Review: Wish there was more of it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2011
This would have been a great story if there was more of it.  As it is, I still liked it alot and wish this would ultimately be turned into the prequel of a full story, perhaps a second chance at love since this is not going to give you an HEA for closure.  Having said that, this is a really engaging, suspenseful, but short read, translated to about 40 pages.Ex Navy SEAL, Jack Brenner is sitting in a seedy bar in Thailand when an attractive and very conspicuus Charlotte Whiteside strolls in looking for him.  She was given his name by a childhood friend, also a SEAL, and needs him to fly her to a small island where she hopes her brother is being held hostage.  The alternative is too much to consider and she'll do anything to help get him back, even sleep with this stranger.  Jack brushes off her request, but when he finds out one of his buddies sent her to him, he agrees to help her.This story has a lot going for it including fantastic chemistry, suspense, and a hot one night stand.  What it doesn't have is length enough to develop depth of the characters and it doesn't have closure. Instead, it gives you just enough to want more and leaves the reader hopeful that Jack and Charlotte end up together somehow, someday.  The writing is good, as I've found all Laura Griffin novels are, and if this story were ever to become the prologue to a full length novel, it would be a guaranteed read for me.