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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing eighth in a series,
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This review is from: Cutting Loose (Mass Market Paperback)
After eight years deep undercover as a Central American drug lord, Zach Prade has been pulled out and returned to the US. His first assignment is to retrieve a bracelet with top secret information that fell into the hands of a documentary filmmaker. He soon discovers that this won't be a quick snatch job when he notices a couple suspicious men are also following Lily. All hell breaks loose when the henchmen show up with guns and to Zach's surprise, Lily kills one. They go on the lam to return to the safety of the Steele Street gang in Denver, but not before another person after the bracelet identifies them as the killers along with the very identifiable car Zach chose for surveillance - a rare cherry red 1968 Shelby Cobra Mustang. As they spend more time together, Lily's reluctance to get involved with a man she believes to be a drug dealer melts away. Can they get to Denver before the rest of the bad guys catch up with them?
As I scratched my head wondering who all these people in this very overpopulated book were, I discovered that this is the eighth book in a series. And unlike many series romances, this one really doesn't stand alone. The central couple only appears in a third of the book. The rest of the book is needless romantic build up for future novels, techno geek gadgetry, and far too much with secondary characters that really don't move this particular story along. Zach and Lily have scorching chemistry but their relationship was underdeveloped. I would have liked far more time spent with the two on the road, and more interaction with Bayonne and Kitten. When they finally meet, it is such a let down. Perhaps I would have liked it better had I read the other seven novels, but doubt I'll bother since this one was pretty average.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A homecoming for Zach,
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This review is from: Cutting Loose (Mass Market Paperback)
Zach Prade was one of the original chop shop boys who called Steele Street in Denver home. He was picked up as a teenager and found a home with the other Chop Shop boys Dylan, Creed, Hawkins, and JT. For the past eight years, he has been in deep cover as Alejandro Campos, a drug lord in El Salvador. In the last book, On the Loose, he meets Lily, a schoolteacher from New Mexico who is there to do a documentary on nuns. Instead she runs into trouble as she is a witness to murder, conspiracy, and espionage. He helps her get out of the country back to the US. From the first moment they met, there is a chemistry there that under the circumstances they cannot pursue. What do a drug lord and school teacher have in common?
Fast forward three weeks and Zach (aka Campos) is no longer undercover. He is back with the CIA. There is a problem in that Lily may have a bracelet given to her by the dead pilot she met in El Salvador that holds the key to valuable encoded files. Everyone is after this bracelet and will not stop at anything to get it including kill Lily. Zach goes after Lily along with Charlotte, the Harlot, a suped up red Shelby Mustang that Zach helped rebuild when he was chop shop boy. They have to get away from New Mexico and back to Denver where Dylan and the SDF crew can help them. Along the way, they give into the hot chemistry they felt for each other since they first met. As the second book in the Loose series and the continuation from her Crazy series, Janzen gives us an exciting romantic suspense adventure in the world of espionage, terrorists, and the men sworn to protect. Lily is no shrinking violet and is the daughter of a Montana sheriff and a past sharpshooter champion. Zach is looking to start over and begin a different life. He goes back to the only place he has ever called home, Steele Street. The characters from her past books are involved in the story as well as new additions. Dylan, the head of Steele Street, his wife, Skeeter, the tech agent, and Red Dog are involved. Cherie Hacker is one of the newer characters and is a one of the tech agents associated with Steele Street and owns her own firm. Gabriel Shore is introduced as well and is Red Dog's brother and works for the government. These two computer nerds definitely have chemistry and potential for a future storyline. I can't wait for the next book in this series which comes out in Nov 2008. Until then, read Janzen's Crazy series and the 1st book in the Loose series, On the Loose.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Last of the Lost Chop Shop Boys Comes Home!,
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This review is from: Cutting Loose (Mass Market Paperback)
Lily, a school teacher, first met Alejandro Campos in El Salvador about a month ago. She was there filming a documentary about the nuns at St. Joseph when all hell broke loose, she watched an American pilot die and before he did he gave her a macramé bracelet. She managed to flee the chaos and end up at Alejandro's estate. The notorious drug lord was a friend of the sisters.
The immediate attraction between these two in On the Loose (Steele Street, Book 7)was palpable, but a case of the wrong place and the wrong time. After the 'war' was over, Alejandro flew Lily back to New Mexico. That was three weeks ago. Now he is back in the states and going by his given name of Zach Pride. The government in which he works for has given him an assignment... Get the bracelet from Lily. Once again Zach/Alejandro saves Lily and the two of them hop in is 68 Shelby Cobra Mustang and are on the run. There are people out there looking for Lily, the bracelet and looking for Gillian, aka Red Dog. The two purposes collide bringing the Steele Street guys and gals into the mix. This was a book that had something going at all times, never a dull moment. While getting us involved in this current story Ms. Janzen has a fabulous way with introducing characters and making us long for the next. Lily and Zach make an unlikely couple if you look at their backgrounds, but the chemistry between them, the attraction, is so real and believable, you can feel the heat. I don't remember Dylan Hart, the Steele Street boss, being so funny, but man he had me laughing out loud in this book. His comments about Cherie and Red Dogs brother, Gabriel, were hysterical. This is a fantastic read and I eagerly anticipate Loose and Easy, coming in November 2008. Enjoy!
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