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Do Not Disturb #8
Have Mercy
Pet concierge Mercy Jones has seen it all working at the exclusive Hush hotel in tony Manhattan. Pampered pooches, picky patrons…oh, puhleeze. It's enough to make a girl rewrite her r?m?But when mysterious Will Desmond checks in with his faithful companion Buster, Mercy has to steel herself. The dog is adorable, but it's sexy Will who's got her almost drooling.
Oh, Mercy… Will had to have her in his bed. Hugs, kisses and walkies in Central Park weren't enough. Especially with that sensuous suite upstairs just made for seducing a woman. A woman who might just show no mercy…when she discovers what he and his four-legged sidekick are really up to.
Oh, Mercy… Will had to have her in his bed. Hugs, kisses and walkies in Central Park weren't enough. Especially with that sensuous suite upstairs just made for seducing a woman. A woman who might just show no mercy…when she discovers what he and his four-legged sidekick are really up to.
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 1, 2008
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About the author
Jo Leigh
273 books94 followersaka Samantha Beckett
Jolie Kramer began her career in 1975 as a reader in the Comedy Development department for 20th-Century Fox. She left Fox in 1977 to go on location with THE DEER HUNTER. She then worked as an auditor, associate producer and producer on such projects as WHEN SHE SAYS NO for CBS, BEULAH LAND for NBC, GREAT AMERICAN TRAFFIC JAM for NBC and CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR for Jozak Productions. In 1987 she became head of development for the McCarran Film Corp., overseeing a roster of twelve feature films. As a screen writer, she’s had a series idea purchased by Cinemax, and has worked as a script consultant on more than 50 screenplays. Currently, her screenplay APACHE TEARS was optioned by Northern Lights Productions in Canada.
Jo Leigh's first Silhouette novel, SUSPECT, was awarded BEST FIRST SERIES BOOK by Romantic Times Magazine, garnered the 1994 ROMANCE WRITER OF THE YEAR award from Pike’s Peak RWA, and was a finalist for BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE NOVEL OF 1994 by Romance Writers of America. Her first Temptation novel, ONE WICKED NIGHT was a finalist for BEST SHORT CONTEMPORARY NOVEL OF 1998 by Romance Writers of America. She was invited to write one of the launch books for the Harlequin imprint, Blaze, with her book GOING FOR IT! Her 2006 Blaze RELENTLESS was a RITA finalist for BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE.
She also ghost-wrote GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL DOLL – THE ANNA NICOLE SMITH STORY for Barricade Books.
Jo teaches writing at workshops across the country and on-line, and is a frequent guest speaker at writing conferences. Her tape on Advanced Plotting from the Dallas Romance Writers of America conference is the best selling tape in RWA’s history.
Jo lives in an incredibly rural area of Utah where her many rescue dogs have room to run and play and her rescue cats are determined to win the International Shedding Award. She spends an inordinate amount of time reading about how the brain works, listening to music and trying not to kill the basil.
Jo's husband died of cancer on 13 June 2008, three years after they married, and whose medical bills are astronomical. Authors, editors, and bloggers have all donated a mess of items, from books to critiques to mentoring sessions to offer an item for the auction to benefit author Jo Leigh.
Jolie Kramer began her career in 1975 as a reader in the Comedy Development department for 20th-Century Fox. She left Fox in 1977 to go on location with THE DEER HUNTER. She then worked as an auditor, associate producer and producer on such projects as WHEN SHE SAYS NO for CBS, BEULAH LAND for NBC, GREAT AMERICAN TRAFFIC JAM for NBC and CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR for Jozak Productions. In 1987 she became head of development for the McCarran Film Corp., overseeing a roster of twelve feature films. As a screen writer, she’s had a series idea purchased by Cinemax, and has worked as a script consultant on more than 50 screenplays. Currently, her screenplay APACHE TEARS was optioned by Northern Lights Productions in Canada.
Jo Leigh's first Silhouette novel, SUSPECT, was awarded BEST FIRST SERIES BOOK by Romantic Times Magazine, garnered the 1994 ROMANCE WRITER OF THE YEAR award from Pike’s Peak RWA, and was a finalist for BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE NOVEL OF 1994 by Romance Writers of America. Her first Temptation novel, ONE WICKED NIGHT was a finalist for BEST SHORT CONTEMPORARY NOVEL OF 1998 by Romance Writers of America. She was invited to write one of the launch books for the Harlequin imprint, Blaze, with her book GOING FOR IT! Her 2006 Blaze RELENTLESS was a RITA finalist for BEST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE.
She also ghost-wrote GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL DOLL – THE ANNA NICOLE SMITH STORY for Barricade Books.
Jo teaches writing at workshops across the country and on-line, and is a frequent guest speaker at writing conferences. Her tape on Advanced Plotting from the Dallas Romance Writers of America conference is the best selling tape in RWA’s history.
Jo lives in an incredibly rural area of Utah where her many rescue dogs have room to run and play and her rescue cats are determined to win the International Shedding Award. She spends an inordinate amount of time reading about how the brain works, listening to music and trying not to kill the basil.
Jo's husband died of cancer on 13 June 2008, three years after they married, and whose medical bills are astronomical. Authors, editors, and bloggers have all donated a mess of items, from books to critiques to mentoring sessions to offer an item for the auction to benefit author Jo Leigh.
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January 18, 2021
Good addition to the series
4 stars
Pet concierge Mercy Jones is much more comfortable with the pets at Hush than she is with the people. But when mysterious Will Desmond checks in with his faithful companion Buster, Mercy might just have to change her opinion. Buster is adorable, but it's Will that's got her drooling.
Will is determined to do whatever it takes to have Mercy in his bed. His sensual suite was just made for seduction. The more time they spend together - the more the pair bring out the animal in each other. With all this time spent on pleasure - Will is neglecting his duties, but what will Mercy think when she realises what Will and his four legged side kick are really up to?
The latest addition to the Do Not Disturb mini-series, this book continues the fun that's to be found in the sensuous Hush hotel in Manhattan. As with all the books in this series - this book stands completely alone so you don't have to have read the others to enjoy this.
In this particular story - both Will and Mercy are stand out characters. Mercy is a girl with a past but she's sweet, determined and slightly vulnerable. Will also has a past but his continues to haunt him. Despite that he's strong, confident and delicious! Together the pair have good chemistry and the sex scenes sizzle nicely.
The story itself works well and I do enjoy seeing a man brought to his knees by love - especially when he's not expecting it! The crime/mystery element isn't too overpowering and it's not really too difficult to figure out what's going on - but that's not such a bad thing as it's the romance that really matters. My two minor complaints would be that I thought Will got a bit of a bashing during the conclusion - I didn't really think what he'd done was all that bad! And, I would have loved to see some sort of epilogue. I hate it when a book wraps up the storyline and romance and then just ends. I want to read what's going on a couple of months later!!
Anyway, this was, as I've said, a good addition to the Do Not Disturb series. It's fun, interesting and well-written. A good story to while away an afternoon. 4 stars.
June 29, 2017
Cover commentary - H is in 30s, h in late 20s. Cover appears to be a high school cheerleader and some kid who's having difficulty growing proper facial hair.
It had its moments but...
There was the whole inconsistency of the h's characterization - she's written as socially awkward in the beginning. Not shy, not suspicious; socially awkward. And yet, later she's acting perfectly normal.
The H is a reformed grifter who lies through his teeth to the h while getting into her pants.
His grandmother is out for revenge as some distant cousins who'd sent her late husband to prison are in the process of pulling a con.
It is a comedy of errors featuring the improbability of a heroine living in the closet of a crack house, having time to keep her hedge trimmed, and bouncing between being unable to talk to people and acting the consummate professional, a gypsy who broke character and abandoned his family, and of course, an old bat who resents the hell out of him going legit and while she doesn't want him to rot in prison, almost scorns his desire to avoid legal issues.
I found some of it funny, the language a bit crude for a harlequin, and well... I mostly finished it because I didn't really want to just DNF it but at the same time, I didn't want to linger - there are better books out there.
It had its moments but...
There was the whole inconsistency of the h's characterization - she's written as socially awkward in the beginning. Not shy, not suspicious; socially awkward. And yet, later she's acting perfectly normal.
The H is a reformed grifter who lies through his teeth to the h while getting into her pants.
His grandmother is out for revenge as some distant cousins who'd sent her late husband to prison are in the process of pulling a con.
It is a comedy of errors featuring the improbability of a heroine living in the closet of a crack house, having time to keep her hedge trimmed, and bouncing between being unable to talk to people and acting the consummate professional, a gypsy who broke character and abandoned his family, and of course, an old bat who resents the hell out of him going legit and while she doesn't want him to rot in prison, almost scorns his desire to avoid legal issues.
I found some of it funny, the language a bit crude for a harlequin, and well... I mostly finished it because I didn't really want to just DNF it but at the same time, I didn't want to linger - there are better books out there.
March 4, 2017
Kind of a 3.5. And reading this, I KNOW I've read this book once before, but I honestly can't remember when and I clearly hadn't reviewed it. This involves Will Desmond, a businessman who was raised in a family of grifters who is trying to prevent his thief of a grandmother from stealing something in a posh hotel. In order to go about this mission, he has to lie and con everyone in the hotel, including the very sexy pet concierge, Mercy Jones. She's had a rough life and is slow to trust, but Will earns it. But Will begins to realize that he wants a future with Mercy, but his lies have made that impossible.
This was a pretty intriguing little story. I like the characters, especially Mercy and how, even though she's emotionally scarred and shy, she's still exceptionally strong. And I totally connected to her ability to deal with animals over humans. I also liked Will's slow realization that, although he turned his back on his family and their criminal ways, It was very cleverly done. The dogs also made good characters. That being said, I was disappointed at how little Mercy and Will shared with each other about their pasts. Will knew that Mercy had a tough life, but he had none of the details, and that's something I look forward to between characters - that sharing. Also, given all of Will's transgressions and seriously, Mercy was completely justified in her anger and disappointment, she forgave him really fast. Too fast. The ending because of that felt really rushed and I wanted it to be drawn out a bit more.
This was a pretty intriguing little story. I like the characters, especially Mercy and how, even though she's emotionally scarred and shy, she's still exceptionally strong. And I totally connected to her ability to deal with animals over humans. I also liked Will's slow realization that, although he turned his back on his family and their criminal ways, It was very cleverly done. The dogs also made good characters. That being said, I was disappointed at how little Mercy and Will shared with each other about their pasts. Will knew that Mercy had a tough life, but he had none of the details, and that's something I look forward to between characters - that sharing. Also, given all of Will's transgressions and seriously, Mercy was completely justified in her anger and disappointment, she forgave him really fast. Too fast. The ending because of that felt really rushed and I wanted it to be drawn out a bit more.
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August 30, 2010
Bit different than your usual romance, nothing too over the top and everything kind of just happens like in real life. The blooming love was sweet and lovely, nothing too dramatic. The sex scences were hot and detailed so in all it's a perfect female "porn".
The few things that bothered me: firstly how it was stressed that Mercy's past was nightmare/miserable/horrible and how broken she was but at the same time she gets over everything in an eyeblink and secondly Hush was an high-end hotel, meaning the pay was probably good so why the hell did she still live in such a dump. I can understand the need to save up but please c'mon.
The few things that bothered me: firstly how it was stressed that Mercy's past was nightmare/miserable/horrible and how broken she was but at the same time she gets over everything in an eyeblink and secondly Hush was an high-end hotel, meaning the pay was probably good so why the hell did she still live in such a dump. I can understand the need to save up but please c'mon.
April 17, 2012
OK, well, I'm a sucker for animals anyways...and Jo Leigh wrote so that it wasn't too cutesy you know?? Mercy and Will were an interesting couple...Will so flawed, but with so much potential. And Mercy so damaged....they really suited each other. :)
March 2, 2011
Sensuous big suite in the hotel that Mercy works for...Mercy is the pet doctor and Will is the ex-con out to protect his grandmother....Great Book
February 1, 2012
Great plot, great romance, little erotic but not too much time devoted to it.
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January 16, 2013Have Mercy by Jo leigh (Harelquin Blaze) z so powerfull, very very interesting and so true. I love t# u won't fl drowsing reading t. It so moving and teasing yo perfection feeling.
December 17, 2016
So the theme of book club this month was trashy romance. We each went a picked a different harlequin. Mine was weird. Pet concierge, family of con artists, ay chihuahua!! Lol
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