Gone

Body Hunters #1

by Kathleen Long

In a race against a killer, can two desperate parents save their daughter before time runs out? The Body Clock is ticking. Maggie Connor will do whatever it takes to find her missing daughter, but what if that means working alongside the husband she “buried” seventeen years earlier? In order to save his family, Will faked his own death, and he’ll stop at nothing to bring his daughter home now. Maggie and Will’s reunion ignites an undeniable anger—and an unmistakable passion—but will they find the killer before it’s too late? If you love fast-paced romantic suspense, you’ll devour the heart-pounding Body Hunters series from USA TODAY bestseller, Kathleen Long. Grab your copy of Book One today!

Genres: Romance, Harlequin

245 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2008

About the author

Kathleen Long is the author of sixteen novels in the genres of women’s fiction, contemporary romance, and romantic suspense.

Kathleen has won a RIO Award and is a two-time winner of the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. Her additional honors include nominations for National Readers’ Choice, RITA, HOLT Medallion, Booksellers’ Best, and Book Buyers Best awards, as well as appearances on the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists.

A native of Wilmington, Delaware, she now divides her time between suburban Philadelphia and the New Jersey shore.

When Kathleen is not plotting her next book or teaching creative writing, she spends her time bribing her tween to pick up her clothes, begging the dog to heel, and experimenting with photography.

Reviews

[Patti · Rating 2 out of 5]

***Received via Goodreads Giveaway***

Really not well done at all. Writing was pedestrian, characters were pretty flat.

Mack/Will fakes his death because a big bad guy was threatening his family. Then goes by his nickname, that his wife gave him. Shouldn't you change your name when you fake your death?
When Maggie, his wife, finds out he's alive, she doesn't jump on him immediately about why he did it, but asks silly questions like "Where are we?" Duh. The bad guy turns out to be a member of Will's team (great job vetting your employees, guys) but no one is surprised about it. No questions at all. Will's daughter, Jordan, accepts him back into her life like he just stepped out for a pack of smokes. Really?

[Kelly Knapp · Rating 4 out of 5]

In this story, out protagonist is a dead man. Not really, instead, he faked his death to save his family and now works behind the scenes of a covert operations group. That is until his daughter is kidnapped and no one appears to think it is one. What can a dead man and his wife do against a community that has incentives to prevent them getting any help?

[LINDA MCCAULEY · Rating 4 out of 5]

Runaway?

Her daughter is missing. The island police say she left with her boyfriend! A witness says she didn’t go willingly! What would a mother do to find her daughter? Will she find her in time?

[Sandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

I love this book even tho I had the mystery person figured out in less then a fourth of the book. It is well worth reading.

[Ali M · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this as a kindle giveaway. I loved the characters and how quickly the story sucked me in. Great read to the very end.

[Aimee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Goodreads giveaway

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't love this as much as I had hoped. I found the writing a bit confusing at times (still unsure about the openings into the water filled cave) and I didn't bond to any of the characters.

[T.M. Carper · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent suspense, good characters.



Will Connor faked his death 17 years ago to protect his wife and infant daughter from his secret life. Now an old foe has kidnapped his daughter, drawing him in along with his estranged wife in hopes of saving her life--even if it means trading his own.



Maggie Connor wasted away inside her home after an explosion killed her husband. When her teenage daughter disappears, she goes on a hunt for the truth, determined not to lose another person she loves.



The "body clock" is neat because it adds an extra hint of the fact that time is running out. A quick, light read. More suspense than romance. Intriguing concept and characters.

[Cindy (BKind2Books) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't read many Harlequin romances as many of them seem so formulaic, however this one was a pleasant surprise. It had romance for sure, but it was more in the action/thriller genre. The story is somewhat predictable: Will left his family years before in order to save them from the bad guys. Now that his daughter is missing, he will move heaven and earth to find her. There were times that you just had to go 'really? you expect to believe this?' but more often than not the action was tense and well written. This appears to be the first of the series "The Body Hunters" that revolve around a clandestine operation that finds the missing.

[Patricia Atkinson · Rating 4 out of 5]

The story of will who faked his death 17 years ago to save the life of his wife and daughter.He is a member of a group called the body hunters.They take cases the police wont take.When his daughter is kidnapped because of him he comes out of hiding to help find the daughter he hasn't seen since she was a year old.

[Cecelia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it, it wan't bad but it wasn't out of this world either.