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Kiss and Tell (T-FLAC #2)

by Cherry Adair (Goodreads Author)

4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 · rating details · 2,142 ratings · 99 reviews

Marnie Wright has seen more than her fair share of testosterone, having grown up with four overprotective brothers. But now a longhaired mountain man named Jake Dolan has invaded Marnie's peaceful day of soul-searching at her grandmother's old cabin. Sure, she was trespassing on his property, but did he have to pull a gun on her? After being stashed in his secret undergrou...more

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Published July 27th 2004 by Ballantine Books (first published 2000)

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Dec 04, 2011 Dina rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romantic-suspense

Now I know why I left this book collecting dust on my TBR pile for more than 5 years! Overall, it wasn't a bad book but the first half did drag a bit. I only persevered because many readers whose opinion I trust said it was worth it. Am I glad I did? Well, let's just say I don't regret reading the book...

Jake was the typical alpha hero who had been "burned by love" and betrayed by friends, so he had serious trusting issues. Hiding in his mountain lair while trying to understand who betrayed him,...more Now I know why I left this book collecting dust on my TBR pile for more than 5 years! Overall, it wasn't a bad book but the first half did drag a bit. I only persevered because many readers whose opinion I trust said it was worth it. Am I glad I did? Well, let's just say I don't regret reading the book...

Jake was the typical alpha hero who had been "burned by love" and betrayed by friends, so he had serious trusting issues. Hiding in his mountain lair while trying to understand who betrayed him, the last thing he needed to further complicate his life was a somewhat clueless blonde named Marnie. In less than twenty-four hours, they were both running for their lives, trying to escape the assassins sent to kill him. I bet sweet and sheltered Marnie didn't see that coming when she decided to spend the weekend at her grandmother's cabin in the mountain.

Now, here comes my first "problem" with the story... One could say that Jake had "trust no one" tattooed on his forehead, but he not only took Marnie to his ultra secret lair but also revealed what he did for a living and told her all his past history. Okay, he was in lust with her but he wasn't in love with her and, most importantly, he didn't trust her yet. I didn't expected him to leave her alone to deal with the assassins on their trail, of course, but his revealing the location of his lair and everything else early on was out of character.

My second "problem" was Marnie... Maybe she was supposed to provide some comic(?) relief with her never-ending blabbering but I just wanted her to shut up. As the story progressed and she managed to save Jake's life a couple of times, she grew on me a little but she was still far from becoming one of my favorite heroines.

The villain's identity came as no surprise to me, and he was somewhat pathetic. Seeing how Jake manipulated his emotions easily in their final showdown, it was hard to believe he had managed to elude so many highly trained agents for so long. And why, oh why, do villains always have to waste time bragging and tauting the hero? Don't they know the cavalry will come and end their evil doings right before they're ready to kill the H/h? Sucker! :)

But then came the last chapter... and I melted into a puddle of goo. Awww, Jake was so sweet and adorable! I closed the book with a sigh and almost forgot my previous complaints. I said, almost...

All things considered, this was just an okay read. I wasn't able to suspend my disbelief to buy that many plot holes, but the actions scenes were good and kept me on the verge of my seat. If only I had been able to check my brain at the door when I started reading this book... ;)
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Feb 21, 2008 Kathrynn rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Romantic Suspense Readers

Recommended to Kathrynn by: Auntee

Shelves: series-tflac_adair, romance-suspense, own, favorites, hot, 2008, theme-uniform, reviewed

Book #2 in the T-FLAC series and it was WONDERFUL. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire book. Great action, lots of romance and funny (at times). I thought the book was well written and had wonderful characters--including Marnie's overprotective brothers.

Loved the dog!

I see that book #3, "Hide and Seek" is with Marnie's brother, Kyle.

Hot!

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Jul 13, 2008 Eastofoz rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Readers who like romantic suspense "lite"

Shelves: romantic-suspense

The first half of this book is a looooong and drawn out 3 star but the second half is a quick and perky 4 star that thankfully makes up for that tedious first half ;D

I’d say that those initial 150 pages just have the h/h going around in circles and as a reader you're wondering when something "good" is going to happen. It does set the stage but I thought it could have been done better.

The heroine, Marnie, is sooooooo annoying. The author does such a great job at making her sound like a ditzy ch...more

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Jul 14, 2010 Shannon C. rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: suspense-mystery

4 stars: very good suspense/thriller romance

This is my first book by this author and will not be my last. I loved this book. Couldn't put it down--stayed up until almost 2 am reading it! Great characters, great story, great romance. It's a mix of action, adventure, mystery, suspense and romance.

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Warning - do not order all the other books in this series based on the quality of this book w/o first reading reviews on the other ones. I just tried the next book after this and it was horrible.

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Feb 11, 2008 July rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: home-library

Jake Dolan is minding his buisness in his underground retreat when his alarms goes off. When he looks on his monitors all he sees is a over grown dog. But when the dog moves there is a small petite woman who sits down and starts to draw. Well he is going to have to run her off otherwise she will be in danger.
Marnie Wright has been overprotected her whole life by 4 older brothers and a father. Now she is here in the mountains to soul search at her grandmothers cabin. And this mountain man with lo...more

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Oct 25, 2007 Amy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romantic-guilty-pleasures

Cherry Adair is my queen of romantic suspense with her T-FLAC series that includes hot counterterrorism operatives and their sizzling relationships with strong, hard-headed, soft-hearted women, as they do battle with the bad guys and gals in exotic locales around the world. Cherry actually wrote me e-mails once, encouraging me to write that "great American novel" I always thought was inside me. It's started...about a third finished and in a holding pattern. Every time I think about my book I thi...more

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Sep 06, 2011 Kristy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, hott-spots, loved-it, special-ops-military-mercenary

OOOO I loved this book. It makes me want to read more of the T-FLAC series. What I liked the most was all the life and death situations. My favorite part was when they were running for their life. It was intense. The one thing I found hard to believe was them falling in love so deeply after a weekend together. I kind of wish they had a little history. I loved the way they met, but I wished it would have happened a year sooner or something. The love just seemed to happen too quick. He said he fel...more

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Sep 25, 2010 Jane Stewart rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-suspense

Not entertaining enough and didn't enjoy reading about heroine.

There was no interesting interaction. There was nothing interesting about the personalities or characters. The only thing that attracted Marnie to Jake was chemistry, a biological reaction to his smells, etc. that she had never experienced before. She was so drawn to him that she couldn't help herself. She did everything she could think of to get him to have sex with her. He finally did. The side story is that assassins are after him...more Not entertaining enough and didn't enjoy reading about heroine.

There was no interesting interaction. There was nothing interesting about the personalities or characters. The only thing that attracted Marnie to Jake was chemistry, a biological reaction to his smells, etc. that she had never experienced before. She was so drawn to him that she couldn't help herself. She did everything she could think of to get him to have sex with her. He finally did. The side story is that assassins are after him. She is on the run with him and then in hiding with him. This book did not entertain me. I didn't care for Marnie enough. I would have preferred a little less time hearing her thoughts as she grieved over the death of her grandmother who had died a month earlier. The dialogue was not creative or witty. Nothing surprised or delighted me. In addition, some events bothered me which I describe below.

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I did not like that when they were on the run from the assassins and trying to keep silent, Marnie kept doing a loud whisper calling for her dog.

I did not like that they were safely hidden underground from the assassins, but Marnie kept worrying about her dog. At least twice, Marnie/Jake went above ground and opened the door to let the dog take care of its bathroom needs. Their lives were in danger. They should have used newspapers, plastic bags, etc. and kept the dog inside. The assassins knew about the underground place and were looking for the entrance.

After Jake killed all the bad guys, he and Marnie punched the leader, Dancer, and left him supposedly knocked out on the ground. Jake didn't even tie him up. Then Dancer grabbed a gun and shot Marnie. That did not make sense to me.

I hated the part where Michael (Marnie's brother) talked Jake into leaving Marnie by saying that Jake couldn't take care of her because he was a warrior. Jake's soldiering had put her in danger. Jake was in love with her, but he left her because of that idea.

Sexual language: mild. Number of sex scenes: five. Setting: current day Sierra mountains, U.S. Copyright: 2000. Genre: romantic suspense.

To date, I've read one other book by Cherry Adair. My 3 star review for her book "On Thin Ice" Copyright 2004 was posted on 7/20/08.(less)

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Sep 05, 2010 Tracy rated it 5 of 5 stars

4.5 Stars.
Jake Dolan was holed up in his mountain retreat for a reason. Someone had sold him out on his last mission, the terrorist he'd dedicated six years of his life to tracking and killing had slipped away from him yet again, and it looked like there was a mole in his agency...one who was setting Jake up to take the fall and threatening his sixteen years with the specialty covert operations unit. Life wasn't exactly a bowl of cherries for him, so when he looked at the monitors and saw a gian...more 4.5 Stars.
Jake Dolan was holed up in his mountain retreat for a reason. Someone had sold him out on his last mission, the terrorist he'd dedicated six years of his life to tracking and killing had slipped away from him yet again, and it looked like there was a mole in his agency...one who was setting Jake up to take the fall and threatening his sixteen years with the specialty covert operations unit. Life wasn't exactly a bowl of cherries for him, so when he looked at the monitors and saw a giant dog and a diminutive woman on his land...not thirty feet from the front door of his cabin above him, Jake was none too happy. And the woman was blond. Jake had very bad luck with blonds.

Marnie Wright had come to her grandmother's cabin in the mountains to make some life changing decisions. She had many fond memories of the place, having spent many a summer with her four brothers running like wild children all over the place. Now that her granny was dead and her brothers were rattling their sabers about tearing down the old place, she just wanted a chance to say good bye to some poignant memories and decide what her next course of action in life was going to be. She knew what she didn't want - to be a doormat...to be beholden...to be treated with kid gloves. Mostly she wanted to live a life she could be proud of.

She didn't expect the gruff demand of a surly stranger as she sat on a log sketching the cabin she'd come across while she was hiking with her Great Dane, Duchess. She didn't expect to find someone so utterly unapproachable to be so darned attractive, either, even while he was holding a shotgun and demanding she remove herself from his mountain - and if his attitude was any indication, the planet in general. But Marnie has four older and much bigger brothers she'd spent twenty-seven years dealing with, so surly didn't have any effect on her...much to Jake's bemused fury.

Events quickly conspire to trap Marnie and Jake together and the man can't get rid of her quick enough. One blond slitting his throat was enough, he surely wasn't going to let his guard down for another to do the same thing, and when a squad of men show up bearing weapons and combing the mountain for him just after the appearance of the potentially treacherous female, Jake's convinced he's been set up...again...to take the hardest fall of all.

I loved this book! Marnie was a delightful spitfire and Jake was a perfect blend of deliciously grim and adorably helpless against her. The plot was a bit of a stretch in places, but the action was top notch and the pace heart-pounding as Marnie and Jake try to stay alive without killing each other. There was just enough humor to make me chuckle out loud in several places and enough character development to really make me feel for both of them. I was delighted by a heroine who wasn't weak and didn't do stupid things and charmed by a hero utterly lacking in charm and so damn stubborn and convinced he's right...right up until he's not.

Everyone has preferences in their reading pleasures, and Adair definitely hit on just about every single one of mine in the romantic relationship in this one. It was just perfect for me. I favor spitfires and unbendable men - the unstoppable force and the immovable object to the extreme. Despite an initial volley by Marnie near the beginning that I thought was precipitous, I found the arc of their physical and emotional development to be paced well with the action and goings on around them. It never felt rushed or implausible given the nature of the characters, and that was a particularly pleasant surprise. And I loved - just loved - everything about Jake in the final chapter. He stole the show (details withheld to prevent spoilers).

I had a few issues with the plot, though. Beyond Duchess seeming a bit too much like Lassie on more than one occasion and the identity of the head baddie not being any sort of surprise, there were a few things that seemed a bit unlikely, if not downright contradictory (baddies with hands bound behind their backs cannot shoot someone in front of them). One scene in particular bothered me a lot - and I'm going to try to be as spoiler-free as possible, but it annoyed me so much that I have to say something - a bad guy has brought Marnie to the head baddie and head baddie specifically asks bad guy if she had weapons. Bad guy tells him she had a gun that she shot at him but he took it from her. Now...this is a team of highly motivated and highly trained terrorists...don't you think the bad guy would frisk her and find the other two weapons she had on her? The fact that he didn't snapped my willing suspension of disbelief to hell and back and jolted me right out of the story.

Despite all that, the romance and the action were strong enough to keep me utterly enthralled through to the end of this very satisfying book. The romantic story arc gets a resounding five stars from me, but the suspense parts were a bit weaker in spots and kept me from rating the book as a whole quite that high. Still, I very much enjoyed it and purchased the second in the series, Hide and Seek. I am a little confused, though, because according to the author's website, Kiss and Tell is the first book of The Wrights subset of The Men of T-FLAC series, but it's listed as the second book on Amazon, with Hide and Seek listed as the third. I'm not sure what's considered the first, even after my time on Adair's website, and I'd hate to miss a good story if it's out there. Any information to clarify would be appreciated.

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Jul 28, 2010 Mom rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-during-2010

It's been a long time since I stayed up most of the night to finish a book because it was so good, but I did with this one. I'd definitely read this one again.

Marnie Wright has seen more than her fair share of testosterone, having grown up with four over-protective brothers. But now a longhaired mountain man named Jake Dolan has invaded a peaceful day of soul-searching at her grandmother's old cabin. Sure, she was trespassing on his private property, but did he have to pull a gun on her? After b...more

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Jul 07, 2010 MaggieReadsRom rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romantic-suspense

Marnie Wright goes to her grandmother's cabin on the mountain to decide what she really wants to do with her life. She wants to get away from her 4 bossy brothers and father who pamper her and actually live her life for her.
She runs straight into Jake Dolan, who turns out to be just the man for her, although he's even bossier than her brothers and father combined.
Jake is part of an organization that fights terrorists (T-FLAC) and he's being framed as a mole.

They are the school example of oppos...more Marnie Wright goes to her grandmother's cabin on the mountain to decide what she really wants to do with her life. She wants to get away from her 4 bossy brothers and father who pamper her and actually live her life for her.
She runs straight into Jake Dolan, who turns out to be just the man for her, although he's even bossier than her brothers and father combined.
Jake is part of an organization that fights terrorists (T-FLAC) and he's being framed as a mole.

They are the school example of opposites that attract. Marnie a delicate and petite blonde. Jake a big, sometimes rude, and dark black ops officer on suspension. Marnie has a tendancy to babble and speak her mind without thinking. Jake is a man of few words which he certainly doesn't waste on unneccesary conversation. But their attraction to each other is strong and undeniable, even for Jake.

Then a group of assassins come for Jake. And this is a turning point in the book. The petite and delicate Marnie truly stands her ground and saves Jake's life a few times and she proves to be someone you can rely on when you have a group of terrorist assasins trying to off you.

I thought this was a great book and I think I'm hooked on Cherry Adair now. Her writing style is plain, simple, action-packed and fast-paced. The suspense she creates is awesome and so are the characters, both main and secondary. There's no feeling of the story being rushed into a satisfying ending but a well rounded good story with awesome suspense building and a lot of action. Trees crashing on cabins, gunfights, fistfights, assassins, hiding in an underground hightech lair....I just kept reading and reading just wanting to find out what would happen next.

But there are also the feeings between Marnie and Jake and the dilemma's they each have to deal with. There is Jake's loneliness, Marnie's sorrow and grief for her grandmother and the way she tries to get a hold of her own life. And in the midst of all this there's love and passion in some beautiful love scenes. I had a lot of lumps in the throat moments but there were also scenes I couldn't help but smile.

This was my first romantic suspense novel I ever read and I must say if other books in this genre are like this one, it defenitely wasn't the last one. At least the following books in the T-FLAC series are already on my shelf so I'm going to read them very soon because I can't wait to find out how the stories of Marnie's brothers will be.

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Feb 19, 2012 Leanne rated it 5 of 5 stars

Marnie is a quirky but courageous young woman who goes to stay at her deceased Grandmother's home which is a cabin in the woods. The cabin was not in good condition but Marnie wanted time alone to come to grips with her life and make decisions towards life changes.
Jake is a grumpy soldier who is still licking his wounds out in hide-a-way in the woods. He's expecting trouble but never expected it to come with a little blonde torpedo who turns his life into a whirlwind.

I really enjoyed this book....more

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Sep 08, 2009 Beanbag Love rated it 4 of 5 stars

For some reason, suspense romance is appealing to me right now. I've read recommendations for Cherry Adair for a while now, so I finally decided to give her a try.

Kiss and Tell is actually the second book in her T-FLAC series, but I started with it because the first book had far fewer stars and was actually written a long time before this second installment. I definitely didn't feel like I was missing anything by skipping the first so I guess I made the right decision.

This story is based on one...more

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Apr 12, 2011 Nikki Brandyberry rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed Kiss and Tell! It was a fantastic mix of action, suspense and sweet, sweet love. I have a big soft spot for scarred men and Jake definitely satisfied my cravings. He is a scarred man, physically and emotionally…a double shot! His unwillingness to trust Marnie was justified from his past and at the same time I wanted to throttle him for his stubbornness. Having the woman you thought you loved try and slit your throat would make even the most stable man a bit weary of the opposite...more I really enjoyed Kiss and Tell! It was a fantastic mix of action, suspense and sweet, sweet love. I have a big soft spot for scarred men and Jake definitely satisfied my cravings. He is a scarred man, physically and emotionally…a double shot! His unwillingness to trust Marnie was justified from his past and at the same time I wanted to throttle him for his stubbornness. Having the woman you thought you loved try and slit your throat would make even the most stable man a bit weary of the opposite sex.

I loved Marnie’s character as well. She was spunky and hard-headed and when I wanted to throttle Jake, Marnie did it for me. Her ability to be patient with this skittish man was amazing and her back bone was unbreakable. The poor girl gets put through a lot in this book and she never wavers. Never backs down. I love a heroine who can handle herself, even in the worst of situations. You can go to pieces later..right now, grow a pair and buck up buttercup! Marnie delivers the spunkiness with refreshing attitude. Loved her.At the beginning of the book she is trying to restart her life, to get out from under her muscle bound brothers. She comes into her own throughout the book and its refreshing to watch unfold.

I also need to note that Kiss and Tell features a fun loving and completely loyal Great Dane. Great Danes are one of my favorite dog breeds and someday I hope to have a chance to own one. The dog adds a sweet element to the story. Gotta love a man who is nice to animals right?

There was a ton of action as is common in a Cherry Adair book, and I have to say, she does it with such description that you will not have hard time picturing anything. Her style will have you right in the middle of the terrorist show down in the snowy and secluded mountain top.

I can’t wait to get into the next T-FLAC book, Hide and Seek! If Kiss and Tell is any indicator, it will be action filled with intermittent steaminess. Cherry Adair will make running for your life sound exhilarating!(less)

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Mar 30, 2012 Danyel rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: If you can't stand to not read first books in a series or really have nothing to read

This wasn't the worst romance that I've ever read, but nor was I overly pleased with it. The author has certainly left something to be desired with regards to the first two books in this series.

A rundown of my beefs with this book:

-Cliched plot
-Fairly boring dialogue (Though there were occasional bits that tickled my perverse sense of humor. More laughing at the book, though..)
-A blatant implausibility or two
-Cardboard characters (When they weren't acting out of the character that the author had...more

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Apr 10, 2011 Babyfishmouth rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

2.5 stars. I really liked some aspects of this book. Others not so much. First the good. I love books where the h/h are snowbound or trapped in a cabin. This book had that. I also liked the tortured hero slowly learning what love is. The chemistry and reluctance on his part was great. Slow build up. Here's what i didnt like. He killed so many people with no remorse. Yuck. And his constant use of Judas as a swear word got irritating after awhile. Also, for the heroine to have had only one previou...more

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Mar 20, 2008 Angelica rated it 5 of 5 stars

ok, I'm waiting on Hollywood to make the movie of Jake and Marnie. It's a great adventure/contemporary romance but the best part for me was the heroine's sharp wit. I found myself laughing through several exchanges with Jake and Marnie's four overprotective brothers. Cherry Adairs T-FLAC Series is a feel good read.

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Jun 13, 2011 Kristy McRae rated it 2 of 5 stars

Not a bad contemporary romance...pretty predictable for the most part, although there were a couple of twists to the special ops storyline of the male character. I liked the female character--she wasn't just another dumb blonde, and actually had some interesting and redeeming personality traits. Also loved her Great Dane, who played a part in the action of the story. One thing though, as a former editor myself, I feel the need to say: A thesaurus is a writer's friend! If I'd had to read the word...more

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Apr 28, 2013 Nanee Mcgee rated it 5 of 5 stars

Love this story the first one I read in this series. Marnie wright goes to her grandmothers cabin to figure out her future, she's not happy working at her fathers company and listening to her brothers over protective decisions for her life but when she's there she runs into a man she is overly attracted to that shows her her wild side, her fearless side and the side she wants to continue being. Jake a sexy as hell top secret operative is biding his time to find the people responsible for many de...more

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Aug 20, 2008 Nadine rated it 4 of 5 stars

I absolutely loved this book. It was very funny and exciting with lots of action and bad guys. I liked The Mercenary but book 2 was a thousand times better. I can't wait to read more about the T-FLAC guys.

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Sep 12, 2007 CLM rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: suspense, romance

The early books in this series have been the strongest.

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Jan 17, 2012 Julie Gipson rated it 5 of 5 stars

When I read my first Cherry Adair book, The Mercenary, I hoped I had found a new author to like. Now after reading Kiss and Tell, I am positive I'm in love and will soon be downloading the rest of her T-FLAC series of books. If you like brooding secretive super sexy spy heroes, self proclaimed cowardly gals who, when pushed to their breaking point, find a spine of steel & courage to protect those they love, all wrapped up with a secretive military group and bad guys hunting them down, you wi...more

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Sep 15, 2012 Julie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romantic-suspense

Cherry Adair's T - FLAC series is one of my favorite romantic suspense series. This is the second book in the series.
Marnie has taken a little time off to do some serious soul searching. Her grandmother, whom she was very close with, died not long ago and Marnie wants to camp out in an old cabin where she had fond memories of her grandmother. The cabin is on it's last leg, and Marnie 's family is about to tear it down. It's the perfect getaway for Marnie. She has some big decisions to make abou...more Cherry Adair's T - FLAC series is one of my favorite romantic suspense series. This is the second book in the series.
Marnie has taken a little time off to do some serious soul searching. Her grandmother, whom she was very close with, died not long ago and Marnie wants to camp out in an old cabin where she had fond memories of her grandmother. The cabin is on it's last leg, and Marnie 's family is about to tear it down. It's the perfect getaway for Marnie. She has some big decisions to make about her life and needs a quiet place to think and say goodbye to her grandmother. But, there is someone else on the mountain and when Marnie and her dog, Duchess, wander onto his property, he shoos her off very rudely. Then an accident occurs, tearing her cabin to pieces. Her neighbor has no choice but to let her stay with him until the weather clears.
Jake is a member of a special ops organization called. T-FLAC. He's been placed on "vacation " while they figure out who the mole is in their operation.
Jake hates cute blondes, for good reason. But, Marnie, no matter how rude he is to her, just keeps worming her way under his skin. Then, the baddies show up, and Jake and Marnie have to work together to survive.
Marnie 's character is a sharp contrast against Jake 's personality. She is spirited, upbeat, funny and up for anything. Jake is dark, paranoid, brooding, and angry. The two characters differences made the relationship sharp, with crisp dialogue. Marnie wasn't a pouty female that got her feelings hurt constantly. Instead, she just blew Jake off and kept right on being nice to him. She was a hoot. Jake has good reason to feel the way he does. He doesn't have a lot positive relationship experience and it shows, but he is also a likeable. character. He is honest and has integrity and principles.
There are some annoying "romance novel" stuff, that I personally don't care for because it's actually irresponsible behavior. But, if you remind yourself that it's not meant to be copied in real life, I can deal with it. Overall an A -(less)

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Aug 04, 2011 Lauren rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-suspense, tortured-heros, men-in-uniform

Kiss and Tell
3 Stars

Synopsis:
Jake Dolan lives a seemingly quiet life minding his own business until the day he catches Marnie Wright trespassing on his property. Marnie is used to testosterone given her four brothers, but now she is thrust into a world of danger and intrigue with only a stranger to keep her grounded.

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The gripping chemistry between the main characters does not quite compensate for the mediocre and excessively drawn out plot.

Jake is a lonely and paranoid yet endearing hero w...more

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Sep 16, 2011 Jessica `~Blahyze~` rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 4-stars-but-still-fantastic, t-flac-series, cherry-adair, books-i-own

Marnie decides to go to her grandmother’s cabin to rethink her life, which is where she runs into Jake, who starts off as quite hostile, and life really does take a turn. It was hilarious how Marnie’s dog Duchess wouldn’t leave Jake alone;

...more Marnie decides to go to her grandmother’s cabin to rethink her life, which is where she runs into Jake, who starts off as quite hostile, and life really does take a turn. It was hilarious how Marnie’s dog Duchess wouldn’t leave Jake alone;

“And her dog leaned against a very large masculine thigh, and heaved a sigh.
“What the hell is this animal doing?”
Marnie’s feet scuffed up damp leaves as she strolled away without looking back. “She likes you.” She had to raise her voice to be heard as she put some distance between them.
“Damn it, I told you to-stop that, dog!- take your dog.”
“Oh, Duchess goes exactly where she wants. Never have been able to make her come when she wants to stay.” She glanced over her shoulder. Duchess was looking up at him as if he were God’s gift.”

When a tree destroys the cabin she is staying in, Duchess runs off and Marnie runs after her, evidently Duchess had run to Jake for help which leads to Marnie staying in Jakes cabin until the rain passes and the bridge is clear to cross. Jake is very much attracted to Marnie but denies it but Marnie doesn’t believe his denials anyway and is set on pursuing him, which is refreshing to read, the woman pursuing the man. When the rain lets up the next morning, it is time for her to leave, unsatisfied and gets caught in Jake’s mess, assassins with guns who are after him. Jake who is in face a black ops worker under T-FLAC, manages to save Marnie and get her back to his hideout in an old mine, now he is stuck with her again, he is unable to resist his feelings any longer. Jake send for help to get them both to safety but when the chopper finally arrives Jake sends Marnie to get on it and it explodes, little does he know one of the baddies pushed her out of it and she is safe, which was a blessing in more ways than one when Jake is captured and she has to rescue him herself. This book was a great read, I loved the military angle and there was some hot steamy-ness to balance out the action just right.
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Nov 19, 2010 Yz the Whyz rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: cherry-adair, 2010-reads

She is staying at her recently deceased grandmother's cottage, using the time to do some soul-searching. He is hiding in his lair, trying to figure out who has betrayed him and what to do about his career.

Fate intervened, in the form of a lovable dog, a freaky storm, and some bad guys with guns, bringing two people at a crossroads in their lives into a collision course.

This book is way, way better than the first book (The Mercenary (T-FLAC, #1)) in this series. I'm glad I decided to pick this...more

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Nov 19, 2008 Laura rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-suspense, ebook, 2010, romance-contemporary, military-fbi-gov-spy

4 1/2 stars

Kiss and Tell is the second in the T-FLAC series. It has been a while since I read The Mercenary T-FLAC 1, but from what I can remember, these 2 have little to do with each other besides the T-FLAC connection.

Jake Dolan is a super spy. He lives and breathes being a spy. Right now he's on a forced vacation because someone has set him up to look like one of the bad guys. He's content being a loner and avoiding petite blondes. Unfortunately, Marnie Wright is sharing his mountain with hi...more

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Sep 13, 2008 Ladiibbug rated it 3 of 5 stars

#2 TFLAC series

3 Stars - For the BIG DOG in the plot and the great TFLAC / suspense story

After the first 20 pages of Kiss & Tell, I was ready to throw this book at the wall ... Marie is SO FREAKING ANNOYING!!!!! What an airhead, constantly talking, lots of it nonsense!

I can't understand why Adair would make Marnie such an idiot. She parks her car 3 miles from the cabin - an isolated cabin - and says at least 3 times in the book that she has a terrible sense of direction. ?

She goes off on a...more

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Jan 29, 2008 Ana T. rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: traded, mysteries-thrillers, contemporary

This was my first book by this author, it has been in my TBR pile for quite a while and to be honest I don’t remember why I got it. I had a hard time determining what kind of story it was. It could be a romantic suspense but the truth is that it lacked on the suspense part so I’ll just call it a contemporary romance.

She was looking for adventure.

Marnie Wright has seen more than her fair share of testosterone. Growing up with four overly protective brothers was one thing. Now a mountain man named...more This was my first book by this author, it has been in my TBR pile for quite a while and to be honest I don’t remember why I got it. I had a hard time determining what kind of story it was. It could be a romantic suspense but the truth is that it lacked on the suspense part so I’ll just call it a contemporary romance.

She was looking for adventure.

Marnie Wright has seen more than her fair share of testosterone. Growing up with four overly protective brothers was one thing. Now a mountain man named Jake Dolan has invaded a peaceful day of soul-searching at her grandmother's secluded cabin. Sure, she was trespassing on his private property, but did he have to pull a gun on her? There's more to this longhaired soldier of fortune who calls himself the Tin Man, but she's not sure she wants to stick around to find out what. Then he stashes her in his secret lair-an underground techno-fantasy complete with security monitors and an arsenal-and Marnie realizes the guy is military, top secret military. He's also got the most beautiful mouth she's ever seen.

He could get her killed.

My first problem was that I don’t really like military / secret agents / navy seals / special operations books. I know they are all the rage but I really don’t get the appeal. I much prefer profilers and psycological thrillers... And then the heroine was my second problem, she sounded too naïve, always blurting out what was on her mind and salivating after the hero as soon as she set eyes on him. It just seemed too soon.

I did like the hero! He helps her when her cabin is smashed to bit by a falling tree. Although he has a lot of work to do he is always correct to her even if she talks his head off and starts coming on to him. There are 2 situations in which Marnie saves Jack’s life but really she doesn’t seem the type of being able to survive alone in a emergency.

I also liked her brothers, I thought they had potential even if the protective brothers always menacing little sisters beau’s scene is a bit dated. I have Hide and Seek in my TBR pile and I think it’s about a non military brother so maybe I’ll like that one better. This one, I’m afraid, was a C(less)

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Mar 26, 2011 Hope Frost rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed the banter (even the one sided conversation cause Marnie was chatty). Marnie was no wallflower, she wasn't afraid to get in and get dirty and her sass made me laugh out loud several times. Jake was a wounded soul and Marnie wasn't out the change him, which was one reason I really loved this story. Their spark was immediate but the trust was slow to come. The traitor was a complete surprise, and the dog and her place in the story was wonderful. Can't wait to read about the brothe...more

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Always an adventurer in life as well as writing, New York Times best-selling author Cherry Adair moved halfway across the globe from Cape Town, South Africa to the United States in her early years to become a interior designer. Now a resident of the Pacific Northwest she shares the award- winning adventures of her fictional T-FLAC counter terrorism operatives with her readers.

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