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Sign of the Gray Wolf #1
When Lightning Strikes
NAVAJO INSTINCT
He was a force of nature, with piercing dark eyes and muscled flesh honed to strike fast. Daniel Eagle, code name Lightning, was an agent with the Gray Wolf Pack, an elite investigation agency that specialized in difficult cases in the Four Corners area. His assignment: to find Hannah Jones, possible amnesia victim, as well as a large sum of money reported to be stolen.
Despite the warnings Daniel was given about her, his gut told him there was more to this case than met the eye. And when Hannah was almost kidnapped, he was sure of it. Hannah might be a living, breathing temptation, but she was no thief. The only thing she could be guilty of would be stealing Daniel's heart.
He was a force of nature, with piercing dark eyes and muscled flesh honed to strike fast. Daniel Eagle, code name Lightning, was an agent with the Gray Wolf Pack, an elite investigation agency that specialized in difficult cases in the Four Corners area. His assignment: to find Hannah Jones, possible amnesia victim, as well as a large sum of money reported to be stolen.
Despite the warnings Daniel was given about her, his gut told him there was more to this case than met the eye. And when Hannah was almost kidnapped, he was sure of it. Hannah might be a living, breathing temptation, but she was no thief. The only thing she could be guilty of would be stealing Daniel's heart.
256 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2002
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Aimée Thurlo
98 books151 followersAimee and David Thurlo are the authors of the Ella Clah mysteries, the Sister Agatha mysteries, the Lee Nez vampire novels all set in New Mexico. David grew up on the Navajo Indian Nation, and Aimee, a native of Cuba, lived in the southwest for forty years.
Aimée passed away peacefully at her home on the morning of February 28, 2014, after a brief struggle with cancer and related complications. She was attended by her husband of 43 years, David. Aimée was 62 years old.
Aimée passed away peacefully at her home on the morning of February 28, 2014, after a brief struggle with cancer and related complications. She was attended by her husband of 43 years, David. Aimée was 62 years old.
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April 18, 2018
When Lightning Strikes
September 18, 2002
Aimee Thurlo returns after a two-year absence with her 20th Intrigue (not the 19th as the list on the author page states) to reveal what happens "When Lightning Strikes." Daniel "Lightning" Eagle is an investigator for the top secret Gray Wolf Pack agency. Hired by the uncle of a missing woman to find her, he has no trouble locating the frightened woman. But nothing he was told prepares him for Hannah Jones. It doesn't take him long to figure out there's more to the case than he was led to believe, and Hannah is in real danger.
"When Lightning Strikes" is an okay book. It gets off to a wonderful beginning, and for the first few chapters I was so glad to have Thurlo back writing for Intrigue, positive I had a five-star read in my hands. The opening is gritty and interesting, and the first chapter immediately pulled me in with its presentation of Daniel and the secret agency. The story gets off to a fast start, with events happening at a good clip. After a while, though, I started to lose interest. I began to realize that both a lot and very little was happening in this book.
I like stories where one event leads to another to keep the story momentum going, or at least where every scene seems vital to the plot. Here, it felt like Daniel and Hannah were going around and around in circles, doing a great deal but accomplishing very little. I think the problem is that while "When Lightning Strikes" is a longer book than most Intrigues today, the plot isn't that complicated. There aren't very many characters and it's easy to see how the story will end and what they'll figure out. The big revelations in the end are no surprise. It didn't need to take the characters nearly as long as it did to put everything together. For most of the book it felt like they were treading water, and some of the incidents in the middle of the story could have been cut without anything being lost. It probably would have tightened the story and made it better. Instead this is a book where the destination is visible and we're left wondering what's taking them so long to get there.
There also isn't much of a romance. It's one of those books where the couple falls into bed early on, then decides they can't have a relationship until the mystery is solved, and spends the rest of the book focusing on that. There's no real sense that they're falling in love over the course of the story.
Despite a great beginning, "When Lightning Strikes" is a too simple storyline stretched out longer than it needed to be. I like Aimee Thurlo's writing style and am glad that she's writing for Intrigue again. I didn't really care for this story. I'm hopeful the next Gray Wolf Pack book, "Navajo Justice," will be better.
September 18, 2002
Aimee Thurlo returns after a two-year absence with her 20th Intrigue (not the 19th as the list on the author page states) to reveal what happens "When Lightning Strikes." Daniel "Lightning" Eagle is an investigator for the top secret Gray Wolf Pack agency. Hired by the uncle of a missing woman to find her, he has no trouble locating the frightened woman. But nothing he was told prepares him for Hannah Jones. It doesn't take him long to figure out there's more to the case than he was led to believe, and Hannah is in real danger.
"When Lightning Strikes" is an okay book. It gets off to a wonderful beginning, and for the first few chapters I was so glad to have Thurlo back writing for Intrigue, positive I had a five-star read in my hands. The opening is gritty and interesting, and the first chapter immediately pulled me in with its presentation of Daniel and the secret agency. The story gets off to a fast start, with events happening at a good clip. After a while, though, I started to lose interest. I began to realize that both a lot and very little was happening in this book.
I like stories where one event leads to another to keep the story momentum going, or at least where every scene seems vital to the plot. Here, it felt like Daniel and Hannah were going around and around in circles, doing a great deal but accomplishing very little. I think the problem is that while "When Lightning Strikes" is a longer book than most Intrigues today, the plot isn't that complicated. There aren't very many characters and it's easy to see how the story will end and what they'll figure out. The big revelations in the end are no surprise. It didn't need to take the characters nearly as long as it did to put everything together. For most of the book it felt like they were treading water, and some of the incidents in the middle of the story could have been cut without anything being lost. It probably would have tightened the story and made it better. Instead this is a book where the destination is visible and we're left wondering what's taking them so long to get there.
There also isn't much of a romance. It's one of those books where the couple falls into bed early on, then decides they can't have a relationship until the mystery is solved, and spends the rest of the book focusing on that. There's no real sense that they're falling in love over the course of the story.
Despite a great beginning, "When Lightning Strikes" is a too simple storyline stretched out longer than it needed to be. I like Aimee Thurlo's writing style and am glad that she's writing for Intrigue again. I didn't really care for this story. I'm hopeful the next Gray Wolf Pack book, "Navajo Justice," will be better.
October 14, 2013
i really liked this book.you have missing money and a missing woman.her uncle hires the gray wolf pack agency to find her.so they send daniel eagle to find her.along with him they give him a partner 'wolf' aka a dog.i really enjoyed having the dog in the book he was great
March 31, 2017
Not her best book, but pretty good.
August 30, 2007
This wasn't bad. Okay storyline. Part of the Harlequin Intregue (Suspense) series of book. One of 2 books I've read by this author.
November 3, 2016
Great
Aimee Thurlo is one of those authors that always delivers.Thrills,mystery and suspense.Her stories always have you holding your breath and hoping for a happy ending.
Aimee Thurlo is one of those authors that always delivers.Thrills,mystery and suspense.Her stories always have you holding your breath and hoping for a happy ending.
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