CAUGHT BY SURPRISE (Loveswept) [Mass Market Paperback]

Deborah Smith (Author)

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About the Author

Deborah Smith is the author of such well-loved novels as A Place to Call Home, Blue Willow, and Miracle. She lives in Georgia. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Loveswept (October 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553219421
• ISBN-13: 978-0553219425
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,227,229 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Standard series romance, November 26, 2011

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Holly H (Pasadena, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Caught by Surprise (Paperback)

The story of Deputy Sheriff Millie Surprise and Australian country-western singer Brig McKay is a series romance novel of the late 80s. Millie is a woman in a man's job, who left a career in the Navy due to sexual harassment. Brig is thrown into her jail after punching a senator over a woman. The difficulty of this novel is that Brig wants to protect her but the author has to show Millie's ability to protect herself and Brig. An uneasy mix, especially 20 years ago, and unfortunately the characters feel like caricatures.

This is the 2nd novel in Deborah Smith's Surprise romance series, first published in Loveswept by Bantam (1988-1991). Millie Surprise first appears in "Hold on Tight" the story of Rucker McClure and Dinah Sheridan. The big surprise in "Caught by Surprise" is the epilogue: the cliff-hanger disappearance of Dinah McClure that is truly intriguing. This cliff-hanger is resolved in "Never Let Go" the story of why Dinah disappeared and how she and Rucker deal with the mistrust and disception that follows. Millie's brothers (Jeopard and Kyle Surprise) have significant parts in "Never Let Go" and their stories are told in "Sundance and the Princess" (Follow the Sun) and "Sara's Surprise".

Worth the $2.99 Kindle price but not much more except as a bridge for Rucker and Dinah's stories.

5.0 out of 5 stars caught by surprise, September 6, 2011

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Linda Christy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Caught by Surprise (Paperback)

Deborah can write the cutiest stories with the most likeable characters, I loved it the only negative is the very end and it doesnt tell you where to go to find the conclusion of the story ie. whats the next book and Ive written to the author 2 times on her web site with no response:(