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Tempting Evil (Prison Break, Book 2)
written by Allison Brennan
Studio : Ballantine Books
by Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2008-05-20
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Released : 2008-05-20
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780345502728
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 11 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $2.14
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Product Description |
BIG DIE COUNTRY
Joanna Sutton can cope with the fierce winter storm bearing down on the small rural community of Centennial Valley, Montana; the popular romance writer has survived much worse in life. Haunted by the loss of her husband and child, Jo has found refuge at her family’s secluded lodge, but her haven soon becomes a hell. During the ferocious blizzard, a local Boy Scout troop is stranded in the wilderness, compelling Jo to spearhead a desperate rescue mission, aided by a newly arrived stranger with an unknown agenda.
Meanwhile, Sheriff Tyler McBride hears that three escaped convicts are fast approaching Big Sky Country. Hoping to warn Jo, he faxes over the men’s mug shots. But they never reach their intended recipient. Then Tyler makes a shocking discovery: Two people are dead, and a killer is among the group, along with the woman Tyler loves, searching for his lost son.
More than one innocent life is at stake. For the sake of those Jo cares about most, and for her own survival, she’ll need all the cunning, courage, and passion she can muster to survive the mounting terror. |
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Allison Brennan has not let me down yet! |
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This book, like the previous ones she has written, was great! It's filled with suspense all the way until the end. I was not able to put it down until I was finished reading it. She hasn't let me down, as of yet, with any of the books she has written. She's one of my favorite writers :) |
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Will give you chills! |
It actually didn't take that long to read this one. I had started it on Friday, but because I picked up my copy of Acheron, that one was more important. However, when I finally picked this one back up on Monday, it was damn near unputdownable!
Brennan has a way of writing in descriptions: whether scenery or character development, you get a complete picture of it all.
Joanna still hasn't gotten over the death of her husband and nine-year-old son four years earlier. While she shows a brave front for her grandfather, sister and niece, she aches daily at the loss. Now she's staying with her family at their lodge, working everyday and writing. A successful author, she loves writing the stories that touch and warm so many lives.
Tyler wants Joanna with all his being. He's fallen in love, but is heartbroken when his marriage proposal doesn't receive the answer he had wanted. Still, he pines for her, waiting for her. He's raising his son, Jason, alone after his ex-wife dies of cancer, and moved them to Centennial Valley to be closer to his brother, hoping to reclame the friendship they had in their youth.
Tyler receives an anonymous call... two escaped convicts are headed his way - one infatuated with a woman he cut out of a magazine article. The description fits Jo, and with his son stuck in the wilderness with his brother and their Boy Scout troup, tension and suspense are pushed to the forefront.
And rightly so - for one convict, Aaron Doherty, believes he's in love with Joanna and that she returns his affection. His mental process becomes the header of the novel, and his delusions grow frighteningly. The way Aaron's mind works (the way Brennan wrote it) is enough to give the reader chills and hope that it never happens to them. In some ways, Doherty is even scarier than the second convict, Chapman, a sadistic killer, who was following Doherty.
Action scenes are great - you see them play out in your mind while reading them. The scenery paint a perfect picture, leaving the reader chilled while reading about a storm howling outside the lodge/cabin. While the love scenes are nice, I felt that there could have been a bigger connection between Tyler and Jo than there was. But what pins the reader is Aaron and his delusions - I don't think I've read a character quite that delusional before.
And after reading the excerpt for Playing Dead, the final book in the trilogy, I sooooo can't wait to get my hands on it. September 30th can't come fast enough! |
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Allison Brennan is a winner. |
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I discovered Allison Brennan by accident about a year ago, and I'm so happy that I did. Love her trilogies and Tempting Evil, the 2nd in the prison break series, is wonderful. Looking forward to the 3rd installment coming in September. For a good read, try her books, but read them in order for the full effect. |
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Good Read! |
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She is a great romantic suspense writer. Keeps my attention so that I don't want to put the story down. |
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Didn't pass my 50 page rule |
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I persevered until page 47 and gave up. There are SO many characters with backstory - I felt like I had been plopped down in the middle of a series - no, wait - I WAS. I wish the blurbs would have mentioned that little fact - I wouldn't have bothered. I never did get all the characters and their connections straightened out. WAY to much back story WAY too soon. And the premise was just too, too over the top! The storm, lost boy scouts, broken legs, escaped killers - just TOO much to be remotely believable. |
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