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Sep 05, 2009

Auntee rated it:

In Tasting Fear, Shannon McKenna tells the story of three adoptive sisters--Nancy, Nell, and Vivi D’Onofrio. The sisters were all fostered as young teens and then adopted by older woman Lucia D’Onofrio. Each of the sisters that Lucia adopted had some sad backstory (call girl mother, drug addict mother, lots of foster families) but once placed with Lucia found a loving and stable home. The story starts with the elderly Lucia dying of a heart attack while a robbery is being committed in her ho More...

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Aug 05, 2009

Holly rated it:

Wow. This book does not come with rose tinted glasses. The only thing I can say about this book is that these people were messed up.

Nancy and Liam will never make it. If they were real people and were my friends and they sent me a wedding invite, I wouldn't even bother to show up. I wouldn't even send them a card, much less a wedding present. They will be divorced in five years, tops. They are the couple you pray never have children.

Nell and Duncan were the most normal More...

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Aug 28, 2011

RomReader rated it:

3 career-oriented sisters fall for successful & well-endowed alpha males who are protecting them from dangerous men pursuing them for their late adopted mother's valuable art treasure.
Nancy & Liam's story:
Heroine is a music-business manager who's wary of men & marriage due to her 3 failed engagements. All 3 fiances left her for another woman. Carpenter Hero wants heroine to take a chance on him while he risks the chance of having a home-&-hearth wife for career-focused heroine.
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Sep 28, 2010

Jane rated it:

Enjoyable and entertaining escape. Three short stories of sensual romance and hot sex with danger, mystery and suspense.

STORY BRIEF:
Something valuable was hidden from the Nazis during WWII by an Italian Count. Lucia is a descendant of the Count living in the U.S. in the present day. John the Fiend pays her a visit to force her to give him whatever this is. She dies during his visit, before he can get it. He sees a letter she recently wrote to her three adopted daughters, n More...

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Jun 13, 2009

Nancy rated it:

WHOOOAAAA! This is not a small book and I read it in one day! What an excellent time I had! The story is about 3 sisters, not related by blood; but adopted by the same woman. Part 1 is about Nancy, the oldest. She spends her time babying Celtic musicians and gets nothing for herself. When her mother, Lucia D'Onofrio, passes away under suspicious circumstances, she and her sisters are determined to find out what exactly was going on. Liam, a rennovation carpenter is Nancy's help in her quest. More...

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Jun 20, 2011

Rachel C. rated it:

Romantic suspense. This book had two major flaws. First, each of the three sisters goes through the exact same romantic plotline with their respective male characters - and reading them back to back in the same volume only makes it more glaring. Second, the overarching mystery is hardly given any thought at all; it's really only there to provide a perfunctory motivation for the bad guys. I correctly guessed what the treasure was in the first 5%, and the century-old mystery is solved with laughab More...

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Mar 08, 2010

Jessica rated it:

Three stories in one book, all intertwined. The stories being published individually might have been better, even though they all have the same suspense thread. Though the individual characters and their stories were different, the ultimate clash and resolution was the same for each story: stupid guy can't commit+ woman on her own at worst possible moment+ bad guy captures her+ violence upon her ensues+man comes to rescue=man and woman make up after near death experience.
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Jun 08, 2010

Jill rated it:

Three sisters each find love while trying to discover who murdered their foster mother in this collection of novellas. In Outside the Limit, Nancy meets carpenter Liam Knightly on the stoop of her Mother's house. Before she died she had hired Liam to do some remodeling. In Ask For More, Nell answers an employment ad requesting a poet to help with a video game. She discovers that her new employer Duncan is none other than the gorgeous man who she waits on at the diner where she works. Then in Rea More...

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Nov 24, 2009

Miss Kim rated it:

Tasting Fear is an anthology of three tightly related stories. You have to read them in order, and I think it they all flow nicely into one long (nearly 500 pages!) book. I think you could do arm curls with this one, and build some nice biceps. After having read Ms. McKenna’s McCloud & Friends series recently, I was prepared for dark brooding heroes and disgusting villains. We get a little of both, but the focus of these stories is mainly on the relationships and little on the suspense. A tw More...

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Jul 29, 2009

Julie (jjmachshev) rated it:

Stayed awake WAY too late just to finish "Tasting Fear". Shannon McKenna has delivered three stories in one (really thick) volume. The stories are interconnected with an overarching storyline, yet each story could have been published as a standalone and tortured fans into waiting for the next one. For that alone, this is a wonderful book!

Three women, adopted as girls by an Italian woman, become sisters. Each 'daughter' has her own personality and her own path to follow. More...

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Aug 09, 2009

Isis FG rated it:

Rating: 3.5 / 5

This is a hefty book for a romance trade paperback at 489 pages. It was pretty good, fairly typical for a Shannon McKenna book, but also not without its faults. None of which were critical faults, at least for me, because they didn't kill they story, but they kept me from really, really enjoying it.

Series note: this book is a stand-alone. It is NOT related in any way to her McClouds & Friends series.

Tasting Fear is a three-story anthology, bu More...

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Oct 06, 2010

Marleen rated it:

I was looking to simply enjoy a very sexy read and that's just what I got out of Tasting Fear. It was pretty hot & steamy, alright. I was not particularly interested in the plot but it gave the 3-stories-in-1 the necessary dynamics to keep them going. The male characters were very much unrealistic alpha-men, but not totally one-dimensional, nor without heart and soul. The female characters were less captivating.
My favorite of the three was the story of Nell and Duncan. Definitely the most More...

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Jul 30, 2009

Amy rated it:

Fabulous! Three sisters, three separate novellas.

The story starts off with a bang when the girls' foster mother is murdered. Who killed her and more importantly why?

The women are strong, themselves. They've had to be during their young lives. But, pair them up with the strong alpha types of this book . . .

Explosive story and sex! Hot! Hot! Hot!

Looking for a great storyline with lots of romance and more? Check this out!

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Feb 13, 2011

Lisa rated it:

This was a pretty good book. It was interesting the way it was laid out with each sister getting a section of the book. I read the first sister section and when I realized what was up, was afraid that each section would be pretty much the same, just with a different sister but luckily it continued to be a pretty good story.

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Mar 31, 2010

Jess rated it:

Three books in one follow the stories of 3 sisters as they seek to understand why their mother was killed. Yes, yes, they each find their guy in the stories too. That just makes it better.

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Aug 03, 2009

Mary rated it:

I think I liked this better than her other books because it was actually 3 short stories, so we didn't have to spend that much time getting through it. The sex was pretty hot.

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Sep 15, 2009

S rated it:

I enjoyed this collection of stories - a little light, but overall a good Sunday read (or Saturday night, depending on how much sex you want with your Sunday).

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Jul 24, 2009

Sharon rated it:

Gotta say, not really a fan of this one. I like most of McKenna's novels, but this one was kind of lame. Tasting Fear contains the connected stories of three sisters who fall in love while trying to survive the attentions of an evil killer who will do anything to get his hands on a mysterious treasure he has been hired to obtain. The three stories were ridiculously alike- the romances all followed the same pattern, as did the suspense. There were even love scenes and comments from the killer More...

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Feb 06, 2010

Kris (KindleRomance) rated it:

My favorite McKenna book. The males aren't the typical jerks that they are in her other books.

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Jul 27, 2011

Jennifer added it

Great book! Love Shannon McKenna. She does a great job mixing suspense and romance.

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Sep 17, 2009

Kindaangelic rated it:

3 stories in one....preferred the middle story the most, wouldve made a great book on its own.

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Jan 13, 2010

Panagiota rated it:

In a word, rushed. My least favorite of the 8 books I have read by McKenna.

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Aug 19, 2009

Katie rated it:

Okay Shannon...what is your deal lately??? Seriously. Cutting this book into three parts and making them into little mini rushed romances was annoying. What happened to the good ole days of "Behind Closed Doors" and the like. Do you wanna become a Harlequin novelist with some crazy psychos mixed in???

I did not like Nancy's story at all. She seemed like a snotty bag and he seemed like a wash rag. My fav story was Nell and Duncan. Vivi's story started out promising b More...

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Jul 18, 2011

Sharon rated it:

just couldn't get into this one.

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Nov 02, 2011

Karen rated it:

5

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Oct 05, 2010

Ann rated it:

loved it!

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Mar 15, 2011

Joan rated it:

Finished the book last week. It's actually three stories in one book. The plot was tight and kept me intrigued as to what would happen next. Each sister had her own story and I definitely was glad to see that all three sisters survived and had their own HEA.

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Aug 13, 2009

Gretta rated it:

This is my least favorite of McKenna's novels. I felt the same way after reading "Out of Control". In this one, the three sisters were just unconvincing to me. I was truly dissappointed this time. I'm just still loving the brothers from her past books. Not to worry. I'm still a believer and will be watching and ready to buy her next novel!

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Apr 21, 2010

Trish rated it:

I like this book but not as much as Mckenna's previous books. The stories felt rushed and were not as suspenseful as her previous books. The bad guys are still creepy and disgusting but their story line was not as fully developed as Mckenna's previous villians. The romance and conflict is still there but I was expecting more.

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Mar 01, 2010

Lisa rated it:

Its three stories in one book and I love all three of them!

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