Grace Under Fire [Mass Market Paperback]

Beverly Barton (Author)

Book Description

Series: Author Spotlight | Publication Date: June 1, 2003

A brand-new book in the bestselling saga The Protectors

SOME WOMEN WERE MADE FOR LOVE . . .
SOME MEN FOR MURDER . . .

Grace Beaumont had it all once: wealth, social prominence, a family. Until the accident that tore apart her life. An accident, she'd just discovered, that might not have been as random as it seemed. Now she was determined to uncover what had happened all those years ago. Then someone became determined to stop Grace -- dead.

Enter Jed Tyree, a hot-blooded bodyguard with a scar on his soul and a hunger to protect all he holds dear. And he holds Grace Beaumont's life very, very dear, though he can never tell her why. Never reveal his secret connection to her sorrowful past. Never surrender to the powerful emotion he feels every time he looks into her eyes . . . Or can he?

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Beverly Barton writes with searing emotional intensity that tugs at every heart string." -- New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (June 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373218303
• ISBN-13: 978-0373218301
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,026,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

An avid reader since childhood, Beverly Barton wrote her first book at the age of nine. Since then, she has gone on to write well over seventy novels and is a New York Times bestselling author. Beverly lives in Alabama in the U.S.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Next book's gotta be better!, August 2, 2003

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mahikahn (Columbus, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grace Under Fire (Mass Market Paperback)

I like Beverly Barton's writing. And I was looking forward to the next book in her "The Protectors" series. Even though I figured out who the "traitors" were on both sides early in the book, and even though some of the characters needed more development, "Grace Under Fire" would have been an enjoyable book. Except for one thing--Grace. Grace Beaumont had inherited money, both from her wealthy father and her wealthy husband. And she never let anyone forget it. Her constant refrain to members of the Dundee Agency was "It's my money, I'm paying you, etc." If she'd used some of her "money" to help with child abuse or senior citizens, or some of her time working in a homeless shelter, I would have at least had some respect for her.

Grace also came from an aristocratic line. Even though the "common people" worked for her and were supposedly friends, her feeling of superiority was obvious. She couldn't be attracted to Jed because he was "rough around the edges" and her husband had been "sophisticated". A good lineage may be important when breeding horses or dogs. But money and lineage do not make a person more valuable, worthwhile or suitable.

Personally I don't see why Jed was attracted to Grace. The only thing I can imagine is that he wanted her in bed and I really don't see that either.

Grace was a snob and it's Jed who deserved better. But I certainly haven't given up on Beverly Barton and look forward to her next book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great addition..., June 16, 2003

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iheartjackbauer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grace Under Fire (Mass Market Paperback)

Grace Beaumont was living in an emotionless void for four years after the deaths of not only her father and her husband, but her unborn child as well. When she gets a letter stating that the accident was no accident, Grace feels she has no choice but to pursue justice for the people that she loved and lost. She turns to the Dundee Agency, and the bodyguard they send, Jed Tyree. Suddenly she her feelings are not only back, but intensified as she and Jed get closer and closer. Soon she realizes that while she may not have cared if she lived or died, she doesn't want to lose out on a second chance to love.

Jed Tyree has a bigger agenda than only protecting Grace. The more he falls for her, the more he realizes what a big mistake keeping the full truth from her was. He's not who she thinks he is. While she is on the top rung on the social ladder, he isn't even on the ladder. He soon realizes that there is no way they have a future together.

As the danger comes to a boil, both realizes that they won't give the other up. With her flair for romance and suspense combined, Barton doesn't dissapoint the reader in the new 'Protector' book.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars exciting romantic suspense, June 16, 2003

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grace Under Fire (Mass Market Paperback)

Three years ago, a car accident killed Gracie Beaumont's father, husband and unborn child and for all effective purposes Grace is only going through the motions of living. The father of a rich man and the wife of a powerful person, Grace took over the reigns of Sheffield Media Inc. as the new CEO. The job occupied her mind so much that she didn't have to think about all her losses.

One day at work Grace receives a letter that states that the deaths were not an accident but a murder for hire ordered by Booth Fortier, the top leader of the southern Mafia. Her husband and father were going to expose his dirty dealing with the governor and that's why they had to be eliminated. Grace hires a PI firm to investigate the charges and Jed Tyree serves as her bodyguard since the case is bigger than she knows. Jed and Grace quickly become a couple but he is afraid she will reject him when she learns that he is the nephew of Booth Fortier.

Beverly Barton writes a thriving work of romantic suspense that has readers totally absorbed in the story. The sexual tension between the hero and the heroine is so powerful that readers can empathize with their feelings of insecurity. The villain comes across as a real person, which makes him viler than many antagonists found in crime thrillers. GRACE UNDER FIRE is a special book filled with lots of suspense and action.

Harriet Klausner