Songs for Perri

Sisters of Spirit #5

by Nancy Radke

Romance, mystery, adventure...a spy story with a James Bond-ish type character. Hugo works undercover as a rock star, wowing the ladies, but he may have met his match when he is assigned to guard Perri.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Mystery, Fiction, Adventure, Contemporary Romance, Suspense

286 pages, Paperback

First published August 6, 2012

Reviews

[Mimi Barbour]

Perri is a determined, resourceful young woman who witnesses the death of her mother and has to deal with watching her beloved stepfather change in front of her eyes. Her mother's last words were about a pendant that she forces Perri to take from her and keep safe…a mystery is attached that keeps the reader wondering. On top of all that, her brother goes missing in Mexico, and after a phone call that tells of a threat to her brother's life, she hops on a plane to come to his rescue. But so does her stepdad who's really an undercover CIA agent….but then so is her brother!! Then Perri meets sexy, clever Hugh, and you're left to wonder if he is the "guy", you know the romantic element? Of course she has no idea he's been sent by her father to protect her. See what I mean? It's constant action and I loved it. The tale flows from being created by an author who knows how to tell a good story. Treat yourself!

[Myra Gabor]

I received a free copy of this book from the author and voluntarily chose to review it.
The story starts with a bang. Perri’s mother crashes her car right in front of her daughter and dies in her arms, but not before giving her a pendant. Perri doesn’t realize that the crash was engineered to kill her stepfather, who is in the CIA. No one has told her that both her stepfather and stepbrother work undercover for the CIA.
She rushes off to Mazatlan to help her stepbrother, not realizing that she was manoeuvered into a trap to catch him. In Mexico, she’s used by both sides. There is Walt, her stepfather, and Hugo, the man he trusts, who are trying to keep her safe. The baddest of the baddies, known as the Scorpion, is also after her stepbrother and he is deadly. Perri doesn’t know who to trust.
The story was fine and it was well written. It’s just that I had a hard time believing that Hugo, the man she became closest to, could fool her so easily. No matter how the author lets us know his skill in changing appearance, posture and attitude (read voice and accent), anyone with half a brain could see he was always the same person. Of course at the end, he reveals himself and all is right again with the world.
I read this book under the title “Scorpion’s Trail”.

[Wendy Sparkes]

For the most part I enjoyed this story, and although some parts weren't realistic, I did still get caught up in the action and kept turning the pages. The story came to life through the scenery as well as the action, which is how I enjoy stories, to be able to see it come alive in front of me.

Disappointed with use of strong language at the end of the story. Advertised as a clean story when I bought it, it was disappointing to have the word included, and that is reflected in my rating of this story.

[Diana]

Rating: D


The Sisters of Spirit series involves several young women who attended Virginia Tech around the same time. The group was started by cousins Stormy and Perri and included mainly western girls. Jennel left the group to start her business before most of the others joined. Two of their friends, Mary and Alison, asked to be included.

Perri travels to Mazatlan to help her step-father and finds intrigue and romance. Hugo knows someone must do the dirty jobs or the world would be a terrible place.


Warning: Possible Spoilers

Wow. How to describe this book.

The main issue I had with this book was the heroine was TSTL! Haven't seen those initials before or don't remember them? Let me help you: too stupid to live! This used to describe the heroines of Gothic romances and the horror movies when the heroine would go down the dark stairs in to the creepy basement and you just knew she was going to die. All because she was too stupid to see sense.

With no training whatsoever, Perri--a merchandise buyer for retailers--heads to Mexico to rescue her brother because a caller said he was in trouble and needed her help. She doesn't question this, just books a flight and heads down south. While there, she meets several interesting people and believing everything they say and going out with some of them. She even starts falling for one of the men: Hugo. She begins to fall for him, telling him a little of her troubles; ignoring how he seems to know things about her and her family and has almost the same exact name as a man her mother mentioned in the past. I mean, come on! How many Hugos are there in the world that fit a physical description from your mother and know secrets and stories from your history?

Needless to say this was a disappointment in more ways than one. Not only was the heroine TSTL, the rock star I wanted turned out to be some replica of Neil Diamond who made brief appearances as a singer but was more often than not, disguised as someone else every time you saw him. Based on the cover, I assumed that the majority of this book was about music and/or musicians, not a spy adventure in Mexico! Talk about confusing!

And confused was how I spent the majority of this book. That and angry at the heroine for doing unbelievable things and not thinking before she acted. I originally chose it because the cover and title implied there was a rock star in it somewhere, fitting in with Rocktoberfest. (And because it was free.) I am glad I didn't pay for this (really glad) and I'm not quite sure if I should congratulate myself for finishing it or call myself an idiot.

For me, the heroine's unbelievable actions alone would make this a bad read, but add in the lack of a feasible contemporary story line and it makes this an epic fail.

*Review copy purchased

[Kathy]

I loved this Spy-action, romance thrill ride. Nancy Radke writes clean, beautiful romances with strong heroes and heroines who meet in extraordinary situations! This book is no different! If you like murder mysteries, suspenseful romance, set in exotic locales, then this is the book for you!!

[Lindsay]

Amazon Freebie 10/10/2012

[Victoria]

Is a great book to read

[Beth Lechman]

This book has it all. Adventure, Suspense, Intrigue and even Romance. Enjoyed reading and couldn't wait to see how it ended.