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Men on a Mission #1
Hunter's Prey
Felicia St. Clair came home to Texas to search for her missing brother, Adam, but she wasn't about to fall for Dane Rineholt-she'd made that mistake once, and that was enough.
- GenresHarlequin
284 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1984
About the author
Annette Broadrick
213 books42 followersAnnette Broadrick was born on November 26. Her mother read to her until she read to herself. From that time on, books became her closest companions and teachers. She was an only child until the middle of her 16th year when her sister was born.
She married immediately after high school graduation in the middle of her 18th year. Twelve months later she had her first son. She ended up having four sons in seven years. People with children do not need to explain what their life was like for the next 20 years. Those people without children do not want to hear about it. Early on, she became a secretary to supplement the family income. Eventually she became a legal secretary and for 25 years she worked for attorneys in Arizona, Texas, Illinois, and Oregon.
Her love of books followed her throughout her career as a mother and a secretary. By the time her youngest son graduated from high school she decided to write a book of her own. After writing in a spiral notebook for six months, she rented a typewriter and rewrote the book, showed it to a creative writing teacher, who was also a friend, listened to her critique and rewrote her story. Next she showed it to another avid romance reader and carefully listened to her critique. She rewrote her story once again. Next she mailed the manuscript to the Silhouette office in New York. Two months later she received a phone call asking if she'd be willing to do extensive revisions, including cutting one hundred pages. She said yes. This was in January 1984. By the time the book, Circumstantial Evidence, came out in November of that year, she had sold a total of six books.
Since October 1984 Annette has supported herself with her writing. Her career as a published author has also supported her reading habit and in the past five years she has managed to establish a quiet life in the Hill Country of central Texas that soothes as well as stimulates her. She hopes to continue writing the kind of books that readers enjoy.
She married immediately after high school graduation in the middle of her 18th year. Twelve months later she had her first son. She ended up having four sons in seven years. People with children do not need to explain what their life was like for the next 20 years. Those people without children do not want to hear about it. Early on, she became a secretary to supplement the family income. Eventually she became a legal secretary and for 25 years she worked for attorneys in Arizona, Texas, Illinois, and Oregon.
Her love of books followed her throughout her career as a mother and a secretary. By the time her youngest son graduated from high school she decided to write a book of her own. After writing in a spiral notebook for six months, she rented a typewriter and rewrote the book, showed it to a creative writing teacher, who was also a friend, listened to her critique and rewrote her story. Next she showed it to another avid romance reader and carefully listened to her critique. She rewrote her story once again. Next she mailed the manuscript to the Silhouette office in New York. Two months later she received a phone call asking if she'd be willing to do extensive revisions, including cutting one hundred pages. She said yes. This was in January 1984. By the time the book, Circumstantial Evidence, came out in November of that year, she had sold a total of six books.
Since October 1984 Annette has supported herself with her writing. Her career as a published author has also supported her reading habit and in the past five years she has managed to establish a quiet life in the Hill Country of central Texas that soothes as well as stimulates her. She hopes to continue writing the kind of books that readers enjoy.
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May 31, 2020
Second chance story of an H/h who grew up on adjoining Texas ranches and married when heroine was 18. The hero, 10 years older, kept leaving for nights on end and wasn’t around when the heroine miscarried. H/h never talked about it, so heroine left for NYC to be a model. Hero never called or wrote or tried to contact her.
Five years later the hero won’t give the heroine a divorce so she returns to Texas to stay with her brother and family. But first she stops in the new, “elegant” Holiday Inn (really) and runs into the hero in the bar. He doesn’t seem to recognize her, and heroine is too shy to tell him, but they end of having sex.
Heroine leaves before hero wakes up and wonders if hero made a habit of picking up strange women and drinking in excess.
At this point, I was unimpressed with both of them since heroine showed no backbone and hero seemed like a creep.
I stayed unimpressed as the story unfolded. Heroine quickly moved back in with the hero. Since the reconciliation took so little time, the author went full Diana Palmer* and filled up the page count with the hero’s involvement as some kind of secret agent helping with “illegal aliens” and the drug wars in Mexico.
Heroine had to fulfill some modeling contracts, so she left while hero was cosplaying as a mercenary. He follows her to NYC to declare himself and to let her know she’s pregnant (Doctor called hero) for an HEA.
This story felt dated and word choice was often tacky. Example: hero was in the army in the “Orient.” The H/h were both celibate during their separation.
*Never go full Diana Palmer
Five years later the hero won’t give the heroine a divorce so she returns to Texas to stay with her brother and family. But first she stops in the new, “elegant” Holiday Inn (really) and runs into the hero in the bar. He doesn’t seem to recognize her, and heroine is too shy to tell him, but they end of having sex.
Heroine leaves before hero wakes up and wonders if hero made a habit of picking up strange women and drinking in excess.
At this point, I was unimpressed with both of them since heroine showed no backbone and hero seemed like a creep.
I stayed unimpressed as the story unfolded. Heroine quickly moved back in with the hero. Since the reconciliation took so little time, the author went full Diana Palmer* and filled up the page count with the hero’s involvement as some kind of secret agent helping with “illegal aliens” and the drug wars in Mexico.
Heroine had to fulfill some modeling contracts, so she left while hero was cosplaying as a mercenary. He follows her to NYC to declare himself and to let her know she’s pregnant (Doctor called hero) for an HEA.
This story felt dated and word choice was often tacky. Example: hero was in the army in the “Orient.” The H/h were both celibate during their separation.
*Never go full Diana Palmer
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August 7, 2012Five years was too long to be away from the Texas family ranch that had changed Kristi Cole's life. A lot had changed since she'd fallen for and married Jason McAlister. Now, she was home for a divorce. But Kristi didn't realize that she was falling into Jason's trap. Once he'd lured her back, he never intended to let her go again. Original.
Read when I was a teenager. Loved it!
Read when I was a teenager. Loved it!
October 23, 2014
Horrible writing, horrible story... there was never any tension as to their 'getting back together' or not. Lost precious time reading this.
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