Review: a truly riveting read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 28, 2012
This is a terrific, fast-paced story with irresistible characters and loads of danger stalking every page. The author tosses her reader smack dab into the story trouble, yet in the first chapter manages to include so much about her characters and their histories that even though the conflict kicks in immediately, the reader is immediately  along for the ride, caught up in the drama and suspense because of the instant bond with the hero and heroine.And what a clever and heartbreaking conflict the author arranges between main characters Cole and Bailey. Of course Joyce Lamb does her sadistic writer bit (which she does oh, so well!) and boosts the situational and emotional stakes by having her characters fall in love with one another, only to find out the heroine might disappear forever into the witness protection program. By this point I was in tears. Lamb does such a marvelous job with her heroes--Cole takes such good care of Bailey that he melts my heart many times over. Now I want to go back and re-read Found Wanting so I can spend more time with him.  :-)And oh, the humor!!! I love the teasing interplay between the characters--the dialogue contains several laugh-out-loud bits that provide timely breaks from character and story tension. I always feel a delicious sense of anticipation whenever I begin a Joyce Lamb book, and I am unfailingly impressed, gratified and taken by surprise. This is a truly riveting read.