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Dangerous
A TOWN WITHOUT PITY
Seemed as if Clare Brown was the only person in Crawfordsville who'd ever seen any good in Case Malloy. She'd wanted that wrong-side-of-the-tracks rebel more than any good girl should ever want anything. And yet she'd never had the courage to let him know--not even when the town drove him away...
But he was back now, to learn the truth about the murder that had shaken all their lives fifteen years ago. It was no surprise that somebody wanted very badly to stop him--maybe even badly enough to kill. Because Case Malloy was as dangerous as ever--to a small town's secrets, and to a lonely woman's heart....
Seemed as if Clare Brown was the only person in Crawfordsville who'd ever seen any good in Case Malloy. She'd wanted that wrong-side-of-the-tracks rebel more than any good girl should ever want anything. And yet she'd never had the courage to let him know--not even when the town drove him away...
But he was back now, to learn the truth about the murder that had shaken all their lives fifteen years ago. It was no surprise that somebody wanted very badly to stop him--maybe even badly enough to kill. Because Case Malloy was as dangerous as ever--to a small town's secrets, and to a lonely woman's heart....
251 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 1996
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March 12, 2022
Insipid, slow, & soporific.
The blurb makes it sound like a taut, suspenseful read with Twin-Peaks-meets-rural-Ohio vibe—complete with a Romeo & Juliet love story, continually thwarted by a repressive, judgmental community—but the blurb lies. I’d have enjoyed THAT story. But Dangerous…was not. Instead it comes off like a Hallmark Channel movie set in the boonies instead of a yuppie suburb. The dialogue is painfully fake & forced, while the hero’s nebulously-defined career is ridiculous; meanwhile the mystery of Lexie’s murder is harped on, but nothing really happens until the end, & the culprit’s true attitude was obv from the get-go. The only thing it did passably well was paint a picture of the rural surroundings & local ‘country snobs’ who rule their town by virtue of being big fish in a small pond.
The blurb makes it sound like a taut, suspenseful read with Twin-Peaks-meets-rural-Ohio vibe—complete with a Romeo & Juliet love story, continually thwarted by a repressive, judgmental community—but the blurb lies. I’d have enjoyed THAT story. But Dangerous…was not. Instead it comes off like a Hallmark Channel movie set in the boonies instead of a yuppie suburb. The dialogue is painfully fake & forced, while the hero’s nebulously-defined career is ridiculous; meanwhile the mystery of Lexie’s murder is harped on, but nothing really happens until the end, & the culprit’s true attitude was obv from the get-go. The only thing it did passably well was paint a picture of the rural surroundings & local ‘country snobs’ who rule their town by virtue of being big fish in a small pond.
June 2, 2018
3.5 stars
Fifteen years ago the hero had feelings for the then 16-year old heroine, but he was older and didn't have the best reputation so he didn't do a thing and then his alcoholic dad was convicted of murdering a teenage girl and he left. The hero has made a good life for himself with his maternal uncle. However, when his dying dad is released and decides to go back to the same town the hero follows. There he runs into the heroine who still has the power to move him. He also discovers that his dad was framed and that people in town don't want the truth to come out. This was an enjoyable read. I really liked the romance and the h/H together. They seemed to get each other despite so many years apart. Even the whole who was the actual murderer wasn't bad.
Fifteen years ago the hero had feelings for the then 16-year old heroine, but he was older and didn't have the best reputation so he didn't do a thing and then his alcoholic dad was convicted of murdering a teenage girl and he left. The hero has made a good life for himself with his maternal uncle. However, when his dying dad is released and decides to go back to the same town the hero follows. There he runs into the heroine who still has the power to move him. He also discovers that his dad was framed and that people in town don't want the truth to come out. This was an enjoyable read. I really liked the romance and the h/H together. They seemed to get each other despite so many years apart. Even the whole who was the actual murderer wasn't bad.
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