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Dark and Dangerous #2
Nameless
Vivian Grace is an FBI rookie on a mission: To hunt down a kidnapper—with all her heart. Because for Vivian, herself a victim of a vicious kidnapping years ago, this case is about more than justice. This time, it’s personal.
Ryan McBride is an ex-agent who was scapegoated three years ago for a kidnapping case gone fatally wrong. Since then, he has been drinking himself into oblivion, trying to forget the past. Until Vivian shows up at his door and knocks him head-first into the present. Someone is using his and Vivian’s darkest secrets against them—and time is running out for the victims...
Ryan McBride is an ex-agent who was scapegoated three years ago for a kidnapping case gone fatally wrong. Since then, he has been drinking himself into oblivion, trying to forget the past. Until Vivian shows up at his door and knocks him head-first into the present. Someone is using his and Vivian’s darkest secrets against them—and time is running out for the victims...
329 pages, Paperback
First published February 5, 2008
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About the author
Debra Webb
544 books2,340 followersDEBRA WEBB is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 170 novels, including reader favorites the Finley O'Sullivan and Devlin & Falco series. She is the recipient of the prestigious Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense as well as numerous Reviewers Choice Awards. In 2012 Debra was honored as the first recipient of the esteemed L. A. Banks Warrior Woman Award for her courage, strength, and grace in the face of adversity. Recently Debra was awarded the distinguished Centennial Award for having achieved publication of her 100th novel.
With more than four million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.
With more than four million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.
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February 9, 2019
5 Stars
Love, love, love this book.
You know how picky and difficult I am but this one ticked all of my boxes despite all of its flaws.
Awesome plot, great writing, well-developed characters, palpable chemistry. And no eye-rolling, not even once.
Lovable hero. Sandra Brown type of hero, both physically and emotionally. Moody, sexy, self-destructive asshole.
Likeable heroine. A strong, confident woman portrayed realistically, with flaws and all.
Edge-of-the-seat story. I was never bored. I love stories where main characters have to race against time to solve a series of very challenging riddles and puzzles made by the villain in order to find and save the victims.
In short, a perfect book for me.
Love, love, love this book.
You know how picky and difficult I am but this one ticked all of my boxes despite all of its flaws.
Awesome plot, great writing, well-developed characters, palpable chemistry. And no eye-rolling, not even once.
Lovable hero. Sandra Brown type of hero, both physically and emotionally. Moody, sexy, self-destructive asshole.
Likeable heroine. A strong, confident woman portrayed realistically, with flaws and all.
Edge-of-the-seat story. I was never bored. I love stories where main characters have to race against time to solve a series of very challenging riddles and puzzles made by the villain in order to find and save the victims.
In short, a perfect book for me.
December 21, 2018
Disgraced former-FBI man Ryan McBride is in the worst state of his life since it spiralled down the drain in a case gone wrong 3 years ago, until rookie Vivian Grace stumbles into it with a case she needs to close.
It’s interesting sometimes, to read a writer’s early work to see how much of the writing has changed in the years. And I’ve found Debra Webb’s writing as always, to be faultless and very easy to get lost in. Objectively, it’s an interesting and absorbing story—if ‘Ryan’ is taken as a thriller and not as romantic suspense book—that’s well-written, with just enough development of the police procedural balanced with sufficient character-insights to keep me a happy reader.
But still, I found Ryan to be smarmy and slimy and actually cheered every time Vivian coolly responded to his filthy and inappropriate advances which felt more lecherous and disgusting than seductive. He pushed relentlessly to strip her down emotionally, yet stayed hypocritically enmeshed in his own mantrum of having his life upended while playing head games with anything or anyone associated with the FBI.
On the romantic front however, I didn’t get Ryan/Vivian’s chemistry at all. Sure, they’re flawed, they’re nowhere near the forced rainbow-HEA that we sometimes get from the unrealistic romantic fiction type endings. Yet everything between them felt antagonistic with the splash of attraction as both were ultimately, too caught up in their own self-absorbed lives to really get down to the hard part of the relationship.
I didn’t quite like this as much as I liked the first one in this series, but it’s probably more for those who don’t need things nicely tied up in a bow by the end of it all.
It’s interesting sometimes, to read a writer’s early work to see how much of the writing has changed in the years. And I’ve found Debra Webb’s writing as always, to be faultless and very easy to get lost in. Objectively, it’s an interesting and absorbing story—if ‘Ryan’ is taken as a thriller and not as romantic suspense book—that’s well-written, with just enough development of the police procedural balanced with sufficient character-insights to keep me a happy reader.
But still, I found Ryan to be smarmy and slimy and actually cheered every time Vivian coolly responded to his filthy and inappropriate advances which felt more lecherous and disgusting than seductive. He pushed relentlessly to strip her down emotionally, yet stayed hypocritically enmeshed in his own mantrum of having his life upended while playing head games with anything or anyone associated with the FBI.
On the romantic front however, I didn’t get Ryan/Vivian’s chemistry at all. Sure, they’re flawed, they’re nowhere near the forced rainbow-HEA that we sometimes get from the unrealistic romantic fiction type endings. Yet everything between them felt antagonistic with the splash of attraction as both were ultimately, too caught up in their own self-absorbed lives to really get down to the hard part of the relationship.
I didn’t quite like this as much as I liked the first one in this series, but it’s probably more for those who don’t need things nicely tied up in a bow by the end of it all.
May 11, 2014
Started well, with a delicious hero, but quickly fizzled out. I expected an explosive and sexy RS and got nothing of the sort. What I got instead of tension, anguish and suspense was a writer overdosing on plot manipulations, always a sign of desperation (of 'I-don't-know-what-to-do-with-my-idea').
I like my RS stories to have a passionate and lusty romance at their centre, but while 'Nameless' sets the reader up for such, it fails to deliver. The hero, who in the beginning is a very interesting character ends up the way all male characters go nowadays, being nothing but an emoting wimp around the heroine. I like my heroes to retain something of their individuality, some of the characteristics they started with, their sexy cheek, their independent wit, and not exist solely for the sake of adoring the heroine. For those of you who like things sexy and smexy (and I certainly do)be warned, there are only two sex scenes (the first one mildly interesting).
The villain (or villains, for DW thought it a brilliant idea to throw in one more evil creature about 80% into the story. Don't these books have a strict editor anymore?)is very unevenly dealt with. He begins interestingly, a character whose gone mad with grief and loss, and ends up like any other wacko (a man who could not be a murderer could never have done what the writer makes him do, however disturbed he was. In fact, disturbed personalities follow a pattern much more than the so-called 'normal' ones). Would have given this one star, but the initial interest in the hero and the fact that I kept reading to the end earns it one more.
PS. The heroine underwent a horrific and traumatic experience (lasting many months) at the hands of a serial killer and rapist, one it would take many years of therapy and help in order to find ways to face (if at all). Yet, in this story she is a 25 year old, FBI agent, perfectly functioning from day to day barely 7-8 years after the horrific events. We are told she went to college and then, I suppose, she had the training agents must have. How long do these things take? 6 days? And even if it is possible to have a 25 year old agent assigned to very serious cases (and appearing to be running the show), her horrific experiences seem not to register at all, they are pulled out of a hat when the writer needs something to say about her and excite the interest of the hero. Otherwise there's nothing by way of a character, nothing to show for, although everybody keeps telling us how brave, great and all that BS, she is.
I like my RS stories to have a passionate and lusty romance at their centre, but while 'Nameless' sets the reader up for such, it fails to deliver. The hero, who in the beginning is a very interesting character ends up the way all male characters go nowadays, being nothing but an emoting wimp around the heroine. I like my heroes to retain something of their individuality, some of the characteristics they started with, their sexy cheek, their independent wit, and not exist solely for the sake of adoring the heroine. For those of you who like things sexy and smexy (and I certainly do)be warned, there are only two sex scenes (the first one mildly interesting).
The villain (or villains, for DW thought it a brilliant idea to throw in one more evil creature about 80% into the story. Don't these books have a strict editor anymore?)is very unevenly dealt with. He begins interestingly, a character whose gone mad with grief and loss, and ends up like any other wacko (a man who could not be a murderer could never have done what the writer makes him do, however disturbed he was. In fact, disturbed personalities follow a pattern much more than the so-called 'normal' ones). Would have given this one star, but the initial interest in the hero and the fact that I kept reading to the end earns it one more.
PS. The heroine underwent a horrific and traumatic experience (lasting many months) at the hands of a serial killer and rapist, one it would take many years of therapy and help in order to find ways to face (if at all). Yet, in this story she is a 25 year old, FBI agent, perfectly functioning from day to day barely 7-8 years after the horrific events. We are told she went to college and then, I suppose, she had the training agents must have. How long do these things take? 6 days? And even if it is possible to have a 25 year old agent assigned to very serious cases (and appearing to be running the show), her horrific experiences seem not to register at all, they are pulled out of a hat when the writer needs something to say about her and excite the interest of the hero. Otherwise there's nothing by way of a character, nothing to show for, although everybody keeps telling us how brave, great and all that BS, she is.
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October 7, 2012
Disappointing.
The first two chapters showed real promise but then the author got ADD and tried to put too too much into one book. There was so much so fast I never felt any sense of suspense.
The first two chapters showed real promise but then the author got ADD and tried to put too too much into one book. There was so much so fast I never felt any sense of suspense.
December 3, 2018
A Child is missing and the kidnapper will only communicate with one person, Ex-special agent Ryan McBride. After a stellar career with the FBI, McBride's career crashed and burned on the one case that he could not solve, the one victim he could not rescue.
Special Agent Vivian Grace will do anything to save a child's life, even if it means working with a burned out ex-hero, a man who seems to be able to see right through her to the parts she felt she had buried a long time ago, a nightmare someone is determined to expose and use against her.
Once again Debra Webb will capture you and throw you right into the middle of this heart-pounding race against time. The strength that Debra is able to infuse into her characters, Mcbride and Grace, even with their flaws and damaging pasts, is a testament to Debra's writing skills. You LIKE these characters, you WANT them to win, and you will be on the edge of your seat as you play "beat the clock" right there WITH them!
Special Agent Vivian Grace will do anything to save a child's life, even if it means working with a burned out ex-hero, a man who seems to be able to see right through her to the parts she felt she had buried a long time ago, a nightmare someone is determined to expose and use against her.
Once again Debra Webb will capture you and throw you right into the middle of this heart-pounding race against time. The strength that Debra is able to infuse into her characters, Mcbride and Grace, even with their flaws and damaging pasts, is a testament to Debra's writing skills. You LIKE these characters, you WANT them to win, and you will be on the edge of your seat as you play "beat the clock" right there WITH them!
July 7, 2008
Right at the end of this one...it's pretty engrossing if you like fast-paced romantic suspense. There were a few things that I found unbelievable and pulled me out of the story, but at least I'm planning on finishing it! That's more than I can say about any other RS books I've read lately.
I finished it last night! It was totally full of plot holes, but it was so fast moving that most of them I really didn't have time to dwell on. The only thing that really bothered me was that whole scenario w/the reporter. If you read it, you'll know what I'm talking about. It was definitely better, though, than the first book Traceless. Although, I think the book titles are just a trend w/the author b/c I couldn't find any connection between the books other than the matching titles.
I finished it last night! It was totally full of plot holes, but it was so fast moving that most of them I really didn't have time to dwell on. The only thing that really bothered me was that whole scenario w/the reporter. If you read it, you'll know what I'm talking about. It was definitely better, though, than the first book Traceless. Although, I think the book titles are just a trend w/the author b/c I couldn't find any connection between the books other than the matching titles.
December 27, 2008
I was (pleasantly) surprised by the sexual chemistry between the H&H throughout this fast-paced FBI romance because neither sex nor romance is the priority for these two protagonists. Yet Webb managed to make the pages burn without interrupting the suspense thread.
An excellent RS read for me!
An excellent RS read for me!
July 16, 2012
Started out fine, slowed to a crawl, picked back up and repeated itself. FBI folk with baggage meet each other and try to solve the crimes and empty the baggage. First time trying this author and last. Not enough oomph to pull me into the story.
December 24, 2018
Ryan is a former FBI agent with a chip on his shoulder. Vivian Grace is an FBI agent who is partnered with him to solve local kidnappings that deliberately draw Ryan into the mystery. The characters in this suspense thriller were believably real, with emotions that matched exactly how I would feel if I were involved in the cases. Ryan was not just fired from the FBI; he was fired twice and now has to live with the conscience of someone who feels like a failure. He is a genuinely excellent operative who can think his way into the mind of the perpetrator. But the local SAC, Worth, doesn’t appreciate his talents and seems to think that the local kidnappings are because of Ryan’s involvement in the cases. Vivian does trust Ryan, at least to a point, and wants him to continue to work the cases and save the victims. Both of them have to fight the FBI and its bureaucracy in order to reach a satisfactory and explosive conclusion. I loved all of the cases, presented individually, and with the reader getting to see Ryan’s mind in how he solved the cases. Readers of romantic suspense will thoroughly enjoy this series. It has currently been re-released with the title RYAN.
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Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author as well as from Kindle Unlimited. I was not required to post a positive review. The opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 “Guides Concerning the Use of Testimonials and Endorsements in Advertising.”
Disclaimer
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author as well as from Kindle Unlimited. I was not required to post a positive review. The opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 “Guides Concerning the Use of Testimonials and Endorsements in Advertising.”
April 19, 2022
I really enjoyed this well written FBI/suspense/thriller/with a touch of romance/book. It's a 2018 reprint of the book 'Nameless', originally published in 2008. Currently available in kindle unlimited.
This book is all about the back story and the action and investigation and does not focus on the romance, though the H/h are together most of the time and there are a couple of steamy sex scenes between them. The plot is well thought out and there are twists and turns. There are a handful of short chapters from the UNSUB's POV, which added to the depth of the story. Everything kept me engaged and interested, so it gets a big thumbs up.
This book is all about the back story and the action and investigation and does not focus on the romance, though the H/h are together most of the time and there are a couple of steamy sex scenes between them. The plot is well thought out and there are twists and turns. There are a handful of short chapters from the UNSUB's POV, which added to the depth of the story. Everything kept me engaged and interested, so it gets a big thumbs up.
November 20, 2018
Ryan (Dark and Dangerous Romantic Suspense Book 2)
Debra Webb
Take a down and out FBI agent, a determined rookie FBI agent mixed with a demented character’s puzzles and you have a spellbinding story that rivets you from the beginning to the end.
A powerful story of guilt, determination, and belief in each other has you loving Ryan and Vivian as they travel the path to resolving their issues and working together to find their most wanted.
One you just can’t put down .
Debra Webb
Take a down and out FBI agent, a determined rookie FBI agent mixed with a demented character’s puzzles and you have a spellbinding story that rivets you from the beginning to the end.
A powerful story of guilt, determination, and belief in each other has you loving Ryan and Vivian as they travel the path to resolving their issues and working together to find their most wanted.
One you just can’t put down .
December 27, 2018
A child is missing and the only person that the unsub will talk to is Ex-Special Agent Ryan McBride. Special Agent Vivian Grace is tasked to bring McBride in and get him to help with the case. As they solve one case, the killer starts another, to try to get McBride reinstated with the FBI. What will they have to do to find the unsub before more people are taken? This is another fast page turner from a great author. Can't wait to read the third book in this series.
January 8, 2020
Vivian Grace is a rookie FBI agent, Ryan Mcbride is an ex FBI agent.
When Ryan opens his door to Vivian and the way he looks, dressed with only a pair of jeans, no shirt and you can just tell he got out of bed, you know these two will end up in bed. Just saying.
This is a mystery, romance and a page turner
Loved the characters! Except the evil one and one or two other FBI agents. Great book!
When Ryan opens his door to Vivian and the way he looks, dressed with only a pair of jeans, no shirt and you can just tell he got out of bed, you know these two will end up in bed. Just saying.
This is a mystery, romance and a page turner
Loved the characters! Except the evil one and one or two other FBI agents. Great book!
December 20, 2018
I felt so many emotions with this book. Anger for Ryan when he was treated like a suspect after being asked to help then I felt Grace's anger and fear. The self-loathing when they lost who they did. This book was so much more then I thought it would be . This is a great series look forward to reading more.
September 27, 2019
Yikes. I want to say that I hated this trashy excuse for a crime thriller, but I can't. As cheesy as this book is, the story and its characters are actually pretty solid. I tore through this book and it sure had me stressin' at times. It's not a deep dive as far as crime thrillers go, but I appreciated it.
July 11, 2019
Hope Ms Webb has more adventures for Ryan
Believable, like-able, yet imperfect protagonist. Romance was over the top. Webb’s conflicted characters and plot twists kept me turning the pages.
Believable, like-able, yet imperfect protagonist. Romance was over the top. Webb’s conflicted characters and plot twists kept me turning the pages.
February 5, 2022
Exciting
As usual in Webb's books there was mystery with excitement from the beginning to the end. Lots of human interest along with dedicated anxiety. Already preordered the next bok in this series.
As usual in Webb's books there was mystery with excitement from the beginning to the end. Lots of human interest along with dedicated anxiety. Already preordered the next bok in this series.
January 21, 2025
Nameless was a fantastic read! Short chapters and flows seamlessly, so easy to read. Debra Webb writes the perfect romantic suspense. Perfect for those that love a thriller but also want some romance and spice
August 14, 2017
Lots of sexual heat in second half of book.
April 3, 2018
3 1/2 stars. Fast paced.
December 27, 2018
Working on the book review
January 1, 2019
Ryan( Dark and Dangerous
I really loved this story,because it kept my interest from the beginning to the end.There was so much suspense I couldn't wait to to see what happend next
I really loved this story,because it kept my interest from the beginning to the end.There was so much suspense I couldn't wait to to see what happend next
May 5, 2019
BURNOUT!!!
What an interesting bad guy! The ending was very unexpected and very twisted. To go from a Devoted Fan to killer is a different way to end the book.
What an interesting bad guy! The ending was very unexpected and very twisted. To go from a Devoted Fan to killer is a different way to end the book.
July 19, 2019
A twisted evil plot with kidnapped victims. Well written thriller with bad profanity.
September 2, 2019
3.25 stars
September 24, 2019
Ryan
Exciting and suspicious. Written very well. I enjoyed the suspense from chapter to chapter never knowing what was going to happen next.
Exciting and suspicious. Written very well. I enjoyed the suspense from chapter to chapter never knowing what was going to happen next.
October 13, 2019
Love it!!
I absolutely love this book! I was looking for something to read when I found RYAN. I couldn't put it down!
I absolutely love this book! I was looking for something to read when I found RYAN. I couldn't put it down!
October 27, 2019
Nothing special
The second book in this series I tried to get into and just felt the story went nowhere. All the necessary ingredients were there but the story fell flat.
The second book in this series I tried to get into and just felt the story went nowhere. All the necessary ingredients were there but the story fell flat.
May 1, 2020
This one will keep you guessing until the end. Suspense at its finest.
August 29, 2020
very enjoyable thriller at times somewhat predictable
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