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The Doctors Pulaski #5
Secret Agent Affair
Dr. Marja Pulaski knew she was inviting danger by treating the wounded stranger. The man called Kane wasn't what he pretended to be. But she couldn't begin to guess how much of a threat he really was—or the passion he'd awaken with his very first touch.…
A Special Forces agent who put his life on the line every day, Kane Donnelly knew better than to fall for a woman who could compromise his mission. Especially with her life and the lives of countless others at stake. He couldn't risk losing Marja. But he had to let her go before their growing love plunged them into the greatest peril of all.
A Special Forces agent who put his life on the line every day, Kane Donnelly knew better than to fall for a woman who could compromise his mission. Especially with her life and the lives of countless others at stake. He couldn't risk losing Marja. But he had to let her go before their growing love plunged them into the greatest peril of all.
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 1, 2008
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About the author
Marie Ferrarella
1,231 books276 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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Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
August 30, 2024
This was my first mass market romantic suspense, and I will admit, it felt light and shallow compared to what I'm used to reading. But it is what it is. I picked it up out of a little neighborhood book share box outside my gym, and it's going back there tomorrow. It was a cute story. I loved the details about the FMC's family, and their accents were surprisingly accurate. The family scenes were very real and immersive. So was Kane's point of view. Not so much Marja's. Overall entertaining story, though.
May 13, 2019
Predictable and cheesy. The female main character has zero common sense.
March 15, 2015
A family from an East European immigrant background has worked hard to raise five daughters as doctors, and I gather that each girl has had her own tale told separately. This is the fifth which means that when the family gets together to open a restaurant there is a lot of sweet lovey dovey atmosphere. Otherwise however the tale stands alone and is a lot more gritty.
This doctor can't stop in time when a man who has just been shot falls in front of her car. She just thumps him a little but the gunshot wound is a bigger issue. The man insists no hospital so - knowing it is risky - she drives him to her apartment to clean him up and extract the bullet, helped by another girl resident. She meets him again in the hospital where she works, as he has taken an orderly's job there.
He's actually an undercover cop keeping an eye on security for when an ambassador's daughter is about to come and have lifesaving surgery. The characters were well written and developed, and the lively family background compensated for the cop's not having any background to speak of. This was a pleasant short read and I liked the presentation of the heroine as a hardworking, bright, competent woman, who was still feminine and had strong family values. I would read another book by this author.
This doctor can't stop in time when a man who has just been shot falls in front of her car. She just thumps him a little but the gunshot wound is a bigger issue. The man insists no hospital so - knowing it is risky - she drives him to her apartment to clean him up and extract the bullet, helped by another girl resident. She meets him again in the hospital where she works, as he has taken an orderly's job there.
He's actually an undercover cop keeping an eye on security for when an ambassador's daughter is about to come and have lifesaving surgery. The characters were well written and developed, and the lively family background compensated for the cop's not having any background to speak of. This was a pleasant short read and I liked the presentation of the heroine as a hardworking, bright, competent woman, who was still feminine and had strong family values. I would read another book by this author.
June 8, 2013
Won't be reading anything by Ferrarella again! Ridiculously cheesy: a Polish woman, the youngest of 5 sisters, finds love with an undercover CIA agent when she accidentally runs him over in her car.
It's certainly entertaining in its stupidity, but is poorly written, ridiculously unbelievable and just a bit silly. A good quick pick-up if you're looking for a laugh, but it won't leave you feeling at all romantic.
It's certainly entertaining in its stupidity, but is poorly written, ridiculously unbelievable and just a bit silly. A good quick pick-up if you're looking for a laugh, but it won't leave you feeling at all romantic.
July 9, 2016
Loved this book! loved her writing, characters and story line!!
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