High Stakes [Hardcover]

Rebecca Brandewyne (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1999

The secret heiress to the vast Marlowe fortune, Angelina Marlowe tries to unsort the mysteries of her past, only to become the target of the ruthless consortium responsible for the murders of her parents, and only Hawk Bladehunter can protect her.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Mira (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739400665
• ISBN-13: 978-0739400661
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,777,850 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A story with the speed of a rollercoaster., May 8, 2000

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"car6146614" - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Stakes (Mass Market Paperback)

The first chapter begins eerily and that grabbed my attention from the beginning. I felt the terror Angelina Marlowe's biological and adopted parents experienced at being on the run for their lives, having no one they could turn to. When her parents are killed in a car explosion, the Marlowe's chauffeur and his wife substitute their dead baby daughter for Angelina in order to fool the evil consortium that's taken over Angelina's grandfather's billion dollar hi-tech company. They live a secretive life and when Angelina (Leah) is sixteen, she discovers the truth and is obsessed with bringing the men to justice, as well as claiming her birthright. She also happens to meet the hero, Hawk Bladehunter while he is in a knife fight. Though they never speak, they stay in each other's thoughts through the years. Years later, Angelina gets a job at the her grandfather's company as Hawk's assistant. He is now the Head of Research and Development and the instant he sees Angelina (Leah) he remembers her and how her innocence had touched him. He was definitely an alpha male, drop-dead handsome, confident, straight to the point, even a little arrogant, but I always got the sense that the heroine was the only woman who had ever haunted his senses. He's attracted to her and let's Angelina (Leah) know it. She feels the magnetism, too, but is determined to fight it. She has to find her grandfather and prove that she's the rightful heir. The story is set in the Southwest and I could almost smell the dust, feel the dry the air. I really liked the hero because being a Native American and living on the reservation shaped who he was. I felt Angelina's confusion as she struggled to stay on course on one hand and deal with her feelings for Hawk on the other, especially since he's the one she might have to protect herself from the most. My only disappointment was that the author didn't give a lot of detail about Hawk's background, though she did mention a grandfather who was a Shaman. Otherwise, it was a great read.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars tall tales and titulation, October 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: High Stakes (Mass Market Paperback)

Describing this read as enjoyable is like saying Earl Grey tea is a good drink! As Francis Spillman said of Brandywhines' earlier musings: "She writes like we dream- short, colorful bursts of emotion speckled with grim blotches of dread against an ever twilight sky." Once I picked this book up I couldn't put it down. I even carried it into the

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Rebecca, please stick to historicals!, January 4, 2001

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G. Waite (Eugene, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Stakes (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a long time fan of this author but I think that hooking up with Mira books is the worst thing she has done. I think that the shift from historical romance to mystery/romance is a bad trend in general and I wish my favorite authors would stop, starting with R.B. This book can't decide if it's a romance or a mystery and ends up falling short of either.