Knockout

by Erica Orloff

Knockout by Erica Orloff released on Oct 25, 2004 is available now for purchase.

Mass Market Paperback

First published November 1, 2004

About the author

"Erica Orloff is a native New Yorker, novelist, blogger, mother of four, chronic insomniac, alt-rock loving, voracious reader (and prolific writer) who has written over twenty novels across a number of genres and pen names. She currently lives in Virginia where she rarely sleeps, roots for the Yankees and the NY Giants, knits in her almost-never free time, herds worms with her six-year-old Pirate Boy, and tries to hold onto what little sanity she has left." (http://www.ericaorloff.com/about.html)

Reviews

[Lynn Spencer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd really give this one 3.5 stars. I can't say I always liked the heroine of this book, but she definitely kept my interest and I respected some of the choices she had to make about how to live her life. A boxing trainer/promoter in Vegas is not the usual heroine,and Jack Rooney came across in this book as being tough enough to be the real deal. The book centers on Jack's trying to protect a murder victim's young daughter. The victim was Jack's friend and the child is in danger from the mob. The suspense thriller side of the plot in this book really worked for me, though the romantic elements lacked a certain emotional depth, even accounting for the fact that the romance was obviously not the main thrust of the book.

FWIW, in case anyone's curious about my bias:I know that the Bombshell line generated all kinds of controversy among reviewers when it launched and more than a few people expressed dismay that romance wasn't front and center in the Bombshell books. Even though I'm a romance reviewer, I wasn't one of those dismayed. I loved the idea of a line centered on strong female leads and their adventures, I thought some of the books that came out of Bombshell were fantastic, and I'm only sad that we didn't get more books from this line before it folded. I love reading romance, but I also love to read across all kinds of other genres and subjects as well.

[Tiffany · Rating 2 out of 5]

i wasnt really into this story, and i didn't like the way it was written in first person. It could then only focus of what the main character sees or hears. And can not come from anyone elses point of view.