True Shot (Berkley Sensation) [Mass Market Paperback]

Joyce Lamb (Author)

Book Description

Release date: December 6, 2011 | Series: Berkley Sensation

Special FBI operative Samantha Trudeau's unique psychic abilities help her catch the most elusive criminals. They also put her in the path of a sadistic adversary when she discovers she's actually working for a rogue cell-and into the confidence of a handsome journalist with his own potentially dangerous secrets.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Super-spy Samantha Trudeau is on the run from the FBI. With law enforcement decidedly not on her side, she has no choice but to rely on sexy but otherwise ordinary civilian Mac Hunter to help her stay alive. It’s a bit of a challenge, since she can’t even convince him that she can read minds. Mac thinks Sam should seek refuge with her sisters, even though they can’t possibly protect her from the armed thugs that Sam’s ex-boss keeps sending after her. Sam is a Wonder Woman who still needs help; Mac’s stubbornness becomes endearing in the light of his steadfast belief that family ties trump all troubles. The love scenes are tender even as the external pressures ratchet up. First-time readers will love the unusual treatment of a superpowered heroine, while fans of True Colors and True Vision will find this a very satisfying conclusion to the Trudeau saga." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Berkley; Original edition (December 6, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 042524492X
• ISBN-13: 978-0425244920
• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 0.9 x 6.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #834,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joyce Lamb started writing romantic suspense novels as a teenager, plunking her dad's electric typewriter on her bedroom floor and pounding away at it in her jams. Her latest print release, True Shot (book 3 in the True trilogy), earned a starred review in Publishers Weekly and four stars from RT Book Reviews. It was also a 2012 RITA finalist, along with book 2, True Colors, in the romantic suspense category. Joyce's latest e-book release is Flash Heat ($2.99).

Joyce also oversees USA Today's romance novels blog, Happy Ever After (happyeverafter.usatoday.com), which features interviews with authors ranging from best sellers to the self-published and book reviews of every romance genre from inspirational to erotica.

Joyce's second novel, Caught in the Act (now available as a 99-cent e-book), was a 2004 RITA finalist in the romantic suspense category, and True Vision (book 1 in the True trilogy) won a Daphne du Maurier award for romantic suspense and a HOLT Medallion for Best Book by a Virginia Author.

Find out more about Joyce at her Web site, http://joycelamb.blogspot.com/.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars True Series, Book Three. July 21, 2012

By Detra Fitch VINE™ VOICE

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Mackenzie "Mac" Hunter is the editor for a newspaper in Lake Avalon, Florida. When his depression begins to make him drink too often, the Trudeau sisters, Charlie and Alex, convince him to spend a week in their remote family cabin. Mac walks in to discover a young woman unconscious on the floor with a gunshot wound through her shoulder. Since a storm has washed out the roads, it is up to Mac to care for the mysterious lady.

N3 stands for National Neural Network. It is a secret division of the FBI. Each agent has some form of psychic ability. N3 has been Samantha "Sam" Trudeau's family for almost fifteen years. With skin-on-skin contact, Sam is able to mine the memories and experiences of her target. When Zoe, a fellow N3 operative, approaches her with a wild story about their boss, Flinn Ford, impregnating her to create some kind of super psychic spy, Sam's world tilts. Before Zoe's words can fully sink in, she is killed. Sam manages to eliminate the assassin, but is now on the run with a bullet hole through her shoulder.

Sam wakes in a cabin to find Mac, a civilian, tending her wound. Before Sam can safely get rid of the man, Flinn is there. Sam and Mac are now fleeing for their lives, trying to stay one step ahead of Flinn and other agents. Their biggest problem is that a drug has been released into Sam's system that has temporarily wiped her memories. As they scramble to make sense out of what is going on, Sam and Mac begin to act upon the passion that has been sizzling between them. Yet in the end, Sam knows that she will eventually have to find a way to leave Mac safely behind, because staying with her would get him killed for sure.

**** FOUR STARS! The author saved the best sister's story for last. Yet toward the end, Charlie, Alex, and their men enter for a cameo or two. There is one child that I would dearly have loved to see grow up. (I refuse to give away his name. No spoilers.) Perhaps someday he will have his own story told. I would not mind meeting Sloan again either.

This story stands alone. You do not have to read other books of the series to fully enjoy this one; however, those stories are just as terrific as Sam's. Action, suspense, romance, and paranormal conspiracy blend smoothly together to give readers a heart pounding ride. Awesome! ****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars strong finish to the tense Trudeau trilogy December 6, 2011

By Harriet Klausner #1 HALL OF FAME

Format:Mass Market Paperback

Special FBI operative Samantha Trudeau does not need her psychic abilities to warn her she is in deep trouble with law enforcement when her BFF Zoe is killed but before dying informs her who they truly were working for. Knowing the cell she worked for and other law enforcement seeks her, she is shot at to silence her; Sam takes a bullet in the shoulder, but finds an unoccupied cabin to hide.

The cabin belongs to mundane civilian hunk Mac Hunter, a reporter. Although she detests bringing him into her tsuris she needs help although he rejects her insistence she can read minds and that men want her dead until the arrival of a team with weapons. They escape but have no place safe to hide. He suggests she stay with her sisters in Lake Avalon, Florida (see True Colors for Alex's story and True Vision for Charlie's thriller). However, Sam knows they and their mates cannot protect her from her former boss.

This is a strong finish to the tense Trudeau trilogy. Filled with action and danger, the fun is in the relationship as Sam is superwoman while Mac is super stubborn; their relationship. Readers will enjoy the solo super Sam and the family man Mac as they fall in love while eluding a super insane villain.

Harriet Klausner

5.0 out of 5 stars The best! December 28, 2012

By Maria

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Love all Joyce Lamb novels... Exciting, action packed, romance, everyhing you could want in a romantic suspense.. Wondering when her next book will be out....