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Maximum Men #4
Enigma
Test Subject: Jared Maddox
Ability: Mental telepathy
Weakness: Willa Tyler, the only person he was able to communicate with while in a coma.
From the moment he came out of a coma, Jared Maddox knew his whereabouts had been compromised and that only one person could help him escape: trauma nurse Willa Tyler. Although he was reluctant to put Willa's life in danger, she refused to abandon him, insisting she help him reconnect with his mysterious past...and his identical twin. Using the abilities some saw as a gift, Jared sensed the moment they closed in on the truth. And the moment he started considering a future with the strong and beautiful woman who'd faithfully stood by his side. But was her healing touch enough to weather what they uncovered deep in the mountains?
Ability: Mental telepathy
Weakness: Willa Tyler, the only person he was able to communicate with while in a coma.
From the moment he came out of a coma, Jared Maddox knew his whereabouts had been compromised and that only one person could help him escape: trauma nurse Willa Tyler. Although he was reluctant to put Willa's life in danger, she refused to abandon him, insisting she help him reconnect with his mysterious past...and his identical twin. Using the abilities some saw as a gift, Jared sensed the moment they closed in on the truth. And the moment he started considering a future with the strong and beautiful woman who'd faithfully stood by his side. But was her healing touch enough to weather what they uncovered deep in the mountains?
224 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 10, 2010
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March 10, 2019
HI #1199
May 6, 2011
Enigma is part of a Harlequin Intrigue series called "Maximum Men". Carla Cassidy is an extremely prolific romance novelist and has contributed to several other Harlequin series.
Enigma opens in a hospital, where Jared Maddox has been in a deep coma for several months after being hit by a car. Jared is nurse Willa Tyler's "special project" because he's just too hot and sexy for Willa to resist caring for and helping, so her kind thoughts have been with Jared since his arrival. Lucky for Willa, she'll soon learn she invested her time wisely because Jared has a telepathic mind-reading ability. When Jared suddenly awakes in sensing enemies are near, he unknowingly recruits Willa into being his partner on the run to evade the bad guys that are after him. Jared soon reveals to Willa that he and his twin-brother Jack were the victims of terrible medical experiments that gave them both special healing powers and telepathy. Together Willa and Jared embark on a romantic, yet perilous journey to safety.
Not sure how Enigma ended up on my reading list, but it was actually pretty entertaining given I'm not at all a fan of romance novels. Enigma is short at 214 pages; just long enough for a quick escape into romance-fairytale-land and true love. Cassidy's style is extremely tasteful, fast-paced and engaging. The intense and quickly-established romantic relationship between Willa and Jared is entirely convincing, especially since Jared had been invading Willa's thoughts for months before waking in his coma and vice-versa. This definitely compensates for Willa's seemingly thoughtless actions that include leaving Jared alone in her house minutes after they officially meet and also her careless dismissal regarding becoming pregnant after a hot episode of unprotected sex.
Almost as shocking is the hard-core violence at the climax of the Enigma, which Cassidy describes heartlessly as if it occurs to everyone every day, but it also adds to the edge and bite of the novel. Overall, Enigma is well done and very suspenseful -- absolutely perfect for a few hours of distraction from the rest of the world!
Carla Cassidy has been recognized for her awards and success with novels Anything for Danny (1994) and Pregnant with his Child (1997).
Visit http://dreamworldbooks.com to read more book reviews.
Enigma opens in a hospital, where Jared Maddox has been in a deep coma for several months after being hit by a car. Jared is nurse Willa Tyler's "special project" because he's just too hot and sexy for Willa to resist caring for and helping, so her kind thoughts have been with Jared since his arrival. Lucky for Willa, she'll soon learn she invested her time wisely because Jared has a telepathic mind-reading ability. When Jared suddenly awakes in sensing enemies are near, he unknowingly recruits Willa into being his partner on the run to evade the bad guys that are after him. Jared soon reveals to Willa that he and his twin-brother Jack were the victims of terrible medical experiments that gave them both special healing powers and telepathy. Together Willa and Jared embark on a romantic, yet perilous journey to safety.
Not sure how Enigma ended up on my reading list, but it was actually pretty entertaining given I'm not at all a fan of romance novels. Enigma is short at 214 pages; just long enough for a quick escape into romance-fairytale-land and true love. Cassidy's style is extremely tasteful, fast-paced and engaging. The intense and quickly-established romantic relationship between Willa and Jared is entirely convincing, especially since Jared had been invading Willa's thoughts for months before waking in his coma and vice-versa. This definitely compensates for Willa's seemingly thoughtless actions that include leaving Jared alone in her house minutes after they officially meet and also her careless dismissal regarding becoming pregnant after a hot episode of unprotected sex.
Almost as shocking is the hard-core violence at the climax of the Enigma, which Cassidy describes heartlessly as if it occurs to everyone every day, but it also adds to the edge and bite of the novel. Overall, Enigma is well done and very suspenseful -- absolutely perfect for a few hours of distraction from the rest of the world!
Carla Cassidy has been recognized for her awards and success with novels Anything for Danny (1994) and Pregnant with his Child (1997).
Visit http://dreamworldbooks.com to read more book reviews.
May 6, 2010
A dedicated nurse, gets into taking care of her coma patient over the last 6 months. So, much so, that she has a dream about him telling her his real name and ravishing her body. But what if it wasn't just a dream. What if he was really trying to communicate with her. He does just that, and Willa finds that she's embarking on a dangerous mission with the man who she's grown fond over the last 6 months.
Jared doesn't really know who he is, but he knows he's in trouble. And he knows that for some reason he can connect with the woman that he has been able to talk to through his mind over the last six months. The woman whose soul he feel in love with.
They are hunted, they have no where to turn, but they have each other and a goal of finding his twin brother that he just knows is out there somewhere.
This is the basis of this story by Carla Cassidy. It was fast paced and has some suspense to the romance. I thought that the end was too quickly wrapped up, but overall, I enjoyed the book. I would probably give it a 3.5 instead of a 3, but they don't have 1/2 stars on here.
Jared doesn't really know who he is, but he knows he's in trouble. And he knows that for some reason he can connect with the woman that he has been able to talk to through his mind over the last six months. The woman whose soul he feel in love with.
They are hunted, they have no where to turn, but they have each other and a goal of finding his twin brother that he just knows is out there somewhere.
This is the basis of this story by Carla Cassidy. It was fast paced and has some suspense to the romance. I thought that the end was too quickly wrapped up, but overall, I enjoyed the book. I would probably give it a 3.5 instead of a 3, but they don't have 1/2 stars on here.
March 26, 2010
He’s been her "favorite" patient since he came to the hospital in a coma six months ago, but now the gorgeous man, who walks in her dreams and whose voice she apparently hears in her head, is awake and begging her to help him escape.
After the first story in this series apparently my enthusiasm has waned, because I can’t seem to scrap up any good things to say about the books after I read them. Not that the first was anything extraordinary, it just pulled me into the universe of these Maximum Men and I hoped the lure would continue to hold. It doesn’t.
This was yet another rather slow-paced installment in this series. Though I liked both Jared and Willa (especially because she only briefly entertained the notion of being crazy before helping the hero), I somehow couldn’t "connect" to them as a couple, the suspense was good, but not great (since I knew what the villains wanted, or did I?), and the finale left me with a slightly bitter aftertaste in my mouth (the reason behind that shot was a bit too mundane for my taste)…Oh, well.
After the first story in this series apparently my enthusiasm has waned, because I can’t seem to scrap up any good things to say about the books after I read them. Not that the first was anything extraordinary, it just pulled me into the universe of these Maximum Men and I hoped the lure would continue to hold. It doesn’t.
This was yet another rather slow-paced installment in this series. Though I liked both Jared and Willa (especially because she only briefly entertained the notion of being crazy before helping the hero), I somehow couldn’t "connect" to them as a couple, the suspense was good, but not great (since I knew what the villains wanted, or did I?), and the finale left me with a slightly bitter aftertaste in my mouth (the reason behind that shot was a bit too mundane for my taste)…Oh, well.
August 8, 2012
This isn't a super wonderful book, but I really enjoyed it. I always like books with twins and I had read the earlier one in the series so I really wanted to know about Jared and it was a very satisfying story. No new ground broken or anything, but a very pleasant couple, some sticky situations and a nice happy ending.
April 1, 2011
This was a nice easy read with enjoyable characters. The two main leads had a believable chemistry and female main character had fears about relationships that most of us get after experiencing a bad one.
May 20, 2010
I have read Carla Cassidy books for years. This one is part of the Harlequin Maxiumum Men series, and it was a total page turner. I read it in one setting.
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