Love With The Proper Stranger (Harlequin Silhouette Intimate Moments) [Paperback]

Suzanne Brockmann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1997 | Series: Harlequin Silhouette Intimate Moments

His name wasn't Jonathan Mills, and he wasn't vacationing on the idyllic island. FBI agent John Miller was on the trail of a notorious female serial killer, and he couldn't even blow his cover to Mariah Carver, who had unwittingly entangled herself in a web of deadly deceit. John couldn't deny that Mariah was the sweet, sensuous woman he had been waiting for all his life. Nor could he act on the passion that tormented them both, because the daring lawman was poised to marry another woman: the ruthless Black Widow, who married--then murdered--her victims.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette (December 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373078315
• ISBN-13: 978-0373078318
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,232,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Suzanne Brockmann is the award-winning author of fifty-one books, and is widely recognized as one of the leading voices in romantic suspense. Her work has earned her repeated appearances on the New York Times bestseller list, as well as numerous awards, including Romance Writers of America's #1 Favorite Book of the Year and two RITA awards.

Married to author Ed Gaffney, Suz divides her time between Sarasota, Florida; Boston, Massachusetts and New York City. They have two grown children, Melanie, who is a personal trainer and a writer, and Jason, who is an actor and tap dancer, and two miniature schnauzers, C.K. Dexter-Haven and Little Joe, both of whom (unlike Mel and Jason) still live at home.

Suz is a proud member of PFLAG -- Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. She is also a card-carrying member of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Human Rights Campaign, and MassEquality. A firm believer in civil rights for all people, she has fought hard to bring equal marriage rights to all citizens of her home state, Massachusetts.

Suz also recently produced her first independent feature-length movie, a romantic comedy called THE PERFECT WEDDING, that she co-wrote with her husband Ed and her son Jason. The film is currently in post-production. (Find out more at www.ThePerfectWeddingMovie.com)

Visit Suz's Website at www.SuzanneBrockmann.com
Find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SuzanneBrockmannBooks

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WORTHY OF A RE-RELEASE, March 13, 2011

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Buggy "SUNNIE Day reader" (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Love With The Proper Stranger (Harlequin Silhouette Intimate Moments) (Paperback)

This is one of the better early Brockmann romances I`ve read. (Shame about the cover though) Written in 97, this one really is worthy of a re-release because there's an excellent suspense filled story here that managed to surprise me several times by not following the usual cookie cutter formula required of category romances, I never really knew where this was going to go; with events setting up in one direction only to end up going a very different way. And with several steamy love scenes, a tortured hero I just wanted to hug and a heroine that was well... normal (meaning that she didn't `suddenly' know how to use a gun, or annoy me with stupid talk and the usual quarrels) I had trouble putting this one down. When Brockmann's on her game theres just no one better and this quick romantic suspense gave me everything I could possibly want.

FBI agent John Miller is known throughout the department as "the robot". Still reeling from the death of his partner which he blames himself for, John is unable to sleep or eat, just barely going through the motions of living. When he's sent undercover to catch a black widow serial killer, John actually resembles the hollow, sickly cancer patient he's meant to be.

The plan is for "Johnathan Mills" to appear wealthy, in bad health and to marry their suspect Serena Westford, gathering enough evidence to take her down before she murders another husband. The plan however is not for John to fall in love with her best friend Mariah Robinson. Somehow though she's made him feel alive for the first time in years and even though he knows he's sending her mixed signals (that kiss was probably a mistake as was falling asleep on her couch after a back rub) he can't blow his cover. For as much as he wants Mariah he's going to have to follow through and marry and sleep with Serena.

As I said the story here is not as straightforward as I first thought; the antagonist is always one step ahead of the FBI and as it turns out Mariah Carver is not who she seems to be either. Oh and our strong, manly hero cries at the end which just did me in. Cheers.

3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 stars, December 9, 2008

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D. K. Stokes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love With The Proper Stranger (Harlequin Silhouette Intimate Moments) (Paperback)

This is a pretty good category romance about an FBI agent undercover to catch a black-widow serial killer (woman who marries men for their money & kills them to inherit) and a workaholic woman vacationing under an assumed name.

There are some dropped threads, possibly due to length restrictions, but not a bad read.

15 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent story from a terrific author, December 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Love With The Proper Stranger (Harlequin Silhouette Intimate Moments) (Paperback)

I disdained romances, especially the categories, for years, and it was my loss. There are great stories, and this is one of them. Suzanne Brockmann is an accomplished, skillful writer. I cared about the characters, and the plot had excellent tension and suspense. I was glad the two lead characters found each other, and I was especially glad that John was, with Mariah's help, finally able to start the healing process from an earlier emotional trauma. One of the nicest things about romances is that the reader isn't left dangling - you know these two people have a happy ending, and that was very nice to see. Thank you.