Give Him the Slip (Signet Eclipse) [Mass Market Paperback]

Geralyn Dawson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Signet Eclipse | Publication Date: October 3, 2006

First in the sexy new series from USA Today bestselling author Geralyn Dawson.

Maddie Kincaid thought she finally found the simple life when she moved to Brazos Bend and started her own business. She never dreamed that helping a gentle old man would force her to run for her life, right into the arms of the infamous Luke "Sin" Callahan. He has just settled into a fishing vacation, and the last thing he needs on his line is a long-legged redhead stowaway with secrets in her heart and killers on her trail.

Lucky for her, he's deadlier than the guys who are chasing her. Unfortunately for him, she's gorgeous, smart and determined to make it on her own. When the secrets start spilling and the nights heat up, Luke realizes he faces a new sort of danger-losing the woman he loves. Can he win the battle for her heart? Or will she give him the slip?

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Maddie Kincaid has found the home that she has been seeking all her life in Brazos Bend, Texas. As the daughter of a famous rock star, she has been hounded by the press and used by her boyfriends. All she wants is a nice, normal, quiet life, but her work with the elderly unexpectedly leads to mayhem involving illegal drugs and maybe even murder. Branch Callahan, a manipulative client, sends her to a DEA agent for help, and he turns out to be Branch's estranged son Luke, known as "Sin." Luke has given up his badge and wants nothing to do with anyone connected to his father until gorgeous Maddie comes along. Dawson gives her readers dynamic characters, folksy writing leavened with tension and suspense, and a steady dose of steamy romantic interludes to create a truly enjoyable romance. Already a best-selling romance author, Dawson is still ascending. Patty Engelmann
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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Signet; 1st edition (October 3, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451219635
• ISBN-13: 978-0451219633
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #811,544 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Geralyn Dawson is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over twenty-five novels written in a variety of sub-genres including historical romance, contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and women's fiction. She is a three-time Finalist for Romance Writers of America's prestigious RITA award and a recipient of Romantic Times magazine's Career Achievement Award. Her novel THE WEDDING RANSOM was named one of Romance Writers of America's Top Ten Favorite Novels of the Year. The Detroit Free Press named her THE WEDDING RAFFLE as one of the best romances of the year.

Geralyn is currently writing romantic women's fiction for Ballantine Books under the pseudonym Emily March. Publishers Weekly named ANGEL'S REST to its Top 100 Books of 2011 list, and it along with HUMMINGBIRD LAKE and HEARTACHE FALLS each earned coveted starred reviews. The fourth book of the series, LOVER'S LEAP, is a January 2012 release with NIGHTINGALE WAY to follow in Fall 2012.

Geralyn invites you to visit her website at www.emilymarch.com and register for her e-newsletter, which includes contests and news about her upcoming releases.
You can follow her on Twitter at both @geralyndawson and @emilymarchbooks.

Geralyn is also active on her Facebook page, www.facebook.com/emilymarchbooks and she hopes you'll "like" the page and join the discussion there.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great start to a new series!, April 11, 2007

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Book and Dog Lover (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Give Him the Slip (Signet Eclipse) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the first book in the series of the Callahan brothers and tells the story of Luke Callahan - nicknamed "Sin" when he was a bad boy in his hometown of Brazos Bend Texas - and Maddie Kincaid, the daughter of a rock star who just wants to live a normal life.

But a normal life eludes Maddie. Though she's started her own cleaning business in small town Brazos Bend, a startling discovery while cleaning a house prompts her to look for help. On the advice of one of her clients, Branch Callahan, she travels with her goldfish Oscar, to find Terry Winston. Little does she know that Branch Callahan has his own reasons for giving her the wrong information and instead sends her to his estranged son, Luke Callahan.

The last thing DEA agent Luke Callahan wants to do is to help anyone - he wants to fish and recover from his battle wounds from his last mission. But he can't resist helping Maddie, and soon, he finds himself back in Brazos Bend, a place he vowed never to return.

This is a fun romp, easy reading, believable conversation with just the right blend of suspense and romance. Luke is my kind of hero - a gorgeous somewhat alpha male, who's fighting his feelings for Maddie. Sigh...he can make bananas foster for my dessert any time!

Yes there are some crazy characters, but not so crazy that they seem over the top or unrealistic. And Maddie does some wild stuff (I mean, how many people travel with their goldfish?) but again, it's not so over the top that it ruins her character or the book.

This is my first book by Geralyn Dawson and won't be my last. I liked the characters and the story - just the right blend of romance and suspense. My only complaint? Too much time until the next book - Matt's story doesn't come out until October 2007 - I can't wait that long!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Off to a Great Start, September 24, 2008

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Carla "all day reader" (Macomb, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Give Him the Slip (Signet Eclipse) (Mass Market Paperback)

I had read this book when it first came out and then forgot about it. Well, I then purchased Never Say Never and Always Look twice. Well, I re-read it before I started the other two. Am I glad I did as it was good enough for a re-read. Luke and Maddie were a great couple just enough humor and realitiy mixed in. There was enough of a mystery to keep you entertained while still focusing on the romance. I would have liked a little stronger ending however from our hero. I felt that Maddie did all of the risking while Luke got off a little too easy. I am looking forward to starting the next in the series. Never Say Never

4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable romance-suspense, October 29, 2010

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RomReader (TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Give Him the Slip (Signet Eclipse) (Paperback)

Gorgeous & infamous daughter of British rockstar has always wanted a normal family life. She's been living in a small Texas town where she runs a business helping the town's senior residents with their everday needs. When she found batches of pychedelic mushrooms in her recently-deceased client's house, she finds her way to a DEA agent's boathouse for help but she found that the DEA agent just died & she's confronted instead by the DEA agent's attractive partner who also happens to be one of her client's estranged sons. In the midst of finding the drug culprit, Hero & heroine embark in an affair. But heroine is fearful about giving her heart to Hero due to having it broken by her 3 ex-lovers & Hero doesn't want to be in a committed r/s esp to someone like her who wants to live in his former hometown.

This was a different romantic suspense read. It was light but not fluffy. The action-suspense was intriguing & surprisingly unpredictable. It wasn't gory or heavy at all. The romance was good & sexy but in a light, not-overly-dramatic way. Don't get me wrong. It got my emotions involved but not in an angtsy, nail-biting kind of way. The Hro's family issues were sad & even frustrating & makes me wonder how they play out in Dawson's consequent books. Although this was set in a small town, the characters were interesting but not in an annoying quirky way. This was an enjoyable, light-hearted read.

Recommended.