Crazy Love [Mass Market Paperback]

Tara Janzen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 27, 2006

Government operative Dylan Hart has survived some of the riskiest missions known to man. But no nemesis could have prepared the Special Defense Forces commander for the newest member of his team. A street-smart heartbreaker in Day-Glo pink and black leather, Skeeter Bang has been recruited to aid and abet Dylan’s latest mission: steal a top-secret file and bury it before all hell breaks loose.

Teaming up with a man who may be the last bona fide defender of the free world is a risk Skeeter’s ready to take. Until a black-tie Washington soiree erupts in a bullet-flying free-for-all. Now Skeeter’s got danger on her trail and Dylan arousing every bad-boy fantasy she ever had. Being in the wrong place at the wrong time is about to plunge one man and woman right into the sizzling line of fire….

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Finally, Crazy series author Janzen tells Dylan Hart and Skeeter Bang's story. Hart, second in command of the Steele Street Special Defense Forces, housed in a former chop shop in Denver, has returned from Indonesia suffering the aftereffects of torture and drugs. While he has been away, Skeeter, the blond teenage auto mechanic and computer genius rescued from the streets, has been training hard to become an operative. Because of his desperate and long-denied attraction to Skeeter, Dylan tries to assign her to be his driver to keep her safe, not realizing how lethal she has become with a gun and in bed. Just when it becomes obvious that their mission is an inside setup involving Indonesian thugs, Dylan has a relapse and thinks he is going to die. How Skeeter finally gets him to admit that he loves her makes for a great and hilarious ending. Janzen also ties up some loose ends from her previous Crazy romantic suspense adventures. 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: 368 pages
• Publisher: Dell (June 27, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440242789
• ISBN-13: 978-0440242789
• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1 x 6.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #350,313 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.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not what I was expecting, July 23, 2006

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Dragashani "Eclectic" (Beyond the Sun) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crazy Love (Mass Market Paperback)

After having read Crazy Wild I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book, so much so that I pre-ordered it 5 months ago. I read this story in a day, it was pretty fast paced with all the things we've come to love in this series, hot weapons, hotter cars and the good guys saving the day, all while finding the time to meet up with your soulmate. It was entertaining but when I was done I still felt like there was something missing. The relationship that showed such promise in Crazy Wild seemed to loose a little something along the way. I don't know if it was the way that Travis & Red Dog's prequel seemed to dominate most of the second half or just the abrupt resolution to Dylan & Skeeter's relationship, it just felt like there could have been a few more chapters in there to flesh out their story a little more.

All of that aside, this installment of the 'Crazy' series is still worth the read, if for no other reason then to give keep filling in the blanks of the goings on for all the residents of Steele Street.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars what happened., July 28, 2006

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Michele Watson "travel chic" (south florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crazy Love (Mass Market Paperback)

I reallly didn't understand the appeal of skeeter. She seemed more like a child than a lead in a romance novel but I was really looking forward to Dylan's story. I greatly anticipated this book and was greatly disappointed. I don't look forward to the next book either.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Crazy Attraction, July 6, 2006

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Mel Odom (Moore, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crazy Love (Mass Market Paperback)

Secret Agent Dylan Hart works for the Special Defense Force, an ultra-secret agency that works out of a garage in Colorado. Stocked with muscle cars, enough weapons and munitions to take over a country, and high-tech gizmos that would make James Bond salivate, the SDF goes anywhere and does anything to preserve the United States' freedom. All his career, Dylan has weighed and measured his chances of succeeding at an assignment, shading his choices and emerging mostly unscathed. However, on his last mission he was infected with a virus NG4 (Next Generation 4) that's still in his system. Also in his system is a serious chemistry pull toward Skeeter Bang, also known affectionately as Baby Bang. She's twenty years old, and ready to rock and roll in the world of spies and counterspies, agents and double agents. And she's also ready to rock Dylan's world. Against Dylan's better judgment, he agrees to let Baby Bang go along on his latest assignment: to steal a file in Washington, DC that's going to put him in the cross hairs of an old and ruthless enemy.

Tara Janzen exploded onto the romance scene with her CRAZY books. CRAZY LOVE is the fifth in a six-book series about the SDF bad boys and the women who love them, but the novels don't have to be read in order to enjoy them.

The writing is absolutely great. Readers will be pulled along by the punchy action scenes and quick bursts of dialogue. Baby Bang's character is fully realized and played fairly with. She isn't a street urchin who becomes sophisticated along the way: she remains true to her roots. Dylan Hart also comes across as real, forced by an attraction so out of control that the normally very-much-in-control superspy is thrown into a tailspin. The other SDF agents are a welcome addition and move the story along nicely, giving a larger feel for the world that Janzen has created. This is one of those books readers can take to the beach this summer and while away an afternoon with, breathlessly turning pages filled with hot cars, blazing gun action and pulse-pounding romantic interludes.

The only drawback comes in the latter half of the book. Janzen uses her secondary characters efficiently in the first half of the novel, but they almost become intrusive in the second half. However, since those characters take center stage in the next novel, it works out well.

CRAZY LOVE is one of those quick-paced reads that fans of Gena Showalter and Nora Roberts will love. The characters are over-the-top, but real in a way that matters. Normal people wouldn't do the things SDF does, but it's nice to know that even supermen and superwomen struggle with attraction and love. The novel is a thrilling blast of suspense and action.