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Veteran romantic-suspense novelist Brockmann serves up a heady mix of tension, romance and international intrigue. Readers first meet Agency computer specialist Tess Bailey posing as a topless barmaid in order to save field agent Lawrence Decker from a deadly setup. After she and gorgeous macho agent Diego "Jimmy" Nash succeed in rescuing Decker, they celebrate with a steamy one-night stand that they both later regret. Months later, Tess quits when she doesn't get the promotion she was promised; conveniently, partners Decker and Nash have quit the Agency as well and have signed on with a covert private agency, Troubleshooters, Incorporated. Assigned to earthquake-ravaged Kazbekistan (aka "The Pit") to retrieve the laptop of al-Qaeda warlord Padsha Bashir, they find themselves in need of a seasoned computer hacker: enter Tess. Player Nash is a bundle of nerves around Tess (he really likes her!), and Decker is smitten as well: it's the perfect love triangle. As Tess juggles the dangerous assignment and the affections of both men, Sophia, a mysterious woman who avenges her hatred of Padsha during the earthquake, asks their help in fleeing the country. Car bombs, shady American reporters, police interrogations, aftershocks and hot sex complicate matters, but it's a hotel ambush and Tess's kidnapping that sends both men on the rescue effort of their lives. Their brisk success allows the romantic entanglement to resume center stage, where, as far as romance fans are concerned, it belongs.
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Support specialist Tess Bailey has always wanted to become a field agent, but doing so means partnering with Jimmy Nash, the tall, dark, and egotistical agent who never bothered to call after their one-night fling. Now Tess and Jimmy, disguised as U.S. relief workers, are part of a team being sent into Kazbekistan by Troubleshooters, Inc., a private personal security firm. The team's mission is to retrieve al-Qaeda leader Ma'awiya Talal Sayid's laptop, reportedly lost when an earthquake struck Kazbekistan and thought to contain priceless information about future terrorist plans. To infiltrate the extremist-held country, Tess and Jimmy must pose as a married couple, and the passion that still simmers between them is nothing if not real. When it comes to pairing up testosterone-fueled action with sexy romance, Brockmann has few rivals, and her latest, the first in a new series loosely linked to her popular U.S. Navy Seals Team books, is a white-knuckle read guaranteed to enthrall readers. John Charles
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books (October 26, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0345456947
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345456946
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)
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40 of 46 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Where is the love?, April 7, 2004
By Brenda Schmitt (Cudahy, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flashpoint (Troubleshooters, Book 7) (Hardcover)
Suzanne Brockmann is at the top of my list of favorite romance authors. She ousted Linda Howard from the spot and that's saying a lot. Once I discovered Suzanne as an author, I found and devoured everything she wrote. She is a master of the romantic suspense genre because she always managed the perfect combination of action and romance. In an apparent effort to appeal to a broader audience, Suzanne has cut out half of what made her a favorite of mine - the romance - in her latest outing, "Flashpoint."

Intimate encounters between characters are glossed over, alluded to or, in some cases, skipped entirely. Is it wrong to want details? I certainly don't think so. It's hard to describe, but the love scenes in "Flashpoint" feel like they've been edited nearly to the point of deletion. Having read all of her other books, I know Brockman knows how to write a steamy love scene. So why did she hold back in "Flashpoint?"

I don't know if Flashpoint is a deliberate attempt to move away from being labeled a romance novelist in favor of becoming a suspense author, but what I do know is Brockmann messed with her winning formula and the result is a generic thriller that borders on bland.

I rushed out to buy this book on the day it was released. I won't make the same mistake with her next release. I'll get it from the library before I shell out money.

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34 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Suzanne wrote this?, April 4, 2004
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I am a huge fan of Brockmann's, but oh my goodness, I don't think she wrote this installment of the NavySeals. I liked the characters, but their danger and action scenes fell flat for me because of thier behavior and dialog I either wanted to laugh or encourage the terrorists to take them out for violation of good character exchange! I will still read Brockmann because there isn't anyone out there who writes like she does or makes you feel what the characters feel like she does....BUT, I just might have to wait for the next one to hit paperback instead of killing myself to get to the bookstore on the first day of release.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad book, but not really fitting of the series it comes from, July 7, 2006
This review is from: Flashpoint (Hardcover)
7th book in the SEAL Team 16 series.

Hmm...well, what comes to mind to say first about this book is that it was good, if taken simply as a book on it's own, but if you take it as part of a series where 6 books came before it, it was lacking.

Flashpoint begins a new phase in the SEALs series, a serious sharp left hand turn from the previous books. After the events that happened in books 5 & 6, several SEALs and FBI Agents left there jobs - some willingly, some not - and formed a security consultation firm, Troubleshooters Inc (TI). So in this book, instead of being focused on SEAL activity, you have a mission being done by TI. Because of all this, you have not only a new book premise, but also an influx of new characters. All of the main characters in the book were completely new.

The main focus is on Jimmy Nash, a former "Agency" operative who is working for TI now. Then there Tess Bailey, a former "Agency" support staffer who joins TI because she wants to do field work. She and Jimmy had a one night stand 2 months before the book started. Those two, along with a few other agents, have been given an assignment to go to Kazbekistant (fictional country) to retrieve the laptop of an al-Qaeda associate who was killed in a recent earthquake. Once there, they meet Sophia, an American in hiding and in big trouble.

As I said, the book on it's own isn't too bad. The plot was somewhat interesting, and the characters weren't too bad. Tess and Jimmy's romance was fairly decent. On just an overall level, the book kept me reading, but it didn't necessarily have me enthralled.

The problem, though, is that it IS part of a series and Brockmann almost completely disregards everything she set up and did in the previous 6 books. Well, to a certain degree. The idea for TI was born at the end of book 6, so tha was used, but that was about it. She didn't follow the format she'd always used, she didn't utilize all the wonderful characters she'd built up, nothing. It barely felt like the book was connected at all. Tom Paoletti (book 1) has a short appearance at the beginning and the end, because he runs TI, Cosmo Richter, a SEAL has a cameo, and Sam and Alyssa are mentioned once, but that's it. She doesn't even tell us anything about Troubleshooters, only the barest of details. Considering the setup of the book, a more detailed description would have been nice. I missed the historical flashback scenes in this one too.

Overall, the book was a bit of a disappointment. Brockmann should have stuck to the formula that made the other 6 books work.

Rating: 3 / 5
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1.0 out of 5 stars More romance that thriller - not what it appeared to be
I guess if you like romance novels then this book would be great. I got it because I thought it was a thriller and man it was boring. Read more
Published 29 days ago by M. Massey

3.0 out of 5 stars pretty good, tess rocks
I love Brockmann's troubleshooters series and this was definitely worth reading, but not at the top of my list. I really liked Tess. She is real, tough and very smart. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Carly

3.0 out of 5 stars Flashpoint: Troubleshooters book 7
This book did not hold my attention and I kept putting it down, most of Suzanne Brockmann's book are usually page turners but this one fell a bit short. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Lame ...
I just could not get into this book. I can't place exactly why. Perhaps it was because there was no real character development and what there was I did not like. Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. Junkins

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The Troubleshooters - an elite group made up of former military, intelligence, and police personnel are sent into Kazbekistan to retrieve a briefcase belonging to an al-Qaeda... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Tracy Vest

5.0 out of 5 stars A bit different from the others but incredibly complex passion.
Here's the new breed of super-heroes, employed by none other than our collective heart-throb ex-SEAL Tom Paoletti. His new company is called Troubleshooters Inc. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down
I just happened to run across Suzanne Brockmann by chance and now I am looking forward to reading all of her books. Read more
Published on May 7, 2007 by J. Mallett

3.0 out of 5 stars Audio Book Review
I listened to the 13 hour audio CDs while traveling in the car and it made the time pass quickly. There are two voice actors reading this story. Read more
Published on May 5, 2006 by Justwannaread!

5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't fall half in love with Nash - you didn't read the book!
I love Suzanne Brockmann! There is no other author that can compell me to read until the ugly hours of the night. Read more
Published on December 29, 2005 by Jill Guntur

5.0 out of 5 stars I could not stop reading!

Jimmy Nash and Tess Bailey are together again. Well sort of. Several months ago, Tess, a computer analyst, helped Nash save his best friend and colleague Decker from a... Read more
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