10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another solid JAK gem!!, March 7, 2003
This review is from: Silver Linings (Mass Market Paperback)
I would start this review by saying this is one of the top three of my favourite JAKs...but then I stopped and realised I have 12 to 15 top three JAKS! Yes, she is a formula writer. If you don't care for the formula, then don't buy her. Simply enough. For those that appreciate her deft wit, her sharp repartee, there is no one like her. I adore her writings and think this is a one of her better ones.
Mattie Sharp stared down at the man dressed all in white, watching him die. When he uttered to "tell him reign in hell", she knew she'd stepped into the middle of something very bad. The "him" was Hugh Abbott, a man she has been trying to avoid for a year, a man she once offered to follow to the ends of the earth - or in this case to St. Gabriel's Island.
Hugh Abbott was her aunt's 'pet wolf'. He was a security expert and troubleshooter for the large multinational business her aunt inherited. Since her aunt adores Hugh's genes, she fixed him up with her niece, Ariel. Maddie watched the mismatched romance go down in flames, knowing from the first time she saw him her sister was all wrong for Hugh. Maddie stood by, waiting, knowing she was falling in love with him. When the expected breakup came, Maddie made her pitch. A candlelight dinner, a good bottle of wine, and a memorable night of lovemaking, in Maddie's mind, were the formula to Hugh's heart - or so she thought. Only, when the morning came for Hugh to leave for St. Gabriel's Isle, he refused to take Maddie. He tried to tell her it was bad timing. He was angry over the break up of his engagement with Ariel, but it came out all wrong, with him saying Maddie was "just not his type".
So hurt by the rejection, Maddie made sure she stayed away from Hugh. This was not easy, since her Aunt is determined to get Hugh in to the family, and is most willing to help play matchmaker. Hugh, once he got over the breakup with Ariel, saw he wanted Maddie, but she would not accept any letters or calls from him. To Maddie's aggravation, four times during the year, he conspired with her aunt to bring Maddie and him together. All four times, Maddie left town rather than face the man she now sees as a "big mistake".
When her aunt sent her to pick up a medieval sword from the Island of Purgatory - from the man who was at her feet dying - she figured it was an excuse to get Hugh and Maddie together. Her plane was due to land in St. Gabriel's, so to thwart the
matchmaking plans, she took another flight to Purgatory. Hugh is hot on her heels,and she is very glad for the comfort of his arms. Only, now they are running for their lives through the jungles. Despite their predicament, Hugh sees this as a chance to win Maddie back. However, Maddie is fed up with being "second place" to her beautiful and gifted sister, and is determined not to be hurt by Hugh again.
Maddie is charming, funny and warm; Hugh is a wonderfully droll 'throw-back'. They will win your heart. It's Jayne Ann Krentz are her very best.
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14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Ms. Krantz has done MUCH better, I was very disappointed, April 10, 1999
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This review is from: Silver Linings (Mass Market Paperback)
I have long been a Jayne Ann Krentz fan, in all her psuedonyms, and I have to say I was extremely disappointed in this book. I realize that this book is a reissue, somehow it slipped by me the first time around, and I wish I had left it as missed. Ms. Krentz usually writes her contemp books located around the Seattle area with a strong man and an independant woman. I don't mind the repetition of plots becuase her writing is usually enjoyable to read. I found nothing redeamable in her wirting of this story. Hugh was a crass guy who just wasn't believable. No guy would act that stupid yet have the kind of pshycological insights Hugh had. I realize that was the point Ms. Krentz was trying to get across, that all middle class type guys aren't neanderthals (her word, not mine), but I think she was a little too "unsubtle" in this book. Most of the time I wanted to smack Mattie, and had no sympathic feeling for her at all...what a wuss. Sorry, to bash this book, since I don't like to do that normally, knowing that authors work hard to write, and can do a better job then I ever can, but I just didn't like this story.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
another Krentz success, February 5, 2000
This review is from: Silver Linings (Mass Market Paperback)
I am a big fan of Krentz in all of her psuedonyms and this book was no exception. I especially appreciated that throughout the book Mattie sticks up for herself. Even though she loves Hugh he must prove himself worhy of that love. Also Mattie wont let him intimidate her into forgiving him or doing whatever he wants her to do. I love a character with a mind of her own.
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