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Full Speed (Full #3)
by
Janet Evanovich (Goodreads Author),
Charlotte Hughes
Dear Reader,
Welcome to the world of Jamie Swift and Max Holt! My good friend Charlotte Hughes and I have teamed up to create a series of books featuring these two characters and they've taken on a life of their own! These books are not set in the same world as my Stephanie Plum novels, but what they have in common is lovable, dysfunctional characters, villains you love to...more
Welcome to the world of Jamie Swift and Max Holt! My good friend Charlotte Hughes and I have teamed up to create a series of books featuring these two characters and they've taken on a life of their own! These books are not set in the same world as my Stephanie Plum novels, but what they have in common is lovable, dysfunctional characters, villains you love to...more
352 pages
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(first published January 1st 2003)
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This is the 3rd in the light mystery series featuring reporter Jamie Swift and millionaire playboy Max Holt. IIRC (it's been a few years), it's based on a romance Janet Evanovich wrote back in her Loveswept days. Jamie and Max didn't, however, live happily ever after--they keep skirting around the issue, irritating each other, working together, and occasionally losing control and succumbing to a clinch or two.
This time, they're after a crooked evangelist who's mob-connected--the same mob that tr...more
This time, they're after a crooked evangelist who's mob-connected--the same mob that tr...more
I waivered between 2 and 3 stars, so I'm going to say 2.5. Max and Jamie have enough chemistry and fun to keep reading the series, but I had my doubts until about half way through this book. There are moments of 'really good' and there are moments of 'totally lame'. I sort of wish that "Muffin", the "Kit" like computer-in-the-car-companion, would experience the blue screen of doom and have to be overhauled. She is probably the lame part of this book and I rarely find her humorous. Jamie and the...more
I enjoyed Full Tilt, although not as much as I do the books in Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series. However, I knew it would be unfair to hold Max and Jamie to such a high standard. At any rate, I liked millionaire (or is it billionaire?) Max Holt and small-time newspaper publisher Jamie Swift enough to hurry and order the sequel, Full Speed.
I tried to like it. I really, really did. But Max's and Jamie's behavior becomes so outlandishly stupid and the Elmer Gantry-style preacher who figures...more
I tried to like it. I really, really did. But Max's and Jamie's behavior becomes so outlandishly stupid and the Elmer Gantry-style preacher who figures...more
This book was WAY better than the last two installments. It actually managed to grab my attention and hold it until the end. I just started it yesterday so it's a quick read. I like how it's shaped more like a romantic suspense book than a mystery book. I'm kind of disappointed we don't get to revisit the other characters from the first book, Max's cousin Nick and his wife Billie. This book is fast-paced, there's lots of action, lots of deception and fun, memorable characters. I don't recommend...more
This third book of the full series once again follows Jamie and Max. It starts hours after the last one ended and somehow the relationship of the two main characters has changed. Jamie starts drifting in to the TSTL lane on the plot device highway. I'm all for story women. Just not women with more more determination than brains. I mean I get that Jamie is a journalist at heart but really the story she was chasing wasn't interesting enough to prostitute herself out for. I mean I'm pretty sure Chr...more
Like Stephanie Plum series better - but always drama with Max and Jamie! Jamie and Max have intense chemistry-even though they drive each other crazy. Max thinks Jamie is a magnet for trouble and Jamie thinks Max is the most annoyingly sexy, mysterious man she's ever met. She knows she should stay away from him. But boy, oh boy, do the sparks fly when they get together. Jamie is a newspaper owner from a small southern town. And in Full Speed, she's after the story of a lifetime. Max Holt is righ...more
This is the third book in the "Full " series. Full Speed, written by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Hughes, is a light romantic crime novel. Jamie and Max are on the outs with each other. Max is looking into a corrupt minister. Jamie wants a good story for her paper. So, they team up again to see what mob ties the minister has and where that leads them.
I would have enjoyed the book more if I hadn't felt like I was missing something by not having read the previous book. Most of the background is e...more
I would have enjoyed the book more if I hadn't felt like I was missing something by not having read the previous book. Most of the background is e...more
Newspaper editor Jamie Swift likes a little predictability in her life. When she suddenly finds herself minus a fiancé and with a major case of the hots for her silent partner, millionaire Maximillian Holt, any bit of predictability goes right out the window. Max is like a tornado, turning her well-ordered world upside down. Now someone’s unhappy with Max’s recent business deal—dangerously unhappy.
Posing as husband and wife, with computer genius Muffin and a mutt named Fleas along for the ride,...more
Posing as husband and wife, with computer genius Muffin and a mutt named Fleas along for the ride,...more
I can't say this enough but....This lady can write!! This newer series of Jamie Swift and Max Holt is great!
From back cover:
"Jamie and Max have intense chemistry-even though they drive each other crazy. Max thinks Jamie is a magnet for trouble and Jamie thinks Max is the most annoyingly sexy, mysterious man she's ever met. She knows she should stay away from him. But boy, oh boy, do the sparks fly when they get together. Jamie is a newspaper owner from a small Southern town. And in FULL SPEED, s...more
From back cover:
"Jamie and Max have intense chemistry-even though they drive each other crazy. Max thinks Jamie is a magnet for trouble and Jamie thinks Max is the most annoyingly sexy, mysterious man she's ever met. She knows she should stay away from him. But boy, oh boy, do the sparks fly when they get together. Jamie is a newspaper owner from a small Southern town. And in FULL SPEED, s...more
Full Speed picks up almost exactly where Full Tilt leaves off, with Max and Jamie headed out of South Carolina and into Tennessee in search of the mysterious Reverend Harlan Rawlins. The Reverend appears to want Max dead, and he and Jamie want to know why. This book had all of the madcap zaniness you’ve come to expect from a book with “Evanovich” on the cover, but this one wasn’t as good as the past two. I felt like a lot of the heat was missing between Max and Jamie. Hopefully they’ll find it a...more
I want to say this book was a 3.5 but it seemed to fall short of earning the 4th star. This was a cute novel that was engaging enough that I wanted to hang on to the end but at the same time, the nievity of the main character almost hurt me to the point where on a few incidents I just wanted to look away.
To this books creadit I might have enjoyed this novel more if I had started this series at the begining. I might have become more invested in the characters if I had spent more time with them.
Al...more
To this books creadit I might have enjoyed this novel more if I had started this series at the begining. I might have become more invested in the characters if I had spent more time with them.
Al...more
In this book, the typically light-toned nature of Ms. Evanovich's writing style plays a big part in the charm. Unfortunately, the heroine is again a bit vapid at times, which is actually out of sync with her normal wit. Max & Jamie are a fun couple-that's-not-a-couple in a scheme to take down a mob family as only this pair can. I'm going to have to read some of Ms. Hughes' works to understand the parts of her writing that come to light in this series. Overall, it's a fun, light read with no...more
This was on my 2009 TBR challenge. I picked up this book because I needed some light reading. I had just finished reading Snowflower And The Secret Fan and it profoundly touched me, yet left me feeling like nothing could quite live up to it. So I figured he Evanovitch novel would be fun. Afterall, she writes those wonderful Stephanie Plum novels.
Evanovitch actually co-authored this one (with Charlotte Hughes?). I almost stopped reading it because I was not comfortable with the topic of an evil p...more
Evanovitch actually co-authored this one (with Charlotte Hughes?). I almost stopped reading it because I was not comfortable with the topic of an evil p...more
May 17, 2012
Melissa
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Book #22 read in 2012
The book description on Goodreads is incorrect.
Here is the correct description:
Newspaper publisher Jamie Swift and millionaire playboy Max Holt pose as husband and wife to track down the story of a lifetime. They become involved with a corrupt minister, a gang of mobsters on the loose, a hound dog named Fleas, and a wise-cracking computer whiz.
This is a cute, albeit simple series. there are things so obvious to the reader early on in the book that take the characters FOREV...more
The book description on Goodreads is incorrect.
Here is the correct description:
Newspaper publisher Jamie Swift and millionaire playboy Max Holt pose as husband and wife to track down the story of a lifetime. They become involved with a corrupt minister, a gang of mobsters on the loose, a hound dog named Fleas, and a wise-cracking computer whiz.
This is a cute, albeit simple series. there are things so obvious to the reader early on in the book that take the characters FOREV...more
The Full Box is a four-book audio set. I previously listened to and reviewed Full House here on KariAnnAlysis. It was one of the first audio books I listened to. I’ll always turn to Janet Evanovich when I need a good, light read. That’s why I was thrilled when I found the rest of this series in a complete box.
Here’s a short synopsis of each book:
Full Tilt: Jamie Swift’s newspaper is running on fumes. If something doesn’t turn around soon, she will have to stop the presses. Her silent partner Max...more
Here’s a short synopsis of each book:
Full Tilt: Jamie Swift’s newspaper is running on fumes. If something doesn’t turn around soon, she will have to stop the presses. Her silent partner Max...more
I figured out why this series is so disjointed between the first book and the rest - there was about 15 years between them. It looks like Evanovich wrote the first one in 1989 - before Plum - and then once she found some success went back and wrote the rest of them. It also explains why there is a 20 year gap between the first two books and why the characters change so drastically.
I don't know - this series has a little more cheese than I really want to deal with, but I have to wait on the audio...more
I don't know - this series has a little more cheese than I really want to deal with, but I have to wait on the audio...more
Not the best of this series, this story tells the story of Jamie Swift and Max Holt. Jamie and Max met when he invested in her family's failing newspaper. The story opens with her being left in a parking lot because she and Max are disagreeing on how to unmask a popular preacher as a man-slut. When Jamie dresses up as a sex addict and ends up in the apartment of the preacher when he gets his neck slit, she needs Max's, the boy genius who is a multi-multi-millionaire, help as well as that of his...more
There I go again, buying a book second hand only to discover it is part of a series and not the first. Yet again I was stuck in a place with nothing else to read, but I don't regret this book. It was a charming, fun and quick read. Janet Evanovich obviously played a huge part in writing this; the words and characters practically drip with her style and influence. I'd have to read the others to get a full understanding, but what I did get was worth it.
A fun story and great writing, four stars.
A fun story and great writing, four stars.
I didn't like this book as well as Full House but it was an entertaining, fluffy, take-to-the-beach read. A lot of the plot seemed just slightly improbable to me. I thought the character of Max Holt was a little too perfect (except, I guess, for his lust for Jamie, lol!). Muffin, the CPU in a car, reminded me of Kit on the old TV show, Knight Rider and I found "her" a bit annoying (just a smarty-pants). Jamie had at least one good quality - she rescued and loves her dog, Fleas.
I always seem to devour Evanovich’s books and this one was no exception. Zany plots, crazy characters, and lots of action make a fast fun read. This book just about drove me nuts. I’m not a huge romance fan, but Max and Jamie come so close to finally letting their libidos run away with them so many times, only to be foiled by telephones, the dog, or Jamie’s overactive imagination. Lock the door and get it over with!
Why am I still reading this series? It's NOT an Evanovich style at all. The characters are just average, and the story is mildly entertaining. At least this 3rd book has the same characters as the previous one. I'm having difficulty seeing this series live up to Evanovich's reputation. If it had just said Charlotte Hughes, I would have enjoyed it just fine. Not recommended though.
Jamie and Max are on the trail of mobster Nich Sartoni. Along the way, Jamie picks up an old pickup complete with a bloodhound named Fleas, who lives in the back. In between adventures, Jamie and Max somehow manage to avoid having sex, in spite of their attraction to each other.
So, I've decided that this series is similar to manga; each book is like a chapter and you end up reading them one after the other in order to get the whole story! It's been a fun story so far, what with the talking car, the inept mafia hit men, swear jars, vintage mustangs, and now the dog that doesn't like country music...
Full Speed has Max and Jamie going after the minister that put the hit out on them in the last book. They both go under cover and discover alot of distubing news. This book is better than the last of course it doesn't have that huge gap the last did at the begining.
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Thus far I haven't been overly impressed with Ms. Evanovich's novels apart from the Stephanie Plum series. This was more of a fast, for grins, book without a whole lot of depth, if any.
Jamie, newspaper owner, is working on the SCOOP. With her to her dismay, is Max Holt, millionaire and silent partner to her business. How they find the bad guys takes 333 pages.
It looked like a nice book and it was just laying around so I decided to read it. It wasn't bad by any means but it wasn't great either. I would give the book 3.5 stars.
Well written and entertaining. I didn't like it quite as much as I like the Stephanie Plum series. This might be because I started on book 3 rather than book 1.
Enjoyed this next installment in the 'Full' series - the interplay between Jamie and Max makes this a lot of fun. I will certainly be on the lookout for the next one.
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Janet Evanovich is the #1 bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels, twelve romance novels, the Alexandra Barnaby novels and graphic novels, Wicked Appetite (the first book in the Lizzy and Diesel series,) and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author.
Also published books under the name Steffie Hall.
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Also published books under the name Steffie Hall.
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“Jamie felt as though her heart would literally take flight from her crest. Damn her and her mouth. “Nick, I was sort of exaggerating about how nasty I was going to act of the plane. Why can’t we just leave Fleas with Max and get going?”
“She’s lying, Nick,” Max said. “You don’t do things her way and she turns into Satan’s daughter.”
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“She’s lying, Nick,” Max said. “You don’t do things her way and she turns into Satan’s daughter.”
Feb 25, 2009 09:38am