With Private Eyes: Dynasties:The Barones (Silhouette Desire) [Mass Market Paperback]

Eileen Wilks (Author)

Book Description

Series: Silhouette Desire | Publication Date: November 1, 2003

Claudia Barone was the perfect choice to shadow Ethan Mallory and discover what he knew about the sabotage of her family's business. She could steamroll anyone. Anyone but Ethan. The cagey P.I. would never tell her his prime suspect was her brother. Nor could he hide his attraction—red-hot, out of control and licking at her heels....

To a society deb like Claudia, Ethan was rough around the edges, and used caveman tactics to get his way. Yet that earthy animal attraction threatened to eat her alive. Claudia had never been bested by a man, but working closely with Ethan, desperately trying to keep her hands off him, she wondered if she'd met her match....

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (November 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373765436
• ISBN-13: 978-0373765430
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,943,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eileen Wilks was born in the dusty little town of Monahans, Texas to the usual number of parents. She's done a lot of wandering since then, having lived in Canada and Venezuela as well as twelve U.S. cities in five states. She wandered a lot professionally, too, before finding her home in writing. A three-time finalist (update: now a four-time finalist!) in RWA's prestigious RITA contest, she is the recipient of a Career Achievement Award from Romantic Times.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Passable, February 14, 2007

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This review is from: With Private Eyes: Dynasties:The Barones (Silhouette Desire) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the 11th story in the Barone series and is the story of Claudia Barone. When her family is the victim of several sabatoge attempts against their gelato company, they start blaming their arch-rivals the Conti's whom they believe have placed a curse on their family. Sal Conti hires his former son in law turned private detective, Ethan Mallory to investigate a fire at the Baronessa plant. The Conti's are tired of being blamed for all the wrongdoing and want the real culprit caught and brought to light. The Barone's are suspicious of the private detective and decide that the only way they'll let him investigate their plant and employees is to have a family member follow him around. That family member is Claudia Barone. Claudia is a tall, willowy blond who has had trouble in the romance department, she believes she is too dominant and not feminine enough and that's why her boyfriends leave. She is instantly attracted to Ethan Mallory but believes she can control her feelings, she must concentrate on helping her family. Ethan is not happy to have Claudia tagging along, investigations can get dangerous and he suspects her brother Derrick might be involved. He is instantly attracted to Claudia but is afraid to get involved with an elite again. Ethan and Claudia finally let their emotions overtake them and become involved but the investigation may complicate their relationship.

This is an okay story, but the characters are kind of blah and not the most exciting. It doesn't quite rate as good as Alexander or Gina's stories but if you're reading the series you'll still want to read this one because it explains a lot about the sabatoges.