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The Protectors #10
紳士の誘惑
SHE WAS HIS WOMAN... Dane Carmichael was the last of a dying breed--a gentleman throuth and through. And he was the only man who could keep Annie Harden safe. From the moment he laid eyes on stubborn, beautiful Annie, he knew she would be his... Annie had never encountered a man so strong, so dominating, so absolutely infuriating as Dane. And never had she needed a man more. With a killer on her trail, Annie turned to Dane's sheltering embrace. But give herself to Dane heart and soul? Never! But then, never was a very long time...
246 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 25, 1999
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About the author
Beverly Barton
300 books709 followersBeverly Marie Inman was born on 23 December 1946 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA. Daughter of Doris Marie and Walter D. Inman Jr. A born romantic, she fell in love with The Beauty and the Beast epic at an early age, when her grandfather bought her an illustrated copy of the famous fairy tale. Even before she learned to read and write, her vivid imagination created magical words and fabulous characters inside her mind. Movies fascinated her, and by the time she was seven she was rewriting the movies she saw on television and at the local theater to give them all happy endings. By the age of nine she'd penned her first novel. She wrote short stories, TV scripts, poetry, and novels throughout high school and into college.
After her marriage to Billy Ray Beaver, the "love of her life", and the births of her two children, Beverly continued to be a voracious reader and a devoted moviegoer, but she put her writing aspirations on hold until her children were teenagers. At every age of their lives, from infancy to adulthood, the children had been a true joy to her. She devoted herself to her husband and children and considered herself one of the many selfless "supermoms" who put their family's needs first. She believed she had had it all, just not all at the same time.
In her mid-30s, Beverly returned to her former passion — writing — as a hobby, but before 40, she decided that she wanted to make writing a full-time career. And when she rediscovered an old dream — of becoming a published writer — no one was more supportive of her aspirations than her family. Her children were her greatest cheerleaders and her husband was her biggest supporter. After writing over 40 books and receiving numerous awards and nominations, as well as having books on the USA Today list and consistently on the Waldenbooks bestseller list, her career was indeed a dream come true. Having a fantastic family and fabulous friends, as well as making a living doing the one thing she had loved doing since childhood, she considered herself truly blessed. Beverly died suddenly of heart failure on 21 April 2011.
After her marriage to Billy Ray Beaver, the "love of her life", and the births of her two children, Beverly continued to be a voracious reader and a devoted moviegoer, but she put her writing aspirations on hold until her children were teenagers. At every age of their lives, from infancy to adulthood, the children had been a true joy to her. She devoted herself to her husband and children and considered herself one of the many selfless "supermoms" who put their family's needs first. She believed she had had it all, just not all at the same time.
In her mid-30s, Beverly returned to her former passion — writing — as a hobby, but before 40, she decided that she wanted to make writing a full-time career. And when she rediscovered an old dream — of becoming a published writer — no one was more supportive of her aspirations than her family. Her children were her greatest cheerleaders and her husband was her biggest supporter. After writing over 40 books and receiving numerous awards and nominations, as well as having books on the USA Today list and consistently on the Waldenbooks bestseller list, her career was indeed a dream come true. Having a fantastic family and fabulous friends, as well as making a living doing the one thing she had loved doing since childhood, she considered herself truly blessed. Beverly died suddenly of heart failure on 21 April 2011.
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October 7, 2016
Okay so here I'm done with Keeping Annie Safe. The beginning was certainly a dramatic one while Annie Harden is running for her life and end up being in Dane Carmichael arms. With typical traditional style Dane save her life and then unlike a gentleman (that he really is) stick to her.
Having completely different perspectives, where they share nothing in common, they serve as an example of "opposite attraction". Annie self sufficient, dominating and independent personality was attractive unless she lure it by her weakness toward lust (personal opinion).
Well with a loose plot, Beverly Barton had tried her best to make the situation genuine, interesting and somehow acceptable. but Geez! it seem more like she's trying to ensure their love-making (and what if they're attacked during their love-making, oh never mind!). I thought it as a murder mystery but it turn out to be a melodrama, or may be it was always a romance genre, for which I've been mistaken to be murder mystery.
As for the culprit, (for which I already who'd it be) again through an archetypal way turn out (coincidentally) to be Dane's relative.
One last thing I couldn't understand, why all of the sudden Dane realized his perfect, feminine, delicate and lovely wife to be imperfect. Is it because her father turn out to be guilty?
However I don't think I'll ever read this writer again, neither will she need me as her reader. Otherwise I appreciate her effort for writing such a tedious, Ooops! adventurous story.
Having completely different perspectives, where they share nothing in common, they serve as an example of "opposite attraction". Annie self sufficient, dominating and independent personality was attractive unless she lure it by her weakness toward lust (personal opinion).
Well with a loose plot, Beverly Barton had tried her best to make the situation genuine, interesting and somehow acceptable. but Geez! it seem more like she's trying to ensure their love-making (and what if they're attacked during their love-making, oh never mind!). I thought it as a murder mystery but it turn out to be a melodrama, or may be it was always a romance genre, for which I've been mistaken to be murder mystery.
As for the culprit, (for which I already who'd it be) again through an archetypal way turn out (coincidentally) to be Dane's relative.
One last thing I couldn't understand, why all of the sudden Dane realized his perfect, feminine, delicate and lovely wife to be imperfect. Is it because her father turn out to be guilty?
However I don't think I'll ever read this writer again, neither will she need me as her reader. Otherwise I appreciate her effort for writing such a tedious, Ooops! adventurous story.
January 12, 2025
เดน คาร์ไมเคิลเป็นผู้บริหารสำนักงานนักสืบดันดีแทนที่แซม ดันดีที่เกษียณตัวเองไปหลังจากแต่งงาน และเล่มนี้เป็นคราวของเขาบ้าง ในระหว่างการพักร้อนตกปลาอย่างสงบ เขาก็เข้าไปพัวพันกับแอนนี่ที่ถูกลอบทำร้ายจากคนร้ายลึกลับซึ่งนำเขากลับไปยังบ้านเกิด พล็อตมันคุ้นมากเลยใช่ไหมล่ะ เล่มนี้เป็นเรื่องที่แม็กซ์ตั้งความหวังไว้เยอะค่ะ เพราะชอบเดนมาก แต่ก็ผิดหวัง
May 1, 2018
SIM #937
July 29, 2016
Her life's in danger and former FBI agent is helping her find why someone killed her friend and trying to kill her.
December 5, 2016
Constantly comparing her to his perfect, dead wife and finding her (Annie) lacking.
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