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The Protectors #11
Murdock's Last Stand
Honor was the only reason well-muscled former mercenary Aloysius Murdock agreed to be Catherine Price's bodyguard. For Murdock owed Catherine's father his life. But once Murdock laid eyes on his best friend's beautiful daughter, he realized he would do anything for her...
Catherine knew better than to succumb to the passion Murdock clearly offered, for she believed in love - and Murdock had given up on love long ago. Still, something in his heated gaze made her believe that the battle-worn bachelor needed her. Maybe just as much as she needed him...
Catherine knew better than to succumb to the passion Murdock clearly offered, for she believed in love - and Murdock had given up on love long ago. Still, something in his heated gaze made her believe that the battle-worn bachelor needed her. Maybe just as much as she needed him...
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 24, 1999
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Beverly Barton
298 books708 followersBeverly Marie Inman was born on 23 December 1946 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA. Daughter of Doris Marie and Walter D. Inman Jr. A born romantic, she fell in love with The Beauty and the Beast epic at an early age, when her grandfather bought her an illustrated copy of the famous fairy tale. Even before she learned to read and write, her vivid imagination created magical words and fabulous characters inside her mind. Movies fascinated her, and by the time she was seven she was rewriting the movies she saw on television and at the local theater to give them all happy endings. By the age of nine she'd penned her first novel. She wrote short stories, TV scripts, poetry, and novels throughout high school and into college.
After her marriage to Billy Ray Beaver, the "love of her life", and the births of her two children, Beverly continued to be a voracious reader and a devoted moviegoer, but she put her writing aspirations on hold until her children were teenagers. At every age of their lives, from infancy to adulthood, the children had been a true joy to her. She devoted herself to her husband and children and considered herself one of the many selfless "supermoms" who put their family's needs first. She believed she had had it all, just not all at the same time.
In her mid-30s, Beverly returned to her former passion — writing — as a hobby, but before 40, she decided that she wanted to make writing a full-time career. And when she rediscovered an old dream — of becoming a published writer — no one was more supportive of her aspirations than her family. Her children were her greatest cheerleaders and her husband was her biggest supporter. After writing over 40 books and receiving numerous awards and nominations, as well as having books on the USA Today list and consistently on the Waldenbooks bestseller list, her career was indeed a dream come true. Having a fantastic family and fabulous friends, as well as making a living doing the one thing she had loved doing since childhood, she considered herself truly blessed. Beverly died suddenly of heart failure on 21 April 2011.
After her marriage to Billy Ray Beaver, the "love of her life", and the births of her two children, Beverly continued to be a voracious reader and a devoted moviegoer, but she put her writing aspirations on hold until her children were teenagers. At every age of their lives, from infancy to adulthood, the children had been a true joy to her. She devoted herself to her husband and children and considered herself one of the many selfless "supermoms" who put their family's needs first. She believed she had had it all, just not all at the same time.
In her mid-30s, Beverly returned to her former passion — writing — as a hobby, but before 40, she decided that she wanted to make writing a full-time career. And when she rediscovered an old dream — of becoming a published writer — no one was more supportive of her aspirations than her family. Her children were her greatest cheerleaders and her husband was her biggest supporter. After writing over 40 books and receiving numerous awards and nominations, as well as having books on the USA Today list and consistently on the Waldenbooks bestseller list, her career was indeed a dream come true. Having a fantastic family and fabulous friends, as well as making a living doing the one thing she had loved doing since childhood, she considered herself truly blessed. Beverly died suddenly of heart failure on 21 April 2011.
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January 20, 2024
Fast paced, adventurous and hot.
Catherine Price is knocked sideways when she is told her father is not dead but has been a prisoner of war for the last twenty years. The trip to Zaraza to pay the ransom in person, accompanied by Murdock her father’s old comrade in arms, is supposed to be a quick in and out mission. However the combination of her father being too ill to move, civil war breaking out in the capital and Murdock needing to foil an assassination plot means things quickly become complicated. And that’s not taking into account the raging chemistry between Catherine and Murdock.
Catherine Price is knocked sideways when she is told her father is not dead but has been a prisoner of war for the last twenty years. The trip to Zaraza to pay the ransom in person, accompanied by Murdock her father’s old comrade in arms, is supposed to be a quick in and out mission. However the combination of her father being too ill to move, civil war breaking out in the capital and Murdock needing to foil an assassination plot means things quickly become complicated. And that’s not taking into account the raging chemistry between Catherine and Murdock.
June 30, 2020
Epilogue is sweet.
Entertaining read that shows its age with the political back story of a small nation.
The situation with Lanny was also glossed over.
Just found the ages too old.
Basically Catherine would be very late 30’s when she was pregnant and nearly 40 for the second child. (Not counting Benita). Not an easy thing back then.
Enjoying reading these oldies again.
Entertaining read that shows its age with the political back story of a small nation.
The situation with Lanny was also glossed over.
Just found the ages too old.
Basically Catherine would be very late 30’s when she was pregnant and nearly 40 for the second child. (Not counting Benita). Not an easy thing back then.
Enjoying reading these oldies again.
January 12, 2025
แรมโบ้โรแมนซ์อีกเล่ม แต่คราวนี้เป็นแรมโบ้ภาคสี่ค่ะ พระเอกนางเอกแก่ตัวกันแล้ว สี่สิบกว่าทั้งคู่ แต่สนุกนะคะ อาจจะสู้เกเบรียล ฮ็อคค์ไม่ได้ แต่ก็ถือว่าแรมโบ้ระดับคุณภาพสูงค่ะ เรื่องนี้เมอร์ด็อคได้รับการว่าจ้างจากแคธเทอลีนนางเอกให้พาเธอเข้าไปจ่ายเงินค่าไถ่ชีวิตบิดาที่หายจากกันไปนาน พล็อตง่ายไม่มีอะไรอีกแล้ว แต่แม็กซ์ชอบตัวละครค่ะ
June 18, 2025
If you prefer your characters a bit more mature, you'll appreciate the dynamic between Aloysius (46) and Catherine (36). I also liked how the tension between them was short-lived, as Catherine wisely recognized Aloysius's expertise and experience, which ultimately helped them escape Zaraza safely.
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