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Veil of Night

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Jaclyn Wilde is a wedding planner who loves her job—usually. But helping Carrie Edwards with her Big Day has been an unrelenting nightmare. Carrie is a bridezilla of mythic nastiness, a diva whose tantrums are just about as crazy as her demands. But the unpleasant task at hand turns seriously criminal when Carrie is brutally murdered and everyone involved with the ceremony...more

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Jul 23, 2011 Auntee rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Fans of LH: fans of romantic suspense with a lot of humorous dialogue

Shelves: linda-howard, romantic-suspense, 2011_reads

Jaclyn Wilde is an attractive, busy, successful wedding planner in Hopewell, an Atlanta suburb. Eric Wilder (funny, huh?) is a 35-year-old police detective in Hopewell. Eric and Jaclyn first meet when she literally bumps into him at city hall (while paying a speeding ticket). They share a few words and some admiring glances (he likes her 'world class' legs and classy looks, she likes his rugged sex appeal). Later after a very hellish day dealing with Carrie Edwards, a 'bridezilla' client, Jaclyn...more Jaclyn Wilde is an attractive, busy, successful wedding planner in Hopewell, an Atlanta suburb. Eric Wilder (funny, huh?) is a 35-year-old police detective in Hopewell. Eric and Jaclyn first meet when she literally bumps into him at city hall (while paying a speeding ticket). They share a few words and some admiring glances (he likes her 'world class' legs and classy looks, she likes his rugged sex appeal). Later after a very hellish day dealing with Carrie Edwards, a 'bridezilla' client, Jaclyn stops off at a neighborhood pub to have a drink. Guess who's also at the bar, nursing a beer? That's right, the darkly handsome detective. Jaclyn has been so busy with her career, she hasn't had time to think about men, nor does she trust her judgment after her own marriage died a quick death. But boy oh boy, if she did have the time, Eric would be the one she'd consider making time with. The attraction is there for Eric too--but does he want another relationship after his failed marriage? Eric decides to makes a move, they do some flirty talking, and Jaclyn agrees to let Eric call her after her busy week of six weddings in five days is over. But when Jaclyn goes home with plans to unwind and watch some HGTV, she gets a phone call: "I don't want to wait a week. Invite me over."

Eric...

Holy hell, they have an intense, sexy coupling...*whew* Maybe this has the potential for a relationship? But then Jaclyn's client Carrie is murdered, Eric is the lead detective on the case, and it looks like Jaclyn is initially the prime suspect. There goes any future Eric and Jaclyn might have. Eric's only doing his job, he doesn't really think that Jacyln's the murderer, but Jaclyn is miffed that he would even suspect her! Plenty of people have had dust-ups with obnoxious bride-to-be Carrie, but who wanted to see her dead? That's what Eric has to figure out, and Jaclyn may be able to help him. But will what she knows make her a target for the killer? Will Jaclyn ever forgive Eric and give him another chance?

I loved this story! It was part sexy romance, part who-done-it, with lots of humor (Eric's fruitless quest for a cup of coffee provided some laughs) and humorous dialogue thrown into the mix. I loved reading both Jaclyn's and Eric's POVs, loved the chemistry they had, loved how Jaclyn fought her feelings for Eric because she was so mad that he considered her a suspect, loved how Eric loved it when Jaclyn got all fired up...I loved everything about their whole relationship. If only Linda Howard would've given us more bedroom scenes, because these two were smokin'...

A lot of the book went into details about what a wedding planner does (a lot of hard work!), and showcased some of the weddings that Jaclyn had booked for her busy week. Lots of humor in these chapters, and it seemed like LH had a blast writing these parts. It was fun reading, but I would've preferred more Eric and Jaclyn, because whenever their paths crossed the pages started sizzlin'.

As for the suspense? Well, I was surprised not by who the murderer was, but by who the murderer wasn't. I had a whole other scenario played out in my head, and was waiting for this twist in the story, but it wasn't to be. Hmmm, I guess I over-thought this one.:)

I know a lot of people have fallen off the Linda Howard bandwagon and have been disappointed in some of her newer releases. It's true that she doesn't seem to spend as much time on the romance aspect of the story as she used to, but boy, her storytelling skills are still there. I thoroughly enjoyed this one, even though I was longing for more romantic scenes between Eric and Jaclyn. That longing was the only complaint I had about this book though. Veil of Night thoroughly entertained me--4 1/2 stars.(less)

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Sep 24, 2010 willaful rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: got-up-my-nose, made-me-laugh

"I liked it" feels like the right rating for this book, yet when I think about what to say about it, mostly criticisms come to mind. Really bad pacing/foreshadowing -- it starts as a mystery with no mystery, then turns into romantic suspense with no build-up of suspense. Forced humor. Repetition. An incredibly classist and elitist attitude on the part of the wedding planner heroine, who sounds like she plans the dullest, most cliched weddings on the face of the earth. (If you want to read about...more

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Aug 19, 2010 Norma rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2010, romantic-suspense

3.5 stars. I really enjoyed this book. It really had the feel and "voice" of a Linda Howard novel. I didn't love it though. THere was a lot of filler and too much detail about the weddings that I just wasn't interested in.

However, I did enjoy the H and h. Eric Wilder, our hero is terrific. His grumblings about not being able to get a decent cup of coffee made me laugh.

If you are a LH fan and you've been reluctant to read her books, I'd say give this one a try. It's not Mr. Perfect or Open Seaso...more

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Oct 16, 2011 İlkim rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, romantic-suspense, fav-author

Bayıldım diyemeyeceğim kitaba ama Alev Alev tarzında çıkmadı neyse ki. Kitap bana Sweeney'i anımsattı biraz. Biraz da Hep Senin Yanındayım vardı içinde. Kısaca yazarın önceki kitaplarında olmayan bir şey yoku, tarzını yansıtmaya devam etmiş kesinlikle. Kitabın yazarını bilmeseniz bile bu bir Linda kitabı dersiniz. Ama o kadar da etkilenemedim ben. Ve bunu belirtmem lazım ki çeviri gayet iyiydi, Alev Alev gibi bir çeviri fiyaskosundan sonra biraz tedirgin olmuştum. Neyse ki korktuğum gibi olmadı,...more

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Apr 14, 2013 Connie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have not read a Linda Howard book in a long time and I was listening to this one in the car, but I had a customer that needed a book to listen to on their way home so had to give it to them. I did find a paper copy on the shelf and continued to read to finish it up. I was not impressed with this book because I thought it was just like a lot of other books only with different people. This book was recommended to me, but maybe they had not read anything by this author so didn't have anything to...more

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Sep 25, 2012 HÜLYA YILMAZ rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Aşk Tuzağı harika bir kurgulaması olan bir kitap..Yazarın son yayınlanan kitapları ile aynı kalitede ..Düğün Organizatörü olan Jaclyn Wilde ile Dedektif Eric Wilder'in karşılaşması oldukça çarpıcı olmuştu.. Birbirlerinden ilk gördükleri andan itibaren etkilendiler..Birbirlerini unutamadılar..Sonunda olanlar oldu ve birlikte oldular..İkiside bu ilişkinin tek gecelik mi? Devam edebilecek bir ilişkimi olup olmadığını bilmiyordu ama birbirlerini unutamadılar!!.. Jaclyn müşterisi Carrie Edwards ile z...more

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Jan 21, 2011 Book Binge Blog rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This novel was much more reminiscent of the Linda Howard I fell in love with almost a decade ago. The writing was cleaner and I didn't feel like I was reading an instruction manual. However, I also feel like she's already done this...a cop who has to interrogate his latest flame over the murder of her client. I wish she'd been a little more original.

Jaclyn is a well settled woman who is comfortable with who she is. She's intelligent, witty and in charge of her life. She isn't looking for a relat...more This novel was much more reminiscent of the Linda Howard I fell in love with almost a decade ago. The writing was cleaner and I didn't feel like I was reading an instruction manual. However, I also feel like she's already done this...a cop who has to interrogate his latest flame over the murder of her client. I wish she'd been a little more original.

Jaclyn is a well settled woman who is comfortable with who she is. She's intelligent, witty and in charge of her life. She isn't looking for a relationship, but she can't deny the chemistry she shares with Eric. Rather than turning him away she decides to see where it will go.Erin isn't looking for a relationship either, but like Jaclyn he's willing to see where things go. Until Jaclyn turns out to be the main suspect in one of his cases.

This novel started out strong. The attraction between Jaclyn and Eric fairly leapt off the pages. It was easy to fall into their relationship and follow along as it progressed. Unfortunately the romance soon takes a backseat to the murder plot. While that normally wouldn't be a problem, I think Howard miscalculated by keeping Eric and Jaclyn apart for so much of the novel. Eric has to deal with her quite a bit in a professional capacity, but not much time is given to their romance after the first initial meet and greet. Their HEA wasn't as believable as it should have been, because they spent so much of the novel apart, or circling each other like adversaries.

I was also somewhat disappointed in Eric as a whole. He was so unapologetic.That can work in some circumstances, but here I felt he needed more grovel time. Much like Dane in Dream Man, which isn't a good thing (I hated Dane).I understand that he was just doing his job, but Jaclyn needed more from him. I don't feel he fully redeemed himself or that she held out long enough to make him apologize properly.

Having said that, I enjoyed much of the novel . I breezed right through it and had no trouble falling into the story. While this can't compare to many of her earlier works, it seems like she's headed in that direction. I hope this is a sign that Howard is on her way back. I've missed her. I picked this up from the library. While I enjoyed it, I didn't enjoy it enough to encourage you to spend the money on the hardcover. Wait for the paperback.

3.75 out of 5

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Dec 22, 2010 Christine rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

Very disappointing. I think I only finished because I usually like this author. The mystery/suspense was almost painful¸one of those in which the culprit would never get caught except that they start trying to kill the person who might have seen them do it. (Come on, if they had actually seen you do it, someone would have had a warrant out by now!) Not to mnetion that those attempts on her life were so feeble as to be almost laughable. I couldn't work up the slightest sense of apprehension.

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Oct 26, 2010 Cindi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Does everybody just love books by qLinda Howard? I have really loved every book by her; never a bomb yet. She's kind of a sure thing-author, along with Karen Rose and Anne Stuart.

I enjoyed VON very much and read it straight thru without stopping except for emergencies (i.e.: potty breaks, going to work, etc.). This one is a solid 4.5 star book IMO. I was committed to the characters - including the secondary ones - right from the start. Jaclyn Wilde is a character I related to: she is one of Atl...more Does everybody just love books by qLinda Howard? I have really loved every book by her; never a bomb yet. She's kind of a sure thing-author, along with Karen Rose and Anne Stuart.

I enjoyed VON very much and read it straight thru without stopping except for emergencies (i.e.: potty breaks, going to work, etc.). This one is a solid 4.5 star book IMO. I was committed to the characters - including the secondary ones - right from the start. Jaclyn Wilde is a character I related to: she is one of Atlanta's premier party planners and has put work first for the past 7 years to get that way. She is divorced and the child of a serial divorcee (her father, Jacky) so has unconsciously developed trust issues which jump to the forefront when she meets Detective Eric Wilder (yep, and those similar names are just too cute!). Ms. Howard does a fantastic job of showing us her characters' thought processes throughout, especially Eric's. There is a funny scene after our H/H have a one-night-stand; confirmed bachelor Eric lays in bed the next morning thinking 'OMG, this was wonderful but I just know she's going to change and become a clingy woman who thinks we're now in a relationship thoughts', while Jaclyn is in the kitchen making coffee and thinking 'OMG, I have to get him out of here so I can get dressed for work. I hope he doesn't think this is any more than a ONS. What if I bring him coffee as a hint to leave?'. She then dashes into her bedroom with her coffee in a mug and his in a paper to-go cup with a plastic baggie containing sugar and creamer, pushes it into his hands and says 'here you go, I have to take a shower so lock the door on your way out'. Eric watches her close the bathroom door and thinks, 'OK, I don't have to worry about her being too clingy. OMG, I feel so used!'. Eric's difficulty with coffee is pretty funny (you gotta read the book!). Heh heh.

A really good, suspenseful plot with a great HEA. What more could you ask for? I highly recommend this book!(less)

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Aug 22, 2010 Jane Stewart rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-mystery-with-some-suspense

2 ½ stars. Not enough relationship development. She’s mad at him for most of the story. Some plot details were missing.

REVIEWER’S OPINION:
I loved the beginning: how they met, the bar scene, and how they got together for the first time. I loved the first sex scene – wow, sensual, wonderful. But I did not enjoy the main conflict in the story which was Jacyln being mad at Eric for most of the rest of the book. She could not accept that he was doing his job (investigating a murder and clearing her o...more 2 ½ stars. Not enough relationship development. She’s mad at him for most of the story. Some plot details were missing.

REVIEWER’S OPINION:
I loved the beginning: how they met, the bar scene, and how they got together for the first time. I loved the first sex scene – wow, sensual, wonderful. But I did not enjoy the main conflict in the story which was Jacyln being mad at Eric for most of the rest of the book. She could not accept that he was doing his job (investigating a murder and clearing her of being a suspect). She was angry that Eric considered her a suspect. I felt her anger was unjustified. I was tired of hearing about it. At one point I was also tired of hearing about the mother’s anger on Jaclyn’s behalf. It wasn’t fun to read. I wanted more relationship development between the two. The author spent a chunk of time on several weddings, for example the “Hee Haw wedding” of bad taste (plastic flowers and mullets). Some of that was ok, but there was too much of it. Not enough time was spent on things important to me like relationship development, dialogue, and plot. Linda Howard is one of my favorite authors, but this book was mediocre when compared to some of her other books. Maybe I’m a little harsh, but I’m comparing her to herself and to her better books.

Regarding the murder mystery, it was not unique, but it was ok. I had a problem with the lack of details about the murder. The victim said or did something which caused the killer to kill her. But I don’t know the motivation for the murder or what was said or done by either the victim or the killer. I also wanted more details about the fight between Carrie and her maid of honor.

The best part of the story was Eric buying coffee at the same time someone was robbing the place. This happened more than once. Eric’s actions may not have been totally rational, but they were creative and fun and had me chuckling each time.

STORY BRIEF:
Jaclyn and her mother Madelyn are partners in Premier, a wedding planning firm. Both are divorced. Carrie hired them to plan her wedding. Carrie is a bridezilla of mythic nastiness. Someone kills her. Many people had motives including Jaclyn.

Eric is a police detective. He meets Jaclyn and ends up sleeping with her that night. The next day, Carrie is killed. Eric is assigned to investigate, and he can’t continue his relationship with Jaclyn until he can clear her as a suspect. Therefore he can’t comfort her and must play by the book so his investigation won’t be questioned later. Jaclyn is angry that he considers her a suspect and that he doesn’t trust her.

DATA:
Story length: 338 pages. Swearing language: strong, including religious swear words. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 2. Total number of sex scene pages: 4. Setting: current day Atlanta, Georgia, area. Copyright: 2010. Genre: romantic mystery with a little suspense.

OTHER BOOKS:
For a list of my reviews of other books by this author, see my 5 star review of “Burn” posted 7-11-09.(less)

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Aug 10, 2010 Jacqueline rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: cop-fbi, from-work-borders, romantic-suspense

I liked this for what is was. It was a light hearted romantic suspense. It succeeded best where the heroine, Jaclyn, was trying to deal with her frustration with the hero Eric. I kept picturing this as a romantic comedy. The scene where she pitched a hissy fit at a wedding rehearsal was laugh out loud priceless. I would totally go see this at the movies.

The book was fast paced and quick to read. LH is good at writing clear coherent scenes which are easy to visualize. There was a lot going on, a...more I liked this for what is was. It was a light hearted romantic suspense. It succeeded best where the heroine, Jaclyn, was trying to deal with her frustration with the hero Eric. I kept picturing this as a romantic comedy. The scene where she pitched a hissy fit at a wedding rehearsal was laugh out loud priceless. I would totally go see this at the movies.

The book was fast paced and quick to read. LH is good at writing clear coherent scenes which are easy to visualize. There was a lot going on, a lot more action than introspection. The dialog was good. The men seemed like men and not just what women wished men were like.

The romance element was not intense and torid. The book took place over a week so this was the opening of a relationship. Which is more realistic than falling in love and being totally committed after only a week. They knew they were attracted to each other and were going to give a relationship a try after the book was over. There were two nice love scenes. They were short, as descriptive as necessary without being pages of graphic stuff that bogged down the story. (I have no obection to graphic stuff in its place which is not a light hearted romantic suspense like this.)

The suspense element was okay. You knew pretty early who done it. I would have expected more red herrings concerning the others involved in planning the wedding, the caterer, the seamstress etc. The blurb on the book made it seem as if since everyone hated her, there would be many suspects. The police were shown solving the murder and a lot of the scenes revolved around their work, but it wasn't to the level of a police procedural novel written by people who specialize in that sort of fiction.

The ending was a bit unclear. You had to guess a bit at motivations based on one scene that took place earlier in the book in the victim's POV.

All in all a nice way to spend the evening. Not the best that LH has written but not the worst and far better than most other less talented authors.(less)

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Feb 18, 2011 Sweety rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Aug 05, 2010 Kristin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, suspense, reviewed, read-in-2010

I was torn between calling this "okay" and saying I "liked it." I feel like Linda Howard has had some weird ones lately (some good - like Burn, and some BAD - like Death Angel),and this fell into that category. Unlike the normal Howard (or romantic suspense, for that matter), the characters jumped into bed almost immediately and then had suspenseful-type obstacles thrown at them, rather than falling into bed as a comfort thing in the midst of suspense. So that was different, but not in a bad way...more

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Oct 09, 2010 Brandi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

By far, the best (or worst) Bridezilla ever. Jaclyn Wilde is a Atlanta events planner who has the worst client in history and on top of that, she has an unpaid parking ticket. Her day gets slightly better when she runs into Dective Eric Wilder coming out of an elevator...[insert interesting dialouge, sex, and murder investigation].
So, I liked this book. A lot. The dialouge was awesome and so were the characters, especially those involved in the Hee Haw Hell wedding. But the whole murder investi...more

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Dec 04, 2011 Melody added it · review of another edition

It has been a long while since I read a romance suspense novel; I picked Linda Howard's Veil of Night because I enjoyed reading Linda's previous novels, plus the heroine in this story is a wedding planner and I was interested to know more about the profession through the story.

Jaclyn Wilde loves her job and she put in all her time and efforts in running her own events business, Premier. Together with her mother, they had built up Premier's name through their detailed and well organised planning...more It has been a long while since I read a romance suspense novel; I picked Linda Howard's Veil of Night because I enjoyed reading Linda's previous novels, plus the heroine in this story is a wedding planner and I was interested to know more about the profession through the story.

Jaclyn Wilde loves her job and she put in all her time and efforts in running her own events business, Premier. Together with her mother, they had built up Premier's name through their detailed and well organised planning and although their work is not entirely a bed of roses, Jaclyn and Madelyn always see through everything no matter how difficult the clients and/or the tasks at hand.

However, Carrie Edwards, her latest client has ways of irritating her and making things difficult not only to her and to the other vendors as well. She would decide to change the colour of the bridesmaids' wedding dresses at the last minute, or criticise that the food is not up to her taste and status, blah blah blah. As much as she is annoying and demanding, many people figured it wouldn't do them any good should they want to make a huge fuss over her unreasonable tantrums, considering that she is marrying the son of a senator.

Just as Jaclyn is trying to get over another one of Carrie's unreasonable demands and the slap she had given her, she is shocked to learn that Carrie was murdered after they had arranged to meet up to discuss more of the wedding details, together with the other vendors as well. Now everyone that is present during that meeting became a suspect and it doesn't put Jaclyn in a favourable spot as she had forgotten and left her briefcase where the crime scene is.

Detective Eric Wilder is assigned to the case, but he is in an awkward situation since he had had one passionate night with Jaclyn and although he is professional enough to not let his personal life mingle with his job, it bugs him as that means he has to lay his hands off of her and on top of that, Jaclyn is giving him a cold shoulder. Jaclyn knew he is doing his job, but she couldn't help feeling hurt and offended when Eric starts to question her.

What Jaclyn and Eric didn't know is while they are trying to sort out their situations the murderer has moved on to the next unaware target - Jaclyn.

I enjoyed reading Veil of Night and I think Jaclyn and Eric are both very likeable characters. While I think their chemistry and their exchanges are entertaining and add some spice to the story, however on the suspense front it lacks the punch. The whodunnit effect wasn't as great as what I had anticipated; I supposed I wanted a list of suspects for me to guess and to see if my hunch is correct. The real action only began towards the last quarter of the book and while I think there is nothing wrong with this approach, I have to say it somewhat took some of my patience away but suffice to say that the attraction between Jaclyn and Eric is enough to keep me occupied.

I have Linda Howard's latest release, Prey, in my TBR pile and I hope that it would be better on the suspense front. (less)

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Nov 05, 2010 Darcy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, audio-book

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This was one of Howard's better book, filled with a great romance, suspense, and all sorts of silly wedding things. Being that the main character was a wedding planner it seemed like the weddings were a separate character themselves, boy were there some doosies, the pink one, the Bull dog one, and of course you just can't talk about this book with out mentioning the Hee Haw hell one, which will have you snorting with laughter wishing you could have been there to see the spectacle.

Jaclyn and Eric...more This was one of Howard's better book, filled with a great romance, suspense, and all sorts of silly wedding things. Being that the main character was a wedding planner it seemed like the weddings were a separate character themselves, boy were there some doosies, the pink one, the Bull dog one, and of course you just can't talk about this book with out mentioning the Hee Haw hell one, which will have you snorting with laughter wishing you could have been there to see the spectacle.

Jaclyn and Eric meet in such an odd random way that when you look back on it it is very funny. Their second meeting just as random, but it is there that neither can ignore their attraction and we get the best line. After exchanging cards with phone numbers Jaclyn says how her upcoming week is a super busy one and he should call her in a week. They part, but then after thinking, Eric calls her up and says, "I don't want to wait." What a great line, and of course it gets him what he wants, as the 2 of them share an explosive one night.

It is after that night that things become fun, we have the morning after awkwardness which Jaclyn handles in a fun way leaving Eric wondering what the heck just happened. Eric seems to have issues getting a cup of coffee in the book, making some fun scenes. We get to see all the crazy weddings, and of course there is the murder where Jaclyn ends up a suspect and Eric the lead detective. As Eric investigates Jaclyn wonders what happened to the guy she spent the night with, she is just left with a hard charging cop. Eric, knowing that there could be an issue of conflict, is all by the books and can't even let Jaclyn in on what he is doing, he just had to take her anger. And boy is Jaclyn angry! She gets off a zinger at him when as they come over to question her they have to take her clothes. While they are in the laundry room the sheets from her bed are there, Eric recognizes them and looks at them. Jaclyn says, "Sorry for the smell, a skunk peed on them, I'll have to burn them now." As much as you want this couple together, their antagonizing of each other is fun.

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Apr 19, 2011 Priscilla rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was a book that I found easy to put down. I never fully identified with the heroine. Now the hero...he I could identify with. As a matter of fact, I wanted a different heroine for him. Jaclyn is a wedding planner who is also a suspect in the shish-kebob death of her client. Eric is the detective assigned to the case and what a coincidence, he and Jaclyn just had a smoking one-night stand. (How the prissy Jaclyn unbent enough to go through with this was a bit of a stretch). However will he m...more

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Nov 12, 2010 Melinda rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, audible-com

The 3-star review is for the AUDIO of the book, since I might have liked it even more in print but the narration was so inconsistent and sometimes awful. Clarinda Ross (the narrator) might be a good actor - her character voices are good - but either she just cannot read books out loud or she had very, very bad direction. Her narration (the stuff between the good character voices) was sing-songy with odd, disconcerting short pauses. I forged ahead with the audiobook anyway, but I think I need to...more

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Aug 29, 2010 Carrie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary, read-2010, suspense, law-enforcement

While I enjoyed the book, and liked the two main characters, I felt a decided lack of..something...in this book. Howard has all the elements here for a really decent suspense novel and a satisfying romance but didn't quite pull it out in the end. The best "heat" in the book was in the first part, and while I could believe the chemistry between the main characters, I would have liked to have seen the tension between them explored and developed more thoroughly. There was some classic Howard humor...more

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Aug 16, 2010 Diana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jaclyn is a Southern Woman (capitalized) who runs her own business with her Southern Woman mother. Howard's description of their office environment with the working relationship amongst the owners and their assistants, vendors, and clients reminded me of Designing Women. Jaclyn was actually not unlike Julia Sugarbaker -- beautifully put together, professional, and rigidly in control until something or someone pushes her over the edge. Eric kept pushing her buttons and her unusually busy week wit...more

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Jul 30, 2011 Tonya Warner added it · review of another edition

Jaclyn Wilde works with her mother running an event planning business specializing in weddings. As a wedding planner, she has met her share of bridezillas, but Carrie Edwards was over the top and just plan mean. After a stressful day made even worse by Carrie and a ticket she had to pay, she decides a drink is in order and there she hooks up with sexy cop, Eric Wilder.

Eric might be a cop, but when Carrie Edwards is murdered right after attacking and firing Jaclyn, he knows he must maintain his p...more

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Nov 30, 2011 Ramanda Flannery rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chapter-book, realistic-fiction, contemporary-fiction

This book is about an Event's planner who has shut out the idea of love, but has met a cop and has a "one night stand". One of her clients is a bridzilla,Carrie, and she is horrible and mean to everyone. Jaclyn puts up with her because she was professional. Carrie pushes things to far when she thinks Jaclyn has been talking about her, she slaps Jaclyn and fires her. Jaclyn, glad to be rid of her, leaves the reception hall and goes to meet her partner to fill her in. Jaclyn finds out later that C...more

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Oct 14, 2010 Ashley rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Yay, Linda Howard is back! I didn't care for her last 2 books, but this is one is very much in the style of Dying to Please, Mr. Perfect, ect. It's not my favorite - too predictable and not much suspense - but still a nice read. (If you've never read a Linda Howard book, try Mr. Perfect or Shades of Twilight. Be forewarned though, they are sexy romantic suspense novels...NOT on the "clean" list) I was worried after the last book that she was changing styles (she's done it before - those really a...more

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Aug 25, 2010 Maria rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jaclyn Wilde is a wedding planner who meets Eric Wilder at a bar and hops into bed together almost immediately. The next day Detective Wilder showed up to question Jaclyn about her Bridezilla client, Carrie Edwards who had been murdered. He has got to play by the rules to clear her, but she is just too angry to care.

Why I picked it up: Linda Howard is one of my favorite romance authors. Recently she has been writing books that beg the question of what is love? How long does it take to develop? A...more

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Jan 18, 2011 Jennifer H rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jan 03, 2011 Holly rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This novel was much more reminiscent of the Linda Howard I feel in love with almost a decade ago. The writing was cleaner and I didn't feel like I was reading an instruction manual. However, I also feel like she's already done this...a cop who has to interrogate his latest flame over the murder of her client...I wish Howard had been a little more original. I was also somewhat disappointed in the hero. He was so unapologetic. I can handle that in some circumstances, but here I felt he needed more...more

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Jul 22, 2010 Lizzie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Linda Howard's newest release combines humor, suspense, and faster than you can say hello romance. It reads more like her quirky, off-the-wall romantic suspense (such as Mr. Perfect and Open Season) than some of her newer assassin-filled novels. So fans of her older works will be very pleased.

Jaclyn, the heroine, has spunk and class (all at the same time) and the hero, Eric, is a real "Studley Do Right." However, while I was glad to see Howard return to the lighter side of death and murder, I f...more

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Feb 05, 2012 Ian rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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There are so many things to like about this book it's hard to know where to start. Jaclyn Wilde is a wedding planner, she deals with bridezillas on a daily basis and is always able to keep her head, smooth things over and make their wedding special. That is until she meets the ultimate bridezilla, Carrie Edwards who has managed to offend just about everyone involved in the wedding including the maid of honor, so when Carrie turns up dead, there are plenty of suspects.

Detective Eric Wilder is ass...more

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Feb 10, 2011 Leah James rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I have to start off by saying Linda Howard is one of my favorite authors, one whose books I purchase sight unseen. I even had this one on my Christmas list! (And believe me, I have to limit that list, so I'm picky!)

I tore into the pages with the same enthusiasm and anticipation as always, but closed the book feeling disappointed. I just didn't love this story. The plot felt thin to me - both the "action" story and the love story, the characters not clearly defined (although the hero was suitabl...more

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Feb 12, 2013 Eileen rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The first third of the book was nonsense and explicit sexual content. I'm not a 50 Shades fan or any writing that sexually explicit, so I was a bit put off by that. The main character is a wedding planner, so the details of her day were frivolous and busy work. Not that I think event planning is an easy job, but the ins and outs and types of flowers, lace and fabrics just isn't appealing to me in such detail. There are humorous parts to the book, which made it OK. The well put together wedding p...more

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Linda S. Howington was born on August 3, 1950 in Alabama, United States. She began to write at nine years old, and wrote for twenty years for her own enjoyment. She worked at a trucking company where she met her husband, and then decided to try and get her work published in 1980. [1:] Her first...more

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