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Tempting Evil (Prison Break Trilogy #2)
by
Allison Brennan (Goodreads Author)
BIG DIE COUNTRY
Joanna Sutton can cope with the fierce winter storm bearing down on the small rural community of Centennial Valley, Montana; the popular romance writer has survived much worse in life. Haunted by the loss of her husband and child, Jo has found refuge at her family’s secluded lodge, but her haven soon becomes a hell. During the ferocious blizzard, a local Boy...more
Joanna Sutton can cope with the fierce winter storm bearing down on the small rural community of Centennial Valley, Montana; the popular romance writer has survived much worse in life. Haunted by the loss of her husband and child, Jo has found refuge at her family’s secluded lodge, but her haven soon becomes a hell. During the ferocious blizzard, a local Boy...more
Paperback, 432 pages
Published
May 20th 2008
by Ballantine Books
(first published 2008)
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It actually didn’t take that long to read this one. I had started it on Friday, but because I picked up my copy of Acheron, that one was more important. However, when I finally picked this one back up on Monday, it was damn near unputdownable!
Brennan has a way of writing in descriptions: whether scenery or character development, you get a complete picture of it all.
Joanna still hasn’t gotten over the death of her husband and nine-year-old son four years earlier. While she shows a brave front for...more
Brennan has a way of writing in descriptions: whether scenery or character development, you get a complete picture of it all.
Joanna still hasn’t gotten over the death of her husband and nine-year-old son four years earlier. While she shows a brave front for...more
This was just OK to me. It is the second installment in the Prison Break trilogy. I liked how it continued on where the first book left off. An earthquake made it possible for a number of inmates to escape from San Quentin. Some were caught, others were not. The bad guys in this one were ones (obviously) that were not apprehended.
The trio of inmates travel from California to Montana because the main bad guy, Aaron Doherty, is obsessed with Joanna Sutton, a romance novelist. She helps run the fa...more
The trio of inmates travel from California to Montana because the main bad guy, Aaron Doherty, is obsessed with Joanna Sutton, a romance novelist. She helps run the fa...more
Aug 11, 2009
Angela Blanco
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Recommends it for:
anyone who likes reading about murder, suspense, thrillers, etc...
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This has been one of my favorites of Allison Brennan. I have been reading her series in no particular order, which is a stretch for me as I am kind of a nut in making sure I always read series in order. I started out with her Lucy Kincaid series (which has me anxiously waiting for the next book always) and decided to delve into her past books. Reoccurring characters jump in and out of the books.
This book made me feel the wide open spaces and seclusion of the Montana Big Sky country. The villain...more
This book made me feel the wide open spaces and seclusion of the Montana Big Sky country. The villain...more
"Tempting Evil" by Allison Brennan Is set with a fierce winter storm bearing down on the small rural community of Centennial Valley Montanna .Its about a popular romance writer who suffered a great tradegy.She finds refuge at her family's secluded lodge, but her haven soon becomes hell when three Men brake out of prison and are heading her way! One of the men has an obsession for her because she writes books and he thinks they were writtin about him and her. He is determined to get her one way o...more
I'm not sure what went wrong with this book. I've really loved all her other ones, and found the balance of crime, mystery and romance to be about right. Something about this one was just.... off. Don't get me wrong, I love Allison Brennan, and her other books I have rated quite highly.... but this one.... eh...... I could never get into the characters, I just didn't CARE about how they ended up. Never good. I'm not about a third of the way into the #3 book in this trilogy and she seems to be ba...more
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I’ve read a few of Brennan’s books and they can be hits or misses. This one leans more towards the latter. First off, I have to mention that the hero and heroine were really dull as they had little to no chemistry. The romance between the two (what little there was) was a yawn-fest. I was ready to hurl if I had to read once more about how his kid was growing up to be a “young man.” The story itself sounded really good but as I kept reading, I found it to be repetitive, especially when it came to...more
Dec 30, 2008
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This is the second book in the Prison Break Trilogy. You need to read the first book in the series, Killing Fear first. It sets the stage about how the prisoners got out and what they want to do. This book tells about an author who moved to Montana after her husband and son were murder. She has a prisoner that is obsessed with her and when he escapes wants to be with her. I thought this was a good book, however it definitely needed an editor. It was very stilted and repeative in parts. The story...more
Maybe I've read too many Allison Brennan books this year, maybe I just couldn't get into our hero and heroine. I don't know.
So far Aaron is the most whiny and pathetic villain of any of her books. Usually they're so diabolical or fatally flawed, or inhumanly murderous. Aaron was just a pathetic loser. Usualy I'm stoked on the perversity of their actions. Not so with this one.
Add in the underwhelming (for me) romantic plot and I found myself right in the middle of the road.
So far Aaron is the most whiny and pathetic villain of any of her books. Usually they're so diabolical or fatally flawed, or inhumanly murderous. Aaron was just a pathetic loser. Usualy I'm stoked on the perversity of their actions. Not so with this one.
Add in the underwhelming (for me) romantic plot and I found myself right in the middle of the road.
I both really liked this book as was super creeped out with this one. The way Aaron was, was just a little too real for me. I can see how a person could become this obsessed and start to live in their own little fantasy world.
I thought the story with Jo and Tyler was ok, but a little boring and predictable. I was more interested with the interaction between Jo and Jason. There was so much to explore with that relationship.
I also liked the relationship between Jo and Trixie. It is too bad that...more
I thought the story with Jo and Tyler was ok, but a little boring and predictable. I was more interested with the interaction between Jo and Jason. There was so much to explore with that relationship.
I also liked the relationship between Jo and Trixie. It is too bad that...more
improbably, the main character is a romance writer whose books appeal to one particular escaped convict, who with two others, has traveled from california in the dead of winter to montana where he means to make her his woman.
you can still have suspense and action even though some of the events and characters seem rather unlikely as actual persons. so this is a combination of romance and suspense which works on a certain level.
you can still have suspense and action even though some of the events and characters seem rather unlikely as actual persons. so this is a combination of romance and suspense which works on a certain level.
I enjoyed this book so much it made me feel like a bad Mom who ignored her kid for an entire morning. Using excuses such as, one more chapter or one more coffee (as if that was such a bright idea). Luckily my kid likes to entertain himself. But yes, I would totally recommend this book. I love the imagery of the Valley, it made me want to be there, under different circumstances of course.
The plot was obviously well-thought out, with attention to all the what ifs and whys, however I ended up bored with the characters due to the author's endless explanations and background stories for even the lesser characters involved. I could only stick around for three quarters of the book, so I cannot recommend this one.
I got this book off the FREE Take one table at the library.
I needed a book that I could take to Lake Powell and not care if it got wet, sun , heat damage... So it was an ok story about an author who is stalked from this prison escapee etc..murder mystery type book..lots of yucky language had to skip some...not one to recommend.
I needed a book that I could take to Lake Powell and not care if it got wet, sun , heat damage... So it was an ok story about an author who is stalked from this prison escapee etc..murder mystery type book..lots of yucky language had to skip some...not one to recommend.
This one was a tad slower paced than its predecessor. All the descriptions of snow and cold made me sleepy and the psycho in this book was creepy. Really creepy.
I usually like Brennan's "suspense" books. I could have done without the explicit sex she felt compelled to include. I don't read "romance" for a reason. It wasn't necessary in this book. Otherwise I would have given it 3 stars.
Decent book. I read it in 2-3 days during a vacation around New Years' time. I've read others by her that seemed to be a little more interesting.
This was a very solid romantic suspense. The suspense was well done. It did drag a bit there at the end, but only because I was ready for the bad guy to get his in the end. The romance was there and was a common thread throughout the book, but stayed in the background except right there in the end. It was still good, but more satisfied my want for a suspense more then it did for romance. This is a apart of the trilogy, but I think the books are more connected to the title then anything to do wit...more
Quick read, predictable, but enjoyable romance/suspense novel, good enough that I would read another Brennan novel :)
I liked this book, but it didn't seem to grab me the way her other books have. Book one of this trilogy was much better.
Liked it better than the first but both just seem like background for the third, which I am looking forward to reading
Enjoyed this book, easy reading, interesting characters and nice setting. Good ending.
I could only give this 3 stars. I enjoyed reading it, but it didn't really stand out as special.
Book was awful. It was poorly writen and boring. I was very disapointed.
great book great story line from the name of the book id expect different from whats inside of it but fantastic story
Wow this book is a page turner.
Kind of boring. Decided I didn't care to read it.
Very light. Decent page turner.
worth reading on a rainy afternoon.
Well, once again I found myself constantly feeling as though I missed the book that told of Tyler's life before moving to Montana. Putting that aside, I really bate to say this but this book was a real yawned! I could have read the first couple chapters and the last chapter and would have been fine. I'm not giving up on this author though. I've read some great books by her. Everyone is allowed a few drainers. I've already purchased the last book in the prison break series so I'm hoping she saved...more
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Allison Brennan is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of nineteen romantic thrillers and many short stories. RT Book Reviews calls Allison “a master of suspense” and her books “haunting,” “mesmerizing,” “pulse-pounding” and “emotionally complex.” Lisa Gardner says, “Brennan knows how to deliver.” The fifth book in the Lucy Kincaid series, STALKED, is available now, followed by...more
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