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Lovers Under Cover #2
No Bride But His
The conjugal bed was their last sanctuary...
J.D. Thorne was a marked man whose cover had been blown. Ann Calder was the only person he could trust - and when J.D. was shot and left for dead, she was the only one who could hide him...as her husband in the cloistered Montana community where she'd been reared.
It was torture to care for J.D., to touch his body, and not have him. To try to keep him alive when he no longer could remember who wanted him dead - and now, her too. For J.D. and Ann, their only refuge lay in the marriage that seemed more real than the killer closing in on them.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 2000
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Carly Bishop
27 books6 followersAs an author for the Harlequin Intrigue imprint, Carly Bishop has published 14 novels. She wrote one title for the Harlequin Temptation line.
Bishop is a pseudonym for Cheryl McGonigle.
Bishop is a pseudonym for Cheryl McGonigle.
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April 17, 2018
A Good Story; Second In a Trilogy
April 30, 2000
Carly Bishop returns with "No Bride But His," a Lovers Under Cover title. Undercover agent J.D. Thorne has made enemies while investigating the militia group known as the TruthSayers. When he stumbles too close to one particular truth, an attempt is made on his life, right on the doorstep of Seattle PD Detective Ann Calder. J.D. and Ann had shared a simmering attraction she refused to let develop. Now, with his life in danger, she has to hide him. Ann has no choice but to take him to the isolated religious community where she grew up. Shunned for a youthful transgression, she has never returned since she left. Now, to gain admittance, she has to claim J.D. is her husband. It is a charade he is too willing to be a part of.
The cover and inside copy makes no mention of this, but this book looks for all the world to be the second in a trilogy, following November's "No Baby But Mine" (538). This is an important to know, because the events on this one are so dependent on what we learned in the first that it does not stand on its own. I read "No Baby But Mine" months ago, and although Bishop begins by summarizing the events of the previous book, I still had a hard time remembering everything about the TruthSayers and what their operation involved. The first couple chapters are a bit confusing, as the reader has to keep track of all these characters they haven't really been introduced to other than in passing. My advice to anyone who hasn't read the first book would be to get that one first and read them back to back.
This story is certainly worth it. Once Ann and J.D. arrive in Cold Creek, the story becomes more about them than all those external elements, as it should be. I can't recall a recent Intrigue, if at all, that involved this kind of Amish-like community, and it is a fascinating change of pace. Ann has to struggle to reconcile with the family and life she is no longer a part of, keeping her true nature subdued to keep them alive. Call me a sucker for a strong man, but I loved the moments where one of the elders would try to berate her and J.D. would face him down and say, "No man talks to my wife that way." Not that Ann is a wimp. She more than holds her own in the numerous action sequences and knows how to put J.D. in his place when he gets too overbearing. They make a perfect, evenly matched couple. A plot twist around the midway point kicks the story into high gear, sending the characters on a desperate race against time that will keep the pages turning.
Filled with action and emotion, this was a story I truly enjoyed. It's a bit hard to get into, but "No Bride But His" is worth the effort.
April 30, 2000
Carly Bishop returns with "No Bride But His," a Lovers Under Cover title. Undercover agent J.D. Thorne has made enemies while investigating the militia group known as the TruthSayers. When he stumbles too close to one particular truth, an attempt is made on his life, right on the doorstep of Seattle PD Detective Ann Calder. J.D. and Ann had shared a simmering attraction she refused to let develop. Now, with his life in danger, she has to hide him. Ann has no choice but to take him to the isolated religious community where she grew up. Shunned for a youthful transgression, she has never returned since she left. Now, to gain admittance, she has to claim J.D. is her husband. It is a charade he is too willing to be a part of.
The cover and inside copy makes no mention of this, but this book looks for all the world to be the second in a trilogy, following November's "No Baby But Mine" (538). This is an important to know, because the events on this one are so dependent on what we learned in the first that it does not stand on its own. I read "No Baby But Mine" months ago, and although Bishop begins by summarizing the events of the previous book, I still had a hard time remembering everything about the TruthSayers and what their operation involved. The first couple chapters are a bit confusing, as the reader has to keep track of all these characters they haven't really been introduced to other than in passing. My advice to anyone who hasn't read the first book would be to get that one first and read them back to back.
This story is certainly worth it. Once Ann and J.D. arrive in Cold Creek, the story becomes more about them than all those external elements, as it should be. I can't recall a recent Intrigue, if at all, that involved this kind of Amish-like community, and it is a fascinating change of pace. Ann has to struggle to reconcile with the family and life she is no longer a part of, keeping her true nature subdued to keep them alive. Call me a sucker for a strong man, but I loved the moments where one of the elders would try to berate her and J.D. would face him down and say, "No man talks to my wife that way." Not that Ann is a wimp. She more than holds her own in the numerous action sequences and knows how to put J.D. in his place when he gets too overbearing. They make a perfect, evenly matched couple. A plot twist around the midway point kicks the story into high gear, sending the characters on a desperate race against time that will keep the pages turning.
Filled with action and emotion, this was a story I truly enjoyed. It's a bit hard to get into, but "No Bride But His" is worth the effort.
December 23, 2012
I was very surprised to find this book produced in a Harlequinn Mills & Boon cover! The storyline is too complicated and quite frankly, too sophisticated for this genre.
I don't want to give a spoiler - anyone can read the synopsis - so I want to start by echoing the previous reviewer and saying that readers need to acquire the prequel, No Baby But Mine, in order to work out what is happening in this one. For some reason best known to themselves, the second in the series is the first in the book of two.
The plot including the religious sect in which Detective Ann Calder grew up is very clever, giving the reader a peep into the lives of a closed community, one or one like it I suspect the author may know well.
The writing is tight and there is not great emphasis on sexual matters, more the emotional which was a nice change. The tension rises and falls at the right time.
Two matters I picked up on - the beginning could be confusing because of the wrong presentation in the book of the two novels, and where Ann's long lost son is guiding her and JD to safety, his acceptance of her as his mother stretched the bounds of credibility. No moody teenager is going to succumb to emotional feelings THAT quickly.
However, this is a good story, well told.
I don't want to give a spoiler - anyone can read the synopsis - so I want to start by echoing the previous reviewer and saying that readers need to acquire the prequel, No Baby But Mine, in order to work out what is happening in this one. For some reason best known to themselves, the second in the series is the first in the book of two.
The plot including the religious sect in which Detective Ann Calder grew up is very clever, giving the reader a peep into the lives of a closed community, one or one like it I suspect the author may know well.
The writing is tight and there is not great emphasis on sexual matters, more the emotional which was a nice change. The tension rises and falls at the right time.
Two matters I picked up on - the beginning could be confusing because of the wrong presentation in the book of the two novels, and where Ann's long lost son is guiding her and JD to safety, his acceptance of her as his mother stretched the bounds of credibility. No moody teenager is going to succumb to emotional feelings THAT quickly.
However, this is a good story, well told.
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