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Cowboys Royale #4
By Order of the Prince
Mills & Boon Intrigue series brings you stories filled with secrets & seduction...An expert at interrogation, Prince Antoine Cavanaugh had questioned some of the deadliest men in the world. But one beautiful businesswoman was challenging his legendary ability to ferret out the truth. Beth Taylor had secrets and Antoine wasn't about to let her off easy.
Why she refused to tell him what he needed to know was something Antoine couldn't put up with no matter how she stirred his blood when she looked at him. It was time he utilised all the weapons in his arsenal. Even if that meant spending long, sleepless nights together...getting answers.
Why she refused to tell him what he needed to know was something Antoine couldn't put up with no matter how she stirred his blood when she looked at him. It was time he utilised all the weapons in his arsenal. Even if that meant spending long, sleepless nights together...getting answers.
218 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 5, 2011
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December 15, 2024
Prince Antoine Cavanaugh is in Wyoming for a trade agreement between the US and the heads of various other (fictional) countries, mainly consisting of princes and sheikhs. He wants to know what happened to Sheikh Amir Khalid, who was last seen escaping an exploding limo. Beth Taylor is the head of housekeeping at the resort where Antoine and the others are staying. She finds notes in the missing sheikh's room making threats against all the heads of state. Before she can get them to the sheriff, Antoine finds her. He convinces her to hand them over and to help him while he tracks down suspects in the sheikh's disappearance.
First of all, I don't like princes and sheikhs in my Intrigue books. It's the line you go to for down-to-earth, salt-of-the-earth type heroes dedicated to protecting the heroine and putting spy cameras in her house or trackers on her car. (Sorry for the sarcasm). If I want sheikhs and princes, I can find that in the hilariously outdated Modern line. Secondly, I don't like stories within mini-series that don't resolve anything. A look at Goodreads tells you that book 6 is Amir Khalid's story, so I know already that this book is going to provide me with bupkus in regards to that overarching mystery.
What do we have left? Not much. The whole thrust of the story - hero and heroine finding the threatening notes and trying to discover who made them - means absolute fuck all because we don't get one iota of resolution to it. It wastes my time. As I have said before, it would be fine if Amir Khalid's whereabouts was a mystery sitting in the background that didn't take up any plot space here. But it does. Instead, all the "suspense" and "intrigue" is as a result of something else entirely that is entirely easy to spot and figure out.
It is just all too obvious that this is something that has been farted out to fulfil a contractual obligation. Cassidy's poor attempts at dialogue are only emphasised by the lack of plot around them. Dialogue is not her strong point; that is why I need a decent suspense plot in her books. The hero and heroine often feel like cardboard cutouts, as they do here. Beth and Antoine meet and fall in love instantly, and that's about it. There was an admittedly okay black moment in which Beth thinks that Antoine has only been using her because she witnesses him using his interviewing skills on another woman in the same way he used them on her. That was something I could have been down with exploring more. It was a believable reaction on Beth's part, and made sense because a lot of Antoine's actions live up to the book's title - he's always ordering Beth around! But instead we get the usual trappings of a book stuck in the middle of a series - thumb-twiddling with an irrelevant subplot and a rundown of what has happened in every other book in the series so far.
On a side note, what on earth is up with heroes in this genre who have serious nightmares and then physically assault the heroine when she tries to wake him up? In this instance, Antoine is putting his hand around Beth's throat and shoving her up against the wall. Gross. Why would anyone want to read about a hero with that sort of loose violence roiling around in his subconscious. Of course, Beth just finds physical assault sexy and promptly starts making out with him.
Sigh. If a prince orders you to read this, tell him where he can shove it.
First of all, I don't like princes and sheikhs in my Intrigue books. It's the line you go to for down-to-earth, salt-of-the-earth type heroes dedicated to protecting the heroine and putting spy cameras in her house or trackers on her car. (Sorry for the sarcasm). If I want sheikhs and princes, I can find that in the hilariously outdated Modern line. Secondly, I don't like stories within mini-series that don't resolve anything. A look at Goodreads tells you that book 6 is Amir Khalid's story, so I know already that this book is going to provide me with bupkus in regards to that overarching mystery.
What do we have left? Not much. The whole thrust of the story - hero and heroine finding the threatening notes and trying to discover who made them - means absolute fuck all because we don't get one iota of resolution to it. It wastes my time. As I have said before, it would be fine if Amir Khalid's whereabouts was a mystery sitting in the background that didn't take up any plot space here. But it does. Instead, all the "suspense" and "intrigue" is as a result of something else entirely that is entirely easy to spot and figure out.
It is just all too obvious that this is something that has been farted out to fulfil a contractual obligation. Cassidy's poor attempts at dialogue are only emphasised by the lack of plot around them. Dialogue is not her strong point; that is why I need a decent suspense plot in her books. The hero and heroine often feel like cardboard cutouts, as they do here. Beth and Antoine meet and fall in love instantly, and that's about it. There was an admittedly okay black moment in which Beth thinks that Antoine has only been using her because she witnesses him using his interviewing skills on another woman in the same way he used them on her. That was something I could have been down with exploring more. It was a believable reaction on Beth's part, and made sense because a lot of Antoine's actions live up to the book's title - he's always ordering Beth around! But instead we get the usual trappings of a book stuck in the middle of a series - thumb-twiddling with an irrelevant subplot and a rundown of what has happened in every other book in the series so far.
On a side note, what on earth is up with heroes in this genre who have serious nightmares and then physically assault the heroine when she tries to wake him up? In this instance, Antoine is putting his hand around Beth's throat and shoving her up against the wall. Gross. Why would anyone want to read about a hero with that sort of loose violence roiling around in his subconscious. Of course, Beth just finds physical assault sexy and promptly starts making out with him.
Sigh. If a prince orders you to read this, tell him where he can shove it.
June 28, 2011
Prince Antoine Cavanaugh was an expert interrogator, and had questioned some of the more deadly men the world had ever known. And here came a businesswoman who constantly challenged his legendary skills at getting to the truth of the matter. Beth Taylor was a woman with secrets and Antoine refused to let her off easy after catching her in the act of discovering information on an ongoing case, one that directly involved him. Resistive, she refused to work with him and fess up about what she had stumbled upon. It was time for Antoine to pull out all the stops and do whatever it took to get her to talk--even if they had to spend hours of sleepless nights together to accomplish the task.
Fair pace. I give it two stars.
Fair pace. I give it two stars.
March 29, 2019
This series is a series that will have you wanting to marry a Royal Prince or Sheik. With breath taking snippets of Wyoming Country what better way of falling in love. But is the danger all for the Royals that are there for a meeting with the U.S. Government or is there something else going on.
June 10, 2021
Good novel, very interesting
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August 26, 2011
More mystery/suspense. Good story line. Cute romance story not mushy. It was a good quick read with a nice twist at the end.
August 19, 2011
Another great book to read.
February 28, 2012
Pretty predictable but I enjoyed the characters. I liked their chemistry although things moved awfully fast for them. Wished there was more of a conclusion at the end.
April 6, 2019
A very great read
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