Review: A Unique Blend of Romance and Action
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2012
One Always Chooses ParisJames Conroy has produced something unique in the literary world. He's cross bred aromance novel with an action/adventure story to produce a book with a broad appeal toboth genders. `One Always Chooses Paris' takes place in Africa and is set against abackground of basically what's happening today in the continent. The internationalstruggle of corporate giants to rape the land of its natural resources.The main characters are corporate executive Anita Gold and the company'smercenary security team leader Ezra Paris. Knowing what I do about corporate securityagencies I thought I'd hate Paris but the author avoids stereotypes of both Paris andcorporate greed.Gold meets Paris when he saves her from a rebel raiding party, but why thecompanies being attacked in the first place is now as much her mission as completingher job. Her investigation leads her into a world of industrial espionage and corporateintrigue.Unlike the standard romance novel where the couple meets and the sexual tensionincreases as the plot moves forward Conroy chose to show the evolution of therelationship as the action increases. This work does have enough conflict to keep aman's interest. I hate to sound so sexist but I want to be clear just what Conroy'sachieved here. This is more realistic than Indiana Jones and more human than aStalone styled action hero.The author kept my attention throughout the piece and I felt his descriptions were indepth and interesting. Conroy seems to know how much is enough. He's lessbackground portrayal than Michener and less drag on personality depiction than Mailer.I enjoyed this work and feel confident in suggesting you will too.