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Dangerous Deception (Protectors)

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Lausanne Raney hasn't had an easy life. Forced to give up her daughter, convicted of a crime she did not commit, Lausanne only wants to lead a respectable life and find her daughter. When her employers daughter, Audrey, asks her to travel around the southeast and impersonate Audrey, Lausanne becomes embroiled in an intrigue that could prove deadly.
Private investigator and security specialist Domingo Shea is called in to find the missing Audrey. With Lausanne the last link to Audrey, Dom must set aside his feelings for Lausanne. While Dom doesn't completely trust Lausanne, he is incredibly attracted to her. With a killer hot on a Lausanne's heels, Dom finds himself not only protecting her, but wanting to believe in her too.

I hadn't read any of Beverly Barton's books before and I have been missing out. I am already searching for all the books from the Protectors series. I loved Dom and I can't wait to fall in love with more of Beverly Barton's Alpha men.

Full of suspense that kept me guessing and plenty of chemistry between Dom and Lausanne, I really loved Dangerous Deceptions. After I read the last page, I hugged the book to my chest and sighed a happy satisfied sigh.

Nannette
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I would have to agree with the other reviews. The female lead in the book just whines throughout the whole book. It took me took me two weeks to finish the book. If you are looking for a great read from Ms. Barton; read some of her earlier Protector Series books. Very disappointed.

Began to hate ther heroine as she whined constantly about her poor choices which led to an unwanted pregnancy at 16 and a 5 year stint in prison. The main part of the story involves Lausanne,the heroine, involved in an impersonation plot, that she is too stupid to realize will only get her into deep trouble. After the impersonation is disclosed and she is nearly arrested for murder, she continues to do stupid improbable things. Once the hero finds out that the woman who hired her is in Brazil, he flies south to confront her. All well and good. But Lausanne decides she must also go out of the country to confront the woman. Improbable. How many woman living on the edge of poverty have a passport? Plus, it takes a visa to enter Brazil. Who researched this?
This was a promising series. But the promise is gone.

I had never read any books by this particular author, so I really had no idea what to expect. Reading the summary on the back cover got me interested in the story of Dom and Lausanne. However, as I started reading, I seemed to lose track of who the actual protagonists were.

The story is about a woman (Lausanne) who gave her baby girl up for adoption at the age of seventeen. She spent several years in jail for being an accomplice to armed robbery. Now that she is older and wiser, she is determined to find her baby girl to ensure that her life is a happy one.

Dom is an ex-SEAL who is put on a missing person's case. When he discovers the missing person, he becomes emotionally involved, only to find out that the missing person is actually a woman named Lausanne.

Not a bad book, and not a bad story. However, I believe that more often than not, Audrey Perkins (the missing person) seemed to be the protagonist (and not Lausanne).

The missing person case turned out to be a murder scenario. While this was carried out ok for being a romance novel, too much emphasis was put on this story as opposed to the two lovers.

The way the characters' attire was described was a bit contradicting for me. The Bedell family seemed to be dressed as if living in the early 1900's, yet everyone owned a cell phone and the like. It seems like the book was carried into two different time eras.

The protagonist (Lausanne) is a bit annoying. Her character of a strong woman is fine, but it begins to get annoying when she reverts to acting like a teenager at times.

Dom's character is ok. The whole trust issues adds to the storyline but begins to get a bit dull. A nice ending, probably the best thing in the book.

Overall, if you're looking for an incredible romance novel, this one isn't it. If you're looking for an average story, with average characters, and an average read, then this is for you.

Dangerous Deceptions should have been a good story. Not that I was expecting anything different from the usual romantic suspense being churned out these days but Barton's new book is surprisngly bad. The writing is reminiscent of something out of the early category titles that I wondered if this is another one of those publishing cheats. You know what I mean - those old titles dressed up to look new (like they do with Elizabeth Lowell) and nothing to warn you you're buying an old, old book. Well, Dangerous Deceptions reads like one of those dated books and my surprise is because Barton's previous books were quite different from DD. The writing in her previous romantic suspense were far more sophisticated, her characters less cheesy so I was actually thrilled when I read Dom Shea is an ex-SEAL, being a sucker for these alpha heroes.

Unfortunately, Dangerous Deception turned out to be a deception, indeed. Give it a miss and go get Sandra Brown's Ricochet instead. Of, if you can only afford a paperback, get Michele Jaffe's Bad Girl. Don't be put off by that horrendous cover, though of the two, Ricochet is a steamier read and Bad Girl heavier on the police procedural.

yes, this is another like the others. big macho man falls for a whinny, oh poor me woman. i knew after the third chapter who the murder was and then made myself go thru the book (hoping she'd get herself together or he'd get tired of her) to prove myself right. it took me a week of reading to do it. the protector series started out good and now are just boring. the women are the same, no back bone and stump dumb. i mean, she constantly gets into trouble and just continues to create situations to do it again. i've finally got tired of it and won't be reading anymore of the series.

Lausanne Raney thinks men are lowlifes as she had nothing but trouble with males. When she was seventeen, she gave birth, but had to give up her daughter for adoption. In her early twenties she thought she found love, but instead of a lifetime together raising a family, she spent five years in prison as his accomplice on a crime she had nothing to do with. She has sworn off men, but vows to find her child just to insure her offspring is living a contented life filled with love.

When Audrey Bedell Perkins goes missing her wealthy father, owner of Bedell, Inc. hires the firm of Dundee Private Security and Investigation Agency to find her; cost no object. Former SEAL Dom Shea is assigned the case with the evidence pointing towards a homicide as many people wanted the spoiled rich girl dead. He soon suspects Bedell, Inc employee Lausanne because she got involved with the missing heiress just before the wealthy woman vanished. However, to his chagrin he also is attracted to Lausanne and her to him though neither trusts the other for differing reasons; he because she may be a kidnapper-murderer and he because he is a male hunk.

DANGEROUS DECEPTION is an interesting romantic suspense thriller starring a woman whose luck in men has been all bad until she meets the SEAL and a hunk who does not know whether to kiss her or have her arrested. The story line focuses ion their relationship as they seek the missing Audrey. Though Lausanne's constant lament can turn too whining, no one will have a dry eye with the final confrontation.

Harriet Klausner