First Instinct

Stryker & Grove #1

by J. Lee Meyer

When high stakes security fraud leads to murder, one woman flees for her life while another risks her heart to protect her.

Leigh Grove is an upwardly mobile whiz kid in a high-profile investment company. When she discovers something may be amiss, her perfect life starts to unravel. Conn Stryker not only runs a forensic software company, she does a bit of work for a government agency on the side. She has arranged her life the way she designs her complete control and no surprises. When Leigh stumbles into Conn's latest investigation, Conn's first instinct is to walk away from their growing attraction. But when violence and murder are added to the mix, it's a race against time to save the woman who has staked a claim on her heart.

Genres: Lesbian, LGBT, Lesbian Romance, Romance, Crime, Fiction, Lesbian Fiction

262 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2006

About the author

JLee Meyer utilizes her background in psychology and speech pathology in her work as an international communication consultant. Spending time in airports, planes and hotel rooms allows her the opportunity to pursue two of her favorite passions: reading and writing lesbian fiction.

JLee and her life partner celebrate their lives together in both Northern California and Manhattan.

Reviews

[Kexx · Rating 2 out of 5]

No, sorry, just no thank you. It was all a little not me before I'd reached 10% of the book.

[Morgan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Despite a fairly convoluted plot, this is an extremely juvenile book. That's really the only description that comes to mind--from the characters to the dialogue, it's just so basic and juvenile.

[Stef Rozitis · Rating 2 out of 5]

The main thing that got to me was the lack of logic. They two protagonists act like they are in love we have a whole chapter about how they can't take their eyes off each other, Conn buys Leigh expensive gifts etc (problematic) and then a few pages on Leigh wonders if Conn is a lesbian. To me it was wholesome that they didn't rush into sex too early in the book but I felt like on the one hand they were very cards-on-the-table about their attraction but still somehow managed to angst about it for practically the whole book.

But also I felt this book couldn't decide whether it was a thriller, a romance or...IDK a book about excessive shopping. Conn descibed as "ethical" because she doesn't fuck over other rich people. "Middle Eastern terrorists" which is the world's laziest plot-point and did not make sense in the context- it seemed to be an attempt to say really evil people can't be American (cue for rest of world to laugh hollowly).

That said it's not a one-star because I enjoyed some aspects of the book especially Leigh refusing to be dominated, but compared to the ones with the hotel by the same author...this was really not my cup of tea

[Jacqui Belleville · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't enjoy it as much as the previous work. Plot was far fetched and one of the main characters lacked development. I'm still going to stick with the author's other books though. I bought them all as soon as I finished the first one.

[J. Robin Whitley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a well- written page turner. If you're looking for grood lesfic, I highly reccommend.

[Maribel Domínguez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una historia lenta pero atrapante, con dos personajes que poco a poco se permiten la vulnerabilidad y el amor. A veces cuesta seguir el hilo de sus sentimientos o la conveniencia de la trama.

[Lee_wa · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's hard to review this because it's a girls own adventure. You would see something like every week on TV Only with a male lead and a female love interest. It's far fetched but well written and fast paced. Again it's another gorgeous 6 foot perfect lesbian and a blonde woman who is 'straight' that falls for her, captures her heart and off they go. It's closer to a3 star book but only if want to focus on lesbian story lines. From that perspective you will likely enjoy it and move straight to the sequel which is really entering the realms of fantasy!!!

[Anie Things · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me ha gustado, esta bastante entretenido.

[Tawnya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Also fun, also delicious.

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]