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Always Ready (Harlequin Blaze) [Mass Market Paperback]

Joanne Rock (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)


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Harlequin Blaze March 1, 2009
Undeniable attraction? Devastatingly handsome military man Damon’s accustomed to being on the lookout for illegal activity, though it’s not every day he suspects a gorgeous woman. Still, when mysterious Lacey goes to meet a suspected smuggler at the Puerto Rico bar Damon’s staked out, his guard is up. The enigmatic beauty is up to something, and Damon’s determined to uncover all her dark secrets. Unfortunately he’s also quite ready to uncover Lacey herself. One sensual inch at a time… But can he put aside his own desires for the good of the investigation?
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Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Harlequin (March 1, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0373794614
  • ISBN-13: 978-0373794614
  • Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 3.7 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,795,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Steamy, May 16, 2009
This review is from: Always Ready (Harlequin Blaze) (Mass Market Paperback)
Always Ready
Joanne Rock
Harlequin Blaze
March 2009

March is Harlequin Blaze's Spotlight month and they could not have chosen a better author than Joanne Rock to entice new readers of the line to become long -time fans. Ms. Rock is a consummate writer. Her Blazes are very passionate and emotionally packed. She flawlessly balances a steamy-hot read with dangerous illegal activity in Always Ready and still manages to have her characters form a strong and healthy relationship. She definitely gets your heart pounding and your fingers eagerly turning the pages.

A trip to Puerto Rico might be the key to saving Lacey's internet dating service web-business. It would give her some great content for some blogs. Her business has been failing lately due to some new competition. But Lacey has a new program she hopes will change everything. Plugging her profile into her test run, reveals her near perfect match, Nicholas Castine, is in Puerto Rico. If all goes well on her working vacation, the new program should result in a dramatic increase in success stories and prove to herself and her competition that the key for a lasting relationship is compatibility and not physical attraction which her biggest competitor believes. Lacey is a firm believer that passion dies and if you don't have a solid foundation of compatibility so also will your love die for each other.

Damon Craig, Coast Guard lieutenant, is the embodiment of the Coast Guard motto, Always Ready, which is one of the main reasons he is still single. He's tried serious relationships but they always fail. It will take a special woman who can put up with her lover leaving in the middle of the night to go on precarious rescue missions or perilous drug busts, basically risking his life daily. He thought his ex might be the one but she proved him seriously wrong. Damon was so burnt by her that he hasn't even thought of trying to find someone new. He was all work and no play.

Currently stationed in Puerto Rico, Damon is watching a suspected big-time drug smuggler, Nicholas Castine. He is a total scumbag that Damon will be happy to haul in. He will sit in every seedy bar he needs to if it will help him get the information needed to bring him in. Nicholas liked the date rape drugs the most and it was suspected that he was waiting on a big shipment. So it was a bit of a shock to Damon to watch a beautiful woman approach Nicholas with a smile on her face in a small tavern. She looked respectable so what was her business with him? She was the first woman to catch and hold his eye in months and Damon didn't like the distraction or the thought of her with Nicholas. What if she was part of his smuggling ring?

It soon becomes obvious that she wasn't thrilled with Nicholas and his groping hands and was in need his help. Damn, he didn't want to come within the creep's radar but neither could he abandon the woman. Damon wasn't expecting the strength of his instant attraction or the complications to his case that his rescue would bring later. It seems Nicholas wasn't about to forget the humiliation of Lacey's rejection and she was now a victim to protect or maybe it was nothing more than a drug partnership failing but either way he would stick close to her. Only thing was the more time together that they spent, the hotter and hotter they both burned for each other.

Always Ready is the perfect title and not just because it is the Coast Guard motto. Damon is emotionally ready for love even if he doesn't see it himself. Lacey is ready to branch out in her life and take a few risks. In a way, they were always ready for each other but now is the perfect time. Ms.Rock favors her readers with a pair of lovers facing hard and ugly real world issues and manages to help them discover happiness along the way. Read the book and discover how well she excels in this seemingly impossible feat of finding HEA's in an otherwise dangerous and brutal situation.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Adventure and Romance, April 8, 2010
This review is from: Always Ready (Blaze) (Paperback)
This book has romance, adventure and a great story line. A lot of it revolves around the trust (or no trust) between the main characters and the avoidance and hunt for the "bad guy". Kept my attention and found it very delightful. If you want hot and steamy...pick this one up.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Read, March 12, 2010
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I really loved this book. It had great story to It and kept me happy till the very end. I am very happy that i bought It.
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