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Heart & Endurance #1
Cold Sweat
Seventeen-year-old Hope Craig is deaf and training hard to make the biathlon Olympic Team. But when she is kidnapped from the groomed trails and taken to a remote cabin in the mountains, she must battle more than the elements to survive.
On the hunt for her daughter's abductor, Colonel Amelia Matheson enlists the help of Richmond Morgan, a local Sheriff who once hurt her. To find Hope, Sheriff Morgan and Colonel Matheson must untangle a web of secrets, including their own.
Using her wits and skills, Hope sets out to escape the mountains and save the man her mother had sent to rescue her – a man who is not who he appears to be.
On the hunt for her daughter's abductor, Colonel Amelia Matheson enlists the help of Richmond Morgan, a local Sheriff who once hurt her. To find Hope, Sheriff Morgan and Colonel Matheson must untangle a web of secrets, including their own.
Using her wits and skills, Hope sets out to escape the mountains and save the man her mother had sent to rescue her – a man who is not who he appears to be.
- GenresSuspense
204 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 28, 2013
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About the author
J.S. Marlo
19 books24 followers J.S. Marlo spent her childhood in a small French Canadian town, reading and daydreaming stories. One day, she met her hero, a dashing young officer, and followed him back and forth across the country.
The "memorable" adventures she experienced with her young family fuelled her imagination and kindled the dream of one day becoming a published author. When her three spirited children left the nest in pursuit of their own adventures, J.S. gave writing a chance.
J.S. currently lives in Alberta with her amazing hubby, and when she's not visiting her children or spoiling her little granddaughter, she's working on her next novel under the northern lights.
The "memorable" adventures she experienced with her young family fuelled her imagination and kindled the dream of one day becoming a published author. When her three spirited children left the nest in pursuit of their own adventures, J.S. gave writing a chance.
J.S. currently lives in Alberta with her amazing hubby, and when she's not visiting her children or spoiling her little granddaughter, she's working on her next novel under the northern lights.
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November 15, 2017
Reviewed by JoAnne
Book provided by Breathless Press
Review originally posted at Romancing the Book
This was a fast paced romantic suspense that had a lot of action and adventure. Set in the mountains of Montana there is a lot of intrigue along with kidnappings, shootings and murder and a ski team training for the Olympic trials. There are many plots to the story and they are all intertwined and we are fed information bit by bit.
Hope, or Quest as she prefers to be called, is a young woman wise beyond her years plus she was born deaf. Due to her mom and grandfather’s military training she has been taught survival skills and she put them to good use. Keeping her wits about her she was able to remember what she’d been taught and knew when to push and when to lay low. She was also always aware of her surroundings. Seeing her child’s side was heartwarming when she found her duck, Tango. Her mom worked alongside her former boyfriend from many years ago to solve her kidnapping. Seeing her and her team plus Rich and his team gather clues and process the information was remarkable.
There were friends and coworkers, bad guys, lots of workers at the ski resort where most of the story takes place, sadness, fear, tears, happiness, laughter and love. There was nice closure and several happily ever afters that were unexpected but an epilogue would have been nice to tie up the parts of the story with the criminal elements. I didn’t realize I was at the end of the book on my Nook until I turned the page and I saw “Biography” which gave information on the author.
Marlo is a new to me author and I look forward to reading the continuation of this series as well as her other books. I will definitely add her to my always growing TBR pile.
Favorite Quote: A gasp of astonishment died in her throat. “Tango? What are you doing in Sheriff Morgan’s pocket?”
Book provided by Breathless Press
Review originally posted at Romancing the Book
This was a fast paced romantic suspense that had a lot of action and adventure. Set in the mountains of Montana there is a lot of intrigue along with kidnappings, shootings and murder and a ski team training for the Olympic trials. There are many plots to the story and they are all intertwined and we are fed information bit by bit.
Hope, or Quest as she prefers to be called, is a young woman wise beyond her years plus she was born deaf. Due to her mom and grandfather’s military training she has been taught survival skills and she put them to good use. Keeping her wits about her she was able to remember what she’d been taught and knew when to push and when to lay low. She was also always aware of her surroundings. Seeing her child’s side was heartwarming when she found her duck, Tango. Her mom worked alongside her former boyfriend from many years ago to solve her kidnapping. Seeing her and her team plus Rich and his team gather clues and process the information was remarkable.
There were friends and coworkers, bad guys, lots of workers at the ski resort where most of the story takes place, sadness, fear, tears, happiness, laughter and love. There was nice closure and several happily ever afters that were unexpected but an epilogue would have been nice to tie up the parts of the story with the criminal elements. I didn’t realize I was at the end of the book on my Nook until I turned the page and I saw “Biography” which gave information on the author.
Marlo is a new to me author and I look forward to reading the continuation of this series as well as her other books. I will definitely add her to my always growing TBR pile.
Favorite Quote: A gasp of astonishment died in her throat. “Tango? What are you doing in Sheriff Morgan’s pocket?”
November 13, 2013
Review by upallnightreadallday.blogspot.com
Wow, this action packed mystery had me on the edge of my seat. Loved the characters especially Ducky, Quest and Phoenix. I couldn't put it down once I started reading it however....it has a cliffhanger!!!! ( well I want to know what happens next with this couple) but its ok I'll wait not so patiently. Lol but seriously if you like a book with intrigue, secrets and who dun it but with a twist and some second chance at love you'll love this one..loved the secondary characters too alot of great characters in this book. I want to say more but don't want to ruin it but I will say Quest is a amazing young women.....5 stars
Wow, this action packed mystery had me on the edge of my seat. Loved the characters especially Ducky, Quest and Phoenix. I couldn't put it down once I started reading it however....it has a cliffhanger!!!! ( well I want to know what happens next with this couple) but its ok I'll wait not so patiently. Lol but seriously if you like a book with intrigue, secrets and who dun it but with a twist and some second chance at love you'll love this one..loved the secondary characters too alot of great characters in this book. I want to say more but don't want to ruin it but I will say Quest is a amazing young women.....5 stars
October 22, 2019
J.S. Marlo excels in writing romance suspense, but Cold Sweat adds a twist when Richmond Morgan and Amelia Matheson had their chance at love once but broke it off. When trouble arose neither one of them stepped forward and fought for the other. Now eighteen years later they meet again and must work together to find Amelia’s deaf daughter, Hope Craig. Believed they kidnapped her as a case of mistaken identity, this young woman lives up to the training her mother and grandfather had instilled in her. The kidnapper thinking Hope’s father is a senator tries to exhort money from a man who couldn't care less about a deaf teenager, making her expendable when he realizes the truth. Amelia and Richmond realize time is running out and several mysteries turn into one, making this a powerful read.
Cold Sweat skillfully presents different points of the whole plot then draws each character and event together. J.S. Marlo intricately weaves characters from a political scandal to old lovers. The kidnapping brought out many secrets, solved murder cases, and created a home that many thought impossible. I found Hope Craig an inspiring teenager who was not only training for a biathlon, but was also deaf. Her dedication to detail and calculated thinking gave her an advantage when others looked at her hearing loss as a handicap. J.S. Marlo gives each character a unique skill and voices, making them come alive. I was spellbound by how the pieces of each mystery came together with an intensity that was rewarding.
Review written by Peggy Jo Wipf for Readers' Favorite.
February 20, 2017
What a terrific suspense! Cold Sweat is very well written with a great plot that has lots of twists and turns. I loved the characters in this book. The main character Quest is training to be an Olympic biathlon member when something happens to interrupt that training. I was glued to this book from page one to finish. I recommend this book if you enjoy suspense books. I obtained an ARC from the publisher thru Netgalley. All opinions stated are my own.
February 6, 2017
Fast paced thriller
There were lots of things I liked about this book. The main character is a 17 year-old biathlon athlete named Hope Craig. She's known to her friends as Quest and is deaf with a cochlear implant. Since I'm partially deaf I enjoyed this aspect of the story and the way the strong, independent young woman was portrayed.
She's training at a high altitude camp in Snowy Tip, Montana and she is abducted one early morning as she's training.
The story follows her mother, who is an Army Colonel, and the local sheriff as they try to find her.
I liked the side stories, many of the side characters, and the locale. What I didn't like was the ending - it felt very rushed and there were some loose ends about the antagonist that I felt weren't tied up.
If I could have given 3 1/2 stars I would have but I rounded down to 3 because of the ending.
I received this book from the Champagne Book Group through Net Galley in exchange for my unbiased review.
There were lots of things I liked about this book. The main character is a 17 year-old biathlon athlete named Hope Craig. She's known to her friends as Quest and is deaf with a cochlear implant. Since I'm partially deaf I enjoyed this aspect of the story and the way the strong, independent young woman was portrayed.
She's training at a high altitude camp in Snowy Tip, Montana and she is abducted one early morning as she's training.
The story follows her mother, who is an Army Colonel, and the local sheriff as they try to find her.
I liked the side stories, many of the side characters, and the locale. What I didn't like was the ending - it felt very rushed and there were some loose ends about the antagonist that I felt weren't tied up.
If I could have given 3 1/2 stars I would have but I rounded down to 3 because of the ending.
I received this book from the Champagne Book Group through Net Galley in exchange for my unbiased review.
February 10, 2017
3.75 out of 5
December 13, 2013
Tightly paced, interesting characters that you want to meet again.
February 20, 2014
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August 8, 2014
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March 3, 2017
Posted on Les Romantiques - Le forum du site
Reviewed by Rinou
Review Copy from the Publisher
In this romantic-suspense published 4 years ago but offered again on NetGalley this year, we have a reunion, an investigation on murders, and a kidnapping.
From the beginning, the author drops a lot of characters with not much presentation, as if we already knew them from a previous volume. I went and checked the author’s other novels and none seem to be linked or to have the same characters. So it’s even more frustrating to know so little.
On the couple side we have Amelia, Colonel in the Army, and Richmond, sheriff in a mountain little town. It’s a reunion story a bit tepid, we learn little by little why they broke up so many years ago, and I suspected quite fast the secret the heroine’s hiding. Both are strong characters who seem interesting but they’re not deepened enough for us to really grow attached to them.
Hope, alias Quest (because the hero, the heroine, and her daughter, all have a nickname used alternately with their first name, and for the adults you can add their last name and their function, just to lose the reader a bit more), who is Amelia’s daughter who was kidnapped, seems to be the most developed character. In spite of her deafness she succeeded in reaching her goal to be in the biathlon national team, and she knows how to analyze the situation in order to try to free herself. In fact she almost save herself alone in the end!
On the investigations side, we don’t really follow the one about the murders as it’s done by Amelia’s subordinates and she focuses on her daughter’s disappearance (which is understandable). Of course both investigations will intertwine, but the end is too rushed and I didn’t understand why the culprit does what he does at the end.
So it’s a romantic-suspense which has potential but is lacking on the romance side as on the suspense side. It would have deserved to be reworked on to develop the characters instead of being offered identically.
Reviewed by Rinou
Review Copy from the Publisher
In this romantic-suspense published 4 years ago but offered again on NetGalley this year, we have a reunion, an investigation on murders, and a kidnapping.
From the beginning, the author drops a lot of characters with not much presentation, as if we already knew them from a previous volume. I went and checked the author’s other novels and none seem to be linked or to have the same characters. So it’s even more frustrating to know so little.
On the couple side we have Amelia, Colonel in the Army, and Richmond, sheriff in a mountain little town. It’s a reunion story a bit tepid, we learn little by little why they broke up so many years ago, and I suspected quite fast the secret the heroine’s hiding. Both are strong characters who seem interesting but they’re not deepened enough for us to really grow attached to them.
Hope, alias Quest (because the hero, the heroine, and her daughter, all have a nickname used alternately with their first name, and for the adults you can add their last name and their function, just to lose the reader a bit more), who is Amelia’s daughter who was kidnapped, seems to be the most developed character. In spite of her deafness she succeeded in reaching her goal to be in the biathlon national team, and she knows how to analyze the situation in order to try to free herself. In fact she almost save herself alone in the end!
On the investigations side, we don’t really follow the one about the murders as it’s done by Amelia’s subordinates and she focuses on her daughter’s disappearance (which is understandable). Of course both investigations will intertwine, but the end is too rushed and I didn’t understand why the culprit does what he does at the end.
So it’s a romantic-suspense which has potential but is lacking on the romance side as on the suspense side. It would have deserved to be reworked on to develop the characters instead of being offered identically.
July 11, 2017
L’auteur nous balance pas mal de personnages avec très peu de présentation, comme on les connaissait déjà d’un tome précédent ce qui ne semble pas être le cas. Côté couple il s’agit d’une histoire de retrouvailles un peu tiède, par contre côté enquête Hope est une battante qui se sauve quasiment toute seule !
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