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To Die For (Blair Mallory #1)

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Blair Mallory lives the good life. She’s pretty, confident, and the owner of a thriving up-scale fitness center. But in the shadow of success, a troubled member of the club develops a strange fixation on Blair, imitating her style and dress. Matters take a darker turn when the look-alike is shot dead–and Blair witnesses the horror.

As the media speculates on the tawdry deta...more

Mass Market Paperback, 378 pages

Published December 28th 2004 by Ballantine Books (first published December 16th 2004)

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May 04, 2008 faeriemyst rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: romantic-suspense, brain-candy

Hmm, I'm having a hard time describing how I feel about this book. I liked it enough, Blair was a decent character, but there was something (or things) missing. I'm not one of those who hate first person narratives (I really have no preference - both first and third person narratives are fine with me, as long as they work for the book), but for some reason it felt weird in this book and didn't quite work for me. Also, I don't know how I feel about Wyatt. His reason for leaving Blair two years ag...more Hmm, I'm having a hard time describing how I feel about this book. I liked it enough, Blair was a decent character, but there was something (or things) missing. I'm not one of those who hate first person narratives (I really have no preference - both first and third person narratives are fine with me, as long as they work for the book), but for some reason it felt weird in this book and didn't quite work for me. Also, I don't know how I feel about Wyatt. His reason for leaving Blair two years ago was lame and I can't believe she let him off the hook so easily; not to mention he was rather one-dimensional. The mystery was hardly that and it seemed as if the author forgot all about someone trying to kill Blair until the end, deadline was near, and just added some cockamamie, loony-tune ending that was a total let down and came from left field. Not to mention, the whole someone-wants-to-kill-Blair thing was pushed aside for all the petty arguing and sex. Now I liked Blair giving Wyatt a hard time and all, but some of the stuff she said or did was overkill and the editor needed to trim a good fifty or so pages of it out of the book. It didn't help that going into the book, I thought it was a more serious romantic suspense, which is what I really wanted to read at the time.

Some of my petty annoyances with the book came fairly early on: I don't get why Blair (and/or the author) thought Jason Carson or Jenni Mallory rhymed. Now if his name was Jason Cayson, I'd understand, or Jenni Menni, but just because Jason and Carson both end with 'son,' it doesn't rhyme because it's the same thing. I don't know if I'm saying that right but oh well. My other thing was that Blair couldn't wear some underwear because the bra got ruined. Uh, okay. Now I like my undies to match but that wouldn't mean I'd never wear the underwear again because the bra that matched got ruined. That's just snobby and stupid. Yeah, I know, ridiculous things to find annoying in the book, but we all have something. LoL

After I finished the book and went to Amazon I saw that there's a sequel. I'm not sure if I'm up for another trip into Blair's mind or not, but if I come across it real cheap or someone gives it to me, I might read it. That's not to say I didn't enjoy the book, I did, but I liked Blair up to a point, but when it got to around page 250, she was just a bit too much for a 378 page book. Maybe if we weren't in her head the whole time, or the book was shorter, I would have liked the book better.

Here's part of an Amazon review I liked:

'Wyatt had stayed away from his soulmate for two years and only came running with an engagement ring when he thought she had been murdered. How long would he have stayed away if nothing had happened to Blair? Also, Blair was supposedly only a 'dumb blonde' when it suited her. But I question the intelligence of anyone who thinks someone who cuts her brake line is just stupid and someone who shoots her with intent to kill is just a nitwit. I wonder if these things bothered anyone else. Still, these problems did not take too much away from my enjoyment of the book.'(less)

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Apr 14, 2013 ☪ℒiℱ ☚☠☛ rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

İsim ciddi.. Konu ciddi.. Kapak eh işte.. Ama bu kitaptaki karakterler kesinlikle çok eğlenceliii :D Hep tebessümle hatırlayacağım bu kitabı :) Öyle yoğunlaşmışım ki, çok ciddi bir polisiye okumayı bekliyorum böyle.. Sayfalar ilerledikçe bendeki ciddiyet yerini sırıtmaya bıraktı :D. Çok keyif alarak okudum. Katili tahmin ettim demeyeceğim. Katili, cinayeti unuttum çünkü. Diyaloglar çok hoştu. Tamamen onlara odaklandım. ''Sıkıldım, bunaldım, yok mu şöyle eğlenceli bir şeyler ? '' diyorsanız alıp...more

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May 09, 2012 Hanife rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, alpha-male-character, favorite-author, contemporary-romance, recommendations, suspense-horror-crime, reading-english, e-books, favorites, series-i-haven-t-finished, made-me-laugh

Bu yorum aynı zamanda Romancekolikte yayınlanmıştır.

Öncelikle bu kitabı okumamda ısrarcı olan bütün arkadaşlarıma çok teşekkürler!

Rating 5/5

Linda Howard'ın espritüel tarafınıda gördüm ya ben bu yazarı daha bırakmam!

Kimi yerde içimden kıs kıs güldüğüm - bunlar tamamen anneme deli olmadığımı göstermek için bastırılmış kahkahalardır - kimi zaman ise dayanamadım kahkaha attığım çok eğlenceli bir kitap. Yazarın benli anlatımını ilk başta yargılasamda Blair'in iç düşünceleri beni kitabın içine çekmey...more

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Oct 30, 2008 ♡KarLynP♡ rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2008, audiobook, genre-contemporary, steam-warm

OMG, this was funny. Written in first person and narrated by the heroine Blair. She was a hoot. I’d summarize it as a strong romantic sexy comedy with a very light mystery. Blair witnesses a murder, which brings Lt. Wyatt Bloodsworth back into her life. He was someone she dated a few years back, but it abruptly ended after only three dates. For me, the bigger mystery was finding out what happened between Blair and Wyatt two years earlier, and not who was trying to kill her. Wyatt was such a grea...more

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Oct 03, 2010 Becky rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, humorous, library, mystery-and-thrillers, reviewed, romance, the_south, challenge-1010

I have to admit that when I first started reading this book, I wasn't sure if I would like it. The main character, Blair Mallory just seemed so shallow and ditzy and ridiculous, but then as soon as Wyatt Bloodsworth came onto the scene, things turned around and really started getting interesting.

When Blair witnesses a murder outside of her business, the murder of an annoying copy-cat who went to great pains to imitate Blair's style and look, she soon realizes that she might have been the intend...more

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Jul 14, 2010 Shannon C. rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: suspense-mystery, humorous

'To Die For' is a mix of romantic suspense, mystery and humor. It reminds me in style to 'Mr Perfect' (one of Howard's better books) but it has an annoying lead character. She was vain, shallow and materialistic. It was told in first person from only her perspective, which doesn't work as well for a romance. I would have liked to have the hero's point of view sometimes.

I love some of this author's books, but I don't think this series is one of her best ones. My favorites by her (4-5 stars) inclu...more

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Jun 08, 2010 Jill Dunlop rated it 5 of 5 stars

Blair Mallory had been on three dates with Wyatt Bloodsworth when he leaves and never calls her back. He doesn't explain why he walked away, from what was turning into a very serious relationship. For two years Blair hadn't had nary a word from him until she witnesses a murder in the parking lot of the gym she owns. Wyatt is a lieutenant on the police force. After fearing that it was Blair who has been shot, he narrows his focus to one thing, and that is to get Blair back. Blair however is havin...more Blair Mallory had been on three dates with Wyatt Bloodsworth when he leaves and never calls her back. He doesn't explain why he walked away, from what was turning into a very serious relationship. For two years Blair hadn't had nary a word from him until she witnesses a murder in the parking lot of the gym she owns. Wyatt is a lieutenant on the police force. After fearing that it was Blair who has been shot, he narrows his focus to one thing, and that is to get Blair back. Blair however is having none of it. If Wyatt hurt her once than he is definitely capable of hurting her again.

To Die For is told in the first person from Blair's point of view. I found Blair's narration of the story to be very funny and personable. It seems as if Blair is your close friend and she is retelling the story of how she and Wyatt fell in love.

Wyatt and Blair's courtship is a battle of wills. Wyatt wants Blair and Blair wants Wyatt to suffer for walking away two years ago without a backward glance or an explanation. She is going to make sure Wyatt works hard to get her back. Wyatt is a former football player and to say he loves a challenge is an understatement. What Wyatt wants Wyatt gets and most of the time he doesn't play fair. That's okay because Blair can be just as sneaky and underhanded as him. This leads to some of the most memorable scenes in any book I've read.

The conversations between Wyatt and Blair are very well done. They are what make this book so great. Wyatt is your typical manly man and not one to talk about his feelings. These conversations are essential and give insight into what Wyatt is thinking and feeling. This is really important since the book is told from Blair's point of view.

The mystery portion of this book was very weak. It didn't bother me so much because I was much more focused on the romance, but it might really bother readers who are mystery buffs. When I read the book the first time I didn't even notice the ridiculousness of the killers identity. Even with the new awareness of To Die For's weakness, I still found it a very enjoyable read and it still remains a favorite.(less)

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Feb 17, 2012 Ren rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller-suspense, ass-kick-heroine, there-are-hot-men, had-translated, 4-stars, borrowed

Blair emang keliatan nyebelin. Mungkin karena ceritanya ini sudut pandangnya dari dia, jadinya sulit mau simpati.
Tapi nyebelinnya ini emang bikin ngakak.
Sifatnya yang Paris-Hilton-wannabe ma high maintenance itu emang menimbulkan dua reaksi. Either you hate it or laugh because of it.
BTW, kayaknya ini pertama kalinya Linda Howard nulis dari segi POV pertama. Menjadikan seri Blair Mallory ini macam chicklit dengan elemen suspense. Dan jangan lupakan elemen Pak Pulisi Ganteng, Keren nan Menawan yan...more

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Dec 14, 2012 Kara Jorges rated it 1 of 5 stars

I can’t remember the last time I hated a book this much.

The story begins, rather chattily, in a faux-Evanovich or –Kinsella style, with über-fit, ex-cheerleading, health club owner Blair Mallory. Blair wouldn’t have been so bad, though, had she come equipped with a spine. Because she can do backflips, Blair thinks she’s tough. Oh, and because she bought a health club with her ex-husband’s money, too. Blair is on her way home for the night when she sees a crazy club member who’s been copying her...more I can’t remember the last time I hated a book this much.

The story begins, rather chattily, in a faux-Evanovich or –Kinsella style, with über-fit, ex-cheerleading, health club owner Blair Mallory. Blair wouldn’t have been so bad, though, had she come equipped with a spine. Because she can do backflips, Blair thinks she’s tough. Oh, and because she bought a health club with her ex-husband’s money, too. Blair is on her way home for the night when she sees a crazy club member who’s been copying her waiting in the parking lot. When Blair hears a gunshot, she gets scared and goes back inside to call the cops. They arrive with Lieutenant Wyatt Bloodsworth in the lead.

Blair and Wyatt dated three times two years past, but Wyatt cut and run, so I felt like slapping the crap out of Blair for jumping in bed with him without so much as even a token protest. Repeatedly. Of course, any lame protest Blair put forth was manhandled into submission by our idiot ape of a hero. He grabs things out of her hands, forces himself on her sexually (but she never resists!), and manhandles her whenever he feels like it. And she takes it and sleeps with him, and then complains about it. I started hoping her would-be killer would succeed.

This book operates on the premise that all women, even if successful, are weak and decorous (and probably owe it all to a man) and, as such, shouldn’t raise a protest when a big, strong man ignores her feelings. He knows best, after all. If she gets mad, he can just push her into bed, because even if she says no to sex, she really wants it.

Gag me.

If I didn’t consider burning literature, even horribly bad literature, an unforgivable sin, I’d rip this one to bits and use it for kindling. It sucked.

The several attempts at the heroine’s life culminated in an avoidable accident—except our heroine is helpless. The killer, who offs Blair’s copycat early on, is caught early in the story, but someone keeps trying to kill Blair. (Who could blame him?) There are utterly no suspects, so a killer is hastily concocted at the end. Not exactly a tightly woven thriller, of which Linda Howard is capable. Unfortunately, this book is not only her worst, it’s the worst book I’ve read in years.
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Sep 16, 2012 Deirdre rated it 4 of 5 stars

Written in the first person by someone who is more used to using her looks and he fact that people underestimate her than using the smarts she was born with. Someone who knows that that's the way the world works and is willing to use it. Her name is Blair Mallory, she runs a health club, founded with the procedes from her divorce. The club is successful and she's happy with her life until Nicole Goodwin. Nicole decides that she wants to be Blair so she slowly makes herself over to be her, howeve...more

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Aug 24, 2012 Kat rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Feb 01, 2012 Darkshadow rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, thriller-crime-mystery, adult

Bu kitabı Migros'tan 5 küsür TLye daha dün almıştım. Üstelik arka yazısını bile okumadan, sadece yazarına güvenerek. Bakın, bir gün içinde bitirdim işte. Kendimi durdurmam mümkün değildi.
Linda Howard'ın daha önce Kara Melek(Death Angel) adlı kitabını okumuştum. Favori kitaplarım arasındadır. O zaman da iki günde bitirdiğimi hatırlıyorum. Hem gerilimi, hem eğlencesi hem de romantizmi yüksek bir kitaptı. Ölümcül Hata ise ondan çok çok daha eğlenceliydi. Çoğu zaman yüzümdeki o saçma sapan gülümsem...more Bu kitabı Migros'tan 5 küsür TLye daha dün almıştım. Üstelik arka yazısını bile okumadan, sadece yazarına güvenerek. Bakın, bir gün içinde bitirdim işte. Kendimi durdurmam mümkün değildi.
Linda Howard'ın daha önce Kara Melek(Death Angel) adlı kitabını okumuştum. Favori kitaplarım arasındadır. O zaman da iki günde bitirdiğimi hatırlıyorum. Hem gerilimi, hem eğlencesi hem de romantizmi yüksek bir kitaptı. Ölümcül Hata ise ondan çok çok daha eğlenceliydi. Çoğu zaman yüzümdeki o saçma sapan gülümsemeyle okudum. Başkarakterimiz Blair Mallory ve onun müthiş düşünceleri kitaba çok tatlı bir hava katmış. Erkek karakter Wyatt ise klasik aşk kitaplarının aksine ne çok yakışıklı ne de mükemmel. Yine de sevilecek bir ton özelliği olduğunu söylemeden geçemem.
Blair, kendi hayatını kurmuş, spor salonu sahibi, boşanmış bir kadın olarak arz-ı endam ediyor. Kendisi tipik bir Güney Amerika kızı. Sarışın, renkli gözlü, fit vücutlu ve bir amigo kız. :D Birgün spor salonunda sürekli onu taklit eden bir kadın tarafından silahlı saldırıya uğruyor. Ya da o öyle düşünüyor diyelim. Olayın ardından yıllar önce bir süreliğine görüştüğü ancak daha sonra birden onu terkeden polis memuru Wyatt Bloodsworth'u -elbette olay yerinde- yeniden görüyor. Bu Blair için oldukça kötü çünkü ondan çok hoşlanmasına rağmen kendisini terk ettiği için Wyatt'tan nefret ediyor.
İkilinin arasındaki sürekli tartışma hali hiçbir zaman sıkıcı bir hal almadan ilerledi kitapta. İlk başta kızımızın çabuk teslim olduğunu düşünsem de sonraları bunu çoktan unutmuş vaziyetteydim. Olayların çözüm kısmı beni çok da şaşkına uğratmamış olsa da bu kitaba kötü gözle bakmam imkansız.
Tek günlük harika bir kaçamak olacak bu kitap. Eğer okuduğunuz türlerden sıkıldıysanız ve zekice, aynı zamanda da fazlasıyla eğlenceli bir şey okumak istiyorsanız: Buyurun Ölümcül Hata(To Die For) sizi kollarına çağırıyor.
Linda Howard es geçmeye gelmez!(less)

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Sep 20, 2011 Wes rated it 1 of 5 stars

I really hated this book. Not because of its feminist tone, but because of it's MASCULINE tone. You read that right.

Even though this book was supposed to be from Blair Mallory's POV, it was really from Wyatt Bloodsworth's. He goes out with the main character twice, and gets cold feet because he thinks she's high maintenance. From what I could see (and I am a man), all he wanted was lots of great sex. But since he didn't get it right away, he exercised his "right" to run to calmer (and easier) wa...more I really hated this book. Not because of its feminist tone, but because of it's MASCULINE tone. You read that right.

Even though this book was supposed to be from Blair Mallory's POV, it was really from Wyatt Bloodsworth's. He goes out with the main character twice, and gets cold feet because he thinks she's high maintenance. From what I could see (and I am a man), all he wanted was lots of great sex. But since he didn't get it right away, he exercised his "right" to run to calmer (and easier) waters without offering any explanation.

Two years later Wyatt forces his way back into Blair's life, and in spite of all her hurt feelings, Blair gives in to Wyatt every time he makes a move. Someone gets killed, but it has absolutely no bearing on the story other than to give Wyatt an excuse to keep Blair isolated so he can whittle away at her resistance.

Even though Blair runs a highly successful business, it's revealed that she couldn't have started it without a hefty settlement from her divorce. She needs round-the-clock protection from someone trying to kill her. She's repeatedly described as a fluffy flirt instead of the smart, intelligent, savvy, industrious business woman she is.

Blair decides to try to have a reasonable relationship with Wyatt, but is made to give in to Wyatt's wishes every time he wants. The only women allowed to have any backbone at all is Blair's mother, Wyatt's mother, and Blair's older sister (the one with the tits), but even they are cut down to their looks and made to submit to male authority.

Is it too much to ask that Wyatt accept no for an answer, behave like a mature adult, not take advantage of a witness to a murder, listen to Blair's feelings, not yell at his mother, and for BOTH of Blair's parents to sit down with him for a Talk?

I kept wishing that the original murder had something to do with the plot, that it would turn out to be a case of mistaken identity and the intended victim really was Blair. I kept wishing that Blair would be murdered, just to give Wyatt something to think about besides his own wants and needs.

But no, the plot of this book can be summed up with "No matter what Women look like, think, feel, or accomplish, men are in control". This sort of plot would have been fine if this were still 1953, but in these enlightened times, having Blair spread her legs every time Wyatt touches her neck (and the sheer number of times Wyatt takes advantage of her) is inexcusable. (less)

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Sep 10, 2011 Peep (Pop! Pop!) rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult-cravings, audiobooks, read-in-2011, character-id-punch, what-the-heck

Well with a gym named Hot Bods, I thought this book was written in the 90's! Whoops, I was wrong. I thought she was joking when she said that was the name she picked. My bad! Anywho, I listened to this on audio and enjoyed it very much (the audio, not the book). I can tell you with absolute certainty that if I had been reading this, it would have been a Did Not Finish. Blair was extremely annoying. Emphasis on extremely. Possibly the most annoying character I have ever came across. But the narra...more

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Dec 22, 2010 Avid rated it 1 of 5 stars

OMG. I don't think I've ever read a book whose main character I hated as much as I hated Blair Malory. I'm a big Linda Howard fan, by the way. I was excited to find a few of her books that I hadn't read yet. By the end of the first chapter, I was rolling my eyes and skipping long-winded monologues that were intended to sound witty but fell flat for me. It went downhill from there.

Blair Mallory, the heroine of this novel and it's sequel "Drop Dead Gorgeous", is a selfish, self-centered, spoiled b...more OMG. I don't think I've ever read a book whose main character I hated as much as I hated Blair Malory. I'm a big Linda Howard fan, by the way. I was excited to find a few of her books that I hadn't read yet. By the end of the first chapter, I was rolling my eyes and skipping long-winded monologues that were intended to sound witty but fell flat for me. It went downhill from there.

Blair Mallory, the heroine of this novel and it's sequel "Drop Dead Gorgeous", is a selfish, self-centered, spoiled brat. She is manipulative, petty, whiney, short tempered, vindictive and vain. I found no redeeming qualities in her at all, and was disgusted at her childish tricks and petty manipulations in order to get her way. She was constantly picking silly fights with the hero, feigning indignation, and thinking about how wonderful she was.

An example: one of her antics included unrepentantly blackmailing her ex-husband in order to clean him out in their divorce. Sounds like a real winner, eh? Other romance-novel-crimes included her demanding that the sleeping hero get out of bed to get her a robe, playing a mean, childish trick on him at the movies, and all manner of other eye-rolling events. The book is written in first-person POV, so we get an inside view of her petty thoughts and schemes. Everything she says to the love interest in the book is contrived and false, meant to somehow give her the upper hand in their relationship. I wish I could say that this changed as she came to love him, or that she was reformed into a "good girl" later in the book, but that is not the case. She is unapologetically self-centered, and all of her decisions and actions display her nature very well.

Needless to say, I found nothing endearing about our heroine, and felt very sorry for the hero for having to put up with her. I foresee many silly arguments and stupid childishness in his future.

As for the writing style itself, expletives seemed limited to the word "sh*t" repeated over and over throughout the book for any situation, which was redundant. The plot was weak in both To Die For as well as Drop Dead Gorgeous, wherein way too many unrelated people were trying to kill Blair in one way or another. Sex was over-used and lost it's effect entirely.

As disappointed as I was in these two books, I am still a Linda Howard fan. All the Queens Men, Sarah's Child and Shades of Twilight are three of my all-time favorite novels. They each include well fleshed out characters that tug at your heartstrings, situations which keep you reading into the night, and descriptions and dialogue that are touching and memorable. I'm not giving up!(less)

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Sep 27, 2010 Jane Stewart rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: romantic-mystery-suspense

Not enjoyable because I did not like the heroine. The heroine, Blair, was mouthy, snotty and unpleasant.

My take on Blair is if you're beautiful, you don't need kindness or sincerity. Following is an example of her personality from page 344. She wakes up early at 5 am. She then wakes up her fiance, asking him to leave the room to turn down the thermostat and get her something warm to wear so she can get out of bed. He does so and returns to bed to sleep. She then gets up and tiptoes out of the be...more

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Oct 29, 2009 Kath rated it 3 of 5 stars

I've read Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard and loved it. This story seemed to have many of the same components as Mr. Perfect but was not nearly as good. The story is written from Blair's point of view. She's a 30 year old woman, who blackmailed her ex-husband for a divorce settlement, who's also a former hardcore cheerleader who is very self-absorbed and seems a bit shallow. She also plays the part of "dumb blonde" but isn't really that dumb. The way that it reads is from Blairs POV and oh how horri...more

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Oct 01, 2012 Tacie Graves rated it 2 of 5 stars

I've only recently started reading Ms. Howard's books, but if this is any indicator I won't be reading many more of them.

The main character was cardboard. I have no problem with a stereotype or two--I think they actually make characters more believable in some ways because they're fairly accurate--but Blair managed to embody more stereotypes than unique personality traits, and that makes me feel like I've wasted my time trying to identify with the character.

The hero was a misogynistic jerk. Han...more

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Aug 04, 2012 Janset Atacan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: crime-romance

Kitabın anlatımına bayıldım! Kahkaha atmadığım tek bir satır yoktu diyebilirim.Belki de Ally McBeal'den sonra (Gelecek vaat eden : New Girl/Jess) en sempatik karakter,Mallory.Howard'ın erkek karakterlerindeki benzerlikler hoşuma gitmiyor açıkçası.Wyatt'da tıpkı Richard,Gray vb'leri gibi ekonomik geliri yüksek,iyi bir görünüşe sahip,şehvetli bir adam.Bu açıdan biraz farklılık aradığım doğru.Aynı tip karakterleri okumaktan sıkıldım.

Konusuna gelecek olursak,ana karakter Blair Mallory.Başarılı bir i...more

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Apr 14, 2012 Carolyn F. rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, contemporary-romance, mystery

I loved the actual audiobook itself but the narrator did Blair's voice, a 30ish woman, as a quivery elderly Southern woman which did not fit. The rest of the voices she did well and the quivery-ness was fine for Blair's mom, but not for Blair.

Blair Mallory sees a member she recently kicked out of her work-out club killed and one of the police that came to the scene is a man she dated about two years ago who walked away with no reason why on their third date when she felt they had a connection....more

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Sep 03, 2012 Wanderlust rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: hot-alpha-men, you-are-a-bastard-but-i-love-you

Cover & Title - 4/5
Favorite line - "She can't forgive him?" he asked in a strained tone. "She tried to kill him!" "Well yeah" I said. Mom said, "He redecorated her bedroom."
Favorite Character - Blair

I did enjoy this book & I did like the story. I was happy with the way everything turned out in the ending. There was enough content i enjoyed to make me rate it 4 but I did however find the book really annoying at times. I did laugh quite a few times when i was reading it & I found the r...more

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Dec 04, 2011 Jessi rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: appealing-characteristic-character, contemporary, part-of-a-series, romance

Blair Mallory has the normal problems in life: can't find a date, running her own business, and she's got a copycat. Well, okay, not everyone has a copycat but Blair's getting ready to kick the woman out of her gym membership. Until she witnesses the woman's murder in the parking lot of the gym. That, of course, brings down the police... including Lieutenant Wyatt Bloodsworth. The two had dated two years ago. Well, three dates (he got to third base (and then some)) and he never called again beca...more

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Dec 17, 2012 t'irla ~The BookSlayer~ rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Lovers of comic CR and a light read

Shelves: audio-good-narrator, audiobook, contemporary-romance, linda-howard, owned, romantic-suspense, steamy, 4-star-read

You have to love Blair Mallory, the ipitimany of southern belle diva. She'll make you laugh and sympathize with poor Wyatt!

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Blair Mallory lives the good life. She’s pretty, confident, and the owner of a thriving up-scale fitness center. But in the shadow of success, a troubled member of the club develops a strange fixation on Blair, imitating her style and dress. Matters take a darker turn when the look-alike is shot dead–and Blair witnesses the horror.

As the media speculates on the t...more You have to love Blair Mallory, the ipitimany of southern belle diva. She'll make you laugh and sympathize with poor Wyatt!

Description:

Blair Mallory lives the good life. She’s pretty, confident, and the owner of a thriving up-scale fitness center. But in the shadow of success, a troubled member of the club develops a strange fixation on Blair, imitating her style and dress. Matters take a darker turn when the look-alike is shot dead–and Blair witnesses the horror.

As the media speculates on the tawdry details of the homicide and pushes Blair into the harsh spotlight, she locks horns with police lieutenant Wyatt Bloodsworth. He wants to lead an investigation without interference, while Blair is determined to probe the dead woman’s life on her own. But when someone begins to menace Blair with mounting threats, Wyatt takes notice: Was this murder indeed a lethal case of mistaken identity–and was Blair the intended victim?

My Thoughts:

I listened to this on audio and admit to listening to the books out of order. I read book 2 first and came back to book 1 and I wasn't disappointed! The book is told in first person, Blair's view point which to me was hysterically funny and I found myself laughing out loud in the car while driving. I can see why other readers may have found her annoying but to me she was the campy diva I would expect of a modern southern belle. Gruff Wyatt was a fantastic "yang" to her "ying" they were made for each other. The interactions between the couple and her family was one of the funniest things ever and her poor put upon father was the perfect person to show Wyatt the ropes of the Mallory girls. I truly enjoyed this book as I did the second I love Blair and look forward to reading more about her in the future. My only hesitant spot in this book and why I didn't give it a full 4 stars is the reason Wyatt left Blair 2 years ago and it suddenly took hearing she might be dead on the police radio to bring him back into her life?? Then immediately started telling people he was going to marry her??? His excuse just didn't feel "right" ...not with the characters and just too convenient ...it didn't feel "real".

A sold 3.75 stars for this Linda Howard classic....can't wait to read more about Blair and Wyatt(less)

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Aug 04, 2011 Dalton Lynne rated it 3 of 5 stars

Just finished this up today. I went into it thinking that it would be more mystery than anything else, but it was ultimately just a romance novel. Which was okay, but there were things about the main character that truly annoyed the crap out of me. Perhaps most of that had to do with the narrator's voice. The majority of the time she narrated, she talked in this warbly, half crying, whiny, pouty tone. And since the story was told from the protagonist's POV, it affected her likability .. and not...more

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Jun 11, 2011 Cyneva rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Sep 26, 2012 →kelly♥[: rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: r-a-s, cute-romance, are-you-kidding-me

My Rating: 3.5

To Die For is a book where I dislike most of the characters, but can't help reading it anyway. It's a book that constantly makes me cringe because of the narrator, but also a book that I can't put down.

Have you ever met a person that as soon as you met them, you knew you'll instantly dislike them? Well, meet Blair Mallory, a woman you're one-hundred percent guaranteed to dislike. Right away from the very first page, she states, "nothing bad could happen to me. After all, I was a...more

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Jun 20, 2010 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Sarah by: Ugy

Shelves: terjemahan, i-own-it, series

I'm not a fan of Linda Howard, since when I read one of her novel (I don't remember which one) I had no interest to read more of them. but I had nothing to do and my aunt said this book was interesting, so instead of lying on my bed and sleep like a Polar Bear, I read it.
this book had the first point of view, which so different from the book I read before and I was so caught of Blair's witty comments and her funny behavior. and before I realized I was on the end of the book and exited to read Dr ...more

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Dec 24, 2011 Nar - rated it 4 of 5 stars

FIRST OF ALL I HAVE TO SAY - the way this book was written in first person as Blair is the narrator and the way she carried the book with explaining everything and acting like a ditzy blonde was just really amazing! :)

i really liked this book, i don't actually think this book was different then any other romantic suspense book, but what i liked about this book was the fact that Wyatt knew what would be the outcome of their relationship; also i love the chemistry between Blair and Wyatt, it was a...more

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Nov 14, 2009 Kesha rated it 2 of 5 stars

Take this review with a grain of salt, as I completed this as an audiobook.

I feel like this book failed on three points: character, plot and romance. I'm normally all about vapid main characters, if they are are particularly funny or otherwise endearing. I found Blair Mallory neither. And the "mystery" seemed a total afterthought. The narration of the audiobook may have been its only redemption. The narration was given with a very "Scarlett O'Hara" kind of delivery. And as I imagined the words...more

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