Hit Hard (Dragon One, Book 2) [Paperback]

Amy J. Fetzer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 27, 2006

Both Viva Fiori and Sam Wyatt have somewhere to be and something vitally important to. Little do they know their lives are about to intertwine in surprising ways and soon enough they will realise that in saving the world, they may also end up falling for each other. Vivi Fiori wondered how the day could have gotten so bad so fast. One minute, she's on a train moving through the Thai countryside, a precious archaeological artefact in her hands; the next, she's being chased through the jungle by the Thai mafia with some hardcore American marine right behind her, shouting orders like she should be grateful for his macho interference. What Vivi needs is to get to her contact in Bangkok - warm shower, nice hotel, girly clothes, no dead bodies or sexy armed Marines. Her practical side is telling her to run like hell. Then again, her practical side never met a guy like Sam Wyatt...Sam has a mission - follow a trail of stolen diamonds, hoping it will lead him to the weapons sale he needs to stop. Finding the terrorists who took down his buddy will be the icing on the cake. But now, he's stuck babysitting a curvy, talk-a-mile-a-minute redhead who's hell-bent on playing Indiana Jones with her piece of Thai history. He can't just abandon her to the snakes, the crocs, the Mafia, and whatever else is out there. She wouldn't last ten seconds. And he can't deny that everything about her stirs a deep hunger in him - or that the power of their attraction is so electric he knows he can never really let her go. Now, protecting Vivi is his new mission - his most dangerous yet - and one that will lead them both to a deadly threat beyond all imagining.

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"Intricate details abound in this expertly researched, well-written anthology. Highly arousing and full of pulse-pounding action, Tell it to the Marines is a scorcher!

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Brava Books; First Edition edition (June 27, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758211074
• ISBN-13: 978-0758211071
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #728,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intrique and Sizzling Chemistry Abound in this Suspense, April 19, 2006

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M. Rondeau (West Springfield, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hit Hard (Dragon One, Book 2) (Paperback)

For a wonderful treat, mix together a whole lot of suspense; add a big dollop of intrigue; fill it up with hunky alpha heroes; add one very sassy red-head with a penchant for attracting trouble; then mix in a tremendous amount of imagination and you are in for another Fetzer `perfect' read.

Sam Wyatt and his team from Dragon One were on assignment with two objectives. Trail and get back a cache of rough `blood' diamonds before they were cut and flooded the diamond market; and secondly, find out what type of weapons they were going to buy. Trailing the bad guys had taken weeks, and the humid jungle of Sri Lanka was no picnic let alone a flash flood. When things go wrong, they go wrong big time - like a secret weapon that can cause a natural disaster!

Speaking of disasters -- enter Xaviera Luciana Dominica Fiori aka Vivi who attracts trouble like nobody's business. On her way to deliver an ancient bracelet found on an archaeological dig her train is held up by the local Thai mafia. Viva is not about to hand it over without a fight, a fight she's losing until Sam Wyatt comes to her rescue.

**** Wow, from the moment our two protagonists meet, the reader steps onto a roller coaster ride of mammoth proportions with non-stop action as Sam and Viva try to stay alive while landing in one dilemma after another. The chemistry between Sam and Viva is intoxicating with both portraying hard as nails exteriors while covering up their vulnerable interiors. Their mutual desire for one another along with some sizzling sex scenes are ultra hot and, in my opinion extremely satisfying.

One thing this reviewer really loved was how well matched the protagonists were in their individual survival skills. With Sam they were expected, as he was the ex-military gone mercenary type. Vivi was marvelous providing one surprise after another with unbelievable talents and a keen survival resiliency as the story unfolded. The secondary characters, all members of the Dragon One team, were also well developed with their own specialties and one can only hope to see them all featured with more adventures in books of their own.

This was an edgy, tense, suspense-filled story written with clearly defined motivations and well-crafted characters. Romantic suspense lovers should be pleased with Amy Fetzer who is an amazing talent that you should check out and put on your `auto-buy' lists!

Marilyn Rondeau, RIO - Reviewers International Organization

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Too complicated., December 8, 2006

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

This review is from: Hit Hard (Dragon One, Book 2) (Paperback)

Kashir Fokhouri, Wan Gai, Salih Nagada, Tashfin Rohki, Ramesh Narabi. These were just some of the characters in the first five chapters alone. Not to mention the streets and communities. I couldn't keep it all straight. And there were all the "lead" characters, most of whom had real names & nicknames. I constantly had to go back & reread parts so I could figure out their role. On plot and the main characters this is a five. I really enjoy Ms. Fetzer's books but this one was a little too much work.

20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What a disappointment!, September 19, 2006

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E. N. Ling "Ithaca" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hit Hard (Dragon One, Book 2) (Paperback)

This book had all the ingredients of a thrilling ride and I'm still shaking my head in puzzlement. The start was confusing and though I read the first four chapters twice, I still found it vague and convoluted. Having loved Naked Truth, I was so pleased to discover an auto-buy at last. That elation was short-lived after I found Perfect Weapon rather mediocre. Now, with Hit Hard, Fetzer has become an auto-avoid. A pity, indeed, as the types of stories she writes are exactly what I like.

What was wrong for me in Hit Hard? Perhaps I wasn't ready for the change of tone. I loved the edgy, serious tone of Naked Truth but Hit Hard came dangerously close to chick lit. Since I love the romance-adventure genre, the thought of agents, weapons and gems together in one story was irresistible and Hit Hard should have been a hit with me. Unfortunately, it was simply messy and pretentious. Like Fetzer was Trying Too Hard.

Fetzer also needs to get her facts right when she writes about foreign locations. She mentions Hindi being spoken by the Sri Lankan soldiers when they would have been speaking Sinhala (the other main language being Tamil, which the Tamil Tigers would be speaking). Hindi is not a major language of Sri Lanka but of Northern India and the Sri Lankan army would not be speaking that. I would have excused these minor mistakes (though inexcusable in the age of Google and Wikipedia) but not the way the plot was handled. The suspense was subsumed by the overly-complicated goings-on, the characters had no chance to develop and whatever romance there was meant to be never quite became romantic.