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Dear Ms. Kaye:

I had two recommendations to read this book and so, while at Barnes and Noble for our what seems like weekly visits (there is not a Borders as close to me as the BN which is like a quarter mile from my house), I bought Romeo, Romeo. When I began to read it, I was a little worried.

The book starts out introducing our main players, Rosalie Ronaldi, and Nick Romeo. Rosalie, at the tender age of 27 and without an MBA, is one of the best corporate turn around execs in the business. Nick Romeo, at the tender age of 32, is the owner of one of the biggest chain of car dealerships in New York. Nick finds Rosalie on the side of the road in Brooklyn, kicking the flat tire of her car. She’s cursing in Spanish, justifying her profanities with the excuse that God actually gives you points if you curse in another language. Nick just happens to be driver a wrecker and offers to help Rosalie out.

Rosalie does act like a smart New Yorker and refuses, initially, to get in the cab of …

Dear Ms Kwitney,

I got started reading your books way back (well not all the way back with your first one) with “The Dominant Blonde” and haven’t missed one since. As my fellow blogger Janine says, you have a way with flawed characters. They usually seem flawed in a believable, human way instead of a “flawed for a plot point in my book” kind of way. I want to root for these people to find their own little place in the sun because I like them and not just because they’ve been written as angst-filled, nearly broken people I’m supposed to cheer for.

An accomplished journalist, Zoe Goren can’t drive and she doesn’t cook. But that’s never been a problem in Manhattan, where the streets are filled with taxis and takeout restaurants, and a busy single mother can find everything she needs right at her fingertips. In fact, Zoe can’t imagine living or working anyplace else. But when Zoe’s daughter is diagnosed with dyslexia, she decides to make the ultimate sacrifice, moving two hours from Manhattan in order to enroll Maya in an excellent school for children …

Dear Ms. Hauf,

Thanks for sending me a copy of ‘Getaway Girl” to review. However, once you read my letter, you might not be so happy you sent it.

Jamie MacAlister loves speed and cars. Put the two together and she’s in heaven. She’s lived in Paris for years, acting as a hired driver. For anyone who wants something, or someone, taken from here to there and is willing to pay the price, she’s the best there is behind a wheel. After working for the Network, a slightly shady group which doesn’t inquire into legalities, she’s decided to break free and go straight. Only she’s finding out that someone 1) is keeping tabs on her, 2) might not want her to stay legit, 3) wanted to have her kidnapped and ultimately 4) may be trying to kill her. But is it the Network? Or the new group she works for, the Faction? And where does sexy Sacha Vital fit into all this? Is he working for the good guys or will trusting him get her killed?

I like Jamie. She is what she is and she makes no excuses for it. That doesn’t mean …