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Dear Ms. Banks:
As I explained in my previous review, I hadn’t expected to read you again based upon my past experiences, but this book hit my doorstep at just the right time. I had had a rough day at work and just wanted to lay down on the sofa for a few hours and decompress. I started paging through this book and after reading the first couple chapters, my interest was hooked. So many setups for erotic romance tilt to the silly side such as involving some fantasy weekend and ridiculous games or bets.
The setup for this book, a cop determined to find the killer of his partner and a woman seeking to find her sexual identity, got immediate placement in the plus column. Essentially, Sweet Surrender passes the eyeroll test. At least at the start.
Grayson Montgomery lost his best friend and partner, Alex Winslow, in the line of duty. Only the Dallas Police Department believe that Alex brought about his own death. Gray and Alex’s father, Mick, are determined to find Alex’s killer and bring him to justice. Mick believes that the cop …
I am just a simple reader. I understand that you like to write books with subtle clues and hints as the character evolution. But because I am a simple reader, your subtle clues and hints went way past me. Let’s look at your recent contribution to the historical romance market. Your writing is superb. You have a deft hand with dialogue and intersister relationships. But the relationship between the hero and heroine left me dissatisfied and with questions that should have been resolved in the story. The plot is thus: Imogen arrives at the Duke of Holbrook’s home to find his illegitimate brother and the brother’s child living there. Imogen determines that Gabriel is the perfect man with which to engage an affair. Rafe, of course, is madly jealous.
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