23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This hero can take me anywhere, March 6, 2007
Lucy Sharpe expects nothing less from her Bullet Catchers staff than skill, focus and to remain emotionally uninvolved with the client. Yet when Sage Valentine, Lucy's estranged niece, shows up at her office with a request for information about takemetonite dot com, a thrill-seeker's site for women, Lucy has trouble staying uninvolved, especially when Sage plans to arrange a fantasy abduction for herself. Sage isn't convinced her roommate committed suicide she's sure the dancer's death is related to the website. And her investigative reporter's nose for news won't let her be stopped until she learns the truth. Lucy assigns Johnny Christiano to intervene, 'rescue' Sage before she's even nabbed and then protect her and keep her from pulling any more fool stunts. But he must not let her know he's a bodyguard. Because Lucy rescued Johnny from the mob, he feels a deep sense of loyalty to her and will lie to Sage if necessary to keep her in the dark about who he really is. Johnny is easy on the eyes, good in bed and more than handy in the kitchen. At first it's easy to let Sage believe he's little more than a male prostitute. But as the stakes rise and the threat to Sage becomes more real, Johnny's caught between his loyalty to his rescuer and his growing attraction to Sage and genuine concern for her safety. TAKE ME TONIGHT is the third book in Roxanne St. Claire's Bullet Catcher series about an elite cadre of personal protection specialists. Its quick pacing and can't-put-it-down-til-you've-finished plot will give readers an exhilarating tale and a hero they won't soon forget. Johnny gives new meaning to the term 'Renaissance Man' and will have female readers everywhere begging, 'Take me tonight, Johnny. Please.' While Johnny can whip up a pasta recipe with little effort, author Roxanne St. Claire has come up with a recipe of her own -- a recipe for a winner: equal parts of thrills and suspense, a liberal dash of sensuality laced with pure lust and a pinch of laughter. Mix them thoroughly and pour between the covers of TAKE ME TONIGHT and your reading appetite will be more than whetted.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unique story with romance & mystery. A delicious hero who cooks in the kitchen & bedroom. Heroine was disappointing & annoying., October 31, 2007
The Bullet Catchers Series:
Kill Me Twice
Thrill Me to Death
Take Me Tonight
I'm hooked on this series. The heroes are always totally edible. The stories are enthralling. Roxanne St. Claire writes terrific mystery plots that keep you interested with plenty of twists. Some scenes are so intense you'll be literally holding your breath, while your adrenaline pumps through your body. Her outcomes are never easily predicted. I also love the fact that her hero characters tend to be muscle on the outside, but tender- hearted on the inside. When these guys fall in love, they are not afraid to let their woman know it. While drawing a gun with their right hand, they are holding their lover's hand with the left. "Johnny", the hero in "Take Me Tonight", fits that roll gorgeously. (And I do mean "gorgeous"! If you see his photo on Roxanne St. Clare's web site, it is the exact photo that is described of him in the midst of this story. Holy cow! HOT!!!!! Is it legal to look that good?!)
Sage Valentine is an investigative reporter. She now is desperately investigating the murder of her best friend. She approaches her Aunt Lucy, founder of the Bullet Catchers, for help with the case. Lucy turns her down. Bullet Catchers are bodyguards, not detectives. However, Lucy knows that her niece is bound to keep hunting for answers. To keep Sage safe, Lucy sends her most loyal Bullet Catcher undercover. Johnny Christiano is given the task of hiding his position with the BC's so that he can watch out for Sage. Sage thinks he is just a beautiful man who wants to be her boyfriend. Johnny finds himself truly wanting that more and more. He fears Sage will never forgive him when she learns that he has lied about his identity.
Sage's deceased friend, Keisha, was a cheerleader for Boston's NBA team, The Blizzard. Strange things are happening to Keisha's teammates. Some are disappearing, then showing up with memory loss. Others are being found dead. Keisha's death was pronounced a suicide. Sage doesn't believe it. To get the answers she seeks, Sage will dig into the twisted world that Keisha and her teammates are struggling to survive. Johnny can do nothing to convince Sage to stay out of danger. His only choice is to follow her in and help her find the answers, while keeping himself between Sage and those who would see her dead before she learns too much.
My only disappointment with this book was Sage's character. I admire a heroine who is brave and strong. However I'm always turned off when "brave" crosses over to "completely without common sense". Johnny would try to scope out dangerous situations, gun in hand, moving room to room in silence, telling Sage to wait until he is sure it is safe. Instead of seeing the sense in that, Sage would totally ignore him and walk right into the room loudly and unarmed. Is she bullet proof, suicidal, or just stupid? It really bothers me when women are written to be so brainless.
Worse, was the fact that Sage was extremely hypocritical. Part of Johnny's cover was pretending to work for a company where men would sleep with the clients. Over and over she referred to him as a "male prostitute". She had no respect for him because of the job. However, she believed that it was completely acceptable that she used sex to try to convince Johnny to give her answers for her investigation. She brings him to the brink of "completion", then stops cold and says she'll finish for him if he answers her questions. In my book, a prostitute is a prostitute... whether the fee is paid with money, favors, or answers.
Sage's character brought this 5- star story down to a 4 for me.
If you like romantic tales with protective men and modern women, try these:
Extreme Exposure
Hard Evidence
Want to read the whole Bullet Catchers series? Here are the links to the first two books:
Kill Me Twice (The Bullet Catchers, Book 1)
Thrill Me to Death (The Bullet Catchers, Book 2)
More Roxanne St. Claire favorites:
French Twist
Killer Curves
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
fast-paced romantic suspense, April 7, 2007
Investigative reporter Sage Valentine asks her friend Lucy Sharpe of Bullet Catchers to help her learn what happened to her roommate Keisha Kingston. Lucy says the firm does not do investigations unless it relates to personal protection of a client, but gives Sage a thin folder filled with some data. Keisha apparently paid takemetonight.com to abduct her and rescue her in a role playing fantasy adventure. Whereas Lucy insists Keisha committed suicide, Sage believes somehow that thrill Internet site led to her murder. She plans to uncover the truth about this division of Fantasy Adventures software gaming company.
To do this Sage plans to register with takemetongiht.com so that she can be kidnapped. However, Lucy worries about her niece doing something foolish so she "hires" Bullet Catchers to protect Sage. Johnny Christiano pretends he is part of the rescue team to keep her safe. As they fall in love, Sage and Johnny team up to learn the truth about takemtonight.com and her late roommate.
This latest Bullet Catcher thriller is a fast-paced romantic suspense with the cautionary buyer beware warning when purchasing personal services over the Internet. The action never slows down once Johnny "rescues" Sage even when he cooks the sexiest tastiest repast in years. Fans of the series will appreciate TAKE ME TONIGHT as Roxanne St. Clair provides a faster then a speeding bullet tale.
Harriet Klausner
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