Review: Dangerous, smouldering and compelling!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2013
http://ripeforreader.blogspot.ca/2013/06/archer-by-debra-kayn.htmlFour years she had given up to this excuse for a man. Jane Beaumont could still not get over the fact that she had let someone treat her so badly, that she had been drawn into that kind of life. But she got away.....eventually....with her cat, some of her clothes, his guns and a nice chunk of his change. Serves him right. She drove like the devil was on her heels, and he probably was, all the way back home to Bay City, Oregon, where her brother runs an auto body shop alongside a private investigation firm. Weird combination, but the P.I. firm was started by her brother, his best friend Kage Archer and two other buddies, located right behind the Beaumont Body Shop, which used to belong to their father, but was now operated by the guys as well and provides a great front.Jane is back, and she is working and hiding out in the garage during the day and hanging at home with her brother at night. She hasn't come completely clean about all the abuse she suffered at her ex's hands, because she is afraid of what the guys might do if they were to find out. In particular Kage, who has always had a protective streak a mile wide, when it comes to her. The idea that he, or her brother, would do something to get hurt or in trouble over for her, is something she could not bear to live with. So she'll just keep it to herself.When it becomes clear that her ex is not about to give up on her, all protective genes of the men in her circle jump to immediate attention and she is whisked off to Kage's house, where he can look after her 'properly'. Jane is not to sure about this, years ago when she made a move on Kage he was pretty clear he wanted nothing to do with her, but he hasn't lost his effect on her and being in close quarters with him is going to mess with her head. Other than the fact that she doesnt appreciate being ordered about, again, she doesn't know if she can handle being around Kage and keep her heart out of it.Kage had his reasons for turning down Janie when she was only seventeen and there was nothing he would've liked to do more than kiss her. Now that she is back, however, and he has control over the shadows of his past, he is not going to let anything happen to her. Even if it means he has to face some demons of his own in order to keep Ali safe. He will do anything for her...........except let her go!!Wow....what a fantastic start to a new series! The scene is set, the characters are in place, the atmosphere is right........I want more!!!!!Janie has moulded herself into someone she needed to be to survive..... alert, fearful, suspicious, questioning, calculating and distrustful. This isn't who she really is at the core and the longer she spends outside of the negative influence of her ex, the more of the real Janie we get to see. But the confused struggle of Janie's fake and real responses to things happening around her, can come across as flippant at times, if you don't take a minute to consider her internal turmoil.Kage has the patience of a saint. Somehow, with his dark history.....or maybe because of it....he sees right through the, at times, erratic behaviour of Janie, and he just hangs on in support. Despite his flammable temper and his Alpha male scruff and buff exterior, the waters inside this man run deep.Dangerous, smouldering and compelling new Debra Kayn read!!!