Review: 2  stars.  It needed something.  I was having trouble staying interested.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 13, 2013
ENTICING THE SPYMASTER by Julie Rowe.It's a romance, but there is no romantic relationship development.  Before the story begins, they met and fell in love.  She wanted to marry him but he rejected her.  None of that is shown.  This book starts two years later when their paths cross.  She feels negative because of his past rejection.  The plot and conflicts are mostly about the two of them fleeing from German soldiers during WWI.  That was good, and I liked things she did - strong, smart, brave heroine.  But for a romance novel I expected more about healing and changing their relationship.  Instead, he tells her the reason he rejected her which was not his fault.  Then they have their happy ending.It was missing the falling in love part from the past as well as currently.  And I didn't know anything about him.  What was it that made her love him?There was one sex scene.  I didn't feel their desire for each other.  It was like mechanically taking her virginity and being done.DISCLOSURE:I received a complimentary copy from the publisher Carina Press.DATA:Narrative mode: 3rd person.  Kindle count length: 1,774 (263 KB) 114 pages.  Swearing language: mild.  Sexual language: moderate.  Number of sex scenes: 1.  Setting: 1915 Belgium, Netherlands, and France.  Copyright: 2013.  Genre: romantic suspense.