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Scent of Danger

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This book was so boring I couldn't get through it. The plot moved far too slowly, and we were given lots of detailed prose about aspects of the story that weren't very interesting. Normally romantic thrillers are lacking in either the romance department or the thriller department. This book was lacking in both. The main characters were two-dimensional. Instead of letting us get inside the characters and learn who they really were, we were just given the cut-and-dried facts about their pasts. The author apparently expected us to assume things about the characters from their backgrounds. As a result, I didn't care about either of the main characters, or about what was going to happen to them. Sabrina and Dylan had absolutely no chemistry!! If you hadn't known this was a romance, you wouldn't have known that they were supposed to be attracted to each other. So even though their first kiss came very late in the book, it still seemed premature, because up to that point neither character had had a single romantic thought about the other. As far as the "thriller," it was boring. I couldn't have cared less who shot Carson Brooks. Again, without any insight into his character, I had no feelings about him one way or the other. Also, the author used this irritating technique of giving information about the characters through lengthy stretches of dialogue. The dialogue ended up seeming contrived and unrealistic as a result. Sorry that I spent ${munnies}on this poorly written book.

This is the kind of book you think you have all the characters figured out (who done it) and then you find later on they are eliminated. The story between the main characters, Sabrina and Dylan, ... keeps your interest throughout the book. The overall story line of a child from a sperm bank finding out who her father is and without any hesitation accepts this father, is alittle hard to accept. However, the overall suspense is worth the read. This is a great book to think you have all the answers, who did what to whom, and then you are pleasantly surprised. The only thing I would change would be to go into more detail about why the villian does what they did, i.e. attempted murder, murder, arson, etc. I can't wait for the next Andrea Kane mystery.

Businessman and perfume mogul Carson Brooks is lying near death and asks his protege, Dylan Newport to find the child he fathered as a result of a sperm donation decades earlier. Carson has been shot and the only thing that will save his life is a kidney transplant, and what better match than a biological child.

Dylan finds management consultant Sabrina Radcliffe, who reluctantly agrees to meet Carson but they immediately bond. When she takes over the reins to run the company in Carson's absence, she and Dylan discover that she is in danger of becoming the next victim of a killer who will do anything to get their hands on a secret perfume formula.

The story has a great premise - Kane keeps the romance light and the suspense lighter (unfortunately). The culprit is easy to guess, and the romance between the main characters is a bit abrupt. But overall, Kane's writing keeps this one interesting.

Wow, what a let down.

Not a bad story overall. However, the characters are overblown to the point I really disliked them. Genius, superior olfactory sense, incredible business acumen and outstanding style. It was all repeated so often that the only character I liked was Dylan Newport. He hardly ever announced how awesome he is. Instant connections, deep rooted love in record breaking time. It was a flat story that never hooked me emotionally.

Mundane, trite, phrases are repeated as well; 'tension so thick you could cut it with a knife', 'it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop'. Really? And not just once or twice.

Although I have enjoyed some of her books I do believe I'm now done with Ms. Kane's works.

Shelley Dawn, author of Sweet, Sweet Jessie and Dark Nights

This books is not as good as I thought it would be. It lacks both romance and suspense. First of all, the relationship between Sabrina and Dylan is too abrupt. They went through half of the book without so much as a kiss or a romantic thought about each other, yet all of a sudden, they can't keep their hands off each other and fell madly in love. Doesn't seem real. In addition, there was really not much suspense in it. Too much focus on the characters' dialogues instead of action. I also felt that Dylan's character was overshadow by Carson Brook's in every way, from looks to power. Is it suppose to be like that? Either way, I didn't like that. After all, Dylan is suppose to be the leading male character and should be better. Also, the characters are too Two-dimensional. All in all, this book was a little disappointing. Though usually I really like Andrea Kane's books. If you haven't read No Way Out, try that. That one is a lot better.

I have been a fan of this incredible author from her very beginning as a historical romance author. She has now moved to the suspense/romance genre and her talent here is first rate!

Sabrina Radcliffe is the daughter of two very talented people. Her mother and grandparents are Beacon Hill Boston, and Sabrina has become a sucess in her own right. She is approached by Dylan Newport the lawyer of Ruisseau a very successful company which just so happens to be owned by Sabrina's father Carson Brooks.

Carson has reached the age of 50 and he is sorry that he never got married and settled down. He remembers that he was a sperm donor that was pre-selected by Sabrina's mother. He now wants to find out if a child resulted from that donation. After he is shot in the back he askes his friend and lawyer Dylan to find out and to bring the child back.

Dylan thinks highly of Carson and will do anything for him. He goes out on this search and finds himself face to face with Sabrina. He passes on the request for the meeting which now must take place in an ICU unit in New York. Sabrina accepts and together they go back to New York to introduce Sabrina to her new dad.

Of course there is intrigue, who shot Carson, why, and the suspect list is long and keeps getting longer. Then an attempt is made on Sabrina's life. Could these attempts be due to the creation of C'est Moi the newest fragrance to take the States and Europe by storm or is it due to something more personal?

Although the story lags at times it is still saved by the colorful characters. Dylan and Sabrina have great chemistry between the two of them and Carson and Sabrina's mom also are fun together. If you are an Andrea Kane fan you will not want to miss adding this one to your personal library.

In this terrific drama and thriller, Carson Brooks, millionaire owner of a perfume company is almost shot to death and must decide if a youthful business deal that got him the funds to start his company -- namely, being a sperm donor for a socialite -- led to fatherhood. He discovers to his pleasure, Sabrina Radcliffe, a management consultant of clout, is his daughter. However, Sabrina is not as pleased to learn her father's identity and finds no reason to have a relationship with someone whose only part in her life up to that point is to donate DNA that created her. A series of close calls of murder and a handsome lawyer who tries to get Sabrina to see her "father" and then falls in love with her bring spice to the plot. A joyful read.

This romantic suspense novel is sufficiently shallow to be a best selling novel. That said, the author does a good job of engaging interest in the characters and the actions that bring them all together.

The head of a perfume company, Carson Brooks, was contracted 28 years ago to provide sperm to a rich feminist who wanted a child with no strings attached. Brooks used the payoff to start his highly successful perfume company. The rich feminist had her child, a daughter, who grew up to run a management consulting company. Now, as the result of an attempted murder, Brooks is in need of a kidney transplant and his birth daughter offers the best hope of a match. This is where things begin to be just too good to be true: the birth daughter, Sabrina Radcliffe, immediately embraces her birth father's need for a transplant and offers her kidney. There's a reason WHY many 'reunions' fail on first attempt; shock, the need to come to terms with the idea of a new individual who is intimately connected to your existing life.... Etc. But this story has the heroine immediately bouncing into a new relationship with her birth father with no reflective repercussions. She also immediately falls in love with her father's attorney, Dylan Newport. Story concludes with all the loose threads nicely tidied up. An absorbing romantic read with all the stock characteristics!

I totally enjoyed this book. I have just found this author and I have enjoyed all of her contempory books to date. The characters and the story come alive on the pages. Great job!!

If you enjoy Andrea Kane's romantic suspense novels, and I do, you'll enjoy reading this one, but its not her best effort. The premise strains the level of credibility for even the most die hard romantic. What are the odds that a dying entrepreneur (Carson Brooks) would ask his protege (Dylan Newport) to find his daughter (Sabrina Radcliffe) who is the product of a sperm donation 32 years ago and that said daughter would be a successful management consultant who happily offers her new found dad one of her kidneys in order to save his life. In addition she takes over as president of his corporation and falls in love with his protege. This is just the beginning of this very tall tale, but if you can accept the premise the story is fun. Its worth reading when you have some extra time on your hands.