Green Fire (Silhouette Desire) [Paperback]

Stephanie James (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Silhouette (April 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373052774
• ISBN-13: 978-0373052776
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #210,277 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The author of over 50 New York Times bestsellers, JAYNE ANN KRENTZ writes romantic-suspense, often with a psychic and paranormal twist, in three different worlds: Contemporary (as Jayne Ann Krentz), historical (as Amanda Quick) and futuristic (as Jayne Castle). There are over 35 million copies of her books in print.

Building on the success of her DREAMLIGHT TRILOGY in 2010, Jayne is now focused on writing the LOOKING GLASS TRILOGY. This series will follow the Quicksilver Mirror (a paranormal artifact) through all three of Jayne's worlds covering a time span of several hundred years.

The first LOOKING GLASS book, IN TOO DEEP, will feature Fallon Jones, a recurring character from Jayne's contemporary ARCANE SOCIETY series of novels.

When she's not writing, Jayne can be found at her favorite social networking site posting messages to her fans.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, but with some problems, October 17, 2003

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M. Ottati "Rosario's Reading Journal (http://... (Liverpool, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Green Fire (Silhouette Desire) (Paperback)

From the back cover:

"Flint Cottrell had been driven all his life by a restlessness that didn't allow any peace. He chased legends and treasures, wrote about them, sold his stories to magazines when he could, did odd jobs when he couldn't. But the night Rani Garroway opened her door, he knew he'd found that elusive "something" he'd been searching for.

Rani stared at the handsome, thoroughly rain-soaked stranger, who looked like a battle-scarred alley cat demanding shelter. As his exotic green eyes locked with hers, she realized that he could set her safe, risk-free life on fire--green fire--and the flames were already licking at her heart."

It was a nice read, one with several elements from this author's "The Adventurer" (that one was written as Jayne Ann Krentz). It had several problems, but I still liked it.

"...looked like a battle-scarred alley cat demanding shelter". I love that description. From that phrase alone on the back cover, I would have bought the book even if it hadn't been a JAK. It signaled that I was going to get something I always enjoy in a JAK book, a hero who really needs the heroine. And I did. Flint had a desperate sense that Rani was what he'd been looking for all his life, and that's simply something that touches a chord with me.

Unfortunately, about half-way through the dynamics of the situation were abruptly reversed. Rani was hesitant, until then, not really wanting to get involved, but suddenly she's madly in love and telling Flint that. And he, who'd been ready to make a permanent commitment, keeps quiet. It made absolutely no sense, and it was very obviously done only to generate some conflict.

The obligatory suspense subplot was completely extraneous, and I saw it coming a mile away, only because I knew the book had to have some gun-wielding villain. Since there just weren't all that many characters, it was also obvious who the villain had to be.

Still, I enjoyed this, in spite of the problems I found.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars super golden oldie JAK, July 3, 2004

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Deborah MacGillivray "Author," (US & UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Green Fire (Silhouette Desire) (Paperback)

I adored this wonderful golden oldie - back when JAK was not ashamed to write romance in her books. This is a delightful tale in the Silhouette Desire "quickie" style. Rani is a librarian, who is, not surprisingly, quiet and cautious by nature. She has rented a cabin for a month in the fall. When Flint Cottrell shows up on her doorstep late one night, wet and looking lost, she reluctantly lets him in. He has a letter from the owners of the property saying he has taken the cabin behind her.

Rani is mildly alarmed by his battle-scarred, tomcat appearance, and his wild tale that the ring she is wearing has drawn her to him does not ease the situation. She believes her uncle a jewel forger had made an interesting, but worth shame ring. Flint tells her that he is a freelance writing who tracks down legends and writes about them. He says the legend of the ring gives her certain powers - the power to attract cats, but more importantly, the power to attract a certain man.

Rani sniffs at the legends. Flint does not. He knows he has been driven to wander the word searching for something and yet he did not know what. He now knows it was Rani he has been hunting for. Only, she is not so easy to convince of that.

A delightful read, of JAK back when she wrote for the thrill of writing not so she could get three bestsellers stretched out of one book. Back when she was not ashamed of being a romance writer.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars absolutly perfect, July 16, 2007

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Mkath - See all my reviews

This review is from: Green Fire (Unbound)

Love all of her books but this is a special favorite. Dont miss this one