Darkness at Dawn

by Elizabeth Jennings

A threat to the Himalayan Kingdom of Nhala unites Army Captain Mike Shafer and Lucy Merritt, an expert restorer of manuscripts. A deadly ancient prophecy of the world's end is manifesting-and so is their attraction to each other. Can they save the world and their chance at love?

Genres: Romantic Suspense, Romance, Military Fiction, Suspense, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Mystery Thriller

304 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 5, 2011

About the author

...also writing under the pseudonym
Lisa Marie Rice

Reviews

[Auntee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this book! I know it's had some mixed reviews, but any book that has me reading all day (without succumbing to a "nap") and neglecting anything I should be doing is a keeper in my book. Forget the lack of romance (or at least romantic/sex scenes, of which there was only one *sigh*), the book more than made up for that in the pacing, the plot, and the overall suspense. I was entertained, I was horrified, and I was worried. The plot about biological warfare had me wondering how soon before something like this happens to the USA?

The book blurb gives a fair description of what this story is all about. Dr. Lucy Merritt's parents were both CIA operatives. They died 15 years ago protecting the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Nahla (think Tibet) from an attempted Chinese takeover. Lucy, 29, witnessed their bloody deaths while staying at the Nhalan palace with her young friend, the Princess Paso. Their deaths left Lucy alone in the world, and ever since then she's sought a safe and comfortable life for herself, without any risks or excitement. Lucy lived life on the edge for fourteen years following her parents from one hot spot to another, now all she wants is to be left alone, working on her career as an expert restorer of manuscripts.

The Palace...


Captain Mike Shafer, 35, is in the US Army's 10th Mountain Division, and a few months shy of retirement. When he's called to CIA headquarters in D.C. while in the middle of training in Alaska, he knows something is up. It seems that a CIA operative who recently died in Nhala uncovered a threat to the US population. But before he could send all his intel from the flash drive he was carrying, he died a horribly gruesome death. Now the CIA wants Mike to go undercover high up in the Himalayas and retrieve that intel. His entry into the country will coincide with the request from Paso that Lucy Merritt come to the Palace in Nhala to restore a manuscript that deals with an ancient prophecy. Mike is ready to do anything to stop a threat to his country, but must he accompany "the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen"? Won't she pose a huge distraction for him? With Lucy's "in" at the Palace, and Mike posing as her fiancé, it should be fairly easy for Mike to learn more about this threat...or will it? Mike and Lucy need to work together (and put aside their sexual attraction...at least for a little while) as they battle the elements and a power hungry general (backed by Al Qaeda) with a diabolical plan in order to stop a global threat that could wipe out millions of people.

Mike...


Lucy...


Wow. This has to be Elizabeth Jennings's (aka Lisa Marie Rice) most suspenseful book yet. It was gripping, it was harrowing (reading about how the Ebola-like virus killed its victims...sheesh!) and it made me incredibly nervous. And Lucy does something near the end of the book that absolutely shocked me! I had to read it again to make sure of what I read... I don't want to say anymore about this biological weapon and how it was used, but man oh man, if some crackpot develops something like this it will be the end of mankind.

Now, how about Mike and Lucy as a couple? Fantastic. I loved these two. Both of these characters were wonderfully written. Of course Mike's an alpha, but he's an entirely normal alpha in that he doesn't seem to have any "issues". What a refreshing change. Good family background, no women problems, no "I'm-not-good-enough-for her" thoughts, just a decent, hard-working guy who's only leaving the military to take over his ailing father's business. A real stand-up guy.

However, Lucy...wow, this girl had it rough. Your heart will definitely go out to her. And she was a lot more brave than she thought she was--she managed to do some gutsy things in this book. The reader will want her to connect with Mike (at least this reader did!) and you'll be rooting for them both to make it as a couple. They worked well together, they had the chemistry, and they 'got' each other. My only complaint was that EJ didn't give them enough 'romance' time. I realize that was hard to do when they were trying to 'save the world', but she could've added a scene in the epilogue...right?

I highly recommend this book if you like your books on the suspenseful side, with plenty of action and atmosphere and you appreciate EJ/LMR's writing style. This book will make you think, and make you wonder about threats to our country that were stopped and that we will never know about....I think Elizabeth Jennings got everything right with this one, as I was highly entertained. 5 big stars

[fleurette · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book more than I expected but I could have liked it even more if not for a few things. This is definitely an easy and fast read.

The whole story is set in a fictitious country in Himalayas – Nhala that looks a lot like Laos or Nepal. And this well-thought setting is one of the very best things about this book. If you read a sizable amount of romantic suspense books (like me), you inevitably come to the point when they all look the same to you and you are completely unable to distinct one form the other. An interesting setting is a good thing to came across from time to time. I’m are quite glad with what I get in this book.

The plot is rather passable. It’s not the most inventive idea I have ever heard about and to be totally honest it’s just out of one of those action movies with lots of blasts and shots. Well, in fact, I believe this book would make a nice movie. Interesting setting, tones of action, strong hero and smart heroine – yeah, this story is ready to be made into a movie. As a book is okay.

The weakest part of it in my opinion is the romance. It’s totally unbelievable. We’ve got something between insta-love and love at the first sight. I’m not a fan of this idea. To me it ruins the otherwise nice main characters. Lucy and Mike have both strong personalities and this cheesy affection is not in their style. Mike lusting about Lucy like some starving sex fiend is just wrong.

All in all, this is a really nice read – good as a beach-read.

[Jan · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book started deliciously over the top. It had a crazy smart art historian heroine with a sad past ( including the death of her two CIA parents in a violent revolution in a made up country, and a plane crash); a Military Mountaineer Man hero, who specialized in special ops on high altitude in the snow.

The both of them are whisked away by the CIA (or Uncle Edwin for the heroine) because a bioweapon of mass-destruction (based on Ebola) has apparently been discovered in Nhala (the aforementioned made up country), and the USA's only IN into the country is the heroine, because she's been asked to restore a mythical document. The hero is meant to tag along as her fake fiancée, and serve as the muscle on the mission.

What follows is a surprising awesome romance. The hero starts out as totally underestimating the heroine (he calls her Hot Babe in his head at the start), but slowly grows impressed with the heroines intelligence, quick wits and her inner strength. He then proceeds taking care of her in various very heartwarming ways, whilst occasionally rappelling off palace walls, hiking through snowstorms and talking his dick down because 'now is not the time'.

I'm making it sound more over the top than it actually was, but the setting of Nhala had such a lovely Tintin feel to it, I was infected with glee. You know the whole Ruritania Trope with the small and slightly backwards country with the evil General planning a Coup? It was so deliciously campy.

And then the author decided to throw some realism into this fantastical tale by making the bad guys sponsored by Al Quaeda, have a Muslim faction planning to kill the entire Israeli population, and a Pakistani section planning to genocide India (the bioweapon was massively powerful and quick). As a distraction they planned to hit New York during the Macy Thanksgiving parade (I don't even know what that is, but apparently NY had to be hit again).

This totally threw me out of the fantastical and destroyed my glee, because I don't care for religion and politics in my romance novels, because I read those for escapism. And I definitely don't care for religion or politics when they are handled in such a careless, stereotyped, pejorative, indiscriminate way.

I also think it's dangerous to do this, because polarization in either politics or religion is never a good thing. Remember how everything bad was always the communists for 30 years? Don't let a few radical groups decide on the image of an entire people/religion in popular culture. It's just not right.

This also made me seriously dislike the ending of the disease plotline (the ending of the romance was sweet; and everything leading up to the ending was epic awesomesauce by his Military Manliness). The political plotline ends with both the USA and the Mossad having samples of the working bioweapon, with all the research and other samples being destroyed. I'm sorry, but I do not want either of those to have access to this kind of weapon (the disease thing was really scary - they tested it on an African tribe, total decimation and destruction of the bodies in less than 24 hours), because I don't doubt at all that they would use it. And since I was thrown out of the fantastical I didn't believe in the USA/Israel that would never harm anyone.

So yeah, in the end this book didn't work for me, but it might work for others, so I'm not dis-recommending it. Still, if you want to read about diseases as bioweapons, read The Vector, if you want a military romance, read Games of Command, and if you want thinly disguised comments on political events, read The Adventures of Tintin

[Saly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Darkness in Dawn was in one word AWESOME. There wasn't dull moment in the book. With a massive conspiracy from a General wanting to stage a coup in the kingdom of Nhala, to a bio-weapon designed to wipe thousands in Israel, India and US that can literally liquefy a human-being to meat. And the only people standing in the way Mike, a captain in the army air-lifted from his training exercise in Alaska and Lucy, the daughter of two CIA operatives killed in Nhala and wanting nothing to do with that life.

Lucy's parents were too involved in their work that she became a after-thought, a cover. She crashed at the age of seven and hid for a week from people wanting to kill an American and she was taught how to shoot from the age of eight. She saw her parents being killed and it was only her godfather Uncle Edwin(unbeknown to her), who funded her education and her apartment(in a way). She now works in art at the Smithsonian and leads a safe life but she still remembers the lessons of the past, how to show what you want to and she is gorgeous. So, when CIA come at her work-place and call her to Langley she knows that she has no choice so she goes.

Mike is one of the most normal people with no major baggage in life. He has a family that he adores and has plans to quit to take-over his dad's business. So, he is tired, grumpy and stinky when the CIA comes calling. In the meeting room only Lucy stands out , since she is gorgeous and smartly dressed and he has the hots for her. He is dismayed when he finds out that he has to go undercover with Lucy at a place he knows nothing about, with someone who he thinks has no training, and he has to act as her business-man fiancee.

Mike later finds out who Lucy is and what she's been through and that it is her connection with Nhala that is their ticket inside. I really enjoyed the book, Lucy is quick on her feet and awesome. Mike is also great, he's protective and awesome.

I did have to suspend belief is some parts but it still get full stars.

[Rosario]

I got up to about 25% and gave up.

1) The plot is preposterous. It's also treated very, VERY seriously, with a humourless, ponderous tone.

2) When our 'hero' meets the heroine in a supersecret meeting at CIA offices, he immediately starts referring to her in his mind as "Hot Babe". He also completely dismisses the possibility that she may have something useful to contribute. I'm sure he'll have changed his tune in time about her, but I don't find such an arse to be a viable hero any longer.

3) We're told in an approving tone that the heroine's godfather, a high-up in the CIA, basically completely abused his position in her benefit: he appropriated funds to pay for her education, blackmailed a couple of people to get her a flat for dirt cheap and good terms on her mortgage (seriously, this last one almost made me laugh). I find this sort of attitude, that people deemed by the authorities to be scumbags deserve to have their civil rights violated, completely morally and ethically abhorrent. And basically, I don't trust an author who's displaying these sorts of views to treat a plot based on geopolitics in a way that wouldn't enrage me.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review posted: Happily Ever After - Reads

Lucy craves her quiet, orderly life. She has no family, few friends and wants to distance herself as far away as possible from her how her past was lived. Her parents were spies and Lucy lived much of her childhood near their missions or in the middle of them, she provided a great cover for her parents, no spies would be carting a young child around with them. But Lucy’s parents did and when they were killed on a mission in Nhala, she was brought back to the US only to have the plane she was in go down in a jungle. The situation was so traumatic, she was 7 year old girl, all alone, but she survived a week before being rescued. As a result she’s deathly afraid of flying (who wouldn’t be) and has wanted nothing more than to live a quiet, safe life. She’s had enough drama and heartbreak already to last a lifetime.

Mike has been called back from leading a mountaineer training mission and is none too happy about it. He doesn’t like leaving his men leaderless and walks into the meeting a bit put out, and a lot grumpy having had no time to get himself ready; picture a bearded, shaggy haired, 3 weeks in the mountains type appearance. He’s counting down the days until he starts in full time on a civilian life, taking over the family business, but quickly learns that he’s being sent out on a new assignment. He’s to be the muscle in the operation, protecting Lucy while she gathers sensitive information in the country her parents were killed in. Lucy doesn’t want to go. Mike doesn’t want to go. But when they both learn what they’re trying to stop, saying no is impossible. Our reluctant team heads out to stop a threat that could kill millions and has the potential to eliminate entire cities.

Lucy and Mike go undercover to stop this threat and while the action and plot drew me in, the relationships and personalities made this book stand out. From Mike being made over into his cover persona to how he deals with the mission and his growing feelings for Lucy, his humor shined through and I fell in love with this guy. The moment he took care of Lucy on the plane, when she started having a major flying/panic attack, I knew this guy would be a joy to read.

Everything about this was terrifying. The scabrous-looking helicopter that appeared as though it was going to break apart any second now, the unsmiling soldiers, the hateful noise of the engines, so loud it reverberated in her diaphragm. Thank God she had nothing in her stomach.

Mike had her arm in strong grip. She thought she could feel the warmth of his hand through the layers of clothing. It was an odd sensation, being frightened but having someone on her side, by her side.

She’d always faced her fears alone.

He’s protective of Lucy and his humor, used to help calm Lucy in during difficult circumstances to his own inner ramblings, won me over. For all Lucy’s gone through in the past, she was tough when she needed to be, she worked well under pressure for not being a field agent and she’s smart – it’s hard not to love her.

DARKNESS AT DAWN has a great balance between a suspenseful plot and interesting, likable characters. I loved the writing style, it was easy to follow along, and we didn’t get bogged down with too many details, just enough to keep the action moving in the right direction. Very enjoyable read and I’m looking forward to what the author has planned next.

[Katie(babs) · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is the book that's making my break up with Elizabeth. Shoddy editing, unrealistic situations and no chemistry between the main couple makes this DOA.

Shoddy editing in the sense that the passive use of the word "was" WAS used for too many times and at one point there was a major change from past tense into present tense and head hopping throughout between the hero and heroine.

I think my main problem is that I've read everything Elizabeth has written. And because of that I have a bad case of deja vu with her current books. Every story is a re-hash of the last one with a few tweaks. Every heroine is beautiful, drop dead gorgeous, fragile and goddess like. Every hero is delicious and manly to the heroine.

Elizabeth has a formula, which for her fans probably works, but I started noticing the same types of sentences used time and again from her. And there's always one wam, bam, forget the foreplay, stick it to her good sex scene executed during a time when the main couple has been near death and their adrenaline is running high.

One positive note is that scenes with the CIA and madmen bent on destroying the world is very atmospheric and the virus they want to unleash on to the world had me frightened at one point.

Happy trails, Elizabeth. I'll no longer be there to follow you, but at least I'll have your Lisa Marie Rice book, Dangerous Lover (one of my all time favorite romances) to remember you by.

[SheLove2Read · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad but it didn't hold my interest. Skimmed the last half and I'm glad I did, as it seemed over the top in a few places.

[Kathrynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! A fast-paced, action packed romance with two terrific characters. I absolutely loved this book and could not put it down. Started it late Saturday and read the rest of it the next day.

Lots of suspense, CIA, military, terrorist, biological weapons, past and present meet up, terrific tension between H/h. The only thing I would have liked more was for the one intimate scene to have been "more" in every sense of the word. More descriptive, more often....

Loved the, "yes, no, yes, no, yes no..." thought of our dear Hero as he decided in his mind to allow Lucy to take point. There were many things in the pages that had me chuckling out loud, sitting on the edge of my seat and anxiously turning the pages.

5 Star Favorite from This Reader. :-)

[☘Misericordia☘ ⚡ϟ⚡⛈⚡☁ ❇️❤❣ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love this book.
It has made me read it non-stop and even miss a sports-club session (which is a really big deal, 'cause I'm a sports buff!)...
It was exactly what I needed to read right now! Definitely a keeper!

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was okay-- it might have made it to 3 stars, but I felt the ending was a huge cop-out and a few plot points sort of stretched the suspenders of my disbelief.

Lucy Merritt is the daughter of two deceased CIA operatives. When she was a little girl, they dragged her all over the world with them on their missions; now that she's older, she's created a haven of peace and quiet for herself as a manuscript restorer, and wants nothing to do with adventure and saving the world. Unfortunately, she's doesn't get a choice about it.

A devastating biological weapon is being developed secretly in the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Nhala, where Lucy's parents lost their lives. Lucy's old friend, the Princess Paso, has sent for her to restore a recently discovered manuscript... and hopefully to get word out to the powerful American government of the threat growing in her tiny country.

America, though, already knows about the threat, and they send career soldier Capt. Mike Shafer of the Army's 10th Mountain Division along with a James Bondian bag of CIA tricks to pose as Lucy's fiancee and hopefully identify and eliminate the threat before it can reach America's shores.

I rather liked Mike and Lucy-- they're both resourceful, gutsy, and intelligent, and Lucy's got a sly sense of humor besides. I particularly liked Mike's clear-eyed assessment of what it would mean to the mission if he fell for Lucy-- he neatly dodges the dumb, emotionally-insensitive alpha male "feelings? what those?" stereotype, there. Princess Paso and her secret amour could have been pretty intriguing characters, too, but we didn't really see enough of them. Good main characters aren't enough to make a book, though, and the rest of the supporting cast (including the villains) were sadly stereotypical and flat. (Actually... I'd say the villains were almost *insultingly* stereotypical.) The plot moved along handily enough, but the weapon was kind of an obvious MacGuffin-- and sadly, the author treated it as such in the end. After ramping the tension up and up at the end of the book, the author seems to decide she's hit her page limit, and instead of a race against time to the finish, we get a pretty little bow and HEA #536.

[Darcy · Rating 1 out of 5]

There was just too much to suspend belief on that I had to give this one up. I can believe that Lucy was dragged along with her CIA parents, however I have a hard time believing in some of the scraps she got into, never mind being calling in to be the point person for a super secret mission. Oh and add in that the man that is going with her heard about her antics as a child, just too much for me. This one just wasn't for me.

[Jeannie Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of those books that entertains and keeps you reading! A real suspense romantic thriller.
Enjoyed it immensely.

[Sabrina (Soter) Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I nhalani credevano che alcune persone… madri e figli, amanti da tutta la vita, amici intimi… incorporassero nella propria anima pezzi dell’anima dell’altro e che, col tempo, diventassero un po’ la persona amata. Lucy lo sentì intensamente, proprio in quel momento. Era come se, respirando il profumo di Mike, parti di lui stessero fluendo dentro di lei."

Sicuramente la cosa più notevole è l'ambientazione, questo palazzo in mezzo alle montagne dalle atmosfere indiane, tra draghi, leggende, opulenza e tradizioni millenarie, un'intera cultura fluita con facilità dalla penna della Rice con grande maestria. Interessante la parte suspanse, stavolta non abbiamo i soliti terroristi con bombe e missili, o attacchi cybernetici, ma un'arma assai più insidiosa e temibile (e purtroppo abbastanza realistica da spaventare considerando la recente pandemia) ossia le armi chimiche e batteriologiche. I due protagonisti sono un ottima squadra, perfettamente bilanciata, lei con il suo passato di orrori e un coraggio tenace ma quieto e lui un militare tutto d'un pezzo disposto a fare qualunque cosa per salvare delle vite... anche una terribile manicure XD Mi è piaciuto vedere per una volta una protagonista effettivamente utile alla causa, che sa quando fare un passo indietro e quando imporsi, e non ha paura di far valere le proprie idee; di contro anche Mike, seppur scettico inizialmente, una volta riconosciuto il valore della sua compagna al di là della sua innegabile bellezza, è disposto ad affiancarla nella missione sostenendola in ogni modo. La tensione tra i due si taglia con il coltello tuttavia, come mi sta succedendo spesso negli ultimi libri letti della Rice, quando arriviamo al momento spicy il tutto si risolve in maniera frettolosa e imbarazzante, decisamente poco valevole dell'attesa D: Bello il colpo di scena finale, per un attimo ho davvero sudato freddo! Menzione speciale anche per il personaggio secondario di Paso, una donna veramente coraggiosissima, che nel salvare il suo popolo ha trovato anche l'amore *ç*

[Stephanie Herron · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story starts slow, but quickly speeds up into action and suspense. Mike is an elite warrior called in to help with a mission. He is paired up with Dr. Lucy Merritt, who is an art restorer for the Smithsonian. They are an unlikely pairing for an op. However, she has ties to the current royalty in Nhala, which gets them into the country for the mission. Once there, the suspense and action of trying to uncover information about the biowarfare being produced in the country and the men behind it is intense. The mission seems impossible, but Mike manages to have strategies in place for most everything. Lucy is fearless and holds her own against the man intent on evil. After a particularly close call and stress running high, they give into the physical tension between them. As events ramp up, Lucy finds herself saving others by shooting herself with the bioweapon. It then becomes a race to get Lucy to the CDC in order to save her. Bad weather and an injury before she can even get to the plane make the race even more stressful. Luckily, there is an epilogue that ends the book on a happy note.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow!

Fast paced action with a hot alpha male that thinks and a woman who strong, brave and smart. When they are thrust into a life threatening mission, they have to work together to save themselves and everyone else. This was an amazing book. No let up in the action or the danger and the characters were what really made the story for me. Lucy looks soft and sweet and harmless but she is amazing. Mike is disturbed to be taking a soft sweet woman into danger but manages to handle it when he finds out just how capable she is but that allows him to shine as well. Together they are a great team but it will take everything they have to complete their mission.

[Amarilli 73 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Forse il romanzo più famoso di Lisa Marie Rice, di certo uno dei più riusciti esempi di #RomanticSuspense, che (continuo a pensarlo) non è un genere che possono scrivere tutti.
Infatti, non basta mettere un militare o un agente CIA, qualche cattivo e lasciare che le cose accadano a caso: ci vuole perizia (anche tecnica) nel descrivere fatti, armi, contesti e ci vuole bravura nel saper dosare l'elemento di azione con quello passionale.

E qui la Rice ci riesce alla perfezione, con due personaggi a cui ci affezioniamo piano piano.

Lucy è un'apprezzata restauratrice di libri antichi allo Smithsonian; nessuno può immaginare di chi sia figlia e cosa la leghi al governo americano. Mike è un militare della divisione di montagna, esperto di strategie sotto zero e poco incline a collaborare con i civili.

Ma quando i due si ritrovano fidanzati per finta e caricati su un aereo per un viaggio di diciotto ore, direzione uno staterello himalaiano, si trovano costretti a collaborare: in palio c'è una missione a rischio elevato e una fine del mondo quasi certa.
Ospiti-prigionieri di un palazzo di migliaia di stanze, Lucy e Mike devono affrontare il ghiaccio esterno e i loro bollori interni.

La cornice intorno è ben strutturata e credibile, e ho molto apprezzato i continui colpi di scena, nonché i dialoghi brillanti per personaggi non banali. 5 stelline meritate.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story kept me turning pages once I started reading Captain Michael Shafer, and Dr. Lucy Merritt's story I was not putting it down until I was finished. There is espionage, evil, suspense, drama, danger, villains, a Queen and her people, and romance. What a story, it was well worth reading, I would recommend. I received a copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Tee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I didn’t think she could get any better!

I recommend this book to everyone who craves a great story. I’m not going to get into the storyline itself as many have done that so much better than I could. I will tell you this, I cried toward the end of the book. Ms. Rice deserves many more than five stars. Please don’t pass up wonderful read!!!!

[Arlene B Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply exceptional.

Lisa Marie Rice is an amazing author. I try to read everything she has written and is one of the very few authors that I actually will reread her books. This one was a fantastic suspense novel as you followed the main characters falling in love.

[Suzi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Intense thrilling story

I can’t say enough good things about this story. At times intense, chilling, and heart wrenching all in a fantastic story. Loved Lucy and the strength she had and Mike was everything a good heroine needed .

[Sammye · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mike and Lucy are paired together for a secret mission. There’s a lot of action, drama and suspense. I did not realize that this is a previously published book entitled Darkness at Dawn by Elizabeth Jennings, but it was worth the re-read. *this honest review is based on a complimentary copy*

[Marta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow

I have always loved Lisa Marie Rice books 📚 this one was very good and relevant to what is happening in the world now with the authors twist on things.

[Abby · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

[Anita Baxter · Rating 5 out of 5]

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I love this book. It has a very real sense of write and wrong or good and bad. Ultimately it made me smile.

[Annetta Sweetko · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Ilze · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️

[Arta Auzāne · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Heli - So Many Books - So Little Time · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5. A quick easy read.