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Long, Tall Texans #24
Man In Control
The New York Times bestselling author treats devoted readers of Silhouette's Long Tall Texans series with a brand new story. A covert investigation reunites DEA Agent Alexander Cobb with former flame Jodie Clayburn. But when peril follows them home, Cobb will risk anything to protect--and possess--the woman he can't resist. Original.
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 2003
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Diana Palmer
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Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
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Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
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September 10, 2020
You got to love DP and the things she makes her heroines endure.
This is typical DP fare with a heroine that’s dismissed and used like a sponge with the added twist that the H’s sister has done most of the using. The “best friend” invites the h to the house whenever they have a party and the help leaves so the h can make all the food, do the cleanup as the BF takes credit for it.
The H can’t stand to have her around and rants about her being under foot and too low class for these highfalutin’ Texans. Ouch. The little sponge hears, is hurt and leaves which was so inconsiderate as it left the cleanup for the BF (who actually complains about it) and had to make breakfast for the OW.
Back at the office, the h distances from the H and the BF for all about two minutes because the H, who has pushed her away for years, now needs to use her for some computer hacking and espionage. I’ve said it before, DP is like a little girl playing with dolls. No plot is too unrealistic or too implausible. If a Texas billionaire rancher secret DEA agent or a half Apache former black ops CIA operative with a psychic daughter is needed then no problema.
The H worries and kvetches that he is sending the h into danger as he first brings her to an ambush of a drug cartel maven where gunshot and runaway cars abound then sends her off to drop off some spy equipment at the feet, literally at the feet, of the pretty drug dealing mastermind suspect. Worry, worry, worry, but don’t forget to drop the pen with a microphone right at the drug dealer’s feet.
The next part bumped this story from a 2 star to a 3 star because no one but Diana Palmer would be so ridikulus. The eavesdropping will occur at the heroine’s favorite coffee place where she’s been reading her poetry out loud, a beatnik coffee place that hasn’t existed since Jack Kerouac circa 1959.
As described by Diana Palmer, the heroine excitedly dressed for her poetry reading
She dashed into the bedroom, threw on a long black velvet skirt, a black sweater, loafers, and ran a quick brush through her loosed hair before perching her little black beret on top of her head.
An actual quote from a beatnik. “Like, man, if you’re Beat, where else is there to go but Greenwich Village, Earth? Like, it’s Endsville, man, you dig?”
More stuff happens and they finally have sex. This DP hero is practically a Prince Charming compared to some as he keeps his snide scornful comments and rants to the first third of the book. He just uses her for the next 2/3.
This is typical DP fare with a heroine that’s dismissed and used like a sponge with the added twist that the H’s sister has done most of the using. The “best friend” invites the h to the house whenever they have a party and the help leaves so the h can make all the food, do the cleanup as the BF takes credit for it.
The H can’t stand to have her around and rants about her being under foot and too low class for these highfalutin’ Texans. Ouch. The little sponge hears, is hurt and leaves which was so inconsiderate as it left the cleanup for the BF (who actually complains about it) and had to make breakfast for the OW.
Back at the office, the h distances from the H and the BF for all about two minutes because the H, who has pushed her away for years, now needs to use her for some computer hacking and espionage. I’ve said it before, DP is like a little girl playing with dolls. No plot is too unrealistic or too implausible. If a Texas billionaire rancher secret DEA agent or a half Apache former black ops CIA operative with a psychic daughter is needed then no problema.
The H worries and kvetches that he is sending the h into danger as he first brings her to an ambush of a drug cartel maven where gunshot and runaway cars abound then sends her off to drop off some spy equipment at the feet, literally at the feet, of the pretty drug dealing mastermind suspect. Worry, worry, worry, but don’t forget to drop the pen with a microphone right at the drug dealer’s feet.
The next part bumped this story from a 2 star to a 3 star because no one but Diana Palmer would be so ridikulus. The eavesdropping will occur at the heroine’s favorite coffee place where she’s been reading her poetry out loud, a beatnik coffee place that hasn’t existed since Jack Kerouac circa 1959.
As described by Diana Palmer, the heroine excitedly dressed for her poetry reading
She dashed into the bedroom, threw on a long black velvet skirt, a black sweater, loafers, and ran a quick brush through her loosed hair before perching her little black beret on top of her head.
An actual quote from a beatnik. “Like, man, if you’re Beat, where else is there to go but Greenwich Village, Earth? Like, it’s Endsville, man, you dig?”
More stuff happens and they finally have sex. This DP hero is practically a Prince Charming compared to some as he keeps his snide scornful comments and rants to the first third of the book. He just uses her for the next 2/3.
June 25, 2019
A first-time reader to Diana Palmer would be astonished by this story:
The heroine – what a doormat! She’s loved the hero since she was 17 after her parents died.
And this hero! (whose mother was an alcoholic) is so mean to her!
Hero’s sister only uses her to cook for parties and heroine knows it and puts up with it.
What about the part when she overhears hero saying she’s not in his class and how he never wants to see her again? Devastating.
Oh, first time reader, this is DP- lite.
Hero doesn’t even smoke or sleep with his OW. He includes the heroine in his convoluted DEA case.( Don’t worry – he’s not working for a government salary. He’s independently wealthy and owns his own ranch outside of Jacobsville). He doesn’t rape or have sex with the heroine and then belittle her. No, he engineers a “runaway” marriage to Mexico and they have a great honeymoon.
This hero doesn’t even catch the bad guy/gal since DP needs sequel bait.
Oh, first time reader – there are better Diana Palmers to astound you.
Diana Palmer checklist:
Hairy chest Hero keeps his clothes on until honeymoon.
Breast Description She’s lost 50 pounds, she has great legs and creamy shoulders. Like I said, DP-lite.
Cigarettes No
Alcohol Heroine gets drunk on champagne, reminding hero of his alcoholic mother. Hero fortifies himself with two scotches in order to apologize.
Town Descriptions Jacobsville Airport: “There was a restaurant and two concourses, and the halls were lined with beautiful paintings of traditional Texas scenery.”
Gardenia Scent No scents mentioned. Unless it’s bacon frying. Heroine fried a lot of bacon.
LOL detail “The publisher wants to buy my poems!” she exclaimed. “He wants to include them in an anthology of Texas poetry! Isn’t it exciting?”
Cutesy detail All the jokes about the hero’s gun. Barf.
DP hobbyhorse The olive oil in the biscuits and the low-fat milk in the cornbread makes up for the bacon.
DP is trolling us “ . . . change in her best friend, who was now independent, strong-willed, hardworking and nobody’s doormat.”
The heroine – what a doormat! She’s loved the hero since she was 17 after her parents died.
And this hero! (whose mother was an alcoholic) is so mean to her!
Hero’s sister only uses her to cook for parties and heroine knows it and puts up with it.
What about the part when she overhears hero saying she’s not in his class and how he never wants to see her again? Devastating.
Oh, first time reader, this is DP- lite.
Hero doesn’t even smoke or sleep with his OW. He includes the heroine in his convoluted DEA case.( Don’t worry – he’s not working for a government salary. He’s independently wealthy and owns his own ranch outside of Jacobsville). He doesn’t rape or have sex with the heroine and then belittle her. No, he engineers a “runaway” marriage to Mexico and they have a great honeymoon.
This hero doesn’t even catch the bad guy/gal since DP needs sequel bait.
Oh, first time reader – there are better Diana Palmers to astound you.
Diana Palmer checklist:
Hairy chest Hero keeps his clothes on until honeymoon.
Breast Description She’s lost 50 pounds, she has great legs and creamy shoulders. Like I said, DP-lite.
Cigarettes No
Alcohol Heroine gets drunk on champagne, reminding hero of his alcoholic mother. Hero fortifies himself with two scotches in order to apologize.
Town Descriptions Jacobsville Airport: “There was a restaurant and two concourses, and the halls were lined with beautiful paintings of traditional Texas scenery.”
Gardenia Scent No scents mentioned. Unless it’s bacon frying. Heroine fried a lot of bacon.
LOL detail “The publisher wants to buy my poems!” she exclaimed. “He wants to include them in an anthology of Texas poetry! Isn’t it exciting?”
Cutesy detail All the jokes about the hero’s gun. Barf.
DP hobbyhorse The olive oil in the biscuits and the low-fat milk in the cornbread makes up for the bacon.
DP is trolling us “ . . . change in her best friend, who was now independent, strong-willed, hardworking and nobody’s doormat.”
September 2, 2016
3.5 stars!
April 21, 2023
3 ⭐⭐⭐ - OK or decent reads.
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★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˛˚ ♥ 。✰˚* ˚ ★
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.•°*”˜Diana Palmer's Marathon, 2023˜”*°•.
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★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚˛˚ ♥ 。✰˚* ˚ ★
UPDATE: Reread on 4 March 2018 and added highlights
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Relido em 21 de junho de 2016.==>The Cobbs were always using her, for one reason or another.<==
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Our heroine is used and abused on her goodwill. She is a doormat who feels obliged to please her supposed friends. The supposed friend Margie uses her blatantly and in my opinion is a selfish and shallow person.
The hero treats her like dirt and is very rude to her.
The hero has a girlfriend but intends to use our heroine again in one of his investigations. In my opinion he is a cheater.
So the two pretend to have a relationship so he has reason to go to the office where she works.
She continues to see the hero through colored lenses and forgives him easily.
He is a typical hero of the author, rude, arrogant and he thinks he is the last drop of water in the desert.
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★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚ ˛˚ ♥ 。✰˚* ˚ ★
.•°*”˜˜”*°•. ˜”*°• •°*”˜ .•°*”˜˜”*°•.
.•°*”˜Diana Palmer's Marathon, 2023˜”*°•.
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★ *˛ ˚♥* ✰。˚˛˚ ♥ 。✰˚* ˚ ★
UPDATE: Reread on 4 March 2018 and added highlights
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Relido em 21 de junho de 2016.==>The Cobbs were always using her, for one reason or another.<==
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Our heroine is used and abused on her goodwill. She is a doormat who feels obliged to please her supposed friends. The supposed friend Margie uses her blatantly and in my opinion is a selfish and shallow person.
The hero treats her like dirt and is very rude to her.
The hero has a girlfriend but intends to use our heroine again in one of his investigations. In my opinion he is a cheater.
So the two pretend to have a relationship so he has reason to go to the office where she works.
She continues to see the hero through colored lenses and forgives him easily.
He is a typical hero of the author, rude, arrogant and he thinks he is the last drop of water in the desert.
The three survivors of the two families were a forced mixture of different lifestyles.
Jodie was in love with Alexander. He knew it, and tried not to acknowledge it. She was totally wrong for him.
==>GIRLFRIEND<==Of course he had a knockout girlfriend.
he also seemed to resent her presence and he picked at her constantly.
She'd written him a love poem. Alexander, with typical efficiency, had circled the grammatical and spelling errors and bought her a supplemental English book to help her correct the mistakes. Her self-esteem had taken a serious nosedive, and after that, she kept her deepest feelings carefully hidden.
“Manners don't go out of style!” “Pity I never had any to begin with.” He watched her struggle with the luggage, green eyes dancing with pure venom.
“You're still hung up on me, aren't you?” he asked with faint sarcasm.
He enjoyed fast cars and, gossip said, faster women.
“No man in his right mind could call you, sweet.”
==>GIRLFRIEND<==Kirry was Alexander's current girlfriend. The fashion buyer had just returned home recently from a buying trip to Paris.
her heart sank again when she saw Margie's face. No wonder she‟d been insistent. There wouldn't be any food without someone to cook it, and Margie couldn't cook.
“Wish you came more than that Dane woman,” he said under his breath. “Can't stand cattle and dust, don't like cowboys, looks at us like we'd get her dirty just by speaking to her.”
“You're the one who always complains when I invite Jodie, even though she hasn't got any family except us...oh, dear.”
Margie looked murderous. “She's my friend.” “She's not, or you wouldn't have forced her down here to suffer Kirry all weekend,” he added.
“I told Francisco I was the cook. That's me,” she drawled cheerfully. “Cook, bottle-washer, best friend and household slave.”
==>GIRLFRIEND<==When he saw her up to her room, after the party was over, he kissed her with intent. She was perfectly willing, but his body let him down. He couldn't manage any interest at all.
“I wish I could impress on you how tired I am of finding Jodie underfoot every time I walk into my own house,”
“We can't have a party without her, we can't have a holiday without her. My own birthday means an invitation! Why can't you just hire a cook when you need one instead of landing me with your erstwhile best friend?”
“She'll never fit in our circles, no matter how much you try to force her into them. She was telling people tonight that she was the cook, and it's not far wrong.
She's a social disaster with legs. She knows nothing about our sort of lifestyle, she can't carry on a decent conversation and she dresses like a homeless person. It's an embarrassment to have her here!”
“You should have friends in your own class,” he said coldly.
“I don't want Jodie invited down here again,”
==>GIRLFRIEND<==“I'll be horrified for months myself. Kirry is my steady girl,” he added deliberately. “I'm not hitting on some other woman behind her back, and Jodie should have known it. Not that it seemed to matter to her, about me or the married racer.”
“Okay,” she said, giving in. “I won't invite Jodie back again. But how do I tell her, Lex?
Outside in the hall, a white-faced Jodie was stealthily making her way back to the staircase.
“If you're here, it's because you want something. So, what is it?”
“Margie invites me to parties so that I can cook and clean up the kitchen, if Jessie isn't available,”
“Or if she's sick and needs nursing. You come to see me if you need something typed, or a computer program tweaked, or some clue traced back to an ISP online. Neither of you ever come near me unless I'm useful.”
He couldn't let her enjoy one single evening without criticizing something about her. She felt near tears...
February 9, 2015
Sometimes you just need a hate-read that you hope is going to satisfy your inner angst whore. For me, Diana Palmer is a go-to author for that. I really can't stand her stuff, and yet I know there is going to be AAANGST. Also, I read three books in a one week period that made me supremely pissed off at the heroine and at least I expect that to happen in a Palmer read, if that makes any sense.
The back cover for this is completely misleading. Whoever wrote the blurb apparently only skimmed the book. Just for a comparison, I'm going to paste it below:
Ever since DEA agent Alexander Cobb had given Jodie Clayburn a Texas-size brush-off, they'd been sworn enemies. But eight years later, an undercover operation brought them back together again. This cynical Long, Tall Texan couldn't believe the baby-faced schoolgirl was now an understated beauty who electrified his senses and his heart. Or that she'd help him crack the drug-smuggling case that threatened all of Jacobsville. Tantalized to the core, Alexander would risk everything to possess--and protect--the untouched young woman. This fearless secret agent always got his man--or in this case, woman. But this time, would the man in control get caught in his own web of danger...and desire?
1) There is no "sworn enemies" here. I sort of wished there had been, but Jodie was the usual Palmer spineless wienie (actually, to be fair, she was a bit better than the normal Palmer heroine, but not by much).
2) This book makes it sound like they've had no contact for eight years. Not sure where that came from. I got the impression that Cobb was pretty asshat-y to Jodie eight years ago (her teenage self wrote him a love poem and the guy took Grammar Nazi to new levels when he handed it back with grammar and spelling mistakes circled and then rubbed salt in the wound when he gave her a remedial English book... Wow... Seriously, what a dick) but they've still been in contact.
3) That's not to say there isn't some serious angst opportunity here. After Jodie gets sloshed at a dinner party (doormat Jodie is basically there for the private use of both Cobb and his sister, the latter of whom is ostensibly her best friend, but only invites her to things so Jodie can be the de facto maid) and hits on Cobb, she overhears him telling his sister some really harsh things about Jodie (even for a Palmer hero, he was pretty rude; he hit on everything from her looks, to her personality, to her social graces) so she decides to move on with her life without Alexander and his sister. Only now Alexander has realized he's in luuurv (or some vague approximation) and won't let her retreat, so he ropes her into helping him with an investigation.
Seriously, now compare that with the weird blurb on the back. It's like a Twilight Zone version.
Anyway, this wasn't anything out of the ordinary for Palmer, except I didn't want to throw my Kindle at a wall, so there was that. I will never expect great things from her, but sometimes it's nice to pick up a book and know what you're going to get, even if that thing isn't all that great. I wouldn't buy this book, but I could see me picking it up again for another pseudo-hate-read a few years down the line when I've undoubtedly forgotten I read it.
The back cover for this is completely misleading. Whoever wrote the blurb apparently only skimmed the book. Just for a comparison, I'm going to paste it below:
Ever since DEA agent Alexander Cobb had given Jodie Clayburn a Texas-size brush-off, they'd been sworn enemies. But eight years later, an undercover operation brought them back together again. This cynical Long, Tall Texan couldn't believe the baby-faced schoolgirl was now an understated beauty who electrified his senses and his heart. Or that she'd help him crack the drug-smuggling case that threatened all of Jacobsville. Tantalized to the core, Alexander would risk everything to possess--and protect--the untouched young woman. This fearless secret agent always got his man--or in this case, woman. But this time, would the man in control get caught in his own web of danger...and desire?
1) There is no "sworn enemies" here. I sort of wished there had been, but Jodie was the usual Palmer spineless wienie (actually, to be fair, she was a bit better than the normal Palmer heroine, but not by much).
2) This book makes it sound like they've had no contact for eight years. Not sure where that came from. I got the impression that Cobb was pretty asshat-y to Jodie eight years ago (her teenage self wrote him a love poem and the guy took Grammar Nazi to new levels when he handed it back with grammar and spelling mistakes circled and then rubbed salt in the wound when he gave her a remedial English book... Wow... Seriously, what a dick) but they've still been in contact.
3) That's not to say there isn't some serious angst opportunity here. After Jodie gets sloshed at a dinner party (doormat Jodie is basically there for the private use of both Cobb and his sister, the latter of whom is ostensibly her best friend, but only invites her to things so Jodie can be the de facto maid) and hits on Cobb, she overhears him telling his sister some really harsh things about Jodie (even for a Palmer hero, he was pretty rude; he hit on everything from her looks, to her personality, to her social graces) so she decides to move on with her life without Alexander and his sister. Only now Alexander has realized he's in luuurv (or some vague approximation) and won't let her retreat, so he ropes her into helping him with an investigation.
Seriously, now compare that with the weird blurb on the back. It's like a Twilight Zone version.
Anyway, this wasn't anything out of the ordinary for Palmer, except I didn't want to throw my Kindle at a wall, so there was that. I will never expect great things from her, but sometimes it's nice to pick up a book and know what you're going to get, even if that thing isn't all that great. I wouldn't buy this book, but I could see me picking it up again for another pseudo-hate-read a few years down the line when I've undoubtedly forgotten I read it.
July 22, 2021
I don't know what to say about this book.
the hero treats the heroine like dirt, no like s**t, for the first part of the book and for no reasons.
-He and his sister kind of "adopted" her when her parents died and took care of her, but both of them exploits her when they need something, that is really mean.
- His sister invites her to her parties so she can cook, actually a not-paid maid, some Cinderella
-The hero's cruelty has no reasons.
-As a result she has such a low self esteem that she thinks she's ugly, undeserving of love, unable to have a job she likes, etc i think a woman like her should have therapy for years. Poor dear.
-The hero and his sister are abusive. Stop.
-The heroine has a crush on the hero. Who knows why since he's bedding all the women around but her.
-She's invited to a party, where she cooks and serves and, a bit tipsy, she kisses the hero (and he kisses her back, because, suddenly, he sees her as an attractive woman)
-the hero slut-shames her with his sister, asking her not to invite her to any party because he's disgusted by her.
And that's was the end of the bottom for me.
The death of the hero. The death of the romance.
Then the heroine realizes she has been exploited for years and decides to cut all ties with those two sob.
Oh, Halleluyah!
Sadly the hero misses her and decides to win her back, and of course she's so willing...
So, at this point I couldn't even be angry anymore because if a woman is stupid and dumb and can't understand that the only thing to do is kicking him out of the window, she deserves what she's got.
All the s***t they gave her, she deserves.
The second part, with the usual spy story and drug smuggling and heroine risking her life for the a****le is not worth reading.
I don't believe for one second that he's in love with her and that the awful words he told his sister were because he was attracted to the heroine.
He's a sob and a creep.
No hea for me.
The hero's useless cruelty was unforgivable.
the hero treats the heroine like dirt, no like s**t, for the first part of the book and for no reasons.
-He and his sister kind of "adopted" her when her parents died and took care of her, but both of them exploits her when they need something, that is really mean.
- His sister invites her to her parties so she can cook, actually a not-paid maid, some Cinderella
-The hero's cruelty has no reasons.
-As a result she has such a low self esteem that she thinks she's ugly, undeserving of love, unable to have a job she likes, etc i think a woman like her should have therapy for years. Poor dear.
-The hero and his sister are abusive. Stop.
-The heroine has a crush on the hero. Who knows why since he's bedding all the women around but her.
-She's invited to a party, where she cooks and serves and, a bit tipsy, she kisses the hero (and he kisses her back, because, suddenly, he sees her as an attractive woman)
-the hero slut-shames her with his sister, asking her not to invite her to any party because he's disgusted by her.
And that's was the end of the bottom for me.
The death of the hero. The death of the romance.
Then the heroine realizes she has been exploited for years and decides to cut all ties with those two sob.
Oh, Halleluyah!
Sadly the hero misses her and decides to win her back, and of course she's so willing...
So, at this point I couldn't even be angry anymore because if a woman is stupid and dumb and can't understand that the only thing to do is kicking him out of the window, she deserves what she's got.
All the s***t they gave her, she deserves.
The second part, with the usual spy story and drug smuggling and heroine risking her life for the a****le is not worth reading.
I don't believe for one second that he's in love with her and that the awful words he told his sister were because he was attracted to the heroine.
He's a sob and a creep.
No hea for me.
The hero's useless cruelty was unforgivable.
July 24, 2013
I was in the mood for typical Palmer, and this fit the bill pretty well. The hero is much less of a jerk than usual -- that is, he's only outrageously mean to the heroine one time, and that by accident.
The ending trails off with several plot issues unresolved, probably to come up again in later books in the series. The plot was pretty nonsensical anyway, so it doesn't matter much.
One thing that irked me a little -- Jodie starts the book having lost a considerable amount of weight, and Alexander tells her several times that she was fine the way she was before. Which is certainly nice, but why not just have her stay a larger character? Also, I would really have liked Jodie to kick Alexander in the pants at some point for correcting the loveletter she sent him as a teenager. Or at least give him a copy of Up the Down Staircase to teach him a lesson.
The ending trails off with several plot issues unresolved, probably to come up again in later books in the series. The plot was pretty nonsensical anyway, so it doesn't matter much.
One thing that irked me a little -- Jodie starts the book having lost a considerable amount of weight, and Alexander tells her several times that she was fine the way she was before. Which is certainly nice, but why not just have her stay a larger character? Also, I would really have liked Jodie to kick Alexander in the pants at some point for correcting the loveletter she sent him as a teenager. Or at least give him a copy of Up the Down Staircase to teach him a lesson.
May 25, 2019
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Well DEA Alex Cobb is a bit of a fickle idiot.
Jodie starts out as a bit of a doormat but soon grows an honest to god spine!
Jodie has been a tacked on part of their family since her parents died when she was young. But Alex and his sister take her for granted. The sister, Margie likes to make her cook and clean at her parties and Alex does all he can to avoid her because EVERYONE knows she has a crush on him.
So finally she wakes up and knows where she isn't truly wanted and cuts them off from her life.
The last straw was listening to Alex tell his sister at one of her parties, how Jodie is blue collar and would never fit in with them. How he doesn't want her invited to his birthday party etc. This was after Jodie got a bit tipsy and flirted with him.
There's an OW, Kirry who is horrid to just about everyone except Alex.
Then there's a whole drug smuggling plot involving the company that Jodie works for.
About halfway in, after Jodie has been giving them both the cold shoulder for a while, she admits to Margie that she overheard Alex's rant at the party. Alex finds out she heard and has already had regrets at this point. Now he knows the only way to keep her in his company is to have her help him smoke out the smuggler by pretending to be dating him. Now spending time with her, he starts to learn that he really didn't know her well at all.
What I liked about this one is that Jodie walked away early on so the mistreatment didn't go on forever like some of DP's books. AND she is pretty damn frosty to him for a while after that. I loved how she told him off on his first visit to her office!
But she is sure he is just using her and it takes him a while to prove that it is something more. He is deliciously remorseful.
Safety is good.
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Well DEA Alex Cobb is a bit of a fickle idiot.
Jodie starts out as a bit of a doormat but soon grows an honest to god spine!
Jodie has been a tacked on part of their family since her parents died when she was young. But Alex and his sister take her for granted. The sister, Margie likes to make her cook and clean at her parties and Alex does all he can to avoid her because EVERYONE knows she has a crush on him.
So finally she wakes up and knows where she isn't truly wanted and cuts them off from her life.
The last straw was listening to Alex tell his sister at one of her parties, how Jodie is blue collar and would never fit in with them. How he doesn't want her invited to his birthday party etc. This was after Jodie got a bit tipsy and flirted with him.
There's an OW, Kirry who is horrid to just about everyone except Alex.
Then there's a whole drug smuggling plot involving the company that Jodie works for.
About halfway in, after Jodie has been giving them both the cold shoulder for a while, she admits to Margie that she overheard Alex's rant at the party. Alex finds out she heard and has already had regrets at this point. Now he knows the only way to keep her in his company is to have her help him smoke out the smuggler by pretending to be dating him. Now spending time with her, he starts to learn that he really didn't know her well at all.
What I liked about this one is that Jodie walked away early on so the mistreatment didn't go on forever like some of DP's books. AND she is pretty damn frosty to him for a while after that. I loved how she told him off on his first visit to her office!
But she is sure he is just using her and it takes him a while to prove that it is something more. He is deliciously remorseful.
Safety is good.
May 28, 2013
This is one of Diana Palmer's bok that not only romance but also some actions. :)
Jodie and Alexander's always fighting. They seems like they hate each other but to be honest, Jodie's in love with Alexanders since forever. And apparently Alexander's feeling the same way but he's just to scared to admit it and said bad things to her. She's hurt and flew back to her home only to find Alexander, sitting in front of her, begging her to come back..
Not exactly like that, but let's just say I like it that way. Alexander's bitter words toward Jodie's so typical of Diana Palmer yet I never get bored. But I don't really like Jodie's weak heart, easily accepting his apologies. I mean, if I were her, I'd die of embarassment and just stop seeing him for good. But if he come and chasing me, hell, why not?! :)))
Not really my favorite but I enjoyed it. :)
Jodie and Alexander's always fighting. They seems like they hate each other but to be honest, Jodie's in love with Alexanders since forever. And apparently Alexander's feeling the same way but he's just to scared to admit it and said bad things to her. She's hurt and flew back to her home only to find Alexander, sitting in front of her, begging her to come back..
Not exactly like that, but let's just say I like it that way. Alexander's bitter words toward Jodie's so typical of Diana Palmer yet I never get bored. But I don't really like Jodie's weak heart, easily accepting his apologies. I mean, if I were her, I'd die of embarassment and just stop seeing him for good. But if he come and chasing me, hell, why not?! :)))
Not really my favorite but I enjoyed it. :)
March 1, 2014
Not bad but heroine was kind of fickle, couldn't warm up to her.
April 7, 2025
Леле, това беше ужасно.
Не знам защо продължавам да взимам книги от Арлекин колекцията на баба си. Наистина не знам. Явно съм просто един сбъркан мазохист.
Нямах идея за какво става въпрос в тази книга. Единствено ми беше позната авторката, чиито книги-еднодневки четях през лятото. Не знам защо се изненадах колко лош беше сюжета.
Всяка съвременна жена трябва да подхожда към този тип романи с едно наум, защото много от разбиранията за жената, представени в тях, са крайно сексистки, обидни и просто смешни.
За мен обаче това не беше чак такъв проблем, защото умея да се абстрахирам от подобни глупости. Големият проблем за мен дойде от историята, която просто беше изключително нелогична. Първо на първо, всички бяха задници, държаха се ужасно с главната героиня Джоуди и постоянно я унизяваха. В допълнение на това, Алекзандър, супер богат наследник на ранчо и полицай в отдел Наркотици (на него при не му трябват, но видиш ли това му е хоби), който хем мрази главната героиня (най-добра приятелка на сестра му между другото), хем не може да си държи езика извън гърлото ѝ. И това е само началото…
Алекзандър трябва да проведе разследване под прикритие за някакъв нарко бос, който управлява наркокартел под опеката на фирмата, в която Джоуди работи. Разбирайки това, на отдадения полицай му хрумва най-гениалната идея някога! (Не, не е да проведе професионално разследване, все пак това не ви е Ю Несбьо). Решава да се престори, че е във връзка с Джоуди, за да има извинение да се навърта около фирмата! И няма как да познаете какво се случва след това!
Вината си е моя, че все не подбирам интелигентни любовни романи!
Не знам защо продължавам да взимам книги от Арлекин колекцията на баба си. Наистина не знам. Явно съм просто един сбъркан мазохист.
Нямах идея за какво става въпрос в тази книга. Единствено ми беше позната авторката, чиито книги-еднодневки четях през лятото. Не знам защо се изненадах колко лош беше сюжета.
Всяка съвременна жена трябва да подхожда към този тип романи с едно наум, защото много от разбиранията за жената, представени в тях, са крайно сексистки, обидни и просто смешни.
За мен обаче това не беше чак такъв проблем, защото умея да се абстрахирам от подобни глупости. Големият проблем за мен дойде от историята, която просто беше изключително нелогична. Първо на първо, всички бяха задници, държаха се ужасно с главната героиня Джоуди и постоянно я унизяваха. В допълнение на това, Алекзандър, супер богат наследник на ранчо и полицай в отдел Наркотици (на него при не му трябват, но видиш ли това му е хоби), който хем мрази главната героиня (най-добра приятелка на сестра му между другото), хем не може да си държи езика извън гърлото ѝ. И това е само началото…
Алекзандър трябва да проведе разследване под прикритие за някакъв нарко бос, който управлява наркокартел под опеката на фирмата, в която Джоуди работи. Разбирайки това, на отдадения полицай му хрумва най-гениалната идея някога! (Не, не е да проведе професионално разследване, все пак това не ви е Ю Несбьо). Решава да се престори, че е във връзка с Джоуди, за да има извинение да се навърта около фирмата! И няма как да познаете какво се случва след това!
Вината си е моя, че все не подбирам интелигентни любовни романи!
July 6, 2013
Homens do Texas 26
O Senhor da Paixão
Diana Palmer
H.G. Autores 17
2005
Antes de qualquer coisa devo dizer que o tempo e o dinheiro que gastei para conseguir adquirir este livro, deveria fazer deste romance, o melhor de Diana Palmer. Mas as coisas, não são bem assim.
Vamos por parte, como diria Jack.
Faz no mínimo 3 anos que procurava este livro, e como ele saiu em 2005, só poderia encontrá-lo em lojas de livros usados, procurei durante esse tempo, em todos os sebos que existiam na minha cidade, e nada de encontrá-lo.
Sempre procurando em sites de livros usados e sebos, e nada, até que 4 meses atrás, achei, mas pra minha sorte, a bendita loja não aceitou meu cartão de credito e muito menos boleto. Fiquei mal, comecei acreditar em conspiração, maluquice pura.
Meses depois, encontrei num site de arremate, dei o meu lance dias antes do prazo final, durante toda a semana, verificava se alguém dava um lance maior que o meu, estava contente, ninguém havia me superado. Mas no dia que imaginava sair à vencedora, algum idiota, maldito, superou o meu LANCE, no último segundo.
Naquele momento fiquei arrasada, pensava que nunca mais iria conseguir.
Dias depois, encontrei o mesmo livro sendo colocado para ser disputado outra vez, e o prazo acabaria em 20 minutos. Pulei de alegria e no mesmo momento dei meu primeiro lance, e fiquei disputando o livro, dando um lance atrás do outro, pois o dono ou outra pessoa, não sei ao certo, parecia querer triplicar o valor do livro. Mas a maluca aqui, não deixou a oportunidade passar, faltando 1 segundo dei o maior lance e arrematei...
Senti-me, a pessoa mais sortuda do mundo, sem nenhum centavo, mas tava tão feliz...
Por isso tudo e muito mais, este livro tem um valor sentimental e um sabor de vitória pra mim, tenho a sensação de superação, como se fosse uma causa perdida que consegui fazer ressurgir das cinzas.
Tô pirando mesmo... Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk....
Bom, a estória é ótima e mesmo que pareça ser mais um livro da Diana Palmer. Pra mim não é assim, tem destaque na minha prateleira e tenho por ele muito carinho.
Pode acreditar, recomendo e muito: O Senhor da Paixão.
ADORO!!!!!!!!
RECOMENDADÍSSIMO!!!!
O Senhor da Paixão
Diana Palmer
H.G. Autores 17
2005
Antes de qualquer coisa devo dizer que o tempo e o dinheiro que gastei para conseguir adquirir este livro, deveria fazer deste romance, o melhor de Diana Palmer. Mas as coisas, não são bem assim.
Vamos por parte, como diria Jack.
Faz no mínimo 3 anos que procurava este livro, e como ele saiu em 2005, só poderia encontrá-lo em lojas de livros usados, procurei durante esse tempo, em todos os sebos que existiam na minha cidade, e nada de encontrá-lo.
Sempre procurando em sites de livros usados e sebos, e nada, até que 4 meses atrás, achei, mas pra minha sorte, a bendita loja não aceitou meu cartão de credito e muito menos boleto. Fiquei mal, comecei acreditar em conspiração, maluquice pura.
Meses depois, encontrei num site de arremate, dei o meu lance dias antes do prazo final, durante toda a semana, verificava se alguém dava um lance maior que o meu, estava contente, ninguém havia me superado. Mas no dia que imaginava sair à vencedora, algum idiota, maldito, superou o meu LANCE, no último segundo.
Naquele momento fiquei arrasada, pensava que nunca mais iria conseguir.
Dias depois, encontrei o mesmo livro sendo colocado para ser disputado outra vez, e o prazo acabaria em 20 minutos. Pulei de alegria e no mesmo momento dei meu primeiro lance, e fiquei disputando o livro, dando um lance atrás do outro, pois o dono ou outra pessoa, não sei ao certo, parecia querer triplicar o valor do livro. Mas a maluca aqui, não deixou a oportunidade passar, faltando 1 segundo dei o maior lance e arrematei...
Senti-me, a pessoa mais sortuda do mundo, sem nenhum centavo, mas tava tão feliz...
Por isso tudo e muito mais, este livro tem um valor sentimental e um sabor de vitória pra mim, tenho a sensação de superação, como se fosse uma causa perdida que consegui fazer ressurgir das cinzas.
Tô pirando mesmo... Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk....
Bom, a estória é ótima e mesmo que pareça ser mais um livro da Diana Palmer. Pra mim não é assim, tem destaque na minha prateleira e tenho por ele muito carinho.
Pode acreditar, recomendo e muito: O Senhor da Paixão.
ADORO!!!!!!!!
RECOMENDADÍSSIMO!!!!
January 7, 2016
It seemed that h and H were close from childhood: H and his sister often stayed in h's house because their mother was an alcoholist. When h's parents passed away,H and his sister took her home and paid her college tuition. However, form the beginning of this book, all I read was how H's sister used h, such as pleaded her come to their party only because she urgently needed a cook to prepare food for the guests. what best friend used you in that way while she knew you always had a crush on her brother? Not to mention her main purpose to hold the party was to treat her brother's girlfriend, who could help her career. Moreover, H was so cruel to say those horrible things about h behind her back!
I admired how h stayed away from H and his sister after she heard what H said about her. She did have backbones. Just wished H groveled more!
I admired how h stayed away from H and his sister after she heard what H said about her. She did have backbones. Just wished H groveled more!
December 19, 2024
Jodie Clayburn has loved Alexander Dobbs since she was a teenager but he was always cutting her down brushing her off so the older she got the better at hiding her feelings for him. She was his sister best friend he didn't want her under his feet she heard that and a lot more one night that he was telling his sister so leaves the next day and he was confused why than he needed her help with a case she didn't want to do.it at first but she does and his feelings that he has been trying to fight and hide comes out she thinks it's just for the case till he tells her how he feels but in the middle of the case she calls his cell phone to tell him what she finds out and the woman he was seeing before her was their and she thinks something going on but it wasn't she hangs up hurt by it
September 8, 2010
si alexander awalnya bener2 bikin gw pengen getokin palanya..
abis bener2 nyebelin banget..
tp emang khas DP deh.. co2nya rata2 nyebelin di awal..
tp akhirnya malah dia yg ngejar2 si jodie..
yg payah sih jodie trll gmpg memaafkan ya..
after all lmyn terhibur juga sih walopun not my fave DP..
ga tega kasi 2 bintang jadi nambah sebiji deh.. =P
abis bener2 nyebelin banget..
tp emang khas DP deh.. co2nya rata2 nyebelin di awal..
tp akhirnya malah dia yg ngejar2 si jodie..
yg payah sih jodie trll gmpg memaafkan ya..
after all lmyn terhibur juga sih walopun not my fave DP..
ga tega kasi 2 bintang jadi nambah sebiji deh.. =P
April 11, 2020
Sip definitivamente este parece hecho del mismo molde que Leo Hart aunque diría que mucho más cruel, porque a pesar de que Leo hacía todas esas malas cosas para que janie dejara de amarlo, Alex y su hermana la utilizaban siempre buscando algo de ella y más Alex que la veía como una cazafortunas, que rabia da Alex, debía sufrir más, se la ponen muy fácil...
January 5, 2023
Nice book ! At first I thought it would not be good since it has a few pages and the cover was cringe. NEVER JUDGE THE BOOK FROM ITS COVER !! I was surprised by what I read. I loved how the relationship between Alexander and Jodi ended. If you want a romantic book with a few pages to read this book is what you are looking for.
June 16, 2010
Not too shabby. But the plot is typical.
The female protagonist is a virgin. *rolling eyes* Naive but of course, she is beautiful.
The male protagonist is a jerk. OK, so in the end he becomes a reformed man. At least that's one of the reasons why I gave 3 stars to this book.
The female protagonist is a virgin. *rolling eyes* Naive but of course, she is beautiful.
The male protagonist is a jerk. OK, so in the end he becomes a reformed man. At least that's one of the reasons why I gave 3 stars to this book.
July 17, 2010
I love this kind of love story. I very very loved when Alexander realize that Jodie heard his conversation with Margie and then he called her <3 <3 <3
I finished this book just for 1 day. lol
I finished this book just for 1 day. lol
July 12, 2019
I gave up for read it till the end. Jodie wasn't lovely character for me.
July 19, 2019
wanted jodie to run far far far away from alexander but obviously that didn't happen. he's lit rally the biggest piece of trash throw him in the garbage where he belongs pls and thnx.
August 26, 2020
I loved both of them, butMan in Control I enjoyed more! I forgot how much I enjoyed Diana Palmer!!
May 3, 2024
EL libro es una mezcla de cosas sin sentido. Entiendo que tiene años y que forma parte de una colección, pero el libro por sí solo no se sostiene.
Al inicio del libro te dice que él no quiere casarse ni tener hijos. Que no le gusta Jodie (le cae muy mal) y que tiene una foto de una novia espectacular que esa chica le dio.
A mitad de libro te enteras de que la novia espectacular se tira a otros pero que el prota nunca se ha acostado con ella.
Tras besar a la protagonista, él dice burradas sobre ella (que Jodie escucha del otro lado de la pared), incluyendo que no la quiere volver a ver, que no es de su clase y que no quiere que su hermana se junte más con ella.
Va a Houston y empieza a besarla cada vez que puede, sin llegar a más, pero haciéndole saber que quiere que pase algo más con ella. Y casi al final se la lleva a México a una boda exprés para poder hacerlo en el matrimonio.
La justificación de él es que sus padres tenían un matrimonio desgraciado en el que su madre le daba a la bebida y su padre la engañaba. Lo dice así, nada elaborado.
Ella se quedó huérfana antes que ellos y por algún motivo, el prota la «apadrina» y por eso son como familia, pero en realidad la trata mal. La hermana se supone que es la mejor amiga, pero en realidad solamente la usa para que le haga de cocinera durante años. Te dicen al principio del libro que ella ha perdido muchos kilos, pero esa información no sirve para nada, más allá de decirte que se viste mal. Después de escuchar lo que escucha, dice que va a evitar verlos más pero en cuanto él se planta delante, se deja besar, se deja mangonear y se embarca en una misión peligrosa de la DEA.
La misión no queda cerrada, sino que solo se detiene a la mitad y también es todo muy por el aire.
Entiendo que son novelas que tienen mucho tiempo, pero no me ha gustado nada. Y que nombre a personas que no vienen a cuento solo por hacer referencias a otros libros de la serie (este es el número 25) menos.
Al inicio del libro te dice que él no quiere casarse ni tener hijos. Que no le gusta Jodie (le cae muy mal) y que tiene una foto de una novia espectacular que esa chica le dio.
A mitad de libro te enteras de que la novia espectacular se tira a otros pero que el prota nunca se ha acostado con ella.
Tras besar a la protagonista, él dice burradas sobre ella (que Jodie escucha del otro lado de la pared), incluyendo que no la quiere volver a ver, que no es de su clase y que no quiere que su hermana se junte más con ella.
Va a Houston y empieza a besarla cada vez que puede, sin llegar a más, pero haciéndole saber que quiere que pase algo más con ella. Y casi al final se la lleva a México a una boda exprés para poder hacerlo en el matrimonio.
La justificación de él es que sus padres tenían un matrimonio desgraciado en el que su madre le daba a la bebida y su padre la engañaba. Lo dice así, nada elaborado.
Ella se quedó huérfana antes que ellos y por algún motivo, el prota la «apadrina» y por eso son como familia, pero en realidad la trata mal. La hermana se supone que es la mejor amiga, pero en realidad solamente la usa para que le haga de cocinera durante años. Te dicen al principio del libro que ella ha perdido muchos kilos, pero esa información no sirve para nada, más allá de decirte que se viste mal. Después de escuchar lo que escucha, dice que va a evitar verlos más pero en cuanto él se planta delante, se deja besar, se deja mangonear y se embarca en una misión peligrosa de la DEA.
La misión no queda cerrada, sino que solo se detiene a la mitad y también es todo muy por el aire.
Entiendo que son novelas que tienen mucho tiempo, pero no me ha gustado nada. Y que nombre a personas que no vienen a cuento solo por hacer referencias a otros libros de la serie (este es el número 25) menos.
April 5, 2019
Josie and Alexander
Josie have been in love with Alexander since her teenage years but her feelings haven't been returned. Her best friend and H's sister, user her and Alexander only approach her when he needs her help with her computer skills. After she overheards the H telling his sister he didn't want Josie in their lifes she decides to remove herself from the Cobb family. However Alexander is not happy with her decision. Fantastic read. Couldn't stop reading till the very end. Highly recommended
Josie have been in love with Alexander since her teenage years but her feelings haven't been returned. Her best friend and H's sister, user her and Alexander only approach her when he needs her help with her computer skills. After she overheards the H telling his sister he didn't want Josie in their lifes she decides to remove herself from the Cobb family. However Alexander is not happy with her decision. Fantastic read. Couldn't stop reading till the very end. Highly recommended
October 13, 2023
I've seen a few other reviewers call this 'Diana Palmer light' and I have to agree. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed it, but apart from the typical 'she heard him being mean' moment it was otherwise plain sailing, they get together... it ends? I was expecting the usual 80% mega-insane-blowup- moment but it didn't happen.
Also... a beatnik club? She's a fricking spy now? What?
A weird one to say the least. I can't even remember if I got lectured about beef hormones, or if the H had a hairy chest. I miss those things.
Also... a beatnik club? She's a fricking spy now? What?
A weird one to say the least. I can't even remember if I got lectured about beef hormones, or if the H had a hairy chest. I miss those things.
May 16, 2018
I enjoyed listening to this book. I would have it on while driving to work. Jodi has been in love with Alexander forever, but after getting drunk one night, she is totally embarrassed. Alexander is a DEA agent and comes to Jodi to help with a case. What happens after that, oh boy you have to read or listen to the book.
January 16, 2024
Hated it. Basic. Can't believe it was suggested to me (FB group). Trying to power through to see if it gets better. Was this written with AI? Seriously the most unfeeling basic prose I have read on GR to date.
Nope. DNF. So juvenile I couldn't take it anymore. Warning label on this author and that FB group. And I paid for this one. ugh.
Nope. DNF. So juvenile I couldn't take it anymore. Warning label on this author and that FB group. And I paid for this one. ugh.
July 10, 2025
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February 3, 2019
Cowonya dominant & sicewenya submissive bgt. Jadi cowonya yang mendominasi hubungannya akan kayak gimana sementara cewenya tuh nerimoan gitu.
Kalau suka banget si nggak. Cuman novel ini bisa buat relax diwaktu senggang. Jadi ya.. Lumayan 😂😂
Kalau suka banget si nggak. Cuman novel ini bisa buat relax diwaktu senggang. Jadi ya.. Lumayan 😂😂
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October 7, 2022This book had me on the edge of my seat, basically from the moment I started the book. The suspense, the intrigue, the romance, and the danger made this one of my favorite reads to date. Diana Palmer is a favorite author of mine, and I've yet to be disappointed by one of her books.
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