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Trespass of the Heart

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I just finished this book! Really enjoyed it! And have also read "Savior in Time" by this author as well. Her writing is spellbinding! Very charasmatic too!
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Oh I loved this one! The author unfolds a real fantasy...in great medical/law enforcement background. Being a nurse, its nice to have a read that is so [physical]/intriging, and the climactic rising of the relationship between Andie( a nurse I can relate with...smart/savy burned by love/work..) and Max ( the ultimate hunk...huge big protective ) is a great story...and I could not put the book down!
I like Samantha Gails 'forthright' characters! They 'dont sugarcoat it....just tell it like it is'! I have also read other of this authors books as well ..THEY SIZZLE! Keep up the great work!

This is an excellent romance novel. The essence of a romance novel is... romance. Another reviewer has politely and honestly criticized the author for not developing "the plot." I beg to differ. The plot is fully developed and nothing is left out. The principal characters are people of vast experience in their professional fields. The author's sub-plots are not essential to "the plot." However, the glimpses of their normal lives are quite realistic and interesting. I am familiar with both professions, and they, in fact, provide enough vignettes in the normal course to fascinate anyone; and it is normal to want more. Witness the many Cops and Doctors television offerings. The difference, for obvious reasons, is that while the romance element is present it is usually not, let us say, fully developed. There are several plots per TV episode which comprise the main plot and are cleverly and quickly developed. Yet, real life tells us that hanky-panky is the most important activity in most professions, especially Cops and Doctors. That part is the essence of any romance novel; and this author is obviously an expert observer, at least.

In our time, romance novels are about the main plot. All else is mere suggestion, perhaps to spur the imagination of a screen writer or, maybe, to allow the reader a breather.

Its not often you read a book that has likable characters and humor along with steamy romance. This book has it all. As a worker in a hospital, I found it especially amusing, as we all know, nurses never take their own advice! I have also read Gail's other books, Cherished Invader and Savior in Time...both great reads with lots of Sizzle....you will not be dissapointed!

This is a wonderful book by a new author- at least new to this reviewer. She writes a story about a courageous, spunky nurse in the ICU and a burnt-out cop retiring from Portland's homicide unit.

Andie had bought herself a place out in the country when her husband had died 8 years ago. She loved it. It was a wonderful place to unwind after working the long shifts required as a nurse. She was saving her money to buy the vacant property next door. She didn't pay much attention to the fact that the "for sale" sign was gone when she drove past the lane one day. With a lot of noise the adjoining yard began filling up with vehicles that were loaded to the brim with furniture and boxes. "It couldn't be!" she thought. The farm next door couldn't have been sold to some one else!! She was about to meet her new neighbour!

Andie and Max definitely got off to a rocky start. Max was instantly attracted, Andie was ticked off because he had dared to buy what she was hoping on being her property! Sounds like a match made in heaven, right? Wrong! Andie, despite the fact that Max is a hunk, discovers that she is accident prone when he's around. That doesn't make the relationship go smoother. Little does Andie know that before too long she'll be glad to have a 6'6" male living next door. Unbeknownst to Andie, one of her patients whom she and the other nurses have been courageously keeping alive has a nephew who would definitely be happy if his uncle never came out of the hospital alive! As accidents start to happen in and out of the hospital no one realizes that that they are due to one man! And that man has targeted Andie as the main reason for his uncle's continued good health!

I loved the interactions between Andie and Max. The secondary characters were humorously portrayed. Max was getting relationship advice from his sister and using his ex-partner to find out about Andie's background rather than just asking her!!

Andie had some hang-ups of her own to get past as well. Even though she admitted her neighbour was a gorgeous specimen of manhood, she was not looking to get seriously involved. Will she learn to trust a man enough again in time to save her life? I heartily recommend this book. It is fast paced; the interactions between the hero and heroine are wonderful and the suspense adds just the right touch. This is definitely an author to keep and eye on. Keep those books coming Ms.Samantha Gail!

Reviewed by Sophie Murphy
Courtesy PNR (ParaNormal Romance) Reviews
Posted January 7, 2004

Miranda "Andie" Griffith is an intensive-care nurse at the hospital in the Oregon town where she's lived for eight years. She's tough but caring, devoted to the welfare of her patients but a "pain" to the hospital administration. Her best friend Nicole is a fellow nurse, and she is well-liked by her acquaintances. But basically Andie keeps to herself; her husband's death all those years ago--and the secret personal crisis that preceded it--make her inclined to solitude, with only her dog for company. And her privacy is important to allow her to pursue her growing career as a fiction author. So she is horrified when someone actually buys and moves into the old house on the property next to her secluded home. And that "someone" turns out to be a retired police detective who is very definitely interested in pushing himself into lovely Andie's life.

Andie first tries to throw Max Daniels out of her life. But he insists on being "neighborly" when a serious fall means she needs some care and assistance. Then strange things start to happen to Andie and Nicole, and they get that creepy feeling of being watched. The help of an experienced homicide investigator like Max might be very useful. And what's going on with the grouchy old man in intensive care who did NOT die? The man's nasty nephew would have inherited, if only those nurses hadn't put forth such effort to keep his uncle alive.

The suspense part of the story provides an underlying plot for the action and for bringing Andie and Max together, but is not a real mystery. The reader knows from the beginning who is doing what and why. This is basically a relationship story, as the hero and heroine learn about each other, learn to trust, and come to terms with the problems in both of their pasts. Andie's first marriage seemed wonderful from the outside, but hid a dark secret that she can't bring herself to share with Max. But until she does, will he be able to really understand her, or she be able to make a new commitment?

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Andie is abrasive and assertive, but not obnoxious with it. Max is a wonderful hero--caring and determined and clever about making a spot for himself in Andie's life. The Oregon setting was completely realistic. It is always an extra bit of fun to read stories set where you live; I can find spots and people matching the author's description just by walking out my door.

Reviewed by Raelene Gorlinsky
Courtesy Sensual Romance

Miranda "Andie" Griffith, has kept a tight lock on her life and emotions for the eight years since her husband died. The young widow, content with the remote sanctuary she has carved out of twenty densely wooded acres in northwest Oregon, has a new and definitely unwelcome neighbor.

Max Daniels has moved into the deserted ramshackle next door and the towering homicide detective could not be happier with his plans for early retirement; nor could he be more clueless as to the motives that govern his reclusive neighbor's erratic behavior. The one thing Max fully comprehends, in all its many aspects, is the challenge of pursuit. Determined to learn more about the waspish beauty who wants nothing to do with him, Max begins a relentless and methodical chase. But before he can convince her of his inestimable value as more than just the guy next door, Max must first gain her confidence.

Andie is not certain of the greater health hazard, an odious stalker or her irrepressible, amorous neighbor. Ever since Max moved in, the normally hardy and self- sufficient nurse has had one calamitous mishap after another. Having him so close has disrupted her equilibrium and turned her into a nervous, accident- prone klutz. His rich velvet voice could charm a cobra into an early molt and one look into those smoky green eyes has left no doubt about the seductive danger he presents. Her carefully constructed, sedate lifestyle has been turned upside down and allowing herself to trust again could mean a new chance for heartbreak...or love.

This is a fairly good romance with amusing characters, but the plot that the author sets up never really develops. Andie and Max are very likeable as new neighbors who are immediately attracted to each other. Max pursues a reluctant Andie. Sound familiar? What bothers me is the things Ms. Gail starts and doesn't finish. Max is a retired homicide detective, but the author doesn't use this to advantage. Some intrigue at the hospital where Andie works fizzles out. There is a wimpy stalker. A deep, dark secret in Andie's former marriage that has left her so scarred, when finally revealed makes me ask: is that all? But most of all, why would a head nurse ignore a bad appendix until it becomes an emergency? And why on earth would a surgeon have wanted to carve up Andie in surgery until Max threatened him? What was that all about? In other words, the romance is amusing, but don't look for much in the way of plot.