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Lone Star Country Club #2
In the Line of Fire
In The Line Of Fire by Beverly Bird released on Feb 22, 2002 is available now for purchase.
- GenresHarlequin
250 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 2002
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About the author
Beverly Bird
49 books21 followersBeverly confesses to having been the prototype of the rebellious teenager. By the age of five — when she tried to rewrite the ending to The Wizard of Oz because it scared her — she knew she would be a writer.
Therefore, the high school regimen was obviously not for her, and childhood was just something to get through before she could make her mark on the world. On one memorable occasion, she stood up in chemistry class to inform her teacher that she did not need to understand the subject because in a few years she would be writing for a living anyway. She failed the class, of course. Then, some 20 years later, she had to face the teacher at a reunion and admit that when she had to research DNA for a recent book she still had no clue what it was about!
Since words are meant to be read and not eaten, Beverly turned seriously to writing when she was 22. The stars aligned for a time — she was single and her rent was astronomically low because she looked after the elderly lady who owned the building. She’d just gotten laid off from an advertising job with a newspaper due to budget cuts and therefore had an unemployment check coming in weekly. She decided that it was now or never — and Emeralds in the Dark was born, published by Silhouette to launch the Intimate Moments line in 1983.
Since then, Beverly has published 20 books with Silhouette as well as several romantic suspense and historical novels. She prefers strong heroines with hidden soft spots and a penchant for getting themselves into trouble, figuring that she has had some experience herself in that area.
Though she has lived in several places in the United States, Beverly returned to her roots to live on a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey with her son and a Chihuahua named Taco, where periodically she risks running into that chemistry teacher. But these days, she is much less rebellious and tends to tuck tail and run when she encounters someone she probably ticked off 25 years ago!
Beverly loves to hear from readers but admits that she is seriously negligent about actually traveling to the post office and snail-mailing her replies. She asks that anyone who would like to contact her please do so via email at Bvrlye@aol.com.
Therefore, the high school regimen was obviously not for her, and childhood was just something to get through before she could make her mark on the world. On one memorable occasion, she stood up in chemistry class to inform her teacher that she did not need to understand the subject because in a few years she would be writing for a living anyway. She failed the class, of course. Then, some 20 years later, she had to face the teacher at a reunion and admit that when she had to research DNA for a recent book she still had no clue what it was about!
Since words are meant to be read and not eaten, Beverly turned seriously to writing when she was 22. The stars aligned for a time — she was single and her rent was astronomically low because she looked after the elderly lady who owned the building. She’d just gotten laid off from an advertising job with a newspaper due to budget cuts and therefore had an unemployment check coming in weekly. She decided that it was now or never — and Emeralds in the Dark was born, published by Silhouette to launch the Intimate Moments line in 1983.
Since then, Beverly has published 20 books with Silhouette as well as several romantic suspense and historical novels. She prefers strong heroines with hidden soft spots and a penchant for getting themselves into trouble, figuring that she has had some experience herself in that area.
Though she has lived in several places in the United States, Beverly returned to her roots to live on a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey with her son and a Chihuahua named Taco, where periodically she risks running into that chemistry teacher. But these days, she is much less rebellious and tends to tuck tail and run when she encounters someone she probably ticked off 25 years ago!
Beverly loves to hear from readers but admits that she is seriously negligent about actually traveling to the post office and snail-mailing her replies. She asks that anyone who would like to contact her please do so via email at Bvrlye@aol.com.
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August 3, 2020
Back when I thought I might be able to be a romance writer (nah, I realized you had to actually believe in romance to do that! lol), I read a bunch of category romances. I liked this line best, because it had plots, and action that wasn't nekkid action, and when I saw this book newly arrived at the library ebooks, I remembered this author in a positive way. And indeed, I remembered well, for this is 90% plot, with the romance actually part of the plot (she is at risk because of his youthful connection to a gang, and she, a cop, puts her career at risk by spending time with an ex-con.) And they're both trying to save at-risk youth, for their very good reasons.
You don't see any of that a lot in category romances. You don't see integrated plots. You don't see really good reasons for the characters to do what they are doing. This book has that and a long wait until the nekkid parts, which are as I like them: brief and mostly emotional, without excessive closeups on body parts. So I enjoyed the evening spent with it.
You don't see any of that a lot in category romances. You don't see integrated plots. You don't see really good reasons for the characters to do what they are doing. This book has that and a long wait until the nekkid parts, which are as I like them: brief and mostly emotional, without excessive closeups on body parts. So I enjoyed the evening spent with it.
March 7, 2017
IM1138 Mar02. Lone Star Country Club #2. Danny Gates is released after 6 years in prison for a robbery he didn't commit. Policeman Molly French uncovers evidence of a coverup by corrupt Cops. The story of the bombing of the Lone Star Country Club continues with the investigation that began in the previous book. The parts of the puzzle are coming together, The Lion's Den, and the kidnapping of Molly to make her tell them what she had found out about them.
January 10, 2017
Initially the Lone Star Country Club series for Silhouette Intimate Moments was a three book series. Book 2 is IN THE LINE OF FIRE. Three couples and one little boy whose lives are in peril because of a bombing at the local country club that involves the local mob and corrupt members of the local police department.
I am reading this exceptional mini-series out of sequence. I have books two and three and I just ordered book one. Surprisingly this series has gone on to have approximately fourteen additional stories and I have those books as well.
With the first three books the one mystery/thriller ends, but they give the reader insight as to what they can expect from the members of the Lone Star Country Club. In The Line Of Fire is my first novel by author Beverly Bird. Her story is certainly an edge-of-the-seat addition to the series and I will be looking for other stories she's written for the Silhouette Line.
I am reading this exceptional mini-series out of sequence. I have books two and three and I just ordered book one. Surprisingly this series has gone on to have approximately fourteen additional stories and I have those books as well.
With the first three books the one mystery/thriller ends, but they give the reader insight as to what they can expect from the members of the Lone Star Country Club. In The Line Of Fire is my first novel by author Beverly Bird. Her story is certainly an edge-of-the-seat addition to the series and I will be looking for other stories she's written for the Silhouette Line.
April 8, 2011
A cop falls for an ex-con who was involved with the mob. Suspense and romance together in a good balance. My only complaint is that everything was not wrapped up by the end of the book, so this leads me to find the next one in the series.
November 17, 2014
Miley French is a courageous cop. Danny is in ex-con. Nice romance. Basketball. Bad cops.
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