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Deliverance Company #3
Moon Over Water
Previously released as The Sooner the Better. Lorraine Dancy embarks on a rollicking adventure of danger and passion when she finds her long-lost father, gets framed for stealing an invaluable relic and must flee to Mexico, and encounters sexy renegade Jack Keller. Original.
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published October 1, 1998
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Debbie Macomber
903 books20.7k followersDebbie Macomber is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of today’s most popular writers with more than 200 million copies of her books in print worldwide. In her novels, Macomber brings to life compelling relationships that embrace family and enduring friendships, uplifting her readers with stories of connection and hope. Macomber’s novels have spent over 1,000 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Fifteen of these novels hit the number one spot.
In 2023, Macomber’s all-new hardcover publication includes Must Love Flowers (July). In addition to fiction, Macomber has also published three bestselling cookbooks, three adult coloring books, numerous inspirational and nonfiction works, and two acclaimed children’s books.
Celebrated as “the official storyteller of Christmas”, Macomber’s annual Christmas books are beloved and six have been crafted into original Hallmark Channel movies. Macomber is also the author of the bestselling Cedar Cove Series which the Hallmark Channel chose as the basis for its first dramatic scripted television series. Debuting in 2013, Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove was a ratings favorite for three seasons.
She serves on the Guideposts National Advisory Cabinet, is a YFC National Ambassador, and is World Vision’s international spokesperson for their Knit for Kids charity initiative. A devoted grandmother, Debbie and Wayne live in Port Orchard, Washington, the town which inspired the Cedar Cove series.
In 2023, Macomber’s all-new hardcover publication includes Must Love Flowers (July). In addition to fiction, Macomber has also published three bestselling cookbooks, three adult coloring books, numerous inspirational and nonfiction works, and two acclaimed children’s books.
Celebrated as “the official storyteller of Christmas”, Macomber’s annual Christmas books are beloved and six have been crafted into original Hallmark Channel movies. Macomber is also the author of the bestselling Cedar Cove Series which the Hallmark Channel chose as the basis for its first dramatic scripted television series. Debuting in 2013, Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove was a ratings favorite for three seasons.
She serves on the Guideposts National Advisory Cabinet, is a YFC National Ambassador, and is World Vision’s international spokesperson for their Knit for Kids charity initiative. A devoted grandmother, Debbie and Wayne live in Port Orchard, Washington, the town which inspired the Cedar Cove series.
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February 21, 2019
So many flawed, unlikeable characters!!
After her mother’s death, Lorraine is shocked to learn that her father wasn’t a war hero and didn’t die of Leukemia when she was three, he was a deserter and member of a terrorist group that blew up a building in protest of the Vietnam war. He ran off to Mexico to avoid prison for the accidental death of a security guard. (He totally felt bad about it, so it’s okay. He’s a good guy.) He loved Raine’s mom more than anything, but he was lonely and had a couple children out of wedlock with his housekeeper - a woman just three years older than his daughter. (Grossssssss!) Raine is engaged to marry good old Gary, a nice (but somewhat controlling/patronizing) man she doesn’t really want around while she’s grieving, so it’s no surprise that she falls in love with (and has sex with) exciting Jack. (It’s because Jack is such a great guy, has nothing to do with trauma bonding.) Gary is annoyed that she hasn’t called while reuniting with her father and is lonely for the two weeks or so she’s been gone, so who can blame him for going to dinner with (and kissing) a an attractive coworker? Jack thinks Raine’s already married, not engaged, so he pretends to be dead so she’ll go home and not break up her marriage. Eighteen months later, when he comes back to her, she forgives him easily, since she doesn’t have any residual issues from when her father faked his own death and abandoned her.
The story wraps up with the real fantasy of the story - that you can just pick up where you left off in the third year of med school, graduate despite an unplanned pregnancy, easily finish a residency with a baby, then go on to run a busy clinic run off of charitable donations.
After her mother’s death, Lorraine is shocked to learn that her father wasn’t a war hero and didn’t die of Leukemia when she was three, he was a deserter and member of a terrorist group that blew up a building in protest of the Vietnam war. He ran off to Mexico to avoid prison for the accidental death of a security guard. (He totally felt bad about it, so it’s okay. He’s a good guy.) He loved Raine’s mom more than anything, but he was lonely and had a couple children out of wedlock with his housekeeper - a woman just three years older than his daughter. (Grossssssss!) Raine is engaged to marry good old Gary, a nice (but somewhat controlling/patronizing) man she doesn’t really want around while she’s grieving, so it’s no surprise that she falls in love with (and has sex with) exciting Jack. (It’s because Jack is such a great guy, has nothing to do with trauma bonding.) Gary is annoyed that she hasn’t called while reuniting with her father and is lonely for the two weeks or so she’s been gone, so who can blame him for going to dinner with (and kissing) a an attractive coworker? Jack thinks Raine’s already married, not engaged, so he pretends to be dead so she’ll go home and not break up her marriage. Eighteen months later, when he comes back to her, she forgives him easily, since she doesn’t have any residual issues from when her father faked his own death and abandoned her.
The story wraps up with the real fantasy of the story - that you can just pick up where you left off in the third year of med school, graduate despite an unplanned pregnancy, easily finish a residency with a baby, then go on to run a busy clinic run off of charitable donations.
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September 3, 2016
What an exciting read! Filled with mystery and intrigue. Several twist and turns and a very surprise ending too. I loved every minute of the book and had a very hard time putting it down. I needed to know what would happen next.
June 13, 2024
Interesting mystery twists. Unfortunately the female protagonist is initially once again so into her own ideas that she causes great stress for others. Why does the female have to take that role?
May 12, 2011
Would you like some cake with that frosting?
Don't get me wrong, I love happy endings. In fact, when a book like this doesn't end happy, I feel immensely disappointed. But in this case, the ending was even too sappy for me. It dragged on and on until the author had tucked away all the loose ends and wrapped the story in shiny purple paper with a big yellow bow.
Even though there was a lot of violence and danger in this book, the only people who ended up dead were the bad guys. Any mistakes or reckless choices the "good guys" made were promptly forgiven. Ruined relationships were salvaged; estrangements were repaired; every child in this book was well behaved; and infidelity resulted in new realizations and ended up increasing everyone's happiness.
Need I say more? The writing was good, but I just could not buy that Jack, the womanizing mercenary, was in any way the marriageable type. His thoughts--and all the thoughts of the male characters for that matter--read like the thoughts of a woman.
Yes, I know we live in the age of equality, where we like to think men and women are the same. But I'm sorry, I don't buy that men and women think about love in the same way.
Otherwise, it was a good read. The pacing was good until the end when the darn thing wouldn't end and the author kept introducing characters from her previous books. Anyway, I digress.
It was a delicious cupcake. Just, when you eat it, scrape the frosting off first.
Don't get me wrong, I love happy endings. In fact, when a book like this doesn't end happy, I feel immensely disappointed. But in this case, the ending was even too sappy for me. It dragged on and on until the author had tucked away all the loose ends and wrapped the story in shiny purple paper with a big yellow bow.
Even though there was a lot of violence and danger in this book, the only people who ended up dead were the bad guys. Any mistakes or reckless choices the "good guys" made were promptly forgiven. Ruined relationships were salvaged; estrangements were repaired; every child in this book was well behaved; and infidelity resulted in new realizations and ended up increasing everyone's happiness.
Need I say more? The writing was good, but I just could not buy that Jack, the womanizing mercenary, was in any way the marriageable type. His thoughts--and all the thoughts of the male characters for that matter--read like the thoughts of a woman.
Yes, I know we live in the age of equality, where we like to think men and women are the same. But I'm sorry, I don't buy that men and women think about love in the same way.
Otherwise, it was a good read. The pacing was good until the end when the darn thing wouldn't end and the author kept introducing characters from her previous books. Anyway, I digress.
It was a delicious cupcake. Just, when you eat it, scrape the frosting off first.
July 4, 2022
pretty good, like the story, good ending, easy read
April 3, 2019
This was one of Debbie Macomber's finest love stories. Lorraine goes to Mexico to meet her father, she thought was dead. In the process, an artifact is hidden in her suitcase, It had been stolen and Lorraine is implicated. She escapes on a boat with Jack who pilots the boat and they encounter Carlos who seems to keep coming back to try to kill them. It's a very well written story full of suspense. Lorraine is a little too foolhardy and gets them all in trouble. She knows how to take care of herself and Jack, when he's injured. It was a perfectly entertaining audio tape that made my road trip a great one.
September 13, 2018
I really enjoyed this!!
February 4, 2019
Two-haiku review:
Her father's not dead
She finds him in Mexico
Then she's in trouble
Very nice suspense
I liked characters a lot
Terrific ending
Her father's not dead
She finds him in Mexico
Then she's in trouble
Very nice suspense
I liked characters a lot
Terrific ending
January 24, 2022
A different kind of book for Debbie. Lorraine has lost her mother . She has to deal with all kinds of unexpected news.
March 16, 2014
Lorraine Dancy has just discovered that everything she believes about her father is a lie~~~starting with the fact that Thomas supposedly died years ago. Now she's learned that not only is he not dead, he's living in a small town south of the border. In the process of tracking him down, she manages to get framed for theft and pursued by the real thief, the police and a local crime boss. Her Father's friend Jack Keller agrees to help her escape, although Lorraine's reluctant to depend on a man like him.
Jack's every bit the renegade Lorraine thinks he is~~an ex-mercenary and former Deliverance Company operative. He's also the one person who can guide her to safety. But there are stormy waters ahead, including an attraction neither of them wants to feel. An attraction that's as risky as it is intense~~for both of them. The sooner he can get Lorraine home, the better!
My Thoughts...
This was a bit different than most books I've read by Debbie
Macomber. This book was more of a romantic mystery of sorts.
It really didn't draw me into the story. Some of the things that happened in the story were just to way over the top for me. Especially, all the things that supposedly happened in one day. I just couldn't buy it...Needless to say, this was not a favorite book by Debbie Macomber for me, and I usually really like her books.
This book is part of my personal library, and I awarded 'Sooner' rather than 'Better' 2 stars.
Jack's every bit the renegade Lorraine thinks he is~~an ex-mercenary and former Deliverance Company operative. He's also the one person who can guide her to safety. But there are stormy waters ahead, including an attraction neither of them wants to feel. An attraction that's as risky as it is intense~~for both of them. The sooner he can get Lorraine home, the better!
My Thoughts...
This was a bit different than most books I've read by Debbie
Macomber. This book was more of a romantic mystery of sorts.
It really didn't draw me into the story. Some of the things that happened in the story were just to way over the top for me. Especially, all the things that supposedly happened in one day. I just couldn't buy it...Needless to say, this was not a favorite book by Debbie Macomber for me, and I usually really like her books.
This book is part of my personal library, and I awarded 'Sooner' rather than 'Better' 2 stars.
September 11, 2015
The twists and turns about her dad Lorraine finds, made a real interesting subject. Knowing your whole life one way, come to find out many things were really different than she was lead to believe, kept me wondering. I really enjoyed the mix of romance, suspense and adventure. Found this was a hard to put down book.
October 12, 2020
Overall just underwhelmed by this series. The characters seemed very flat and the stories implausible. Maybe it's a mood issue, but all the women could have been accomplished and sassy but they were portrayed as too stupid to understand. Too many conveniently missed connections that would have eliminated the storyline entirely. Glad they all came from the library/amazon free reads.
February 1, 2015
Still cleaning off the shelves ....
September 14, 2015
Best yet!!!
The Deliverance Series are without doubt the best books Ms. Macomber has written. I could hardly wait to finish one book to start the next. Lovedthe characters.
The Deliverance Series are without doubt the best books Ms. Macomber has written. I could hardly wait to finish one book to start the next. Lovedthe characters.
June 1, 2018
Took forever to get through as I just could not stand the main character.
June 29, 2025
One of my favorite books! It’s the perfect easy vacation read. It’s a really cute and clean romance book.
January 6, 2020
Moving from secure sail to the choppy, dangerous waves,
When circumstances demand Loraine to be more than a little brave,
There are crazy situations that make her sophisticated life lose its sheen,
Here is a very different and adventurous tale from the Romance queen!
About the author: Debbie Macomber is an author I have been following since a couple of years. I have developed an affinity toward light fiction in the past few months. While I have always read thrillers and suspense books, an experiment with this author set me off on the ‘fluffy fiction’ route. In a genre called ‘Gentle Reads’, famous authors like Mary Kay Andrews, Raeanne Thayne, Susan Wiggs and Robyn Carr have written about very strong protagonists who hold their own in adverse conditions. These stories do not have a ‘thriller’ element, but can be equally gripping with an entertaining story and fast-paced narrative. I like to believe that Debbie Macomber is the front runner among them with millions of followers and around 150 books under her pen. She has written many series of books like Blossom Street, Cedar Cove and Mrs. Miracle.
Plot: Lorraine Dancy has a secure future waiting for her. She is engaged to a loving, smart and successful medical executive named Gary. Her impending wedding in a few months brings her joy and anticipation of a blissful life. Her only living relative, her mother Victoria Dancy, is thrilled with her decision.
But the best-laid plans are sometimes thrown off track by fate. A fatal road accident kills Victoria and Lorraine is suddenly left alone in the world, reeling from the shock. She receives another blow to her fragile heart when one of her mother’s belongings reveals a letter from Mexico. It states that her father Thomas Dancy, who was believed to be dead years ago, is alive and well-settled in Mexico.
Lorraine’s outrage and incomprehension at the sudden news of her father goad her to immediately start her search for her estranged father. She leaves behind her sophisticated and safe life in the USA to travel to the very dangerous waters of the foreign land. She just does not realize the gravity of danger until it is too late. The emotional reunion with her father goes well and good. But before she can rest up for a single night, she is accused of theft of a very rare artifact from a Mexican museum!
Jack Keller, a local sailer in Mexico, is a great friend of Thomas. He would do anything for his good buddy. Little does he know, that he would be the ill-fated man to ferry Lorraine safely back to the USA before the Mexican authorities arrest her. Crude, street-smart and arrogant that he is, it doesn’t take Jack much time to make Lorraine reach the limits of her patience and sanity. What follows next is a strained friendship between the beauty and the beast. While each of them despises the other, they do not have anyone else to rely on!
Will the duo cross the troubled waters safely? Will they become friends at the end of the ordeal if they get out alive?
My Opinion: If anyone asks me how I spent my New Year’s Eve, and I answer that I was reading this book with a cup of coffee staying up most of the night, people will doubt my sanity! However, I have never been the partying kind. I will never stay up for a movie or a dance party. But hand me a book and watch me burn the midnight oil. My review writing had taken a back-seat due to many personal reasons. Hopefully, I will speed-up my writing in the new year with my reviews. While I wanted to savor this book for a few more days to acquire some insights about the characters’ psyches, the title of this book itself pushed me to write the review: The Sooner The Better!
When circumstances demand Loraine to be more than a little brave,
There are crazy situations that make her sophisticated life lose its sheen,
Here is a very different and adventurous tale from the Romance queen!
About the author: Debbie Macomber is an author I have been following since a couple of years. I have developed an affinity toward light fiction in the past few months. While I have always read thrillers and suspense books, an experiment with this author set me off on the ‘fluffy fiction’ route. In a genre called ‘Gentle Reads’, famous authors like Mary Kay Andrews, Raeanne Thayne, Susan Wiggs and Robyn Carr have written about very strong protagonists who hold their own in adverse conditions. These stories do not have a ‘thriller’ element, but can be equally gripping with an entertaining story and fast-paced narrative. I like to believe that Debbie Macomber is the front runner among them with millions of followers and around 150 books under her pen. She has written many series of books like Blossom Street, Cedar Cove and Mrs. Miracle.
Plot: Lorraine Dancy has a secure future waiting for her. She is engaged to a loving, smart and successful medical executive named Gary. Her impending wedding in a few months brings her joy and anticipation of a blissful life. Her only living relative, her mother Victoria Dancy, is thrilled with her decision.
But the best-laid plans are sometimes thrown off track by fate. A fatal road accident kills Victoria and Lorraine is suddenly left alone in the world, reeling from the shock. She receives another blow to her fragile heart when one of her mother’s belongings reveals a letter from Mexico. It states that her father Thomas Dancy, who was believed to be dead years ago, is alive and well-settled in Mexico.
Lorraine’s outrage and incomprehension at the sudden news of her father goad her to immediately start her search for her estranged father. She leaves behind her sophisticated and safe life in the USA to travel to the very dangerous waters of the foreign land. She just does not realize the gravity of danger until it is too late. The emotional reunion with her father goes well and good. But before she can rest up for a single night, she is accused of theft of a very rare artifact from a Mexican museum!
Jack Keller, a local sailer in Mexico, is a great friend of Thomas. He would do anything for his good buddy. Little does he know, that he would be the ill-fated man to ferry Lorraine safely back to the USA before the Mexican authorities arrest her. Crude, street-smart and arrogant that he is, it doesn’t take Jack much time to make Lorraine reach the limits of her patience and sanity. What follows next is a strained friendship between the beauty and the beast. While each of them despises the other, they do not have anyone else to rely on!
Will the duo cross the troubled waters safely? Will they become friends at the end of the ordeal if they get out alive?
My Opinion: If anyone asks me how I spent my New Year’s Eve, and I answer that I was reading this book with a cup of coffee staying up most of the night, people will doubt my sanity! However, I have never been the partying kind. I will never stay up for a movie or a dance party. But hand me a book and watch me burn the midnight oil. My review writing had taken a back-seat due to many personal reasons. Hopefully, I will speed-up my writing in the new year with my reviews. While I wanted to savor this book for a few more days to acquire some insights about the characters’ psyches, the title of this book itself pushed me to write the review: The Sooner The Better!
December 10, 2021
Pretty good. Lorraine dancy has everything worked out. She’s got a great fiancé, a great mom, a seemingly lovely life. That is until her mother passes away in a car accident, then Lorraine discovers the father she believed to be dead is very much alive. She makes the hasty decision to go to Mexico to find her father and alert him of her mother’s death. Thomas Dancy has been long awaiting his daughters arrival from his small Mexican village. But the reunion is cut short when Lorraine is framed for stealing a priceless Mayan artifact. In a panic to get Lorraine back to the states, her father sends her with Jack Keller, ex mercenary, to sail back avoiding customs. At first they hate each other. They’re limited on supplies, a crime boss is after them, and not mention they have to clear Lorraines name from the Mexican government. While they fight continuously there is a deep desire within both of them, and while Lorraine is ready to leave her fiancé, Jack is under the impression she’s actually married not engaged. So to him she’s off limits completely. But stranded in the Gulf of Mexico on a boat with only each other to keep company, that doesn’t last long.
Overall pretty good. I enjoyed the side plot with her fiancé Gary meeting a new love interest. That made it seem okay that they broke off their engagement and it was a sweet amongst the chaos. They’re lack of supplies stressed me out majorly, and to be fair the only reason they had a problem with Carlos the crime boss was because Raine was so dumb. Why could she just not stay on the boat?!? Anyways my real problem in the story is the end. When they’re both rescued and Jack is in the hospital he makes the doctor tell Raine that he died, so she doesn’t “divorce her husband for him”. Yea that minor miscommunication costs them 18 months of being with each other and just being miserable. I don’t understand how he thought him dying would be the best solution. Anyway they get together in the end and start a new life in Mexico with Raine opening up her own medical practice. Sweet but I could’ve done without the drama lol.
Overall pretty good. I enjoyed the side plot with her fiancé Gary meeting a new love interest. That made it seem okay that they broke off their engagement and it was a sweet amongst the chaos. They’re lack of supplies stressed me out majorly, and to be fair the only reason they had a problem with Carlos the crime boss was because Raine was so dumb. Why could she just not stay on the boat?!? Anyways my real problem in the story is the end. When they’re both rescued and Jack is in the hospital he makes the doctor tell Raine that he died, so she doesn’t “divorce her husband for him”. Yea that minor miscommunication costs them 18 months of being with each other and just being miserable. I don’t understand how he thought him dying would be the best solution. Anyway they get together in the end and start a new life in Mexico with Raine opening up her own medical practice. Sweet but I could’ve done without the drama lol.
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September 2, 2022
It was not until I got to the end that I realized I had read Moon Over Water before but that is alright since I enjoyed it just as much the second time. Nor did I catch that Moon Over Water was the third book in a series but it read fine as a stand alone.
Lorraine has her life figured out until her mother passes away in a car accident. Suddenly she learns her father is not dead but living in South American and she determined to go see him. Not understanding how rural of an area he lives in she phones the school he works at and then gets on a plane to go see him. It is not the reunion Lorraine expected when she is suddenly caught up with a smuggler and has to flee back to America on the boat of an ex mercenary.
Jack wants nothing to do with Lorraine but he admires her father and gave his word he would get her safe to America. However Lorraine brings him nothing but trouble as his boat navigates the waters heading towards the boarder.
While I do occasionally read Mrs. Macomber's newer work it is really her older work that shines. I see why she became a best selling author but I do feel like she has lost some of the charm that her older stories had. I was able to read a large chunk while waiting at an airport but even without the time I could easily see myself getting lost in the story.
Lorraine has her life figured out until her mother passes away in a car accident. Suddenly she learns her father is not dead but living in South American and she determined to go see him. Not understanding how rural of an area he lives in she phones the school he works at and then gets on a plane to go see him. It is not the reunion Lorraine expected when she is suddenly caught up with a smuggler and has to flee back to America on the boat of an ex mercenary.
Jack wants nothing to do with Lorraine but he admires her father and gave his word he would get her safe to America. However Lorraine brings him nothing but trouble as his boat navigates the waters heading towards the boarder.
While I do occasionally read Mrs. Macomber's newer work it is really her older work that shines. I see why she became a best selling author but I do feel like she has lost some of the charm that her older stories had. I was able to read a large chunk while waiting at an airport but even without the time I could easily see myself getting lost in the story.
September 23, 2020
The story begins at the funeral of Lorraine Danny’s mother, Virginia, who died unexpectedly in an automobile accident. Weeks after the funeralLorraine meets with her mother’s attorney for the reading of the will and he hands her an envelope. In the envelope is a letter that is from her father, who all these years she has believed is dead but now comes to find out is alive and living all this time in Mexico. So she decides to go to Mexico to get some answers. Her fiancé, Gary Franklin doesn’t think she should go, or at least not alone but he can’t persuade her otherwise. So Lorraine goes to Mexico and no sooner does she get there and she meets up with a man, Jason Applebee, who helps her get to her father’s village. The minute she arrives to her father’s house, she is accused of the theft of an artifact. So her father calls on the aid of a dear friend, Jack Keller to help him get his daughter out of the country and back to the United States - undetected! Read on to discover the wild and crazy adventures of Jack and Lorraine.......
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March 20, 2025
wow I have never read a book from Debbie Macomber in till today ( March 19) and this won’t be last. I couldn’t bring this story down for one second. It was amazing. The character is so well written. Obviously Lorraine is kind of brainless when it comes to her thought process and her emotions towards her relationship with jack and her own father but nevertheless okay character.
jack, love him. It obviously did Lorraine super dirty by faking his own death. For a good reason, yes and no. I didn’t really care for Gary and Marjorie love story/ love affair , I kind of read over them. Her dad had some really bad guilt issues about his love for his love affair but yet still loved Lorraine mother ¿!! Odd
Overall I think it’s an amazing story and don’t listen to the comments on this app. It worth the read and I will continue reading Debbie Macomber book.
Apparently this is a trilogy but you can read it on own.
Happy Reading 🫶🏽📚
jack, love him. It obviously did Lorraine super dirty by faking his own death. For a good reason, yes and no. I didn’t really care for Gary and Marjorie love story/ love affair , I kind of read over them. Her dad had some really bad guilt issues about his love for his love affair but yet still loved Lorraine mother ¿!! Odd
Overall I think it’s an amazing story and don’t listen to the comments on this app. It worth the read and I will continue reading Debbie Macomber book.
Apparently this is a trilogy but you can read it on own.
Happy Reading 🫶🏽📚
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 20, 2023
Lorraine Dancy has just discovered that everything she believes about her father is a lie—starting with the fact that Thomas supposedly died years ago. Now she's learned that not only is he not dead, he's living in a small town south of the border. In the process of tracking him down, she manages to get framed for theft and pursued by the real thief, the police and a local crime boss. Her father's friend Jack Keller agrees to help her escape, although Lorraine's reluctant to depend on a man like him. And he's stuck with her! Jack's every bit the renegade Lorraine thinks he is—an ex-mercenary and former Deliverance Company operative. He's also the one person who can guide her to safety. But there are stormy waters ahead, including an attraction neither of them wants to feel. An attraction that's as risky as it is intense—for both of them. The sooner he can get Lorraine home, the better!
October 5, 2017
I didn't realize that "The Sooner the Better" was #3 in a series (Deliverance Company) but that didn't take away from the story.
Lorraine Dancy was always told by her mother that her father had died of leukemia. Upon her mother's death, Lorraine finds a letter that changes her life. A trip to Mexico brings her a new "family" and the love of her life. This comes after dealing with some rough Mexican characters and ultimately a shock that changes everything in her life. Lorraine definitely goes through some changes in her attitude and personality.
A very fast read and now I want to read the rest of the Deliverance series to fill in some "blanks".
Lorraine Dancy was always told by her mother that her father had died of leukemia. Upon her mother's death, Lorraine finds a letter that changes her life. A trip to Mexico brings her a new "family" and the love of her life. This comes after dealing with some rough Mexican characters and ultimately a shock that changes everything in her life. Lorraine definitely goes through some changes in her attitude and personality.
A very fast read and now I want to read the rest of the Deliverance series to fill in some "blanks".
September 19, 2019
Quite a difference to the novels I have come to expect from Macomber. But I did find a note in the beginning that explained that the author wrote this book in the early 1990's for Harlequin. She chose to release it now under a different name from the first release. She also stated that this is a departure from her norm with a great deal of suspense and more violence than what we normally see in her books. In the THE SOONER THE BETTER her female character Raine mentions her favorite movies as Romancing the Stone and The African Queen. I think this book is a clever mixture of both and very enjoyable. I know I could not put this down.
November 17, 2019
This is the 3rd novel of a trilogy about the men that were part of an elite team of men that formed Deliverance Company. Although the majority of novels in a series by Debbie Macomber can be read as a stand-alone, I wouldn't recommend reading this novel without having read the previous two (2) books. Only then can you truly enjoy the entirety of Jack Keller's story.
The Deliverance Company trilogy is not Debbie Macomber's "standard fare." I liked the author's venture into adventure/suspense and am especially appreciative that she published the trilogy without use of a pseudonym. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed the series and I hope more readers will give it a try.
The Deliverance Company trilogy is not Debbie Macomber's "standard fare." I liked the author's venture into adventure/suspense and am especially appreciative that she published the trilogy without use of a pseudonym. Personally, I thoroughly enjoyed the series and I hope more readers will give it a try.
July 22, 2023
I am reading my mother's romances and this is the third one in a row that has the male lead of the story heavily involved in armed violence. A former mercenary now tooling around the coast of Mexico aboard his boat, he has to assist the female lead who is trying to locate her father. Dangerous hijinks ensue as the naive young woman runs into nefarious male characters. The author makes it clear in her notes and at the outset that she is writing along the lines of the films "The African Queen" and "Romancing the Stone." OK. So this is a romance filled with action but little time for any real romance.
May 15, 2017
I really liked this book. Lorraine thought her father was dead for most of her life and after her mother dies she discover's he isn't and off she goes to South America to find him. Lorraine really shouldn't have taken this on without some guidance as she quickly finds out. Just as she finds her father he sends her away for her own safety with his friend Jack. Jack is not to thrilled to have Lorraine (at least at first). I really felt for Lorraine, she discover's the lies of her parents and how her father went on with his life without her. She ends up finding her strength.
June 20, 2017
This story was about Lorraine Dancy and her path to love. When Lorraine's mother passed away, she found out that her dead father was really alive and living in Mexico. She left her soon to be husband and traveled to Mexico to find her father. She made some terrible choices while in Mexico and had to leave in a hurry. Her father put her on a boat with Jack Keller, a renegade that Lorraine has a instant dislike for. But he does help her escape. One thing leads to another and I'll just say the ending is just as it should be. A pretty good read!
August 26, 2017
This book proves that Mrs. Macomber has versatility as a writer. I did not care for the language and sexuality in the book, but I loved the fast-paced action that kept me turning the page. It felt along a different vein than the previous books I've read of hers and felt like she was really having fun with this one. Her descriptions pulled me into the atmosphere and made it and the characters come alive for me. Thieves, drug dealers, murder, and the quintessential pride and prejudice love story set this book apart from the others. This is one that I will add to my Read Again list.
February 6, 2018
I read this book in a day, and I loved it! It is the first book in this series I have read. I've never been to Mexico, but I've always wanted to see Mayan ruins, so this one hit me a bit stronger. It has a Mayan artifact, broken family, drug dealer, mercenary, boats, and so much more! Just a great story! And it tells us that honesty is the best policy, because if they had been honest with each other they wouldn't have suffered as much. Anyway, well written and great read! I adore Debbie Macomber's stories!
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