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On the Loose (Steele Street #7)
by
Tara Janzen
He's a special agent who never loses his cool.
She's the heat-seeking missle headed straight for his heart.
Keeping cool under pressure is the credo C. Smith Rydell lives by. That’s why he was handpicked by the Special Defense Forces for a mission few men survive. So why has the ex-DEA superstar been reassigned to Panama City, playing bodyguard to a blond in a black string b...more
She's the heat-seeking missle headed straight for his heart.
Keeping cool under pressure is the credo C. Smith Rydell lives by. That’s why he was handpicked by the Special Defense Forces for a mission few men survive. So why has the ex-DEA superstar been reassigned to Panama City, playing bodyguard to a blond in a black string b...more
Mass Market Paperback, 403 pages
Published
October 30th 2007
by Dell
(first published January 1st 2007)
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Zosia
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I loved this one. It had everything I like about Tara Janzen’s writing, was missing the stuff I usually complain about, and had extra things I loved too.
This instalment gives us a woman blackmailed by the CIA into delivering weapons to the bad guys. Another woman is running away from a bunch of nuns who may or may not be pregnant, because she’s witnessed a few murders. There's a heroine who accessorises her BDUs with a headband and some snack food, and keeps a spare lipstick in the p...more
This instalment gives us a woman blackmailed by the CIA into delivering weapons to the bad guys. Another woman is running away from a bunch of nuns who may or may not be pregnant, because she’s witnessed a few murders. There's a heroine who accessorises her BDUs with a headband and some snack food, and keeps a spare lipstick in the p...more
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Rating: 3.5 / 5
I'm a bit undecided on what to rate this book. I could go anywhere from 3 to 3.5 to 4. I'm leaning toward 3.5, though the strong ending tempts me to bump it to 4. I enjoyed this book a fair amount, but I didn't think it was as strong as some of the past books in the series.
On the Loose is the seventh book in the Steele Street series, and the first book in the "Loose" subset of books. Most likely, this bo...more
Rating: 3.5 / 5
I'm a bit undecided on what to rate this book. I could go anywhere from 3 to 3.5 to 4. I'm leaning toward 3.5, though the strong ending tempts me to bump it to 4. I enjoyed this book a fair amount, but I didn't think it was as strong as some of the past books in the series.
On the Loose is the seventh book in the Steele Street series, and the first book in the "Loose" subset of books. Most likely, this bo...more
This was another good book connected with the Steele Streeet series. I thought that this book concentrated more on the action involved in the story and not as much on the romance which is why I gave it four stars instead of five. I would have liked to have seen a little bit more emphasis placed on the romance between Rydell and Honey. Even so, it was an enjoyable, fast-paced book.
In the previous book in the series, C. Smith Rydell and Honoria "Honey" York-Lytton spent a ...more
In the previous book in the series, C. Smith Rydell and Honoria "Honey" York-Lytton spent a ...more
Ok, but not great. Someone who reminds me of Paris Hilton visits revolutionaries and drug dealers in Central America.
STORY BRIEF:
Honey is a wealthy socialite living in Washington D.C. Her sister Julia is a nun working in an orphanage in El Salvador. The orphanage is in an area controlled by Diego, the leader of a revolutionary military group. Because Honey has visited Julia before, the US government wants Honey to deliver money and arms to Diego. Honey wants to go because ...more
STORY BRIEF:
Honey is a wealthy socialite living in Washington D.C. Her sister Julia is a nun working in an orphanage in El Salvador. The orphanage is in an area controlled by Diego, the leader of a revolutionary military group. Because Honey has visited Julia before, the US government wants Honey to deliver money and arms to Diego. Honey wants to go because ...more
Nina
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You know what, I liked this one. It was different than the others, didn't have the spark of the first four, the thing that sets them apart than other romantic suspense series which is the cars. These chop shop boys can get a girl all a'flutter with their earth-shaking engines and reformed bad boy smoothness, but the last two haven't had that snap crackle pop. This one was different, but it had something.
I've liked Smith since our first glimpse of him with Kid Chaos, and I love that ...more
I've liked Smith since our first glimpse of him with Kid Chaos, and I love that ...more
I really think this author's best might be behind her. Crazy Hot, Crazy Cool, Crazy Wild and Crazy Kisses were just great. Crazy Love was quite possibly the biggest let-down disappointment of my entire life as a reader (one that I'm still not over...bitter), and Crazy Sweet was just awful. I was really hoping that the "start" of the "continuation" of Steele Street would be a time of re-energizing for this author....not so much.
The plot is complicated and there ar...more
The plot is complicated and there ar...more
On The Loose is a roller coaster ride of suspense with several story plots that develop and come together into an explosive ending. The sensual undercurrents and different lifestyles between Smith and Honey will captivate the reader with steamy romance even as a complicated drama unfolds around them.
I liked the sub-plots with the seedy characters all trying to out do the other, while all were focused on Smith and Honey’s complicated mission and how to use them for their own chilling reaso...more
I liked the sub-plots with the seedy characters all trying to out do the other, while all were focused on Smith and Honey’s complicated mission and how to use them for their own chilling reaso...more
I've learned a very good lesson about Tara Janzen's series. One should NOT read them out of order. Each one has the main plot line and a very strong secondary plot (almost half the book). That secondary plot becomes the main story in the following book. Picking up one out of order leaves the reader totally lost because one is jumping into the middle of it.
Unfortunately I learned this lesson with this book. I couldn't find "Crazy Sweet" (Steele Street #6) but had this one (...more
Unfortunately I learned this lesson with this book. I couldn't find "Crazy Sweet" (Steele Street #6) but had this one (...more
Hmmm. Not quite up to the standard I have enjoyed in the 'Crazy' part of this series. This one just didn't have the OTT, fun-filled, adrenaline-fuelled, crazy/sexy ride that you'll find in the earlier books. On the Loose was just a little too 'standard' for me. There wasn't enough to set it apart from all the other good RS books out there. Had I read this without knowing what I was missing in the other books, it might have achieved a higher rating. But I do, so it doesn't.
Plus, I lov...more
Plus, I lov...more
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After discovering that his ex-lover did not die in that plane crash after feeding him to the wolves, and is actually alive and well and involved in illegal trafficking in South America, Smith Rydell is confronted with another past flame, which he as been assigned to body-guard. Honey York is still the 5th Avenue princess he spent one wild night with four months earlier. And while blackmailed into closing a deal with a South American guerilla captain and drug lord for the US government, she is re...more
First Tara Janzen book. Decent and fast-paced with interesting characters--a former DEA agent sent from an important mission to babysit a socialite and the socialite with a lot of secrets--and suitcases full of cocaine--that he ran into a few years before.
400+ pages of fairly easy reading. All bits of Spanish are translated and drug-dealing Campos isn't as bad as he seems.
Recommended for romantic suspense fans who like foreign settings.
400+ pages of fairly easy reading. All bits of Spanish are translated and drug-dealing Campos isn't as bad as he seems.
Recommended for romantic suspense fans who like foreign settings.
A return to Janzen's best form: fast, funny, full of banter and sexy. There's just enough teasers for future storylines without taking away from the main story. Honey and Smith are my favorite Janzen couple so far. Both of them feel deeper and more textured than some of the other characters, especially Honey when compared to some other heroines. Using the silent hand signal in the jungle is a hilarious moment that sums up their whole relationship for me.
Better than the last one, that's for sure. But these books are still getting less romancy and more action/adventure, and I don't like that at all.
Loved C Rydell and Honey. Loved loved loved Honey. I loved that she was portrayed as this blonde bimbo party girl and ends up being completely awesome and more than that.
This book was ridiculously unmoored. It needed to ground itself in ONE (or, god forbid, two) stories. There was just too many POVs and too many chapters where ...more
Loved C Rydell and Honey. Loved loved loved Honey. I loved that she was portrayed as this blonde bimbo party girl and ends up being completely awesome and more than that.
This book was ridiculously unmoored. It needed to ground itself in ONE (or, god forbid, two) stories. There was just too many POVs and too many chapters where ...more
The book had great potential but didn't quite reach my expectations. Tara Janzen opened so many doors that she didn't close!
When I learned about the new vilain Irena, I was so glad. She promised to be a real bad-ass. But was a softie, she almost made me cry!
The relationship between Honey and C. Smith (you will learn what the C stands for) is not that great.
But, as usual, new characters are introduced and you end up reading the next book. We meet Alexander Ca...more
When I learned about the new vilain Irena, I was so glad. She promised to be a real bad-ass. But was a softie, she almost made me cry!
The relationship between Honey and C. Smith (you will learn what the C stands for) is not that great.
But, as usual, new characters are introduced and you end up reading the next book. We meet Alexander Ca...more
Ugh! This book had a lot of potential, but I do not like lengthy--extremely detailed--descriptions of fictitious drug lord operations. There was entirely too much inner thought(s) going on--page after page of inner thoughts of the characters and a lot of repetitiveness. There should have been more dialogue. When there was dialogue, I was interested in the story, but the bantering between the two main characters just got old.
I had a difficult time staying awake to read this book...more
I had a difficult time staying awake to read this book...more
I really liked the characters, C.Rydell and Honey, but the story didn't give me the same sense of excitement and drama like Tara's other books in the series. And there just didn't seem to be that sizzle between the two of them that would have made them more believable as a couple. It was a good story, but not one of her better efforts.
I got this as an Advance Reader's Copy back when I worked at Borders, and I figured I'd finally give it a shot, even though it looked like "junk food lit." It was.
Not nearly enough C.Smith and Honey. Not that I don't like Zach, but not nearly enough C.Smith.
Not my favorite of the series...but I love how they leave you hanging for me. Cannot wait to read the next one.
dangerous men, strong women. former bad boys finding love.
I really liked Smith and Honey and their crazy pairing from the last book, so was excited to see them back for more with this book.
The two of these people are so different from each other that you can't help but to laugh at them. Their sniping at each other was classic.
I could have done less with the whole drug/rebels/who do you trust story line. It seems like for those life in this life things like that are common place.
I did like the new characters that ...more
The two of these people are so different from each other that you can't help but to laugh at them. Their sniping at each other was classic.
I could have done less with the whole drug/rebels/who do you trust story line. It seems like for those life in this life things like that are common place.
I did like the new characters that ...more
Lynn Calvin
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romance,cars
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There were things that I really liked and things that I really did not like about this story. I love C. Smith Rydell and Honey. It was sweet and sad to find out what the C stands for. And I love the interactions between the two of them. I did not like the storyline with Irena. I'm sure that it is important for later, but I was not impressed with it. Also, I'm not sure how I feel about Alejandro and his upcoming story. Overall, I am pleased with Smith and Honey's story.
3.5 ★★★★
Loved C. Smith Rydell & Honey York-Lytton together! The fact that Honey wouldn't take any of Smith's usual junk & that she made him feel and think things that he never had before was really fun to read. However, what I LOVED most about this book was the introduction of Alejandro Campos a.k.a. Zachary Prade, the long lost member of the Steel Street gang. Cannot wait to read his & Lisa's story!
Loved C. Smith Rydell & Honey York-Lytton together! The fact that Honey wouldn't take any of Smith's usual junk & that she made him feel and think things that he never had before was really fun to read. However, what I LOVED most about this book was the introduction of Alejandro Campos a.k.a. Zachary Prade, the long lost member of the Steel Street gang. Cannot wait to read his & Lisa's story!
Fantastic lead characters and great suspense that manages to be funny at the same time. One of the best in the series.
3.5
My FAVORITE romantic thriller series ever! it has everything a good romance needs adventure, twist and turns and of course hot men and women in love and lust.
Tara Janzen delivers another exciting story in her addictive Steele Street series. On the Loose is fast paced, witty and leaves you with wanting more, Cutting Loose is my next read and Loose and Easy definitely on my to read shelf.
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“No, we don’t.” He liked meeting like this, over her bare ass, a hot-off-the-presses copy of the Rocky Mountain News, and a steaming cup of coffee. It was so perfect, he planned on doing it every day for the rest of his life. He just hadn’t told her yet.”
