Tropical Convergence [Paperback]

Melissa Good (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 9, 2009

There's trouble on the horizon for ILS when a rival challenges them head on, and their best weapons, Dar and Kerry, are distracted by life instead of focusing on the business. Add to that an old flame, and an aggressive entreprenaur throwing down the gauntlet and Dar at least is ready to throw in the towel. Is Kerry ready to follow suit, or will she decide to step out from behind Dar's shadow and step up to the challenges they both face?

Product Details

• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: Yellow Rose Books (June 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1935053183
• ISBN-13: 978-1935053187
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #911,490 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Oh, yeah!!!, July 30, 2009

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Reading Junkie (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tropical Convergence (Paperback)

It's been far too long between Missy Good books, and "TC" delivers, albeit a bit incompletely. This book is the first half of the original online work. It's a great, long length, which is what you want with a Missy Good book. It begins with ILS battling for market share against up-and-coming Telegenics. Telegenics is run by two women who have a vested interest in seeing ILS, specifically Dar and Kerry, crash and burn. This book sets up Peter Quest's ship bid that will (hopefully) carry through in the next book in this series.

The end papers of "TC" stated that "Storm Surge" will come out in May, 2010. "SS" is the next story, not the continuation of this one. Here's hoping that the continuation of "TC" will come out soon so we all can finish this marvelous story of corporate intrigue, technology, family, and love.

So why four stars and not five?? I dinged a quarter star for the minor grammar errors, and three-quarters of a star for this being an incomplete story. I wish Ms. Good's publishers would publish her complete stories. This also happened with one of her previous stories (the story was divided between "Red Sky at Morning," and "Thicker Than Water"). She writes long stories, and these stories should be kept together and published together.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Something is missing....a lot is, November 14, 2009

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Sage320 (Newport News, VA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tropical Convergence (Paperback)

This is another episode in the continuing story of Dar and Kerry. For those fans that follow the series online, this is part of a story that was posted some time ago on Melissa Good's web site.

Dar and Kerry are attending a technology show, but Dar's heart just isn't in the business. She's felling restless and wondering if it's time for her to move on to another job and different challenges. Kerry is worried about her, but sure that Dar will pull out of her mood, so Kerry is determined to carry the company if she has to until that happens. At the show they discover that the new company that has been stealing some of their customers is headed by a former lover of Dar's and a former colleague. They are turning everything into a competition to prove that not only is their company better, but that they can specifically show up Dar. When all of them are approached by a cruise ship line to bid on a contract to wire all of the ships for the Internet, the confrontation is inevitable. Perhaps this is the challenge that Dar needs to put her back on a positive track.

This book suffers from the fact that it's only part of a story. Questions are raised and not answered. Story lines seem to pop up out of nowhere and have no relevance to what is going on in the book. The cruise line plot is not resolved and there is a reference to the US government being involved that doesn't pertain to anything that is going on. Those who read the stories when they're posted online will know that these are parts of the original story that were fully developed. This book reads like Good realized this book was getting too long, so she chopped it in half and plans on telling the rest of the story in a later book. That would explain the rather bizarre ending that seems to tie up nothing in this book. With a little more effort and editing, this could have been a good stand alone novel. As it is, Dar and Kerry fans will find it satisfies their need for a regular update on the characters, but people who are not familiar with the series should definitely not start with this book because there will be a lot that doesn't make sense or seems unfinished.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too bad, June 9, 2010

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Readsalot (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tropical Convergence (Paperback)

I really liked all of the other stories in this series... This one is 200 pages too long, and its if there is no editor! The words and phrases she

uses are from my 80 year old mom's generation.. To bad...Such potential