Men of Courage (men of courage, 1) [Hardcover]

Lori Foster (Author), Donna Kauffman (Author), Jill Shalvis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2003

here are 3 unique,classic,hot&erotic tales of heroes,strong,fearless&impossible to resist!more than just&death intimacy....these firefighter's love is the real thing.don't miss these original stories by three top writers together in one volume!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 379 pages
• Publisher: harlequin; 1ST edition (2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739434403
• ISBN-13: 978-0739434406
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,183,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A book full of TSTL heroes and heroines, July 13, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Men of Courage (Mass Market Paperback)

Wow. I bought this book because I really enjoy the work of all three of the authors featured. This was obviously not their best work.

In "Trapped" by Lori Foster, the too stupid to live heroine finally decides to let the too stupid to live hero know that she's in love with him and has been forever. The TSTL hero, of course, realizes that he's in love with her (even though he's never had any romantic feelings about her before). There is no heroic rescue anywhere in this story, and as far as I can tell, no one is trapped anywhere.

In "Buried" by Donna Kauffman, the TSTL heroine disregards the fact that the area near her home is unstable after an earthquake and goes to rescue her dog (Hello!! It's a dog!) from her house which may have crumbled. The hero (who had a crush on the heroine years ago when his brother was dating her and is still in love with her) realizes that she's on her way to try to find her dog, and goes after her. Of course, he gets hurt after rescuing the dog, and the heroine moves in with him to help him while he recovers. While she's living with him, she of course decides that she's in love with him, which wraps this boring little story up.

In "Stranded" by Jill Shalvis, the cold-hearted hero who has no time for love rescues the TSTL heroine from a flood after she finds herself trapped because she was too stupid to go in out of the heavy rain. They stay in the cellar of the hero's beautiful but dilapidated home (which he inherited from his grandparents, and hates) and since they have nothing better to do, they decide to have sex. By the time the storm is over, they've realized that life ain't so bad, the hero loves his house and they love each other.

I think I'll skip the AMERICAN HEROES miniseries from Harlequin Temptation if this is what I have to look forward to.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Boring Beyond Belief....No Action..No Drama..Flat...., July 3, 2003

By 

Tracy Talley "Book Addict" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Men of Courage (Mass Market Paperback)

I am stunned.
I like Lori Foster and read this purposely because of her. Her story 'Trapped' was definately not her best work by a mile. Contrived and moved so fast I thought I was missing chapters, it had no spice or drama usual to a Foster novel. It lacked character development and story development.
Advertised as a firefighter named Ethan Winters bursting into a burning building to save his oldest friend Rose and realizing he loves her madly isn't what it really is. There is no 'trapped', there isn't even Ethan bursting into anyting remotely burning. The fire happens in the very end and is over in two pages. I repeat, NO one is trapped. Except maybe this story. Sorry Ms. Foster, you can do better...

Second in this book is 'Buried' by Donna Kauffman. Another yawn here. Who's buried? No one is buried in this story! The entire story is about an earthquake in San Francisco and a rescue worker who supposedly saves a woman 'buried' in the rubble. She was? Apparently I missed that entire section because it wasn't in my copy. Her DOG is buried somewhere and they work together to find it. What I'm wondering is when rescue workers are assigned to find pets in the rubble during disasters when these things first happen? Aren't they sent to rescue people first??? Bury this one in the rubble...

And third is Jill Shalvis's 'Stranded'. The only story where the title actually fits the storyline. But then, they are 'stranded' in the basement, so, go figure. A storm drives two characters into the basement and they are stuck there until someone can find them. There solution? Sex. If we have sex, we'll be okay. Okay....brilliant.

Men of Courage? Where? And there is another book coming out, July 2003! Skip this and save your money. The blurb on the back hypes it out to be this exciting and dramatic collection of stories aimed at some of the everyday heroes in our country, the firefighters, rescue workers and doctors. What we get is a contrived waste of time and money. You can find more drama watching the news...

Tracy Talley~@

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three Hot Heroes, May 24, 2003

By 

Judy "book reader" (Cincinnati, ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Men of Courage (Mass Market Paperback)

The newest anthology by Lori Foster, Donna Kauffman and Jill Shalvis gives us three great reads.

In Trapped by Lori Foster, firefighter Ethan Winters gets a rude awakening when he wakes up in bed with his best friend Rosie Carrington. Rosie was there for him when he was dumped at the alter by her brother. Ethan values his friendship with Rosie but he is beginning to see what he has always wanted in a lover and more has been right in front of him all along. Rosie helps Ethan to realize that she is the only one for him. Trapped has a great friends to lovers story and is a hot and sexy read. Plus you can really feel the suspense when Rosie is in danger. Ethan is a great hero and he has some amazing friends that hopefully we will get to read their sizzling stories soon.

Buried by Donna Kauffman takes Haley Brubaker the heroine through a terrible earthquake. All Haley cares about is finding out if her dog Digger is OK. She runs into rescue worker, Brett Gannon, who is the younger brother of Haley's former boyfriend. Brett always had a crush on Haley, now he has a chance to make Haley is and he is going to take that chance. Haley and Brett's story leaps off the page with steam.

In Jill Shalvis story called Stranded, ER Doctor Matt Walker is enjoying a rare day off when a vicious storm hits. He spots a woman, Professor Molly Stanton in danger. Molly isn't sure if her rescuer is real or not. Does she ever find out that he is real.... Molly decides to change her life and take some chances, starting with Matt. Molly teaches Matt that he needs to let people in, especially her.

All three stories are wonderful. You will not be sorry to get this book.