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Cavanaugh Justice #30
How to Seduce a Cavanaugh
USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Ferrarella returns with those sizzling, law-enforcing Cavanaughs!
A lone wolf who'd prefer to work solo, Detective Kane Durant has been through six partners. His latest? A chatty, go-getter blonde he can't seem to intimidate with his killer stare-downs and deadly silence. But when they're assigned a case of home invasions in the ritzy section of town, he's impressed by Detective Kelly Cavanaugh's quick mind, her determination to catch the perp…and how badly he wants her.
With one month to prove herself to her tall, tough and sexy new partner, Kelly works overtime to crack the case—and the hardened detective by her side. But when late nights on the job lead to passion, Kelly's heart is suddenly on the line, too.
A lone wolf who'd prefer to work solo, Detective Kane Durant has been through six partners. His latest? A chatty, go-getter blonde he can't seem to intimidate with his killer stare-downs and deadly silence. But when they're assigned a case of home invasions in the ritzy section of town, he's impressed by Detective Kelly Cavanaugh's quick mind, her determination to catch the perp…and how badly he wants her.
With one month to prove herself to her tall, tough and sexy new partner, Kelly works overtime to crack the case—and the hardened detective by her side. But when late nights on the job lead to passion, Kelly's heart is suddenly on the line, too.
288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 19, 2015
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Marie Ferrarella
1,227 books277 followersMarie Rydzynski-Ferrarella
aka Marie Charles, Marie Michael, Marie Nicole, Marie Ferrarella
Marie Rydzynski was born on March 28 in West Germany to Polish parents. She moved to America at the age of four. For an entire year, Marie and her family explored the eastern half of the country before finally settling in New York.
Marie swears she was born writing, "which must have made the delivery especially hard for my mother." From an early age, Marie's parents would find her watching television or tucked away in some private place, writing at a furious pace. "Initially, I began writing myself into my favourite shows. I was a detective on '77 Sunset Strip,' the missing Cartwright sibling they never talked about on 'Bonanza' and the 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.' before there was a 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.,' not to mention an active participant in the serialized stories of 'The Mickey Mouse Club.'" Marie began to write her first romance novel when she was 11 years old, although she claims that, at the time, she didn't even realize it was a romance! She scribbled off and on, while dreaming of a career as an actress.
Marie was only 14 when she first laid eyes on the man she would marry, truly her first love, Charles Ferrarella. During her days at Queens College, New York, acting started to lose its glamour as Marie spent more and more time writing. After receiving her English degree, specialising in Shakespearean comedy, Marie and her family moved to Southern California, where she still resides today.
After an interminable seven weeks apart, Charles decided he couldn't live without her and came out to California to marry his childhood sweetheart. Ever practical, Marie was married in a wash-and-wear wedding dress that she sewed herself, appliqués and all. "'Be prepared' has always been my motto,"the author jokes. This motto has been stretched considerably by her two children, Nikky and Jessi, "but basically, it still applies," she says.
In November of 1981, she sold her first novel for Harlequin. Marie, who now has written over 150 novels, has one goal: to entertain, to make people laugh and feel good. "That's what makes me happy," she confesses. "That, and a really good romantic evening with my husband." She's keeping her fingers crossed that her reader's enjoy reading her books as much as she enjoyed writing them.
aka Marie Charles, Marie Michael, Marie Nicole, Marie Ferrarella
Marie Rydzynski was born on March 28 in West Germany to Polish parents. She moved to America at the age of four. For an entire year, Marie and her family explored the eastern half of the country before finally settling in New York.
Marie swears she was born writing, "which must have made the delivery especially hard for my mother." From an early age, Marie's parents would find her watching television or tucked away in some private place, writing at a furious pace. "Initially, I began writing myself into my favourite shows. I was a detective on '77 Sunset Strip,' the missing Cartwright sibling they never talked about on 'Bonanza' and the 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.' before there was a 'Girl from U.N.C.L.E.,' not to mention an active participant in the serialized stories of 'The Mickey Mouse Club.'" Marie began to write her first romance novel when she was 11 years old, although she claims that, at the time, she didn't even realize it was a romance! She scribbled off and on, while dreaming of a career as an actress.
Marie was only 14 when she first laid eyes on the man she would marry, truly her first love, Charles Ferrarella. During her days at Queens College, New York, acting started to lose its glamour as Marie spent more and more time writing. After receiving her English degree, specialising in Shakespearean comedy, Marie and her family moved to Southern California, where she still resides today.
After an interminable seven weeks apart, Charles decided he couldn't live without her and came out to California to marry his childhood sweetheart. Ever practical, Marie was married in a wash-and-wear wedding dress that she sewed herself, appliqués and all. "'Be prepared' has always been my motto,"the author jokes. This motto has been stretched considerably by her two children, Nikky and Jessi, "but basically, it still applies," she says.
In November of 1981, she sold her first novel for Harlequin. Marie, who now has written over 150 novels, has one goal: to entertain, to make people laugh and feel good. "That's what makes me happy," she confesses. "That, and a really good romantic evening with my husband." She's keeping her fingers crossed that her reader's enjoy reading her books as much as she enjoyed writing them.
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November 23, 2016Tried to read this for romance angle.
Gave up at 18% from sheer irritation at sloppily researched/ fudged police procedure and unprofessional behavior. Two detectives going to victims' house and engaging in petty insults with the victim, really? Then they decide casually what to do next like they're picking out what condiments to have on their hotdogs instead of following procedure. And so on.
Gave up at 18% from sheer irritation at sloppily researched/ fudged police procedure and unprofessional behavior. Two detectives going to victims' house and engaging in petty insults with the victim, really? Then they decide casually what to do next like they're picking out what condiments to have on their hotdogs instead of following procedure. And so on.
August 1, 2015
I loved the beginning of this book. Kane and Kelly have both been called to the Chief of Detectives' office. Kane is sitting there, quiet as a rock while Kelly chatters away. When the chief arrives, they discover that they are being assigned to work together. Kane isn't happy, he would much rather work alone. His attitude has managed to chase away six different partners, and now he's shooting for a seventh. Kelly is equally determined not to be driven away, and furthermore to get him to open up.
Kane doesn't get close with anyone. He grew up with an abusive father who ended up killing Kane's mother, attempting to kill Kane, and killing himself. After he recovered, Kane was raised by an uncle who was a good man but not emotional. He doesn't share anything personal with other people, including his partners. Kane has found success in the past by saying as little as possible. As a woman with several older brothers, she doesn't intimidate easily. She ignores his silences and keeps talking to him. While he doesn't tell her anything personal, she does eventually get him to react to her.
Their conversations were fun to see. Kelly just doesn't give up until she gets Kane to talk to her. Though his answers seem a bit harsh at the beginning, it mostly seems to be because he doesn't know how to deal with her. After awhile his responses show a rather dry sense of humor that meshes well with Kelly's more buoyant attitude. I really enjoyed seeing how determined she was to break him out of his shell. As usually happens in a Cavanaugh book, he is dragged to one of Andrew Cavanaugh's meals. It is an experience unlike anything Kane has had before:
Apparently Cavanaughs didn’t know the meaning of the word solitude or solitary. From what he could see, they were all about crowds of people mingling. If they saw a loner, he—or she—stirred a sudden need within a Cavanaugh to incorporate that loner into the whole. “Resistance is futile,” a phrase once popular in a science fiction show cult favorite, was very obviously a credo for getting on with the Cavanaughs as well, Kane couldn’t help thinking.
As their time together continues, Kane is also surprised by the attraction he feels for Kelly. He's not used to having a woman taking up so much of his thoughts. When that attraction flares up after a late night, his normally restrained and calculated actions go up in the flames of the heat between them. He discovers that she's brought out something in him that he likes and wants to keep it, and her, around. It was interesting to see the apparently confident Kelly actually was a bit insecure regarding her new relationship with Kane. He had a really unique way of telling her how he felt: "You're like the refrain of a song that's stuck in my head, making me crazy, but I can't seem to unstick you." The epilogue was a fun update on where they were.
The suspense of the story was the home invasion cases that they were working on. The first one showed exactly why the chief had partnered them, as Kelly had different insights into what they learned. As more robberies happened, Kane gained an appreciation for Kelly's intelligence and determination. I really enjoyed following their investigation and seeing the connection that Kelly discovered. When all was revealed, I found myself agreeing with Kelly and feeling somewhat sympathetic for the robber. I loved Kane's comment about the possible trial.
Kane doesn't get close with anyone. He grew up with an abusive father who ended up killing Kane's mother, attempting to kill Kane, and killing himself. After he recovered, Kane was raised by an uncle who was a good man but not emotional. He doesn't share anything personal with other people, including his partners. Kane has found success in the past by saying as little as possible. As a woman with several older brothers, she doesn't intimidate easily. She ignores his silences and keeps talking to him. While he doesn't tell her anything personal, she does eventually get him to react to her.
Their conversations were fun to see. Kelly just doesn't give up until she gets Kane to talk to her. Though his answers seem a bit harsh at the beginning, it mostly seems to be because he doesn't know how to deal with her. After awhile his responses show a rather dry sense of humor that meshes well with Kelly's more buoyant attitude. I really enjoyed seeing how determined she was to break him out of his shell. As usually happens in a Cavanaugh book, he is dragged to one of Andrew Cavanaugh's meals. It is an experience unlike anything Kane has had before:
Apparently Cavanaughs didn’t know the meaning of the word solitude or solitary. From what he could see, they were all about crowds of people mingling. If they saw a loner, he—or she—stirred a sudden need within a Cavanaugh to incorporate that loner into the whole. “Resistance is futile,” a phrase once popular in a science fiction show cult favorite, was very obviously a credo for getting on with the Cavanaughs as well, Kane couldn’t help thinking.
As their time together continues, Kane is also surprised by the attraction he feels for Kelly. He's not used to having a woman taking up so much of his thoughts. When that attraction flares up after a late night, his normally restrained and calculated actions go up in the flames of the heat between them. He discovers that she's brought out something in him that he likes and wants to keep it, and her, around. It was interesting to see the apparently confident Kelly actually was a bit insecure regarding her new relationship with Kane. He had a really unique way of telling her how he felt: "You're like the refrain of a song that's stuck in my head, making me crazy, but I can't seem to unstick you." The epilogue was a fun update on where they were.
The suspense of the story was the home invasion cases that they were working on. The first one showed exactly why the chief had partnered them, as Kelly had different insights into what they learned. As more robberies happened, Kane gained an appreciation for Kelly's intelligence and determination. I really enjoyed following their investigation and seeing the connection that Kelly discovered. When all was revealed, I found myself agreeing with Kelly and feeling somewhat sympathetic for the robber. I loved Kane's comment about the possible trial.
July 13, 2015
Oh, the banter, the ribbing, the jesting between Kane and Kelly... Everything ends up being a verbal match between these new partners, while they are solving a string of home invasions.
I liked both of them, Kane is more of the strong, quiet, loner. Kelly is nosy, bubbling, and talkative. What Kane is not sharing about his personal life, Kelly goes another route to find the information. She is determined to pull him into her life, and make the partnership work, and pulls him into the big Cavanaugh family fun.
The story does focus more on the developing relationship between Kane and Kelly, than the suspense and the mystery of the home invasions. The crimes committed turns out to be a great lesson in how bullying can affect people.
It is entertaining to see how Kane responses to Kelly, more and more, as time goes by. It is a fun and enjoyable story, warmhearted, and sweet, with a side of gritty crime
~ Four Spoons
I liked both of them, Kane is more of the strong, quiet, loner. Kelly is nosy, bubbling, and talkative. What Kane is not sharing about his personal life, Kelly goes another route to find the information. She is determined to pull him into her life, and make the partnership work, and pulls him into the big Cavanaugh family fun.
The story does focus more on the developing relationship between Kane and Kelly, than the suspense and the mystery of the home invasions. The crimes committed turns out to be a great lesson in how bullying can affect people.
It is entertaining to see how Kane responses to Kelly, more and more, as time goes by. It is a fun and enjoyable story, warmhearted, and sweet, with a side of gritty crime
~ Four Spoons
July 28, 2015
3.5 stars
Halfway through the book it's only been a 2-day time-frame and not much chemistry between this couple yet. He was been a brooding "sphinx" and she was way to talkative and cheerful. I was not liking Kelly for most of the book. She was just so freaking pushy and nosy.
“It looks like one of us should seriously think about stopping by the hospital to have a boulder-sized chip removed from their shoulder,” she told him in a sweet, matter-of-fact manner that not even the most critical of people could find fault with. “Then, once that chip is removed, maybe we’ll have a shot at working together a bit more smoothly.” Or at least she could hope that would be the outcome of the proposed venture, Kelly silently added.
The look he gave her was far from happy or even mildly approving. “This is as smooth as it is going to get.”
“You underestimate yourself,” she told him. Adding, “As well as me.”
“You’re being amicable,” he told her. Why did he sound so annoyed when he made that observation? Most people would have appreciated the gesture—and the effort it involved.
“I’m trying,” she answered.
“Well, stop it,” he ordered, completely surprising her. “It’s like waiting for an ax to fall,” he told her. “And the suspense will wind up killing me.”
“You’re making it very hard to get along with you. You do realize that, don’t you?” she asked.
“Then stop trying to get along with me,” he retorted dismissively.
“Do you want people not to like you?” she asked.
He shrugged. “I really don’t care one way or the other.”
Stunned, Kelly glared at her cantankerous partner for a long moment before loudly declaring, “Bull!”
“What did you just say?” “I said bull. If you didn’t hear that, then you’re deaf as well as thickheaded—not to mention terminally stubborn.” She wasn’t finished yet. “And I’m not buying into the act.”
Judging from his profile, his scowl had deepened by several degrees. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. There is no act,” he informed her with finality.
She still didn’t believe him. “If you honestly think that, then you’ve managed to fool yourself. But you haven’t fooled me.” “No one is as indifferent to what people think and feel about them as you pretend to be. Like it or not, on some level people care about what other people think about them. Even you.”
He snorted, showing his contempt for her theory. “No, I don’t.”
“Then you’d be the first,” she told him. “Even serial killers care. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be doing things that would net them the kind of attention that they get,” she pointed out. “And good or bad, they view attention to be a way of validating their existence.”
“With all this so-called insight you seem to have into people, why did you become a cop? Why didn’t you become a psychiatrist?” Kane said sarcastically. Kelly didn’t have to think about her answer. “Too much sitting involved. I’d wind up spreading out. Besides, I like taking an active part in life, not sitting on the sidelines, commenting on it.”
If she felt that way about it, then why was she dispensing all this so-called insight into his psyche? “And yet, here you are, commenting on mine. You’re contradicting yourself, Cavanaugh.”
“No, I’m not,” she maintained. “In this case it’s called trying to help.”
“It’s called meddling,” he said.
I loved these quote though since I love the whole series.
“The only advantage I have as a Cavanaugh is if I ever get shot, or need a kidney, odds are there’s a relative who could step up and donate their blood or their kidney or whatever.”
Apparently Cavanaughs didn’t know the meaning of the word solitude or solitary. From what he could see, they were all about crowds of people mingling. If they saw a loner, he—or she—stirred a sudden need within a Cavanaugh to incorporate that loner into the whole. “Resistance is futile,” a phrase once popular in a science fiction show cult favorite, was very obviously a credo for getting on with the Cavanaughs as well, Kane couldn’t help thinking.
Kelly, of course, softens Kane up.
Before he knew it, his arms had gone around her and he was holding Kelly against him, melding her body to his as if they were destined to be fused. For the first time in his life he felt as though he had touched hope, real hope. And for one shimmering moment in time, he felt whole.
“I’m too tired to argue.”
If he had been a kid, he would have clapped his hands together. “I never thought I’d live to see the day you said that.”
“In case you haven’t noticed, there are a lot of miracles abounding today,” she quipped, glancing over at his uncle. When she looked back at Kane, she saw that he was regarding her intently. She couldn’t begin to fathom what he was thinking.
“Yeah, there are,” Kane said half under his breath.
“Don’t get soft on me now, Durant. That alone would make me think that the Apocalypse is coming for us any day now.”
“Coming? Hell, I’m looking right at it,” Kane told her.
Kane’s heart pounded against hers, pounded so hard until every drop of energy left her body. Kelly closed her arms around him, absorbing him, loving him. Scaring herself. But in a good way, she couldn’t help thinking, trying not to panic. “So what else can I get you?” Kelly whispered against his ear.
Kane pushed himself up with his hands, feeling as if this was some sort of a strangely erotic push-up. He looked at her incredulously. His serious face dissolved as laughter progressively grew louder and overtook him. Deep, resonant and heartfelt, his laughter was infectious. Within a second, Kelly was laughing, too, until they were both wrapped up in it, in the sound and the feeling.
Rolling off her, Kane pulled her to him, unwilling to give up this unusual closeness he was experiencing just yet. “I didn’t mean for that to happen, you know,” he told her.
Her eyes were dancing with mischief as she released a heartfelt sigh. “If that’s what happens when you don’t mean it, warn me when you do mean it, because I’ll have to get my affairs in order.” Turning toward him, she saw the puzzled expression on Kane’s face. Without waiting for him to ask, she explained, “Because there’s no way I could survive anything of even a tiny bit larger magnitude than this. Actually, I barely survived this.” Propping herself up on her elbow, she watched him, her smile growing deeper and larger. Against all reason, she asked, “Wanna do it again?”
“You’re kidding,” Kane breathed. What was the woman made of?
“Wouldn’t there be laughter if I were kidding? I don’t hear any,” she told him. “Do you?”
Kane laughed then, softly, to himself as he shook his head. “You are really something else, Kelly. Give me a minute—no, make that five.” For reasons he couldn’t fully understand, he was beyond secrets, beyond embarrassment. That was the only reason he admitted, “You sapped all my energy.”
“Tell you what. I’m feeling generous. I’ll give you ten, as long as you go on holding me like this until you’re ready.” She felt his smile against her cheek. Another wave of warmth unfurled within her.
“You drive a hard bargain, but I think I can handle it.”
Kelly curled her body into his, thinking how right that felt. And trying to fathom why that felt scary, as well. “I think you can handle anything that’s thrown at you,” Kelly said.
Except for you, he thought.
Halfway through the book it's only been a 2-day time-frame and not much chemistry between this couple yet. He was been a brooding "sphinx" and she was way to talkative and cheerful. I was not liking Kelly for most of the book. She was just so freaking pushy and nosy.
“It looks like one of us should seriously think about stopping by the hospital to have a boulder-sized chip removed from their shoulder,” she told him in a sweet, matter-of-fact manner that not even the most critical of people could find fault with. “Then, once that chip is removed, maybe we’ll have a shot at working together a bit more smoothly.” Or at least she could hope that would be the outcome of the proposed venture, Kelly silently added.
The look he gave her was far from happy or even mildly approving. “This is as smooth as it is going to get.”
“You underestimate yourself,” she told him. Adding, “As well as me.”
“You’re being amicable,” he told her. Why did he sound so annoyed when he made that observation? Most people would have appreciated the gesture—and the effort it involved.
“I’m trying,” she answered.
“Well, stop it,” he ordered, completely surprising her. “It’s like waiting for an ax to fall,” he told her. “And the suspense will wind up killing me.”
“You’re making it very hard to get along with you. You do realize that, don’t you?” she asked.
“Then stop trying to get along with me,” he retorted dismissively.
“Do you want people not to like you?” she asked.
He shrugged. “I really don’t care one way or the other.”
Stunned, Kelly glared at her cantankerous partner for a long moment before loudly declaring, “Bull!”
“What did you just say?” “I said bull. If you didn’t hear that, then you’re deaf as well as thickheaded—not to mention terminally stubborn.” She wasn’t finished yet. “And I’m not buying into the act.”
Judging from his profile, his scowl had deepened by several degrees. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. There is no act,” he informed her with finality.
She still didn’t believe him. “If you honestly think that, then you’ve managed to fool yourself. But you haven’t fooled me.” “No one is as indifferent to what people think and feel about them as you pretend to be. Like it or not, on some level people care about what other people think about them. Even you.”
He snorted, showing his contempt for her theory. “No, I don’t.”
“Then you’d be the first,” she told him. “Even serial killers care. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t be doing things that would net them the kind of attention that they get,” she pointed out. “And good or bad, they view attention to be a way of validating their existence.”
“With all this so-called insight you seem to have into people, why did you become a cop? Why didn’t you become a psychiatrist?” Kane said sarcastically. Kelly didn’t have to think about her answer. “Too much sitting involved. I’d wind up spreading out. Besides, I like taking an active part in life, not sitting on the sidelines, commenting on it.”
If she felt that way about it, then why was she dispensing all this so-called insight into his psyche? “And yet, here you are, commenting on mine. You’re contradicting yourself, Cavanaugh.”
“No, I’m not,” she maintained. “In this case it’s called trying to help.”
“It’s called meddling,” he said.
I loved these quote though since I love the whole series.
“The only advantage I have as a Cavanaugh is if I ever get shot, or need a kidney, odds are there’s a relative who could step up and donate their blood or their kidney or whatever.”
Apparently Cavanaughs didn’t know the meaning of the word solitude or solitary. From what he could see, they were all about crowds of people mingling. If they saw a loner, he—or she—stirred a sudden need within a Cavanaugh to incorporate that loner into the whole. “Resistance is futile,” a phrase once popular in a science fiction show cult favorite, was very obviously a credo for getting on with the Cavanaughs as well, Kane couldn’t help thinking.
Kelly, of course, softens Kane up.
Before he knew it, his arms had gone around her and he was holding Kelly against him, melding her body to his as if they were destined to be fused. For the first time in his life he felt as though he had touched hope, real hope. And for one shimmering moment in time, he felt whole.
“I’m too tired to argue.”
If he had been a kid, he would have clapped his hands together. “I never thought I’d live to see the day you said that.”
“In case you haven’t noticed, there are a lot of miracles abounding today,” she quipped, glancing over at his uncle. When she looked back at Kane, she saw that he was regarding her intently. She couldn’t begin to fathom what he was thinking.
“Yeah, there are,” Kane said half under his breath.
“Don’t get soft on me now, Durant. That alone would make me think that the Apocalypse is coming for us any day now.”
“Coming? Hell, I’m looking right at it,” Kane told her.
Kane’s heart pounded against hers, pounded so hard until every drop of energy left her body. Kelly closed her arms around him, absorbing him, loving him. Scaring herself. But in a good way, she couldn’t help thinking, trying not to panic. “So what else can I get you?” Kelly whispered against his ear.
Kane pushed himself up with his hands, feeling as if this was some sort of a strangely erotic push-up. He looked at her incredulously. His serious face dissolved as laughter progressively grew louder and overtook him. Deep, resonant and heartfelt, his laughter was infectious. Within a second, Kelly was laughing, too, until they were both wrapped up in it, in the sound and the feeling.
Rolling off her, Kane pulled her to him, unwilling to give up this unusual closeness he was experiencing just yet. “I didn’t mean for that to happen, you know,” he told her.
Her eyes were dancing with mischief as she released a heartfelt sigh. “If that’s what happens when you don’t mean it, warn me when you do mean it, because I’ll have to get my affairs in order.” Turning toward him, she saw the puzzled expression on Kane’s face. Without waiting for him to ask, she explained, “Because there’s no way I could survive anything of even a tiny bit larger magnitude than this. Actually, I barely survived this.” Propping herself up on her elbow, she watched him, her smile growing deeper and larger. Against all reason, she asked, “Wanna do it again?”
“You’re kidding,” Kane breathed. What was the woman made of?
“Wouldn’t there be laughter if I were kidding? I don’t hear any,” she told him. “Do you?”
Kane laughed then, softly, to himself as he shook his head. “You are really something else, Kelly. Give me a minute—no, make that five.” For reasons he couldn’t fully understand, he was beyond secrets, beyond embarrassment. That was the only reason he admitted, “You sapped all my energy.”
“Tell you what. I’m feeling generous. I’ll give you ten, as long as you go on holding me like this until you’re ready.” She felt his smile against her cheek. Another wave of warmth unfurled within her.
“You drive a hard bargain, but I think I can handle it.”
Kelly curled her body into his, thinking how right that felt. And trying to fathom why that felt scary, as well. “I think you can handle anything that’s thrown at you,” Kelly said.
Except for you, he thought.
July 12, 2022
Kane and Kelly were tasked to work together. Kane is not happy about the arrangement as he prefer to work alone. Due to his past, he kept to himself and have been driving away all his partner. Kelly, on the other hand, is trying to make him to talk as her objective. Kane come across as a strong but a loner while Kelly, a bubbly and nosy colleague. Whilst Kane prefer to keep to himself, Kelly will strive to find the information.
Overall it is a sweet read for me. Love the main characters: Kane and Kelly and their interaction. I enjoyed the detail of the investigation and reading how both Kane and Kelly solved the mystery.
Overall it is a sweet read for me. Love the main characters: Kane and Kelly and their interaction. I enjoyed the detail of the investigation and reading how both Kane and Kelly solved the mystery.
December 9, 2020
This was the third time i read from this author and her books has similar patterns.
Such as: 1. The heroes were lonewolves,stubborns and bastards. They treat heroines like trash
2. The heroines were in Cavanaughs families. They had thickheaded and stubborn and never give up on heroes.
3. they had partnered up together
4. The heroines were invited the heroes to their family gathering.
In this book i was dissapointed because the heroine
was not hurt from a criminal so that the hero would be terrified of losing her.
Such as: 1. The heroes were lonewolves,stubborns and bastards. They treat heroines like trash
2. The heroines were in Cavanaughs families. They had thickheaded and stubborn and never give up on heroes.
3. they had partnered up together
4. The heroines were invited the heroes to their family gathering.
In this book i was dissapointed because the heroine
was not hurt from a criminal so that the hero would be terrified of losing her.
September 13, 2017
It was a nice easy light read. A short story of two coworkers who become an item. Nothing special to read but not terrible.
March 12, 2016
Title: How to Seduce a Cavanaugh (Cavanaugh Justice, #30)
Author: Marie Ferrarella
Published: 7-7-15
Publisher: Harlequin Special Edition
Pages: 268
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Sub Genre: Romance; Police, Women's Fiction, Series
ISBN: 978373279258
ASIN: B00SFS2AJS
Reviewer: DelAnne
Reviewed For: NetGalley
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Detective Kane Durant prefers the lone wolf lifestyle both in his professional and personal life, although temporary liaisons are permitted in his bed. After having got his previous six partners to move on to less stressful partners he is now saddled with a eager beaver and bright eyed Kelly Cavanaugh who is out to prove herself to her him and their bosses. Kane might admire her quick mind and want her to decorate his bed, but he doesn't want or think he needs a partner. As they investigate the rash of home invasions of the wealthier residents he begins to think maybe a partner is a bad thing after all.
You cannot go wrong with any of Marie Ferrarrella's books. How to Seduce a Cavanaugh is no exception. Filled with interesting well developed characters and a plot that is filled with suspense and emotions. The bonus is the subplot of the romance between Kelly and Kane. If you haven't read any of the Cavanaugh Justice series don't worry How to Seduce a Cavanaugh can be read as a standalone. I give it a 5 out of 5 stars.
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Author: Marie Ferrarella
Published: 7-7-15
Publisher: Harlequin Special Edition
Pages: 268
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Sub Genre: Romance; Police, Women's Fiction, Series
ISBN: 978373279258
ASIN: B00SFS2AJS
Reviewer: DelAnne
Reviewed For: NetGalley
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Detective Kane Durant prefers the lone wolf lifestyle both in his professional and personal life, although temporary liaisons are permitted in his bed. After having got his previous six partners to move on to less stressful partners he is now saddled with a eager beaver and bright eyed Kelly Cavanaugh who is out to prove herself to her him and their bosses. Kane might admire her quick mind and want her to decorate his bed, but he doesn't want or think he needs a partner. As they investigate the rash of home invasions of the wealthier residents he begins to think maybe a partner is a bad thing after all.
You cannot go wrong with any of Marie Ferrarrella's books. How to Seduce a Cavanaugh is no exception. Filled with interesting well developed characters and a plot that is filled with suspense and emotions. The bonus is the subplot of the romance between Kelly and Kane. If you haven't read any of the Cavanaugh Justice series don't worry How to Seduce a Cavanaugh can be read as a standalone. I give it a 5 out of 5 stars.
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January 12, 2016"Strong storytelling, a solid plot and a calculating villain make for a great read" (RT Book Reviews, 4 stars).
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