Review: Promising Author, Hit and Miss With This Book
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 1, 2013
This novel starts out with a bang, then dissolves into a slooooooowwwwwww `getting to know ya' part, which IMO without any action drops a "B" book down to a C-.  Then it picks up again at the last 25% of the book and turns into a real page turner.SYNOPSIS WITHOUT SPOILERS:FBI guy, running from mobsters, jumps into heroine's car.  While escaping the bullets and bad guys, the heroine humiliates and slugs the psycho HMFIC mobster.  Heroine is forced into personal protection by the FBI guys since HMFIC wants her dead.  It's a romance, so of course `cue violins' they fall for each other.  Bad guys come a calling, then a big showdown at a casino.CONS:The cover.  The people on the cover do NOT look anything at all like the lovers in the novel.  A major point in the book, is that the heroine has curly red hair, plus the man on the cover is no more of an FBI agent than my cat.  (I've met FBI guys and they are all A personality types who'd eat that model on the cover for breakfast).The `getting to know ya' stage in the book was too long, and kinda boring.Not enough action.  After the good start, it was blah blah emotive, stuff, until bullets started flying again.Big plot problem.  How is ANYONE ever going to mistake a 50+ year old woman for her daughter?  Seriously?  I think the bad guys need to visit the nearest optician post haste.PROS:When there was action, it was the `don't put the book down' kind.The characters and their family were flawed, imperfect, and IMO wonderful.  I loved that the siblings were in each other's business, and that they'd dropped everything, and ran to the rescue, when they thought their sister was in trouble.I like stories where the characters have pets and love to read.The locations are creative and make the story interesting.  It as sad, but the resolution of the mother and father was an important part of the story.