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1.0 out of 5 stars
I wish I had run away from this one..., January 10, 1999
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This review is from: Runaway Heart (Harlequin Intrigue, No. 472) (Paperback)
Saranne Dawson returns to Intrigue with a book that seems to have written solely for her. Lord knows, she's probably the only one who can know what's going on for most of the first half. Reading the back-cover copy is a must, since you won't have any idea what's going on otherwise. After an abrupt two-page prologue, we're introduced to Zach Hollis, a cop convicted of attempted murder, and Charlotte "C.Z." Morrison, a psychologist working in a prison counseling inmates. Zach and C.Z. met before he was incarcerated, and were attracted to each other, although nothing happened. Yet from the start, Zach asks C.Z. to help him escape from prison--which she readily does, though she has no reason to believe in his innocence, other than the fact that she's attracted to him. Once out and on-the-run, it doesn't take the two long to declare their love, fall into bed, and set about proving his innocence.
Zach and C.Z. discuss his innocence and the case early on, but it's a conversation that makes no sense, since it takes Dawson another fifty pages to fully explain what Zach is accused of doing. Plus, you get the feeling much of their relationship has been established long before the book began. When the characters say they're in love early in the book, then push their relationship to the side while they work on the mystery, you know you're not going to get a fully-formed romance. About the only semblance of romance come from their periodic breaks to have sex. And it's not that the mystery is all that scintillating: Zach is pretty sure who did it from the start, and they never deviate from that belief. Which makes for some very slow going. Make that verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry sloooooooooooooooow.
The mystery is predictable (with no effort to make it otherwise), the suspense slight, and the romance nonexistent. You can't even care about the characters, since Dawson hardly lets us into Zach's head, and never for more than two paragraphs before moving back to C.Z.'s POV. As a result, Zach just seems moody, with little explanation why, while C.Z.'s just a bore. All of which are good reasons to save your time and your money, rather than wasting them on something as depressingly bad as this.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Runaway Heart by Saranne Dawson, September 24, 2010
If you are fortunate to find a copy of the above, then grab it. It is suspenseful and you will not want to put it down. I would put this book in the category of Kylie Brant, another writer who tells a suspenseful story with a bit of romance at its core. Too bad Saranne did not write a second book telling about the attorney Sam Gittings finding his love. Definitely 5 stars.
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They only had each other, June 24, 2001
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This review is from: Runaway Heart (Harlequin Intrigue, No. 472) (Paperback)
Unlike the reveiwer, I really enjoyed the book and had no trouble following "what was going on."
from the back cover of the book:
Zach Hollis, is by the book cop, had been done wrong. He'd earned the respect of many men and love of one woman, Charlotte "CZ" Morrison. So when she found Zach as a fugitive she left behind her button-down ways and went on the run with him-to clear his name and find an elusive killer.
Fear ran like wildfire in CZ's veins, but in the depth of Zach's blue eyes was the conviction of an honest lawman-protector turned prey. With no one else to trust, with no safe haven, except in each other's arms, would their love be enough to overcome the odds?
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