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Title: Flashpoint by Suzanne Brockmann ISBN: 0-345-46232-7 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.49 (37 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: I'm sorry to say... it left me unsatsified.
Comment: I am a #1 Suz Brockmann fan who's read all her books. The writing in Flashpoint is technically very good. HOWEVER, as other reviewers have mentioned, it is very hard to be "pulled" into any of these characters. The two main characters are a pushover (Tess) and a foul-mouthed emotional basket case (Nash). It is very difficult to see why Tess would fall in love with Nash. Maybe Suz is trying to create more complicated characters with more demons. However, I think she went too far with Nash. Decker is really the hero of the story who pulls at your heart, yet has only an unresolved subplot. Additionally, the sequence of events (and flashbacks) she uses to tell the story seem ineffective. Who edited this?? I would have definitely made the story more sequential. Doing so may have increased our understanding and empathy of these characters, especially the Nash and Tess relationship. (Suz, I'll volunteer to edit your next book:)) All in all, it's worth a read but is not a keeper. Suz, I'll look forward to your next book with baited breath! Maybe Decker/Sophia??
Rating: 3
Summary: Flashpoint
Comment: Why do good authors mess with perfection? Suzanne Brockmann has fallen off my "must have immediately" list. The love scenes in this book were flat and unemotional. I was very disappointed. I hope this book is not a portent of things to come. Other authors that have gone the same way over the years are Tami Hoag, Julie Garwood, Linda Howard and Elizabeth Lowell. Except for Garwood they were all previously "series romance" authors. Their original works all had detailed sex scenes without being pornographic and when they jumped to mainstream publishing it continued. But, the jump from paperback to hardcover seems to come with a price; less sex between the hero and heroine. I am an adult and I like love, sex and romance. I love books that can introduce a good suspense storyline with romantic and lusty love. Why does the writing style that made these authors my "Keepers" change so drastically with a jump to hardcover?
Rating: 5
Summary: Well written and exciting action-romance
Comment: CIA researcher Tess Bailey longs to get into the field but is continually denied the chance. When she overhears that an agent's cover may be blown, she contacts his partner, Jimmy Nash, and includes herself in the rescue. She does a good job but even that doesn't win her the promotion--it does win her a one-night-stand with Nash, though, and she's wanted Nash for a long time.
Frustrated at the CIA's unwillingness to let her into the field, Bailey quits and joins Troubleshooters Incorporated, a private company run by ex-Navy Seals who take on the jobs the government won't do. There she finds herself on a team with Nash, his partner, and several other ex-Seals, Marines, and ex-CIA agents--being sent to Kazbekistan--a Moslem failed state whose warlords are reputed to have close ties to Al-Qaeda. An earthquake has created a humanitarian disaster serious enough to force Kazbekistan to open its borders for the first time in years--and killed the local Al-Qaeda leader. The man may be dead, but his laptop computer, equipped with all of Al-Qaeda's plans for terrorist plots, is still at large.
In Kazbekistan, Bailey and Nash confront the attraction that neither wants but neither can deny. Somehow, between dodging aftershocks, heading off a noisy newspaper reporter, setting up illegal broadcast towers, and chasing down every CIA contact left in the country, they make time for passion. But passion comes with its own price--especially as Nash comes to realize that his partner has fallen for Bailey too.
Throw in a beautiful American whose husband was beheaded by the local dictator and a daring rescue in the fortress-like headquarters of the local warlord and you have an exciting romantic adventure.
Author Suzanne Brockmann does an excellent job characterizing the damaged Jimmy Nash and setting him up for redemption at the hands of the first woman who can actually understand and respect him for who he is. I was impressed as well by the way Brockmann dealt with the Moslem resentment against an America which seems more intent on punishing than on understanding and helping--not supporting the attitude, of course, but understanding it. I thought that Brockmann backed away from some of the action and sensual scenes without giving the reader the full bang-for-the-buck, but that didn't stop this from being a completely enjoyable and fast-paced read.
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Title: Everyday, Average Jones by Suzanne Brockmann ISBN: 0778320146 Publisher: Mira Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Night Watch by Suzanne Brockmann ISBN: 0373273134 Publisher: Silhouette Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.75 |
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Title: Cry No More by Linda Howard ISBN: 0345453417 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Scenes of Passion by Suzanne Brockmann ISBN: 0373765193 Publisher: Harlequin Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.25 |
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Title: The Secret Life of Bryan by Lori Foster ISBN: 0758203381 Publisher: Brava Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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