Shoot to Thrill (Passion for Danger, #1) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

Jul 22, 2009 Shawna rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: hero-abused-scarred-tortured-angst, hero-stud-mantel-hall-of-fame, captive-kidnapped-hostage-slave, hh-doctor-nurse-shrink-medical, assassin-hitman, hh-addiction-recovery-sobriety, steam-4-smokin, im-a-cover-hottie-ho, hh-physical-mental-disability-ill, romantic-suspense

5 stars – Romantic Suspense

There’s a whole lot more to this than just the hot stud with a gun, yummy window dressing. I love romantic suspense that feature sexy, angst-ridden alpha military heroes, and Nina Bruhns sure delivers a steamy, exciting, fast paced, action-packed thrill-ride with this first book in her new Passion for Danger series. It’s got everything I love in a great military romantic suspense: a sexy, bad-ass hero, a spitfire heroine, uber nasty villains, a clever, intriguing plot, 5 stars – Romantic Suspense

There’s a whole lot more to this than just the hot stud with a gun, yummy window dressing. I love romantic suspense that feature sexy, angst-ridden alpha military heroes, and Nina Bruhns sure delivers a steamy, exciting, fast paced, action-packed thrill-ride with this first book in her new Passion for Danger series. It’s got everything I love in a great military romantic suspense: a sexy, bad-ass hero, a spitfire heroine, uber nasty villains, a clever, intriguing plot, thrilling locations, gripping edge-of-your-seat action, and plenty of steamy romance and hot sex. The author’s style is similar to Suzanne Brockmann, Marliss Melton, and Catherine Mann, but I dare to say that I enjoyed this even more than Melton’s Seal Team 12 series and Mann’s Dark Ops series. It’s that good (at least in my humble opinion).

Ex-marine Kyle “Kick” Jackson signed his life over to an elite, undercover “NOC” (non-official cover) CIA black-ops unit, but he’s been trying dodge his superiors ever since a mission gone bad that killed his entire squad and left him with multiple scars and a battered leg. His former commander sends a team to kidnap Kick to force him to do one more (last) job because it seems that he’s the only person who can identify a reclusive, dangerous terrorist hiding and plotting in the Sudan. Even though it’s essentially a suicide mission, Kick sees it as his long awaited chance for vengeance against the terrorists responsible for the loss of his entire team, including his best friend.

New York ER nurse Lorraine “Rainie” Martin got more than she bargained for when she attended a medical speed dating function and ended up being kidnapped by a sexy, dangerous, wounded hero. She can’t abandon a patient/soldier in need; and when the operation goes wrong, Kick and Rainie find themselves thrust into the treacherous Sahara together, surrounded by enemies, and have to rely on each other for survival and to complete the mission at all costs.

Shoot to Thrill has the perfect mix of action, adventure, intrigue, suspense, and smokin’ hot romance, which is exactly the way I like it! There’s a nice HEA, but it also left some ends untied; so you can be sure that I’ll be picking up book two, If Looks Could Chill just as soon as it comes out in December’09! Big 5 stars!
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Aug 05, 2009 Dina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: romantic-suspense

This book required a huge suspension of disbelief on my part, but it worked because NB's writing is very good and the non-stop action kept me on the edge of my seat and didn't give me any time to think, LOL. What annoyed me in this read, and I can't believe I'm going to say that, was the sex: it just got in the way too many times and it didn't help to move the story along. So, 4 stars it is.

Note: I was going to write a full review, but I decided against it when I realized that the more I thought ...more

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Jul 28, 2009 ♡Karlyn P♡ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2009, genre-suspense, published-2009, genre-contemporary, steam-hot

Whew! Check reality at the door, and just enjoy the ride. This was a fun, sexy adventure romance story that moves at lightening speed and takes the reader through so much! Surviving in the dessert, riding camels, sex, falling from airplanes, sex, kidnappings, lots of enemy chases, more sex...etc. It's an over-the-top storyline, so if you are looking for a romance story centered around an authentic military operation this isn't it. But if you can suspend your disbelief and you want a sexy, edgy, ...more

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Sep 07, 2010 Pamela(AllHoney) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: suspense-mystery-thriller, tortured-tormented, military-or-ex-military, undercover-special-covert-ops, 1st-in-series, doctor-nurse-medic-etc

The first in Nina Bruhns series Passion For Danger. Thrilling! lol. Fast paced romantic suspense that hooks you from page one. Yes, you MUST suspend reality for this one but I still loved it.

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Aug 28, 2010 Ally rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, ebook

I really wanted to love Shoot to Thrill but I just couldn't. It's a great, addictive and has lots of turns that I didn't expect or see coming. But I just couldn't see Kick and Rainie really sticking it out together without all the action because really Rainie only kept throwing herself at Kick every time he left her alone for a few hours and she thought he wasn't coming back. Kick even at one point said it was all the adrenaline from her being scared etc.

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Nov 22, 2009 Anne OK rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

An amazing new series full of the unexpected. I can't wait for the next book coming in December and then another in April. There were many unanswered questions that leave the reader hanging on anxiously awaiting the next book. ...more

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Sep 16, 2010 Jen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: bruhns

3.5 stars. I can't believe that I haven't read anything by Nina Bruhns before this book. Shoot to Thrill was a pretty good book so much in fact that I just bought the second one in the series to read!

As with most romantic suspense novels you have to suspend reality in order to read the book, but really I am ok with that. The idea that a covert operation could take place with a random woman running around in it is pretty silly. I mean someone like me out there? Not happening. But it made for a go ...more

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