Crazy Kisses [Mass Market Paperback]

Tara Janzen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 28, 2006

Professional soldier Kid Chronopolous moves in stealth and shadow to take out the world’s deadliest threats. Now, after barely surviving a hair-raising mission in South America, the Special Defense Forces agent comes home to Panama City for some sorely needed R & R…and finds a bikini bottom that can belong to only one woman.

Nikki McKinney has never forgiven Kid for vanishing from her life after the mind-blowing passion they shared. Now he’s suddenly back on the planet, where she’s rising to the top of the local art scene. But her safe, sheltered world is about to be rocked to its core. Because there’s a bounty on Kid’s head–and his enemies don’t care if they take him dead or alive. With dangerous people gunning for him, Kid’s got Nikki running for cover…and right into his arms. Keeping her safe is his latest mission. Keeping their hands off each other is out of the question….

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

As the latest of Janzen's Crazy series opens, Kid Chronopolous leaves Colombia, worried that he's lost his artist love, Nicki McKinney, and pursued by a very angry drug lord named Juan Conseco. Luckily, Nicki is waiting for him in Panama, and, despite resolving otherwise, they immediately fall into bed together only to be rousted out and pursued by Conseco's thugs. Barely escaping on a plane to Kid's Special Defense Forces undercover black-ops home in Denver, they make it to Nicki's art-show opening. Kid is upset because Nicki now knows what he does, and she's upset because he won't talk about his feelings. The sex, meanwhile, continues unabated, as does the threat of Conseco's goons. Kid finally manages to propose, and all ends happily in a honeymoon yurt in the Rockies. Besides the satisfying conclusion to Kid and Nicki's story, which began several books ago, the high-action plot, the savage-but-tender hero, and the wonderfully sensuous sex scenes, Janzen's trademarks, make this as much fun as the prior Crazy titles. Mary K. Chelton
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About the Author

Tara Janzen lives in Colorado where she is at work on her next novel.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Dell (February 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440242614
• ISBN-13: 978-0440242611
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.1 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #317,636 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

"Sexual tension crackles and snaps...Janzen's place in the romantic suspense pantheon is assured." Romantic Times on LOOSE AND EASY

"The high-action plot, the savage-but-tender hero, and the wonderfully sensuous sex scenes, Janzen's trademarks, make this as much fun as the prior Crazy titles." Booklist on CRAZY KISSES

"Tara Janzen once again takes readers on a non-stop thrill ride. Don't miss CUTTING LOOSE!" Romance Reviews Today


TARA JANZEN, New York Times bestselling author, is the creator of the acclaimed Steele Street series of romantic suspense novels about a hotshot crew of former juvenile delinquents and car thieves in Denver, Colorado who grow up to become one of the U.S.A.'s most elite black ops forces. The eleven book series begins with CRAZY HOT and CRAZY COOL and finishes up with LOOSE ENDS. One of the books is on AMAZON'S TOP TEN ROMANCE LIST - LOOSE AND EASY, 2008. She has won numerous awards for her writing, including a RITA from RWA, and has had nine 4 ½ TOP PICKS from Romantic Times magazine, with seven of the TOP PICKS awarded to the Steele Street series. Two of her books are on the Romantic Times ALL-TIME FAVORITES list - RIVER OF EDEN, and SHAMELESS.

Writing as Glenna McReynolds, she is the author of thirteen Loveswept romances, an epic medieval fantasy trilogy, THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE, DREAM STONE, and PRINCE OF TIME, and a contemporary romantic adventure set in the Amazon, RIVER OF EDEN - "One of THE most breathtaking and phenomenal adventure tales to come along in years!" - Jill M. Smith for Romantic Times. Tara loves doing research for her books, and her love of anthropology and the natural sciences has helped her create the landscapes of her novels, from the rich historical background of THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE trilogy, to the shores of the blackwater rivers flowing through the lost world of the Amazonian rain forest in RIVER OF EDEN. Her love of the shooting sports and American muscle cars fuels all the "crazy hot" and super fast-paced Tara Janzen novels of the Steele Street series.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, Wonderful, Exciting, June 27, 2006

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C. Woolf (Arvada, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crazy Kisses (Mass Market Paperback)

What do you call a book with a character named Kid Chaos?
GREAT! That's what you call it.

Peter "Kid Chaos" Chronopolous is delicious. This is Kid's book and I loved it. Kid is tall, dark and handsome. The strong and silent type. The perfect Alpha male and in my opinion the perfect hero.

CRAZY KISSES starts off in the Colombian jungle...grabs you...and never lets you go. I felt the sweat rolling off me just as it rolled off Kid. I felt his pain, physical, from a gunshot wound suffered in that same jungle. And emotional, remembering his brother and the love of his life Nicole Alana McKinney.

Nikki's an artist extraordinare with great legs and spiky purple hair. She took me by surprise because she isn't the normal heroine. She's not exceptionally strong, or resourceful or some of the other things I usually think of for a heroine. But she is perfect for Kid. She's beautiful, talented, paints naked angels and has gone to Panama to tell Kid goodbye and find out why he walked out of her life seven months ago. Ah, the best laid plans.

Suddenly, she's in his arms, making love and realizing that goodbye is out of the question. She loves this man. Then, all hell breaks loose. Killers are after Kid, there's a bounty on his head and we are off to the races.

I loved this book. The main characters are still with me and the secondary characters, especially Travis and Jane and an intriguing woman named Skeeter Bang are wonderful and deserve their own books. But wait, Skeeter has her own book, CRAZY LOVE, being released June 2006.

BRAVO! Tara Janzen delivers!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book Four In the "Crazy Series"!, March 21, 2006

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Kristi Ahlers (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crazy Kisses (Mass Market Paperback)

Ms. Janzen's fourth addition to her "Crazy" series is another action-packed romp full of larger then life characters.

Peter `Kid Chaos' Chronopolous lives life in the shadows. He's last assignment has taken him away from the only woman he will ever love. He has been away from Nikki McKinney for seven long months. In that time he has been to hell and back while trying to stay alive in the South American jungle. He has made some very dangerous enemies and they aren't going to let him walk away. No... Conseco is going to make sure that Kid pays with his life for all of the trouble he has cost Conseco. Will Kid be able to deal with his growing feelings for the stunning Nikki and will he be able to keep her safe from Conseco and the men set on killing him?

Nikki McKinney has not forgiven Kid for leaving her without a word and staying away for so long. He was her first and the feelings she has for him are not going away. Forced into action she flies for Panama City, Panama in order to say good-bye to the only man she will ever love. But she's only in his presence for a second before she's in his arms. Too bad reality and death enter the picture. Now, Nikki and Kid are both being hunted and they both need to come to terms with their feelings Will they ever have the happy ending Nikki so desperately wants with her Kid?

Ms. Janzen has penned another entertaining read featuring the men of Steel Street. As per usual she has added another interesting storyline revolving around Travis, Nikki's model. The previously existing relationship between Nikki and Kid adds wonderful tension to this steamy read...but if the reader is new to the series they will not be left confused as their history is well documented. Ms. Janzen knows how to weave a very entertaining story.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad, Not Great, February 4, 2008

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Samantha L. Sayre (WV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crazy Kisses (Mass Market Paperback)

This book isn't bad but it's not great either. It's just a continuation of the series. There's no real fire or sparks in it like is in the others. I wish it would have gave a better update on the past characters also. I just felt this book wasn't realistic at all. I got tired of Nikki and Kid being in trouble with the drug cartel. Anyway, if you are reading the series then you need to read this book but I would make sure I got it from the library or a half off store.