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Shayne: The Pretender
Shayne O'Malley: Undercover operative. Handsome as sin, he plays the part of a jet-setting playboy, perfectly willing to use seduction to finish his assignment. No woman has ever been his match until...
Suspected thief Bliss Fortune turned his world upside down. Shayne's superiors were convinced Bliss was part of an international jewel-smuggling ring, but cynical, world-weary Shayne is suddenly having other ideas. He's beginning to wonder if the trusting, beautiful, passionate woman might be innocent. But that meant someone was setting her up....
- GenresRomanceContemporary
48 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published August 1, 1997
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About the author
JoAnn Ross
239 books799 followersNew York Times bestselling author JoAnn Ross has written over a hundred novels for a bunch of publishers. Two of her titles have been excerpted in Cosmo and her books have also been published by the Doubleday, Rhapsody, Literary Guild, and Mystery Guild book clubs.
A member of the Romance Writers of America's Honor Roll of best-selling authors, she's won several awards, including Romantic Times's Career Achievement Awards in both category and contemporary single title.
Currently writing a new Honeymoon Harbor series for HQN set on the Washington peninsula, that will launch in April, 2018, JoAnn lives with her husband (her high school sweetheart, who proposed at the sea wall where her Shelter Bay books are set), in the Pacific Northwest.
A member of the Romance Writers of America's Honor Roll of best-selling authors, she's won several awards, including Romantic Times's Career Achievement Awards in both category and contemporary single title.
Currently writing a new Honeymoon Harbor series for HQN set on the Washington peninsula, that will launch in April, 2018, JoAnn lives with her husband (her high school sweetheart, who proposed at the sea wall where her Shelter Bay books are set), in the Pacific Northwest.
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June 24, 2013
This was a fairly typical romance novel – pretty people who shouldn’t full in love do – he has a job to do, she has baggage etc. There was nothing overly special about it and I felt that I was reading it just to finish not for the enjoyment of it.
Generally I am a fan of the fluff romances almost as a palate cleanser before starting my next novel but this one was too typical. Romance novels usually have great characters, which for me makes the reading very enjoyable. But the two in this story were exactly what you would expect and had no hidden anything, they were flat.
There were no surprises in the story – predictions were easy to make so nothing was a shock and there were no exhilarating or “OMG!” moments.
Overall, it was a little disappointing.
While eye rolling and “what did you expect from a romance novel” might be warranted I do expect more from ANY book I read regardless of genre. Reading a romance novel does not mean I want to read a mediocre one.
Generally I am a fan of the fluff romances almost as a palate cleanser before starting my next novel but this one was too typical. Romance novels usually have great characters, which for me makes the reading very enjoyable. But the two in this story were exactly what you would expect and had no hidden anything, they were flat.
There were no surprises in the story – predictions were easy to make so nothing was a shock and there were no exhilarating or “OMG!” moments.
Overall, it was a little disappointing.
While eye rolling and “what did you expect from a romance novel” might be warranted I do expect more from ANY book I read regardless of genre. Reading a romance novel does not mean I want to read a mediocre one.
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