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2.0 out of 5 stars
Started out great and went way down hill, April 18, 2005
This review is from: Double Identity (Silhouette Desire No. 1646)(Crenshaws) (Mass Market Paperback)
I thought that this book was great at the beginning, but went downhill after about page 100. Jude Crenshaw took on a task for the DEA. His mission was to get close to a woman named Carina Patterson. Her and her family were being investigated for the drug smuggling. At first, Jude only thinks of this as a job to do. Carina meanwhile, says she only wants a quick affair with him, but is really falling in love with him. Though, it's not really him. Then, by page 100 the drug smugglers are arrested (IF YOU ARE EXPECTING A BIG BLOWOUT FOR AN ARREST AS I WAS THEN YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED, THE WHOLE DRUG BUST TOOK PLACE ON ONE PAGE WITH LITTLE EXCITEMENT OR ACTION) Then, Jude spent the rest of the book trying to convince carina to trust him again after she finds out the truth. He does this from long distances. They are not even together except one weekend out of the month for 4 or 5 five months. I was reading about how they were spending a wonderful thanksgiving together and then in the VERY next paragraph it is Christmas, then next paragraph it is April. In one chapter, we skimmed over 6 months worth of making up and even that wasn't getting done because they were apart for so long. You don't get to read about them being a happy loving couple at all until the last 5 pages of the book. Would not reccommend it.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Double Identity, February 7, 2007
This review is from: Double Identity (Silhouette Desire No. 1646)(Crenshaws) (Mass Market Paperback)
Jude Crenshaw works for the National Security Agency. He has been sent to Texas to investigate the murder of a DEA agent. He is supposed to work his way into the Patterson family's lives by dating their daughter Carina. The Pattersons are supposedly involved in illegal activities that got the agent killed.
Jude meets Carina and quickly they begin casually dating. The more he gets to know her, the more he likes her which is why he wants this assignment over with quickly. He is starting to really like Carina and he doesn't like lying to her. Jude is fairly certain than Carina's brothers are up to no good and that Carina and her parents are innocent of any wrong doings, but nothing is certain yet.
Carina is starting to fall for Jude so when the truth comes out she is devastated. Jude feels awful, but he does what he has to do for his job. Months go by and both Carina and Jude are miserable, so Jude decides to reach out to her to see if she'll take him back. Carina is hesitant but she agrees to try. Between distance and Carina's family not accepting Jude, they have many obstacles in their way but Jude refuses to give up on the one woman that tempts him to settle down.
Double Identity is a great story. The first half is about the case and the beginning of Jude and Carina's relationship. The second half is about how Jude and Carina attempt to rebuild their relationship. Jude is sure about his feelings for Carina, but he is unsure if she reciprocates them and his vulnerability is endearing. Carina's feelings were realistic, any woman would have felt as she did. Double Identity is a pleasure to read. It has a good storyline and plenty of tender and romantic moments.
Nannette
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4.0 out of 5 stars
THIS IS THE THIRD CRENSHAW SON TO FALL!, November 9, 2007
This review is from: Double Identity (Silhouette Desire No. 1646)(Crenshaws) (Mass Market Paperback)
We meet another brother, Jude Crenshaw who is determined to remain single and free. He likes his life.
Jake and Jared has already taken the fall into marriage. Jude is about 31 when he meets up with Carina Patterson who is [another] 25 year old.
I believe Jake and Ashley now have a son, Joseph Kenneth Crenshaw.
He is to find out what Carina knows, if anything, about the drug dealing from Mexico. Her brother, Alfredo and Benito are now running the import/export business for their father.
Carina spends most of her time in New York at Julliard studing music.
She turns out to be innocent of the drug dealing knowledge but is intrigued with Jude enough to want to experiment with the physical feelings he arrouses in her. Yup! she tries the great seduction scene.
Poor old Jude does not live up to the skilled secret agent persona that he is billed with. Too human, not hard enough. Of course he is playing the rich playboy who [chuckle] supports the arts. Ballet done him in.
Then they compromise and go boot-scootin' and Carin has one too many beers. "Can you get drunk on beer?" Ho! Ho!
All her problems seem to go back to her intended being killed - with a woman in the car. Never did find her. Not sure I liked Carina, too many problems except with sex. Naughty! Naughty!
The DEA agents working with Jude were determined to nail the two rogue agents - they were suspected of killing a fellow agent. They did like working with Jude.
Everything finally turned out OK though. Good enough book involved with the Crenshaws - I did like the scene where Jude approached Carina's father and asked for her in marriage.
Will recommend for the saga stories - makes a complete set.
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