good stories. I did like Fatal Affair the best, I will look for more of the Fatal series now, Two stories in this ebook, I only read AGAINST THE RULES, by Linda Howard, It was originally written in, published by Harlequin or Silhouette, I kept expecting some suspense, as we see in Howard's more recent publications, but no, The fire in the stable No suspense there, The sinister horse buyer Nope, The horseback riding "accident" and broken leg Nope, Just nothing but melodrama, sex, horses, and a bitchy stepsister, Drama city.
Still, I liked the last fourth of the book, from the broken leg to the end.
Rule was just soooo terribly in love with Cat, Sweet. Heartwrenching ending left me with a smile on my face, I registered a book at BookCrossing, com!
sitelink BookCrossing. com/journal/ Linda Howard'slove story and Marie Force'ssuspense thriller, . . cannot figure out why these two are paired together, Enjoyed bith stories and found LH's earlier style of writing more draggy, . . heroes are more alpha and women were a bit more, . . dependent but that's a reflection of the times during which the story was set, I found MF's Fatal Affair surprisingly riveting as I have never read her books before, I cannot help but compare the main protagonists to JD Robb's In Death series, . . the witty repartee between Eve and Peabody is hard to beat but I'm happy to see Freddie has his own unique personality.
As for Sam it came across as trying too hard to dound hardass like Eve, but if I have never read In Death I would never have made such comparisons.
having said this I enjoyed the pace and witty dialogues very much, What I love best is the relationships Sam has with her loved ones, from her dad to sisters and Celia, and of cos Nick.
But I'm finding it a bit hard to believe they fell in love after a one night stand.
. . if Nick really loved Sam after that one night why did he not try harder to get in touch They knew each other's name and profession.
. . could he not erm call or hang around her office hoping to bump into her Hmmm, . . all in a good book and looking forward to the next collection Dangerous Games, I love to read LH's older stories hehe! This edition has two stories, The first doesnt even get a star! Theall belong to the second story, i love it . Lethal Attraction: Against the Rules/ Fatal Affair The Fatal Series Bookis by Linda Howard and Marie Force.
This is two books in one and by different authors,
Against the Rules is by Linda Howard, Cathryn Ashe had fought her attraction to Rule Jackson as a teenager, She had humiliated herself and fled, Now she is back and ready to face him again, However, Rule has changed the rules and she is facing losing him or her heart,
Fatal Affair is by Marie Force, Sam Holland needs something to help her career after a disastrous case, This comes in the form of a senators murder, She is teamed up with the senators oldest friend and chief of staff, Nick Cappuano is also the one who found him, Years ago, they had had a brief affair but Sam is convinced she can work with him.
But can she Is their attraction to each other too much
It was easy to tell that Lethal Attraction was an older work by Howard, because her more recent writing is much tighter and the characters better developed, but I still liked the story.
I'd never read anything by Marie Force prior to this, and was very pleasantly surprised.
Enjoyed the story, and plan to check my local library for other titles she's written, Harlequin Romance type Book. Couldnt
see a developing plot, Read numerous Harlequin romances when I was
Years old am now a Sr, Citizen. Main characters were intimate before pageand personally saw no foreseeable plot so stopped reading, Sorry couldnt finish. Later Linda Howard books
are worth reading, Thats why I attempted This book, If
Two worlds collide in these timeless stories of love and deception
Against the Rules by Linda Howard
At seventeen, Cathryn Ashe fought her attraction to Rule Jackson and lost.
Humiliated, she fled to the anonymity of the city, Now she's back, independent and more sure of herself than everand ready to challenge him again,
But Rule is raising the stakes, and what Cat stands to lose is something she's known all along is his for the takingher heart.
Fatal Affair by Marie Force
Detective Sergeant Sam Holland needs a big win to salvage her careerand her confidenceafter a disastrous case.
The perfect opportunity arises when she's assigned to the investigation of a senator's murder, But she has to team up with Nick Cappuano, the senator's friend and chief of staffand the man she had a memorable onenight stand with years earlier.
Their sexual chemistry still sizzles, but sleeping with a material witness is a mistake Sam can't affordespecially when the bodies keep piling up.
Librarian Note: There is than one author in the GoodReads database with this name, Linda S. Howington is an American best selling romance author writing under the pseudonym Linda Howard, Afteryears of penning stories for her own enjoyment, she submitted a novel for publication which was very successful.
Her first work was published by Silhouette in, She is a charter member of Romance Writers of America and inHoward was awarded their Career Achievement Award.
Linda Howard lives in Gadsden, Alabama with her husband, Gary F, Howington, and two golden retrievers, She has three grown stepchildren and three grandchildren, .