (which is also great) and here we get the other Bartlett brothers story. We first met Liam when his older (sexy cowboy) brother Cal went all trouble-shooterish...more
FREEDOM’S PRICE is the companion book to Forbidden (which is also great) and here we get the other Bartlett brothers story. We first met Liam when his older (sexy cowboy) brother Cal went all trouble-shooterish...more
An okay book. Not one of Brockmann's best but it is one of her early books and it's really short so it's not like there's much time to really develop a big theme. Liam was a prisoner on the island of San Salustiano for over eighteen months seven years ago. He was rescued, in part, by Marisala Bolivar who was a teenager at the time. He fell in love with her but she was just a child.
Now, all grown up, her uncle has sent her to the United States to get an education. He's asked Liam to help smooth h...more
Now, all grown up, her uncle has sent her to the United States to get an education. He's asked Liam to help smooth h...more
I was very interesting to see what would happen with this one when we got the big reveal in the last few pages of the last book, this book fast forwards 5 years for the end of it.
Liam is still have issues from being held hostage, beaten and tortured. Marisala, the girl that helped save him, comes to Boston for school, now that she is all grown up at 22. Her uncle hopes that Liam can teach her grace and social skills, essentially bury the warrior and outspoken rebel she was in the war.
Marisala's...more
Liam is still have issues from being held hostage, beaten and tortured. Marisala, the girl that helped save him, comes to Boston for school, now that she is all grown up at 22. Her uncle hopes that Liam can teach her grace and social skills, essentially bury the warrior and outspoken rebel she was in the war.
Marisala's...more
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Typical Suzanne Brockmann romance--I can always count on her for a good story, although this is a pretty short one. I'll admit, the hero's declaration of love to the heroine in his newspaper column got to me! *sniff*
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Young South American freedom-fighter leader is about to start college in Boston & learn to be a lady per her uncle's demands. Journalist Hero was chosen to be her guardian & she sees this as a challenge, given that she's been in love with him since she helped him escape from South American prison 7 yrs ago. But Hero is resisting his attraction b/c of his unresolved issues re: his imprisonment & feeling constrained by his role as her guardian.
This Brockmann book was alright. Nothing t...more
This Brockmann book was alright. Nothing t...more
Ugh. At least it was short. Parts of the story weren't bad, but the "big misunderstanding" was just unbelievably lame. All that was required was for the two main characters to have one actual conversation with each other--and perhaps each of them to be hit on the head with a blunt object first. Honestly, it was eye-rollingly rediculous! The first in the series was sooooo much better...it got to the point where I was praying just for a mention of Kayla or Cal in order to get away from Liam and Ma...more
Not my favorite of Brockmann's but it was still a decent book. The lesson Mara had to teach Liam was a good one & I love the way Brockmann worked it in. I liked that she stayed true to Mara's character in terms of how the relationship progressed and I thought the issues addressed were good ones. The unveiling of various parts of Mara's character was well done as was Liam's struggle with his past. As I said, a decent read but not one of Brockmann's best.
I didn't realize this was second in a series until just now, posting that I've read the book on goodreads! I tend to read books (or listen on CD as I did with this one) without reading the backs. I like to be surprised. So, you can imagine my surprise to find out this book is not about the US Military, which I feel was a fair assumption with the title and the author. With that being said, it was an okay story, although not great.
This is the sequel to Forbidden. The premise is so interesting, the execution is just not. I found this book really tedious, which is disappointing because I think Brockmann is one of the better writers in the genre. There's a lot of manufactured drama stemming from the fact that the characters never talk to each other about what's going on in their heads. In the hero, Liam, this is understandable; he went through really scary trauma that he's unwilling to talk about. In Marisala, it's just dumb...more
I really enjoyed this book. I'm a fan of her troubleshooters series, but I very much enjoyed the break from the SEALs.
I also expected it to be a bit hokey as is often the case when you read some of the earlier work from famous authors, but I thought it was just as well written as her other work and actually I think I enjoyed it a little more because the entire book was focused on the one story.
I also expected it to be a bit hokey as is often the case when you read some of the earlier work from famous authors, but I thought it was just as well written as her other work and actually I think I enjoyed it a little more because the entire book was focused on the one story.
An older Brockman from the archives that was pretty good. This is part 2 from a series, but this one can be read stand alone as what you need to know from the first book is told in this one. It's a shorter book, so there's not as much character development, but you can certainly see why there's a connection between Marisala and Liam. A nice story. Probably more of a 3.5.
Liam escaped from San Salustriano years ago but he's not really free. He fights a constant battle to keep the memories of his imprisonment and torture at bay. When Mara, his guardian angel, comes to Boston to school it makes it even harder to bury everything. But will her presence allow him to finally banish his demons or will they finally consume him entirely?
I liked this story okay, but it's nothing exceptional. Liam and Marisala have quite a past and when they reunite after many years, they are each forced to face those demons. It's obvious from the start that they will help each other accept what life has dealt them. I'm always a fan of friends who become lovers, so that part of this appeals to me.
Both characters are well developed and interesting. The story line is something different than I've read before, so it wasn't totally predictable. Overa...more
Both characters are well developed and interesting. The story line is something different than I've read before, so it wasn't totally predictable. Overa...more
Possibly the weakest thing I've ever read by Brockmann, even allowing for the limitations of the serial romance format. Normally Brockmann scores by elevating the cliche. Here she stays strictly in the realm of seen it, heard it, read it before (and better, elsewhere). I've never seen a case of PTSD read so dull.
Another good Brockmann read! This is another from her backlist, this time from the Bartlett Brothers Duology. It focuses more on the romance and drama between the hero and heroine while the suspense takes a backdrop in the character's past that binds them together. There's an instance of the "miscommunication breakdown" situation (as one character noted in the story) that some readers may seem tiring but it worked here due to what the characters went through and how they were introduced in the s...more
I liked this book all right, but parts were just too disturbing to belong in a romance novel. It's admittedly a fine line between the amount of gritty reality that's acceptable in an escapist romance and that which is just too much, but parts of this book crossed that line for me.
This one was pretty good. There was an interesting storyline involving the main characters' past, the characters were believable and likeable, the "heroine" was feisty and intelligent and the "hero" was open and honest not dark and misunderstood as in many romances I've read (which drives me crazy - and not in a good way.)
This takes secondary characters from "Forbidden" and goes into their lives as they try to find out who they really are now that they aren't running for their lives everyday. Short, sweet romance.
I read this book because I was in the mood for a good romance. This author writes a great story. There were a lot of twists and turns in this book. I was not sure there would be a happy ending.
I liked this one as much as I liked the first of the series. Both Liam and Mara were intriguing characters that deserved their own stories – I’m glad Brockmann decided to tell them!
Freedom fighters get together after years apart and find that they are still in love with each other but in a different way!
Pretty good book, but I dislike when stupidity gets in the way of things...and this book has quite a bit of that.
I liked the first one better. This one was frustrating....talk about 2 people who need to have more discussion.
I didn't engage with either hero or heroine - a problem I have with Brockmann and most category romances.
This book wasn't bad. It was a very short book and quick read.
Your average romance novel.
Your average romance novel.
Modern
Mom rated
A fun quick romantic read.
I thought I would like this book more than the first. Heck the only reason I read the first was to get to this one. I skipped to the end and didn't seem to miss anything inbetween.
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Suzanne Brockmann is the author of nearly 50 romance and romantic suspense novels, including her wildly popular 15-books-and-counting Troubleshooters series. She also wrote the popular Tall, Dark & Dangerous series for Silhouette Intimate Moments.
In her free time she likes to sing and do volunteer work. She is a proud member of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) as well...more
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In her free time she likes to sing and do volunteer work. She is a proud member of PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) as well...more
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