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3.0 out of 5 stars
Hopefully this is the end of the series., June 30, 2009
First let me say that this book was 377 pages long which was at least 100 pages too long. Lucie has chased after Sawyer McNamara for years waiting for a chance to tell him what really happened nine years ago. She works for him & yet they haven't talked about this for NINE YEARS? And why would she stay when he gave her the worst assignments that he knew she would hate? On the last assignment, guarding a has-been actor, she was almost raped and when she told Sawyer he said, "You don't look any worse for wear." This when he'd already talked to the "client" who told him he'd hit Lucie, among other things. She finally quit and took a job as a bodyguard in South America not knowing that Sawyer set it up. We don't find out what made Sawyer so hateful and hurtful to Lucie, who as it turned out was completely blameless as was Sawyer, until page 368 and it covers it all of four pages. What is it with all these women in love with men who don't appear to love them which is pretty much the case in the last few books of this series? In "The Dying Game" Lindsey was in love with Judd who couldn't be with her because he was a mean, self-pitying, obnoxious, entitled, arrogant drunk who went out of his way to publicly humiliate Lindsey the Door Mat. In this book we have Lucie who's in love with Sawyer who says he can't be with her because of something that happened NINE years ago. And we have Cara who's in love with Bain who says he can't be with her because she's so rich and he's just a cop. And we have Daisy who's in love with Geoff who says he can't be with her because he's too old. And they all lived happily ever after. THE END If you've read the rest of the series you might as well read this one. Otherwise pass and read "Navajo's Woman" or "The Last To Die".
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too much going on; not fully developed, February 9, 2009
Barton ends her long running "Protector" series by finally bringing together three star-crossed couples that readers have wanted to see united: Dundee Security head honcho Sawyer has always had a love hate relationship with agent Lucie Evans. When she has finally had enough, she quits and takes an assignment to guard wealthy Cara Bedell while on a trip to South America. Cara has loved detective Bain for several years but he cannot get over her wealth on his civil servant salary. Dundee secretary Daisy has loved world weary mercenary turned bodyguard Geoff for years, but his past and their age gap keeps him from accepting her love. When Lucie is mistaken for Cara in a kidnapping plot and Geoff is shot in the rescue, the men must confront their feelings for the ladies they have kept at arm's length, as well as their checkered pasts. But the person who arranged the kidnapping is still out there and could make a second attempt. On the one hand, I am happy that rather than dragging the story out over three more volumes, she chose to tie up the loose ends to the stories her fans have been wanting for years. On the other hand, I think that each couple gets the short end of the stick. The story is nearly non-existent for Daisy and Geoff. One page he is saying no to her; the next he is ordering his tux. Cara and Bain definitely burned up the pages the most, but for me, the central storyline - Sawyer and Lucie was just not developed as much as it could be. I really felt like a lot of the story was left on the outline and never made it to the page. There were also a lot of typos that required re-reading passages. Overall, it is a good but average story. © Tracy Vest, February 2009
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I didn't like the reason the couple was apart, and the suspense story could have been better., February 20, 2009
STORY BRIEF: Lucie and Sawyer work for a private security firm. Lucie has loved Sawyer for years. Sawyer also has feelings for Lucie, but he fights those feelings and has avoided her for nine years, due to a misunderstanding. Lucie quits her job and becomes a bodyguard for Cara, a billionaire traveling to S. America for business. While there, kidnappers think Lucie is Cara and kidnap her for ransom. Sawyer and his people go there to rescue Lucie. Sawyer arranges for Cara to be hidden away for awhile so no one knows the wrong person was kidnapped. Cara has been in love with Bain, a police detective. He loves her as well, but he won't have a relationship with her because he feels he can't fit into her rich lifestyle. REVIEWER'S OPINION: The two love stories, Lucie/Sawyer and Cara/Bain are based on the guys refusing to act on their feelings and denying their desires for the women. The Sawyer conflict was worse. It was based on someone lying to Sawyer nine years ago. All he needed was a two minute conversation with Lucie to know the truth, but he refused to listen to her for nine years. Finally, at the end of the book, he listens to her, and they are together. I don't enjoy stories where the couple is apart due to vague communication and inaccurate assumptions, which was what this was. At times, there was too much pondering by Sawyer, thinking he wants her, but he must not let himself have her. Regarding Bain and Cara, Bain refused to have a relationship with Cara because she was rich. Later he changed his mind and agreed to marry her, but I didn't understand why he changed his mind, unless it was something about his feelings changing with the passage of time. I would have preferred an interesting reason. CAUTION SPOILERS: The second major storyline was about the kidnapping, who hired the kidnappers and why. That story was ok, but it could have been better. Some parts were told rather than shown which bothered me. Salazar was a local leader in Ameca. He told Sawyer that he had people searching for clues as to who abducted Lucie and where she was being held. After a day or so, Salazar told Sawyer exactly where she was. Sawyer then planned the rescue. I would have preferred seeing more details about how Salazar got that information instead of being told "here's where the hostage is being held." The same thing happened later with finding Josue. We are told that he was found and made to talk. No details were provided which could have been interesting. DATA: Story length: 369 pages. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: moderate. Number of sex scenes: 5. Total number of sex scene pages: 11. Setting: current day Ameca (a small South American country), Atlanta, Georgia, and Tennessee. Copyright: 2008. Genre: romantic suspense.
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