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In the Line of Fire
Andrew's life in the Marine Corp is thrown into upheaval when he agrees to testify against the mafia-and life under the constant supervision of the FBI is made only moderately better by the compelling, attractive agent babysitting him. Agent Shane lost his lover to the mafia, the very same men he must protect Andrew from, making it harder than ever to let the past lie and move on with his future. But with hitmen, betrayal, and violence around every corner, it's unlikely he or Andrew will ever get to see that future, and whether or not they could have one together.
- GenresM M Romance
194 pages, Paperback
Published August 11, 2017
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May 19, 2017DNF @5%.
I know....at 5%?? Yep....no way this is going to work for me. I know I have an ARC & sometimes mistakes slip through, but this is so poorly written and/or edited it's barely readable. Plus the sentence structures are odd. Almost like English is not the author's first language.
Also the MC talks out loud to himself in sentences & monologues. I don't care for this style of getting information across.
Here's an example: (the errors are not mine, I'm copying it exactly)
"What the hell has happened?" I asked myself. "I need to get my shit together. Thomas would never have allowed this to happen. God, I miss you so much. You were my life babe. Now look at me. I could I have let myself sink so low? My life is a wreck along with my job. Why did you leave me? You could have held on, fought harder, but you went so fast. You should've lived, and I have no one to blame but myself. I will never find another like you."
or
"Now I knew my boss, the Executive Assistant Director of the Intelligence Branch of the F.B.I. was in such a cheery mood, I walked to the bathroom and took my underwear off. I tossed them in my bedroom with the rest of the clothes. Yeah, they were all dirty. If not, they were now.
I hate to be the first review & be negative but this writing style isn't going to work for me. I'm disappointed because the blurb sounded really good. No rating cuz I didn't get far into the book.
**ARC received from the publisher through Netgalley **
I know....at 5%?? Yep....no way this is going to work for me. I know I have an ARC & sometimes mistakes slip through, but this is so poorly written and/or edited it's barely readable. Plus the sentence structures are odd. Almost like English is not the author's first language.
Also the MC talks out loud to himself in sentences & monologues. I don't care for this style of getting information across.
Here's an example: (the errors are not mine, I'm copying it exactly)
"What the hell has happened?" I asked myself. "I need to get my shit together. Thomas would never have allowed this to happen. God, I miss you so much. You were my life babe. Now look at me. I could I have let myself sink so low? My life is a wreck along with my job. Why did you leave me? You could have held on, fought harder, but you went so fast. You should've lived, and I have no one to blame but myself. I will never find another like you."
or
"Now I knew my boss, the Executive Assistant Director of the Intelligence Branch of the F.B.I. was in such a cheery mood, I walked to the bathroom and took my underwear off. I tossed them in my bedroom with the rest of the clothes. Yeah, they were all dirty. If not, they were now.
I hate to be the first review & be negative but this writing style isn't going to work for me. I'm disappointed because the blurb sounded really good. No rating cuz I didn't get far into the book.
**ARC received from the publisher through Netgalley **
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June 13, 2017DNF. This book did not hold my interest. The writing seemed amateurish. No star rating.
Review copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Review copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
July 2, 2017
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(¸.•´ ★Taking protection to a new level.
I guess I am the outsider because I enjoyed this book, regardless of mistakes. Hopefully these would be corrected at the time of release.
I had been put on a case that had caused my partner to die.
Shane McCallister, FBI, had lost his lover to the mafia. Now he was placed in the position to protect Marine Sgt Andrew Graves, who had witnesses a mob shooting, by the same family.
There was laughter from the start, something I enjoy in my romance reads. Example: when Shane described the FBI Director's mood change. "Her smile dropped faster than a Beyoncé album. Resting b!tch face strikes again." I hollered.
Surviving was the only option I had.
With secrets and missions compromised, bullets ringing out throughout the night and chemistry upping the ante, Andrew knew he had two choices. COme out alive and come out satisfied. Yet, was there any way he would survive this storm called Shane? The man was just to dangerous for his heart.
I enjoy fast paced military/FBI drama that has seduction and guns and chases and even a mole. Witness protection never seemed so hot.
I voluntarily and honestly reviewed this book without bias or persuasion from Netgalley
(¸.•´ ★Taking protection to a new level.
I guess I am the outsider because I enjoyed this book, regardless of mistakes. Hopefully these would be corrected at the time of release.
I had been put on a case that had caused my partner to die.
Shane McCallister, FBI, had lost his lover to the mafia. Now he was placed in the position to protect Marine Sgt Andrew Graves, who had witnesses a mob shooting, by the same family.
There was laughter from the start, something I enjoy in my romance reads. Example: when Shane described the FBI Director's mood change. "Her smile dropped faster than a Beyoncé album. Resting b!tch face strikes again." I hollered.
Surviving was the only option I had.
With secrets and missions compromised, bullets ringing out throughout the night and chemistry upping the ante, Andrew knew he had two choices. COme out alive and come out satisfied. Yet, was there any way he would survive this storm called Shane? The man was just to dangerous for his heart.
I enjoy fast paced military/FBI drama that has seduction and guns and chases and even a mole. Witness protection never seemed so hot.
I voluntarily and honestly reviewed this book without bias or persuasion from Netgalley
September 17, 2017
This is a freely given ARC review; title provided via netgalley.
I wish I could have given this a higher rating and liked it more. I really had a hard time struggling to finish it and here's why Andrew is a Marine going into witness protection. Shane is an FBI agent essentially babysitting the Marine. That dynamic right there is already wrong. The author didn't really treat either of the two characters like they should have been. Andrew seemed very dependent and not all that resourceful for being a Marine. And Shane seemed just as much an amateur. All of that combined just made this story cheesy as hell. The writing style didn't help either.
This story is told in dual points of view, which usually I can painfully manage. This just...I don't even know. Andrew's character was annoying. The author has him speaking to himself all the time. First person pov limits the information a reader gets, but it was like he was inside his own head the entire story with little to no interaction to the outside world. He talks to himself way too much. Even in the sex scenes, it was cheesy because all Shane did was pretty much lay there, moan, and take it. There was definitely the act of sex, but it didn't feel like love-making and there's a difference. Regardless, even then particularly with Andrew, it was like watching a procedure- so detached and analytical.
There was no connection to the characters because of the writing style and overall character creation development. It just wasn't in me to like this story. It has potential, for sure, but I would really look at adjusting to third person, or editing the individual first person chapters so that the readers get more emotion and connection to there character, not a story that's likened to watching an autopsy.
I wish I could have given this a higher rating and liked it more. I really had a hard time struggling to finish it and here's why Andrew is a Marine going into witness protection. Shane is an FBI agent essentially babysitting the Marine. That dynamic right there is already wrong. The author didn't really treat either of the two characters like they should have been. Andrew seemed very dependent and not all that resourceful for being a Marine. And Shane seemed just as much an amateur. All of that combined just made this story cheesy as hell. The writing style didn't help either.
This story is told in dual points of view, which usually I can painfully manage. This just...I don't even know. Andrew's character was annoying. The author has him speaking to himself all the time. First person pov limits the information a reader gets, but it was like he was inside his own head the entire story with little to no interaction to the outside world. He talks to himself way too much. Even in the sex scenes, it was cheesy because all Shane did was pretty much lay there, moan, and take it. There was definitely the act of sex, but it didn't feel like love-making and there's a difference. Regardless, even then particularly with Andrew, it was like watching a procedure- so detached and analytical.
There was no connection to the characters because of the writing style and overall character creation development. It just wasn't in me to like this story. It has potential, for sure, but I would really look at adjusting to third person, or editing the individual first person chapters so that the readers get more emotion and connection to there character, not a story that's likened to watching an autopsy.
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