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Without You
Gaining back trust is hard enough…
Jackson Cole is shocked when he hears a troubled friend has been found murdered in a New Orleans hotel room—and he’s the prime suspect in her death. Jackson realizes he has to fight for his life, but the one person he can count on is the last person he should call: Hallie Hunter, the most gifted attorney he knows…and his ex-fiancée.
Especially when you’re being set up for murder
Divorce attorney Hallie Hunter can hardly keep her composure when Jackson walks through her door, begging her to represent him. It can mean only one thing—she will have to spend time alone with the man who once violated her trust…the only man she has ever loved. And to make matters more complicated, the murder victim was at the root of their final split. But as the case steers her toward a dangerous underworld, Hallie must help Jackson confront a devastating truth—and must decide for herself if she can ever live without him again.
Jackson Cole is shocked when he hears a troubled friend has been found murdered in a New Orleans hotel room—and he’s the prime suspect in her death. Jackson realizes he has to fight for his life, but the one person he can count on is the last person he should call: Hallie Hunter, the most gifted attorney he knows…and his ex-fiancée.
Especially when you’re being set up for murder
Divorce attorney Hallie Hunter can hardly keep her composure when Jackson walks through her door, begging her to represent him. It can mean only one thing—she will have to spend time alone with the man who once violated her trust…the only man she has ever loved. And to make matters more complicated, the murder victim was at the root of their final split. But as the case steers her toward a dangerous underworld, Hallie must help Jackson confront a devastating truth—and must decide for herself if she can ever live without him again.
- GenresRomanceContemporary
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published May 1, 2004
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About the author
Mary Lynn Baxter
148 books31 followersMary Lynn Baxter was born on 28 July 1943 in Lufkin, Texas, USA, where she bred, home of the cowboy - hero of the Western romance, which is one of the most popular of the category's sub-genres. She would be the first to say that it's her background that gives her a unique feel for romance writing.
Since she was a young girl, books and reading have been an important part of her life. Only after she read all the "goodies" in her public library did her mother encourage her to buy Harlequin romances, then 35 cents each. Wow! Those reading years laid the background for her decision to major in Library Science at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, and become a school librarian.
After eight years of working in various school systems, she felt a need to do something different. What she wanted was to open a bookstore. With the help of her husband, Leonard, and her mother, Mary Lynn did just that. For over 20 years she sold books, and loved every minute of it. Then Mary Lynn decided she needed a new challenge. Following an intense amount of pushing and prodding from her husband she took the plunge and tried her hand at writing.
After months of agonising and chewing her nails, she finally mailed All our Tomorrows to Silhouette books in February 1981. One year later it was published as a Silhouette Special Edition. Now, over 40 books later, she's still writing. Mary Lynn can't think of anything else she'd rather do with her time and energy. She surfaces from her writing, she's a voracious reader. But this petite dynamo is always happy to tumble out of her world of fiction into her local fitness center for a bracing workout. She's also dedicated to her volunteer work... and still manages to fit in plenty of quality time with her family at their home in Lufkin, Texas.
Since she was a young girl, books and reading have been an important part of her life. Only after she read all the "goodies" in her public library did her mother encourage her to buy Harlequin romances, then 35 cents each. Wow! Those reading years laid the background for her decision to major in Library Science at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, and become a school librarian.
After eight years of working in various school systems, she felt a need to do something different. What she wanted was to open a bookstore. With the help of her husband, Leonard, and her mother, Mary Lynn did just that. For over 20 years she sold books, and loved every minute of it. Then Mary Lynn decided she needed a new challenge. Following an intense amount of pushing and prodding from her husband she took the plunge and tried her hand at writing.
After months of agonising and chewing her nails, she finally mailed All our Tomorrows to Silhouette books in February 1981. One year later it was published as a Silhouette Special Edition. Now, over 40 books later, she's still writing. Mary Lynn can't think of anything else she'd rather do with her time and energy. She surfaces from her writing, she's a voracious reader. But this petite dynamo is always happy to tumble out of her world of fiction into her local fitness center for a bracing workout. She's also dedicated to her volunteer work... and still manages to fit in plenty of quality time with her family at their home in Lufkin, Texas.
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October 13, 2014
Not very well written. Yes, we know there is unbridled, hot electric sexual tension between the two main characters! But must you remind us every other sentence? Sheesh, enough already.
I couldn't finish this book fast enough.
I couldn't finish this book fast enough.
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January 30, 2016This is a book where negative rating numbers would be useful. What a waste of time, but kept at it until the end to see "whodunit." Poorly crafted, unbelieveable characters, etc
November 20, 2024
The characters are pretty cliched and hard to connect too, since they come off as more of an AITA Reddit post than actual people.
The character choices also don’t make sense, especially Jackson. I get that he’s still in love with his ex, but that shouldn’t make him lose all common sense. Also, both of them waxing poetic every other paragraph about how much they still want each other got really repetitive real quick. If I never read the words ‘sexual tension’ again it will be too soon. They also never explain WHY characters are making the assumptions they are, particularly about the murder.
The plot is really meandering. There are long stretches where nothing happens, and so many people have different things going that it was hard to even tell what the main plot line was. It felt like all these side plots without a focus. That also makes the pacing feel very slow.
It was also a really obvious plot line. None of the twists were surprising and I called everything from the beginning, and not because she had intriguing clues.
It also feels like the author knows nothing about the jobs she’s writing about and didn’t bother to research them, because I spent a lot of time thinking ‘that’s not what would happen’ whenever a character did something. It was mostly things about protocol and how jobs work. It was so obvious that it threw me out of the story.
The character choices also don’t make sense, especially Jackson. I get that he’s still in love with his ex, but that shouldn’t make him lose all common sense. Also, both of them waxing poetic every other paragraph about how much they still want each other got really repetitive real quick. If I never read the words ‘sexual tension’ again it will be too soon. They also never explain WHY characters are making the assumptions they are, particularly about the murder.
The plot is really meandering. There are long stretches where nothing happens, and so many people have different things going that it was hard to even tell what the main plot line was. It felt like all these side plots without a focus. That also makes the pacing feel very slow.
It was also a really obvious plot line. None of the twists were surprising and I called everything from the beginning, and not because she had intriguing clues.
It also feels like the author knows nothing about the jobs she’s writing about and didn’t bother to research them, because I spent a lot of time thinking ‘that’s not what would happen’ whenever a character did something. It was mostly things about protocol and how jobs work. It was so obvious that it threw me out of the story.
August 8, 2013
Pretty good book. Ending was kind of weak but overall pretty good.
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