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The Secret Life Of Bryan (Visitation, North Carolina #2)
by
Lori Foster (Goodreads Author)
New York Times bestselling author Lori Foster introduced jaded bounty hunter Bryan Kelly in Say No to Joe? Now, Bryan is back, and the bounty he's after is a woman unlike any he's ever met... and what she does to his senses is criminal. Bounty hunter Bryan Kelly has a few rules. Rule #1: Women are for fun, not commitment. He's been jilted too many times for that. Rule #2:...more
Trade Paperback, 384 pages
Published
March 1st 2004
by Kensington
(first published 2004)
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Ok, but I can't recommend buying it.
I loved Shay's personality and her actions. I did not like how the author separated Shay and Bryan after they got together. The plot was ok, but nothing surprised or delighted me. I can't put my finger on what was missing, other than the feeling that the author was just churning out another book, similar to her prior work.
Story brief: Shay is a wealthy contributor to charitable causes. She is in a seedy part of town one evening, and the rain makes her clothes...more
I loved Shay's personality and her actions. I did not like how the author separated Shay and Bryan after they got together. The plot was ok, but nothing surprised or delighted me. I can't put my finger on what was missing, other than the feeling that the author was just churning out another book, similar to her prior work.
Story brief: Shay is a wealthy contributor to charitable causes. She is in a seedy part of town one evening, and the rain makes her clothes...more
Bounty hunter Bryan Kelly has a few rules. Rule # 1: Women are for fun, not commitment. He's been jilted too many times for that. Rule #2: He'll do anything for his twin brother, even switch places in order to find out who wants to sabotage the naive preacher's charity organization. Playing benefactor to a bunch of sassy, flirtatious prostitutes means that Bryan will have to be his brother - in every way that counts. But then, he hadn't counted on Shay Sommers. Keeping his cool around the luscio...more
I liked this book a lot. My one criticism is that I didn't find the preacher to be a believable character. Maybe the preacher is supposed to be a modern day progressive one but it didn't work for me. I love lori foster's books because she one of the few romance novelists who manage to add comic situations to her work. naturally and intentionally.
The book itself is a fun and lovely romance of a bounty hunter pretending to be his preacher brother and a high society woman mistaken as a prostitute...more
The book itself is a fun and lovely romance of a bounty hunter pretending to be his preacher brother and a high society woman mistaken as a prostitute...more
We met Bryan Kelly in Say No to Joe? This time around, the sexy bounty hunter is posing as his identical twin brother, Bruce - who just so happens to be a preacher. This job doesn't require him to deliver sermons, however. No, like his brother, Bruce is more into field work. In this case, that involves running a safe house for prostitutes. Someone has been targeting Bruce, and after a particularly violent attack leaves him in the hospital, Bryan steps in to protect his brother and figure out jus...more
I really, really want to like Lori Foster's books. They are hugely popular with most contemporary romance fans and are widely available since she writes five to six books a year. I can't, though, a this book was a perfect example of why. A bounty hunter switched places with his twin brother who happened to be a preacher and no one noticed the difference? A socialite is mistaken for a prostitute and decided to move into the safe house (apparently she had nothing better to do and no one missed her...more
Bryan Kelly is a former bounty hunter who is now posing as his priest brother who has been beat up by unknown assailants. He meets Shay Sommers in a bar and assumes that she's a prostitute and offers to help her. Shay is really a wealthy woman who helps try to get prostitutes on track to a better life. She is amused that Bryan ("Bruce") thinks that she is in need of help but is willing to go along with it in order to try and help others. The two are, of course (this is a romance novel), attracte...more
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The Visitation, North Carolina series by Lori Foster really isn't turning out at all like I expected. When I picked up this set of books I thought they would be light, humorous reads. Nothing too serious. Just lots of silly, laugh out loud moments. There still are some really funny moments and absurd conversations and situations that get you snickering but the books are much more serious than I would have guessed. With serious subject matters that society tends to push under the run. You really...more
What I Liked: From the start I liked the writing and dialog. There were a few times, especially in the middle, where it felt like there was a lot of author intrusion going on. But thankfully, the last 25% most of that was done. I also liked most of the side characters as well as the epilogue (if a bit drawn out to reach a word count).
What I Didn't Like: Bryan and Shay were my least enjoyable components of this book. To say I didn't like them would be putting it mildly. Shay is way too clingy/nee...more
What I Didn't Like: Bryan and Shay were my least enjoyable components of this book. To say I didn't like them would be putting it mildly. Shay is way too clingy/nee...more
A rather strange book. I love the setup and the characters at the beginning. A preacher and a trollop? But nobody is what they seem. But then as the story progresses it just sort of starts to fall apart. Some parts are four stars and some parts are two. But overall it is a general light fun romance. I'm certainly glad that I read Say No To Joe? before this as characters and situations were so influential to the resolution. I'm sure I'll continue the series and with Lori Foster.
A light, nice story. My sister recommended this to me for I was looking for something exactly like this, light. Even though it took me a while to finish it, it wasn't either difficult or boring to read. It was fun, the characters were likeable, the story not too cheesy. There were some character name mix-ups and there was one part in the book where on one page the heroine, not supposed to call the hero with his real name in front of other people, calls him with his real name and the next page sh...more
I really do like Lori Foster's books and this was the first I've read in the "Visitation" series (my library didn't have #1 so I started here). The only problem I had with this one, is that everything about Shay and Bryan's romance was based on lies and deceit, and I got really tired of the "I'm going to tell him, but not yet . . . " scenario. Won't stop me from reading more in the series though.
I'm certainly a sucker for a good series and this one is good. We met Bryan just the tiniest bit in Visitation, NC #1 Say No to Joe? so he was a familiar character, but we didn't know much about him.
This book had some odd twists and turns that I had to work to stay with, but in the end I was glad I did.
This book had some odd twists and turns that I had to work to stay with, but in the end I was glad I did.
Identical twins - one is a preacher and another one is sexy beast. And one awfully rich, horny widow who doesn't know what to do with her time and money - what a fairy tale... 100% unreal and funny. If you are over 18, maybe is good idea to find something else.
Bryan is a bounty hunter with an identical twin called Bruce, who's a preacher. Bryan is switching with Bruce to catch a guy who's trying to hurt Bruce and along the way Bryan saves a "hooker", who he ends up falling in love with though both have a lot of secrets from each other. In the end they find the people whoa re trying to hurt Bruce and help 3 or 4 ex-prostitutes to get a new life. It's interesting that twins could be so different since one is a preacher and one is a bounty hunter but i g...more
Since I've found Lori Foster, I'm working my way through her Visitation series (albeit out of order). Her books definitely have very explicit sex scenes, but at the same time she has some very cool characters. Very enjoyable.
I liked this, but not nearly as well as the other Visitation books. The first half dragged for me, and I didn't really care for Shay or Bryan much. The second half was better, though, but not a keeper!
Pretty good story with an exciting ending but at times got heavy with ruminating. Bryan is pretending to be his brother the preacher in a halfway house when he comes across Shay and thinks she's a hooker.
I like how the two main characters are toying with each other's heads-- Bryan's pretending to be a preacher and Shay's pretending to be a hooker. It's hilarious.
This was a fun read and I really like the characters. The continuation from the first is very loose so it isn't as necessary to read it first. The hero is yummy and the romance is sweet. I definitely plan on continuing with the series!
The kind of guy you fantasize about. You wouldn't really want him if you had him, but he makes a great fantasy.
this is the second in the visitation series and I really liked it. There were bits that were a bit corny but Bryan was wonderful and Shay was pretty cool.
it was a quick read that makes me want to find out about Jamie and Bruce!
it was a quick read that makes me want to find out about Jamie and Bruce!
I wanted to like it, but it was fairly blah.
enjoyed book had enough mystery and romance for me
Giving up on Lori Foster - her stuff is just ok.
Easy read, good for holidays :)
Apr 19, 2009
Stacia
marked it as to-read
SLOW so far. Not the usual pick up that Lori's books bring :)
4
It was good
Good romance.
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Since first publishing in January 1996, Lori Foster has become a Waldenbooks, Borders, USA Today, Publisher’s Weekly and New York Times bestselling author. Lori has published through a variety of houses, including Kensington, St. Martin’s, Harlequin, Silhouette and Samhain. She is currently with Berkley/Jove.
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