3.0 out of 5 stars Another solid but average thriller
This is yet another addition to the ‘shag the suspect’/victim the FBI guy is supposed to be protecting line of romantic suspense books. I think it might have been better as a dark book. Relying on the obnoxious dog with an eating disorder and diarrhea in order to get them out of various disasters is just too cutesy and ridiculous for words. The villain is motiveless, so none of the very rushed ending of the book really ties together.
Sam McCabe is great, but his sidekicks Wynne and “Rambo Barbie” Gardner and her “J. Lo” posterior are just very irritiating. The book is so repetitive that this is probably why. She uses whole sentences almost verbatim for the couple of love scenes in the book. The instant love affair is also wildly improbable but this is all par for the course in this genre. They never have a real conversation once they get past the ‘so what is your family like’ stage. Also, does every Romantic suspense novel have to be set in New Orleans these days? It must be putting off tourism to the city like nobody’s business, with people thinking they’re going to be murdered at any moment!
Finally, the heroine, Maddie. She swings wildly from quivering little girl afraid of the dark to another Rambo Barbie sex goddess without any consistency.
An enjoyable read, but don’t look for any heat or depth, just a mildly interesting way to pass the time.
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