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Stop Me (Last Stand, Book 2)
written by Brenda Novak
Studio : Mira
by Mira
Publisher : Mira
Released : 2008-07-01
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780778324607
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 15 reviews)
List Price : $6.99
Our Price : $2.96
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Who was the real killer? Romain Fornier lost his reason for living when his daughter was kidnapped and murdered. He used a cop's gun to mete out his own justice and spent the next few years in prison. Once he was freed, he returned to his Cajun roots in small-town Louisiana. But now he learns that he might have killed the wrong man. Jasmine Stratford, a psychological profiler, is convinced his daughter's killer is still alive—and that she and Romain have something in common. She believes the same man kidnapped her sister, Kimberly, sixteen years ago. What happens next? Jasmine is determined to track him down when she receives an anonymous package, postmarked New Orleans—the bracelet she gave Kimberly for her eighth birthday. She approaches Romain because she knows he can help her… if he chooses. But searching for the man who irrevocably changed both their lives means they have to rise to a killer's challenge: stop me. |
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Best so far! |
Trust Me was the 1st book in The Last Stand trilogy (and the first novel I've ever read by Brenda Novak). I enjoyed Trust Me very much but was a bit disappointed with the romance side of the story.
Stop Me did a much better job in that department. Romain & Jasmine's relationship sizzled and the torment each of them felt for their feelings was very well explained. The suspense/mystery was superb as well!
Can't wait to read Watch Me next! |
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Started out strong and went downhill |
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It started out strong, I loved the characters and storyline...and the chemistry between Romain and Jasmine was great. But the ending was terrible...it just seemed very abrupt, they got their HEA but without really resolving some of the issues. There were elements that were left hanging. I don't want to give away a big spoiler but the epilogue made no sense whatsoever. |
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kept me awake |
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IN these days of rehashed and reworked, this is truly a good read. It kept me awake for two nights until I finally finished it and having finished it, reached for more. Definitely worth a bad night.... |
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Romantic Suspense doesn't get much better! |
Stop Me (Last Stand, Book 2)
Romain Fournier wants nothing to do with people. Four years earlier his young daughter Adele was brutally murdered, and he served two years for the shooting of the man responsible. Now he's out, living a lonely life on the Louisiana bayou...until Jasmine Stratford finds him.
Jasmine is still searching for the man who abducted her younger sister Kimberly sixteen years ago. When her sister's bracelet is mailed to her in a package bearing a New Orleans stamp, she leaves Sacramento and the Last Stand office to do her own sleuthing. A similarity in the Fournier case and her sister's abduction sends her on the trail to Romain, but he chooses to keep the past in the past.
Each carries a boatload of baggage, however, an undeniable sexual attraction overwhelms both of these well-drawn and intriguing characters. As clues begin to appear and events to unfold, Jasmine and Romain are caught up in a chilling and sometimes gruesome hunt for the truth.
The sex sizzles, the suspense dominates and Ms. Novak superbly manages to captivate the reader as she delves into the criminal mind. This is a complex story that will keep you guessing right up to the final pages.
I'm a Brenda Novak fan, so I expect her books to be good. Stop Me, the sequel to Trust Me in The Last Stand trilogy surpassed my expectations and then some.
Highly recommended. |
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Fantastic sequel |
Jasmine Stratford has spent the last 16 years looking for the man who kidnapped her younger sister Kimberly, whose kidnapping destroyed what was left of her fragile family. She has devoted her life to helping other families in similar situations, and being somewhat psychic, has managed to help the FBI profile assailants and locate some victims. After appearing on television, she receives a package postmarked New Orleans with Kimberly's missing bracelet, which takes her on an odyssey to the Bayou state. She turns to Romain Fornier, the father 0f another victim recently paroled for murdering the man charged with the kidnap, rape, and murder of his daughter Adele who was released on a technicality. Romain wants no part of the investigation at first but as clues surface that he might have killed the wrong man, he wants answers too. A cunning killer has them both in his crosshairs and wants to play a game of cat and mouse while covering up a lucrative black market adoption ring.
Novak's second installment in the "Last Stand" series is heavy on the romance and suspense, as her two broken lead characters emerge from their shattered shells to find a second chance for love, forgiveness, and redemption. The culprits are a pretty unredeeming lot, and Novak manages to make them more than cardboard character typically found in many novels. Overall, it was a really good sensuous and emotional story, which can stand on its own, and Novak continues her reign on my wallet as a must-buy author. |
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