Customer Reviews

Marooned with a Marine (Silhouette Romance - Large Print)

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Stormy Hearts. A torrential hurricane stranded Karen Beckett in a tiny motel room with Gunnery Sergeant Sam Paretti, the one man she never wanted to see again! Just months before, Karen had severed all ties with the gorgeous marine, but bittersweet memories of their love refused to vacate her mind. Now her rescuer demanded a hefty price for shelter from the storm.

This book was entertaining but so predictable. The heroine was a weak and indecisive woman. The story centered too much around their waiting out the storm. This book would have been better if the characters developed into a more in depth story line. I felt the story was a simple idea that did not contain enough to fill the pages of a book. The story did not "wow" me over.

I think the main storyline failure is that chapter after chapter consists of the two characters arguing. This is supposed to function as the buildup of sexual tension, but it doesn't work. It gets really boring really fast.

In general, the plot and characters seemed contrived.

...I have read two previous books in this series and liked them. Not this one though. The back cover description makes it sound like Sam wants sex, what he wants is an explanation for the break-up, which he never got. Karen is running away from the death of her first love, a marine Gunnery Sergeant. So how believable is it that she would date, let alone love another one? Because that's what she whines about-'you're going to die, and I'm afraid' just about through the whole book. Sam deserves better. That's why it got 2 stars instead of one, cause I liked the hero-I just wish the author had given him a better book.