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4.0 out of 5 stars
A fast paced thrill ride..., December 4, 2006
This review is from: Under the Wire (The Bodyguards, Book 5) (Mass Market Paperback)
Detective Manny Ortega has come far in the seventeen years since he was betrayed by the woman he loved. Forced to flee Nicaragua and leave behind his family, 18 year old Manny blames it all on the treacherous Lily Campora. The only thing that gives him hope are his plans to someday return and assist in the cause that almost got him killed.
Trauma Nurse Lily Campora met Manny Ortega during one of the most vunerable times in her life. After losing a friend in a helicopter accident that she should have been in, Lily is all too easily seduced by Manny. Though she is ten years older than him, Lily is captivated by him. When she returns home after being called into the clinic, Manny is gone. After many days of searching, Lily learns that Manny is dead. Heartbroken, she returns to the States.
Seventeen years later, brings Manny and Lily to Boston. For seventeen years, Manny has bred his hate of Lily, though he has never forgotten her. Lily got the shock of her life when she learned that Manny was still alive. Determined to find him, she moves to Boston with her son wanting answers from Manny. When Adam, Lily's son goes missing, Manny is the only one that she can turn to.
UNDER THE WIRE is an extremely fast paced read that will take you from Nicaragua to Boston to Sri Lanka. While Manny is willing to put the past in the past, Lily is unable to let it go until Manny admits that she did not betray him. As they race to find Adam in a country that is rife with political unrest, Manny and Lily have a hard time fighting their feelings for each other. Readers of the series will like Manny's happy ending, knowing that Gerard gave him the perfect heroine.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent romantic suspense!, February 6, 2007
This review is from: Under the Wire (The Bodyguards, Book 5) (Mass Market Paperback)
While Lily Campora, nurse for Doctors Without Borders, works in the damp, dark jungles of Nicaragua, she eventually finds herself discouraged by the death and destruction that she and her medical team face every day. When a fellow nurse, who is a dear friend, is killed in a helicopter crash, a flight that Lily should have been on, she is stricken with guilt. When Lily meets a handsome young soldier, Manolo "Manny" Ortega, that same evening at a dinner hosted by a general in the Nicaraguan Army, she feels an immediate attraction, and despite her initial reluctance, she gives in to unexpected desire and the two begin a secret love affair. The affair ends almost as quickly as it begins a few nights later, with Lily being called away in the middle of the night and then told that Manny has died. Seventeen years later, Lily learns that Manny is very much alive, and working as a police detective in the United States. When serious threats are made against someone especially dear to Lily, she knows the only person she can turn to for help is Manny, although she is confused over why he never searched for her when he came to the states.
The moment freedom fighter Manolo "Manny" Ortega first sees Lily, he is determined to get to know her and learn the reason for the haunted look in her eyes. Despite her being a few years older than him, he immediately connects with her, telling her things about himself that he has never told anyone, and quickly falls in love with her. When Lily quietly leaves him in the night, and he is subsequently taken away, shot and beaten, and left for dead, he is certain that she has betrayed him. Manny never forgot Lily; his hatred of her seeming to strengthen his motivation to fight for his life and survive. When Manny is approached to help Lily some seventeen years later, with Lily literally begging him herself, he cannot refuse, although he still isn't convinced that Lily wasn't the one who betrayed him all those years ago.
Cindy Gerard has written a wonderfully suspenseful book with UNDER THE WIRE. Lily and Manny are both extremely likeable characters, whose emotions and beliefs are excellently and realistically written. Locations and settings are described with absolute clarity, taking readers into each scene with the characters. Secondary characters, with their unique personalities and relationships, add a great deal of interest and intrigue to the story, past and present. Frequent flashbacks take readers into the past and go far in interpreting the lives and personalities of Lily and Manny. I have read all but one of the previous books in this series and have enjoyed each and every one; UNDER THE WIRE is no exception. These books are a real treat when read in order, but each capably stands on its own. I give a high recommendation for this book, as well as the previous books, to all readers who enjoy riveting romantic suspense.
COURTESY LAURIE/ROMANCE JUNKIES
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a compelling love story, December 5, 2006
This review is from: Under the Wire (The Bodyguards, Book 5) (Mass Market Paperback)
Once again Cindy Gerard, and the Bodyguard Series is on fire. Under the Wire is truly a compelling love story. Readers who really love romance will enjoy Lily and Manny's story. It is a story about misunderstandings, disappointments in life, love, and the power of forgiveness.
This book is truly romantic suspense/action at its best. Even under the drama unfolding between the main characters, Cindy Gerard adds some humor at the right times.
I love the fact that the ending was not rushed. After spending so much time with Lily and Manny, the reader has an invested interest in them reuniting. It was nice to see them back to their playfulness with their lovemaking which by the way sizzled.
I hope everyone who loves a great love story with a terrific plot, suspense, humor, wonderful secondary characters, and intelligent dialogue will pick up Cindy Gerard's Under The Wire.
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