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High Stakes

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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.

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

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.

I am a avid reader of this author. I have collected all of her books and continue to search for more. I was a little dissappointed with this one. The romance was not there as is in all her other books. Whatever happened to the sequels to Across A Starlit Sea??

She built up the character's life so much through the book, and then it was so quick to end, no additional chase or being held hostage. I liked the other books I've read because they were just so mis-matched and destined to be together, but then torn apart so tracigally, only to wind up toghether again. This was along those line of current-day era like Dust Devil, but I felt like I was weeding through a long 16 years to get to the finale. But I still like her and won't let this book disappoint me. I've gone searching for more.

This wasn't worth reading...all I ask is how many times can an author use the phrase "breasts, swollen and aching with passion" and still be respected!!! This was the first book I have read by Miss Brandewyne and as well, the last.

Rebecca Brandewyne was one of my favorite authors. Her first books were excellently written and researched. This is not the case with her latest works. Especially this book. Her characters are not developed and the way they talk to each other in this book is a hoot! No one on earth talks to each other like that. It's stilted and uncomfortable. I wish she would go back to the way she once wrote , until then I will not be reading any more of her books!

This book has to be one of the worst I have ever read. The characters and the plot were unrealistic. Leah and Hawk were like cardboard cutouts, unexciting and bland. I was greatly disappointed at the end.

Keep away. For any working woman who uses romantic suspense as a get away this book is an insult. The story uses blatantly unacceptable sexual harrassment in the workplace to facilitate the romance of the lead characters. The premise is unworkable and results in completely unbelievable characters with no development.

The last book that could hold my intrest was Christine. And that was when I was 16 years old. Now that I am 40 years old and have read High Stakes, I can't wait to read them all. I find myself searching book stores after book stores for Rebecca Brandewyne's books. Telling each and every store to make sure they get them in. High stakes was captivating and kept me on the edge of my seat. I just couldn't put it down. Not only was it the first book I had read in 24 years, I was done with it in 3 days. And searching for more.