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In Too Deep #2
Relentless
Former forensic accountant Kate Rydell is living under the radar. Currently she's stocking minibars at a sprawling Los Angeles hotel. Trying to survive, stay out of sight…until she witnesses a shocking murder in room 1408. Now the last people who can help her are the police, especially red-hot detective Vince Yarrow.
Vince is relentless in pursuing Kate. He needs information and her testimony—pronto. And he's determined to protect her even if he has to handcuff the sexy brunette to his bed…. But as the case starts to unravel, Vince can't help wondering if he has to let Kate go—to protect his own heart.
Vince is relentless in pursuing Kate. He needs information and her testimony—pronto. And he's determined to protect her even if he has to handcuff the sexy brunette to his bed…. But as the case starts to unravel, Vince can't help wondering if he has to let Kate go—to protect his own heart.
246 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 2006
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Jo Leigh
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Jolie Kramer began her career in 1975 as a reader in the Comedy Development department for 20th-Century Fox. She left Fox in 1977 to go on location with THE DEER HUNTER. She then worked as an auditor, associate producer and producer on such projects as WHEN SHE SAYS NO for CBS, BEULAH LAND for NBC, GREAT AMERICAN TRAFFIC JAM for NBC and CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR for Jozak Productions. In 1987 she became head of development for the McCarran Film Corp., overseeing a roster of twelve feature films. As a screen writer, she’s had a series idea purchased by Cinemax, and has worked as a script consultant on more than 50 screenplays. Currently, her screenplay APACHE TEARS was optioned by Northern Lights Productions in Canada.
Jo Leigh's first Silhouette novel, SUSPECT, was awarded BEST FIRST SERIES BOOK by Romantic Times Magazine, garnered the 1994 ROMANCE WRITER OF THE YEAR award from Pike’s Peak RWA, and was a finalist for BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE NOVEL OF 1994 by Romance Writers of America. Her first Temptation novel, ONE WICKED NIGHT was a finalist for BEST SHORT CONTEMPORARY NOVEL OF 1998 by Romance Writers of America. She was invited to write one of the launch books for the Harlequin imprint, Blaze, with her book GOING FOR IT! Her 2006 Blaze RELENTLESS was a RITA finalist for BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE.
She also ghost-wrote GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL DOLL – THE ANNA NICOLE SMITH STORY for Barricade Books.
Jo teaches writing at workshops across the country and on-line, and is a frequent guest speaker at writing conferences. Her tape on Advanced Plotting from the Dallas Romance Writers of America conference is the best selling tape in RWA’s history.
Jo lives in an incredibly rural area of Utah where her many rescue dogs have room to run and play and her rescue cats are determined to win the International Shedding Award. She spends an inordinate amount of time reading about how the brain works, listening to music and trying not to kill the basil.
Jo's husband died of cancer on 13 June 2008, three years after they married, and whose medical bills are astronomical. Authors, editors, and bloggers have all donated a mess of items, from books to critiques to mentoring sessions to offer an item for the auction to benefit author Jo Leigh.
Jolie Kramer began her career in 1975 as a reader in the Comedy Development department for 20th-Century Fox. She left Fox in 1977 to go on location with THE DEER HUNTER. She then worked as an auditor, associate producer and producer on such projects as WHEN SHE SAYS NO for CBS, BEULAH LAND for NBC, GREAT AMERICAN TRAFFIC JAM for NBC and CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR for Jozak Productions. In 1987 she became head of development for the McCarran Film Corp., overseeing a roster of twelve feature films. As a screen writer, she’s had a series idea purchased by Cinemax, and has worked as a script consultant on more than 50 screenplays. Currently, her screenplay APACHE TEARS was optioned by Northern Lights Productions in Canada.
Jo Leigh's first Silhouette novel, SUSPECT, was awarded BEST FIRST SERIES BOOK by Romantic Times Magazine, garnered the 1994 ROMANCE WRITER OF THE YEAR award from Pike’s Peak RWA, and was a finalist for BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE NOVEL OF 1994 by Romance Writers of America. Her first Temptation novel, ONE WICKED NIGHT was a finalist for BEST SHORT CONTEMPORARY NOVEL OF 1998 by Romance Writers of America. She was invited to write one of the launch books for the Harlequin imprint, Blaze, with her book GOING FOR IT! Her 2006 Blaze RELENTLESS was a RITA finalist for BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE.
She also ghost-wrote GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL DOLL – THE ANNA NICOLE SMITH STORY for Barricade Books.
Jo teaches writing at workshops across the country and on-line, and is a frequent guest speaker at writing conferences. Her tape on Advanced Plotting from the Dallas Romance Writers of America conference is the best selling tape in RWA’s history.
Jo lives in an incredibly rural area of Utah where her many rescue dogs have room to run and play and her rescue cats are determined to win the International Shedding Award. She spends an inordinate amount of time reading about how the brain works, listening to music and trying not to kill the basil.
Jo's husband died of cancer on 13 June 2008, three years after they married, and whose medical bills are astronomical. Authors, editors, and bloggers have all donated a mess of items, from books to critiques to mentoring sessions to offer an item for the auction to benefit author Jo Leigh.
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December 23, 2018
Kate Rydell has been working dead end jobs and living off the grid in order to avoid a group of terrorists that work for the CIA and want her dead. While working as a hotel maid, she witnesses a gangland slaying. Kate quickly goes on the run. Now the police want to question her, the gang wants to keep her quiet, and the terrorists are back on her trail. Detective Vince Yarrow is desperate to talk to Kate. The man who was killed was a close friend. Vince knows that Kate saw the murder, but he can't figure out why she won't tell him everything she saw.
This is a category romance in the Harlequin Blaze line and another good story from Jo Leigh. I liked both Vince and Kate. I kept hoping she would confide in Vince about what she saw and why she is running. Kate knew that if she told Vince the truth, it would put him in the line of fire. This book is part of a mini-series. I plan on reading the other books in the series soon. My rating: 4 Stars.
This is a category romance in the Harlequin Blaze line and another good story from Jo Leigh. I liked both Vince and Kate. I kept hoping she would confide in Vince about what she saw and why she is running. Kate knew that if she told Vince the truth, it would put him in the line of fire. This book is part of a mini-series. I plan on reading the other books in the series soon. My rating: 4 Stars.
March 15, 2015
Original Review 11/27/06
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When reading series I often worry about whether the second book will be as good as the first. Relentless is as good as Closer … Jo Leigh has created a cast of characters that you care about, root for; and a storyline that draws you in to its own little world. Relentless is full of intrigue and romance, one of my favorite combinations. This is the first official book of the In Too Deep miniseries, its main characters introduced in Closer … Alienated from their families, wanted desperately by their enemies, this group of ex-Delta troopers and civilians are fighting for their very lives. With the use of underground resources, assumed names and their own special talents, they weave their way through a labyrinth of intrigue and betrayal, relying only upon one another. Kate Rydell was a forensic accountant for the U.N. when her life was shattered in Kosovo. Now she leads a low-profile life, jumping from place to place, setting down roots no where. Only this time there’s no easy way out. Kate witnesses a murder and the cop assigned to the job, Vince Yarrow, isn't letting her slip out of his sight. For Vince, the death of a friend and finding out who killed him is more important than whatever Kate is hiding from and he’ll do anything to secure her testimony to put the murderers away, except he hadn't counted on falling in love. Kate would be putting her own life, let alone the lives of the others in the group, on the line if she testifies. And falling in love would only get in the way.
I love Jo Leigh’s writing, the tight spiral of suspense and tension that exudes from every scene she sets up. The sexual currents between Kate and Vince are palpable; their reluctance to open up and their eventual capitulation to feelings that neither one can afford are realistic in Leigh’s portrayal. These are characters that you can understand and commiserate with; situations that raise your heartbeat, and a love story that lingers long after the last page is turned. 5 stars for this one.
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When reading series I often worry about whether the second book will be as good as the first. Relentless is as good as Closer … Jo Leigh has created a cast of characters that you care about, root for; and a storyline that draws you in to its own little world. Relentless is full of intrigue and romance, one of my favorite combinations. This is the first official book of the In Too Deep miniseries, its main characters introduced in Closer … Alienated from their families, wanted desperately by their enemies, this group of ex-Delta troopers and civilians are fighting for their very lives. With the use of underground resources, assumed names and their own special talents, they weave their way through a labyrinth of intrigue and betrayal, relying only upon one another. Kate Rydell was a forensic accountant for the U.N. when her life was shattered in Kosovo. Now she leads a low-profile life, jumping from place to place, setting down roots no where. Only this time there’s no easy way out. Kate witnesses a murder and the cop assigned to the job, Vince Yarrow, isn't letting her slip out of his sight. For Vince, the death of a friend and finding out who killed him is more important than whatever Kate is hiding from and he’ll do anything to secure her testimony to put the murderers away, except he hadn't counted on falling in love. Kate would be putting her own life, let alone the lives of the others in the group, on the line if she testifies. And falling in love would only get in the way.
I love Jo Leigh’s writing, the tight spiral of suspense and tension that exudes from every scene she sets up. The sexual currents between Kate and Vince are palpable; their reluctance to open up and their eventual capitulation to feelings that neither one can afford are realistic in Leigh’s portrayal. These are characters that you can understand and commiserate with; situations that raise your heartbeat, and a love story that lingers long after the last page is turned. 5 stars for this one.
January 1, 2011
"Relentless" was the story of Kate Rydell and Vince Yarrow. This was the first tale in the In Too Deep series by Jo Leigh, a follow-on story of “Closer”, which was the story of Boone and Christie. To better have a grasp on the series, reading Closer is an absolute must!
In Closer, Kate Rydell had played pretty much as one of the secondary characters. She was more or less one of the good guys who had had to help Christie in capturing her stalker.
Kate had been among the people who had to live under the radar because she bore the knowledge of what had happened in her former assignment as a Forensic Accountant for the UN. She was reduced to stashing minibars at a hotel in Los Angeles trying to survive on her low-income job. She was fine living her lonely life until she had witnessed a murder in the hotel where she was working. And as a result of the incident, her life was once again about running, staying alive and keeping the lives of her friends safe.
Vince Yarrow was the hot LAPD Detective in pursuit of the one witness who could testify against the shooters who killed his close friend. What he hadn’t anticipated was to find his witness, Kate Rydell, as astoundingly gorgeous and sexy and as stubborn as any person could get. He was deeply intrigued with the woman whom he suspected was not who she pretended to be.
I must admit, Jo Leigh knows how to weave an exciting and thrilling story. I have truly enjoyed reading this story and couldn’t wait to get on with the next series. As the story unfolded, I have understood a lot of the puzzles surrounding the circumstances of the Delta Force and of course the heroine of this story, Kate Rydell.
In Closer, Kate Rydell had played pretty much as one of the secondary characters. She was more or less one of the good guys who had had to help Christie in capturing her stalker.
Kate had been among the people who had to live under the radar because she bore the knowledge of what had happened in her former assignment as a Forensic Accountant for the UN. She was reduced to stashing minibars at a hotel in Los Angeles trying to survive on her low-income job. She was fine living her lonely life until she had witnessed a murder in the hotel where she was working. And as a result of the incident, her life was once again about running, staying alive and keeping the lives of her friends safe.
Vince Yarrow was the hot LAPD Detective in pursuit of the one witness who could testify against the shooters who killed his close friend. What he hadn’t anticipated was to find his witness, Kate Rydell, as astoundingly gorgeous and sexy and as stubborn as any person could get. He was deeply intrigued with the woman whom he suspected was not who she pretended to be.
I must admit, Jo Leigh knows how to weave an exciting and thrilling story. I have truly enjoyed reading this story and couldn’t wait to get on with the next series. As the story unfolded, I have understood a lot of the puzzles surrounding the circumstances of the Delta Force and of course the heroine of this story, Kate Rydell.
February 21, 2008
Jo Leigh has long been one of my favorite 'quick-read' authors. Leigh starts Relentless at a dead run and keeps it fast-paced throughout.
This is the second of four related stories, though Harlequin Blaze only identifies the last three as Leigh's "In Too Deep..." mini-series/trilogy. Unlike many short series where the only common links are characters and setting, Relentless is part of an ongoing sub-plot. Hero and heroine are introduced and establish a relationship, but whether or not they'll have a "happily ever after" really isn't resolved by the end of the story. And yet, when I finished the book, I was okay with that. The situation was a cliff-hanger, but not.
To get the whole story, be sure to read Leigh's Closer..., Relentless, Release, and Reckoning.
I also recommend her book, Truth or Dare.
This is the second of four related stories, though Harlequin Blaze only identifies the last three as Leigh's "In Too Deep..." mini-series/trilogy. Unlike many short series where the only common links are characters and setting, Relentless is part of an ongoing sub-plot. Hero and heroine are introduced and establish a relationship, but whether or not they'll have a "happily ever after" really isn't resolved by the end of the story. And yet, when I finished the book, I was okay with that. The situation was a cliff-hanger, but not.
To get the whole story, be sure to read Leigh's Closer..., Relentless, Release, and Reckoning.
I also recommend her book, Truth or Dare.
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January 24, 2013
Former forensic accountant Kate Rydell is living under the radar. Currently she's stocking minibars at a sprawling Los Angeles hotel. Trying to survive, stay out of sight... until she witnesses a shocking murder in room 1408. Now the last people who can help her are the police, especially red-hot detective Vince Yarrow. Vince is relentless in pursuing Kate. He needs information and her testimony--pronto. And he's determined to protect her even if he has to handcuff the sexy brunette to his bed... . But as the case starts to unravel, Vince can't help wondering if he has to let Kate go--to protect his own heart.
I understand why they want to separate, the danger and all, but yet i can't help but feel they would be better equipped together. It all comes out in the end, but i felt they wasted valuable time.
I read these out of order, and they still were excellent. I rated this one 4 star.
I understand why they want to separate, the danger and all, but yet i can't help but feel they would be better equipped together. It all comes out in the end, but i felt they wasted valuable time.
I read these out of order, and they still were excellent. I rated this one 4 star.
April 18, 2011
Well written action-filled romance about a homicide detective in LA pursuing reluctant witness fleeing shadowy CIA operatives. Lots of intrigue, complicated plotlines, not enough romance. But a good story nonetheless.
May 20, 2011
It was nice. It had romance, suspense, conspiracy & action. Not to mention some steam.
March 9, 2012
Man, what I wouldn't give for a Vince.
January 23, 2014
i like kate, how she evolves in the story, how we get to know more of what happened in kosovo, and get's us more into the serie
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