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5.0 out of 5 stars
ANOTHER GREAT READ FROM SHARON SALA, October 18, 2006
Once again Sharon Sala has proved herself to be a wonderful writer with a great insight into the folibles of humanity. Her characters not only seem to be real but many times touch the inner darkness of the human condition. That is so with this one. A lonely heart that seems to hunger for companionship and yet fears the agony of loss, this seems to sum up the lead character, Catherine (Cat) Dupree.
Cat lost her mother in a car accident at age 6, then her father is murdered at age 13, and she is left for dead with a slit throat. Tossed into the foster care system she finds another girl alone like her, and the bond is forever and family. Each is alone in the world. Marsha Benton is a secretary for a powerful man. Cat is a bounty hunter, she is determined to find and punish the man who killed her father, and thinks that her work will help her find him.
Marsha tells Cat that she is pregnant and the father is her boss who is also married. When Marsha disappears Cat knows who to blame, but the police are not willing to start anything until they are sure, because Marsha's boss is a very important man. Cat is not willing or able to leave it to the police, they have never found the man who murdered her father.
Wilson McKay is also a bounty hunter, he owns his own bonding company. Although they both are bounty hunters they have never met until they are caught in an apartment fire togather. Wilson senses her desire to distant herself from others and the pain in her life. Nevertheless he finds he is very attracted to her.
When Cat finally goes to report Marsha's disappearance to the police, Wilson is there in the station and comes over to offer his help. After Cat leaves and turns him down he becomes more determined to get to know her and then offers his help to gather information on Mark Presley, Marsha's boss. Marsha has left an intreging phone message on Cat's machine. Three minutes of the sound of the inside of a helicopter.
With the tenacity of a bulldog and the help of Wilson, Cat is soon deep into the mystery. The pace is fast and the plot is great. Cat is weaving and bobbing but Wilson is as close as she will let him get.
I loved the book and while it leaves us at a good stopping place, we also know there will be a sequel. I can hardly wait. I recommend this one highly.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good action/suspense with a touch of romance, December 17, 2006
Not only is the blurb on the back of the book misleading, it is almost COMPLETELY wrong - I don't think the person writing it actually read the book, but just received a synopsis from someone whose cousin's best friend's husband's uncle's secretary read it without actually understanding it (perhaps the secretary only understands really Spanish yet was forced to read it in English?). I mean - good GRIEF! Anyway . . .
Cat Dupree has used of 2 of her 9 lives - first by surviving a car accident she was in with her mother at the age of 8, and then by surviving having her throat slit by a tattooed man who then killed her father when she was 13. She has dedicated her life to finding the killer and as such has become a skip tracer (aka, bounty hunter) for a bail bondsman. When her best friend Mimi (Marsha) Benton tells her she is pregnant with her boss' child and he has threatened her, and subsequently goes missing after saying she would be by to see Cat in a couple of hours, Cat is certain that Mimi's boss has killed her. Most of the book is taken up with Cat's search for Mimi and also Cat getting to know Wilson McKay, another bondsman who finds himself falling for her and helping her, despite her tough-as-nails, trust-no-one facade. When the killer does a runner to Mexico, Cat is on his tail, with Wilson a couple hours behind. The ending does have quite a coincidence, but hey, wouldn't want to leave things unresolved, would we?
The action is terrific, the romance doesn't interfere with the overall story, and the characters are terrific. I hope to see more about Cat in future books.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Reader, November 16, 2006
Sharon Sala was my favorite author for years. Over the last few years,
I've been disappointed more and more in her books. One of the things I liked about her writing was that the characters were always very likeable
and generally seemed to have a great chemistry. I also liked that she
didn't leave the characters at odds all the way through the book and her
male leads always seemed strong but sensitive. Perhaps she felt the need
to show flaws in her characters. She also has seemed to go deeper an deeper into dark issues in some of her recent books. The end result with
this book is that her characters are certainly flawed. I HATED Cat, and
cannot imagine a series with this totally disagreeable woman. Yeah, I get
she had a tough childhood, but I don't see that as a license to be a witch
with a capital B for the rest of your life. Wilson passed from "Sensitive"
to utter wimp. Why on earth would a man put up with this chick? Because
she's gorgeous? Now there's a basis for a great relationship. Of course,
the coincidences in this story were ridiculous and the neat little tie
in at the end almost laughable, but that was minor compared to the totally
awful characters introduced here. And really, when you only have two
characters in the book, is it really that hard to keep track of one of
their ages? Minor, I know, but annoying.
Overall I'd have to say, when I want a dose of Sharon Sala, I'll pull out
my dog-eared copies of "Deep In the Heart" or even one of her series romances. If I didn't know better, I'd swear this is a different author. Don't waste your money.
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