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Breaking Daylight
Touching her crosses the line…and shoots his code of honor all to hell. Sergeant Alex Shepard is all about getting the job done. That single-minded purpose helps him forget the fact he hates the jungle as he leads his Special Forces team in search of Honduran drug lord Santiago Saldana. His quarry eludes him, but the woman left behind in the compound is the next best thing. Saldana’s mistress—an American woman who clearly puts her own pleasure over right and wrong. Isabella Canales has been Saldana’s prisoner for four long years. Worse, he’s taken away her most precious possession. Except Alex doesn’t believe a word of it. The clock is ticking, and she’s frantic to do anything to convince him to take her home. Even agree to serve as bait to draw Saldana out. As they push through the tangled jungle dodging bullets and ambushes, Alex fights his growing respect for Isabella’s determination—and an attraction that’s impossible to resist, whatever she’s done. But Saldana never lets go of what’s his. And betrayal is his deadliest weapon… An arrogant hero who meets his match in a sexy heroine who makes him look past her face and into his soul. Gunfights and explosions (in and out of the bedroom).
243 pages, Paperback
First published November 19, 2009
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February 12, 2011
4.5 Star Romantic Suspense
Master Sergeant Alex Shepard hates trekking through jungles with a passion. A member of a team of rangers, Alex is the adopted son of his parents from Texas and looks forward to the day that he can claim the innocent and pure Rebecca back home as his own. Alex had grown up with a drug addict mother who had whored her way through life and made her son sell drugs for her until it had all come to a halt the day she had been killed by cops in pursuit of her. Though Alex had adjusted well to family life and the warmth and love that his adoptive parents bestow on him, their lurks emotional scars of a deeper kind which makes him long for the whole white picket fence with a family of his own regardless of the fact that he feels unworthy of such goodness in his life.
24 year old Isabella Canales leaves home when she is 18 years old in pursuit of adventure and finds more than she bargained for when she trusts the rich and charming Santiago Saldana who in reality is the baddest of bad asses when it comes to drug kingpins. Isabella makes her way to Central America in order to pursue her studies in Spanish and Immersion and had payed her college fees by strip dancing until she had met Santiago who had practically imprisoned her and made her bend to his every will and whim for the past 6 years. Stunningly beautiful, Isabella finds the courage to escape when her son Hector is taken away from her by Santiago in order to further manipulate her for his use.
It is when one of the DEA agents who infiltrates the Santiago gang is unheard of for a couple of weeks that Alex and his team partner up with DEA agents to find out what has happened to him, surrounding Santiago’s property deep in the remote areas of the jungles. Though the very first sight of gorgeous Isabella pleasuring herself surrounded by bath bubbles gets to Alex in a way he refuses to admit, it is Alex that ends up protecting a woman he feels nothing but detest and anger towards, because she had lapped up each and every luxury at the hands of someone like Santiago which brings memories of his own childhood too close to the surface. Isabella knows that the silent soldier whose eyes flash loathing at her would never understand what drives her and the deep rooted terror inside of her that Santiago would get his hands on her before she can find out where he had sent her son off to.
Isabella is someone who has never had a man want her just for herself. And so when Alex turns to her in despair upon hearing that his Rebecca was going to marry someone else, Isabella is helpless to stop the tide of desire and red-blooded lust that takes a hold of both of them for an unforgettable night that brings her shields down and makes her hope and yearn for things better left unsaid.
With Isabella on her way back to the States, Alex thinks it to be the last time he would ever see her and instead finds himself tailing her once again to see whether she draws Santiago in for the DEA to swoop in and arrest the one man who has eluded their every attempt at arrest in the past couple of years. Longing, desire and feelings better left unnamed all attack Alex full force as he begins to learn who Isabella really is inside and out and as both of them give into the combustive passion between them, so rises the danger that surrounds them together with betrayal from a person Alex trusts more than anyone else in his life.
For the full review including quotes and what made this book a 4.5 star read: http://bit.ly/gVZMQy
Master Sergeant Alex Shepard hates trekking through jungles with a passion. A member of a team of rangers, Alex is the adopted son of his parents from Texas and looks forward to the day that he can claim the innocent and pure Rebecca back home as his own. Alex had grown up with a drug addict mother who had whored her way through life and made her son sell drugs for her until it had all come to a halt the day she had been killed by cops in pursuit of her. Though Alex had adjusted well to family life and the warmth and love that his adoptive parents bestow on him, their lurks emotional scars of a deeper kind which makes him long for the whole white picket fence with a family of his own regardless of the fact that he feels unworthy of such goodness in his life.
24 year old Isabella Canales leaves home when she is 18 years old in pursuit of adventure and finds more than she bargained for when she trusts the rich and charming Santiago Saldana who in reality is the baddest of bad asses when it comes to drug kingpins. Isabella makes her way to Central America in order to pursue her studies in Spanish and Immersion and had payed her college fees by strip dancing until she had met Santiago who had practically imprisoned her and made her bend to his every will and whim for the past 6 years. Stunningly beautiful, Isabella finds the courage to escape when her son Hector is taken away from her by Santiago in order to further manipulate her for his use.
It is when one of the DEA agents who infiltrates the Santiago gang is unheard of for a couple of weeks that Alex and his team partner up with DEA agents to find out what has happened to him, surrounding Santiago’s property deep in the remote areas of the jungles. Though the very first sight of gorgeous Isabella pleasuring herself surrounded by bath bubbles gets to Alex in a way he refuses to admit, it is Alex that ends up protecting a woman he feels nothing but detest and anger towards, because she had lapped up each and every luxury at the hands of someone like Santiago which brings memories of his own childhood too close to the surface. Isabella knows that the silent soldier whose eyes flash loathing at her would never understand what drives her and the deep rooted terror inside of her that Santiago would get his hands on her before she can find out where he had sent her son off to.
Isabella is someone who has never had a man want her just for herself. And so when Alex turns to her in despair upon hearing that his Rebecca was going to marry someone else, Isabella is helpless to stop the tide of desire and red-blooded lust that takes a hold of both of them for an unforgettable night that brings her shields down and makes her hope and yearn for things better left unsaid.
With Isabella on her way back to the States, Alex thinks it to be the last time he would ever see her and instead finds himself tailing her once again to see whether she draws Santiago in for the DEA to swoop in and arrest the one man who has eluded their every attempt at arrest in the past couple of years. Longing, desire and feelings better left unnamed all attack Alex full force as he begins to learn who Isabella really is inside and out and as both of them give into the combustive passion between them, so rises the danger that surrounds them together with betrayal from a person Alex trusts more than anyone else in his life.
For the full review including quotes and what made this book a 4.5 star read: http://bit.ly/gVZMQy
January 25, 2013
This just didn't work for me. It was okay but only that. I almost DFNed it. It got bogged down with too many sex scenes. It just wasn't written in a way that grabbed me. It seemed to be "just another romantic suspense". Nothing new or different. The emotions just weren't there for me. Sorry I know many people enjoyed it.
May 20, 2012
So Bella, the heroine annoyed the hell out of me. Tortured but TSTL. She fell for the easiest traps and you would think by her being captive, and a prostitute she would lose her naivety. But nope. I understand being worried for your son, trust me if someone took my son it would be WWIII, however she could have been more practical and um.... What's that word? Oh yeah, smart. Hero was ok but kept calling her a whore or just rubbing me the wrong way. Overall 2.5 - 3.5 Stars.
September 1, 2011
My first military romance book. Liked it, didn’t love it. Why is that?
Well, mainly because while the lhusty scenes were indeed dheadly lhusty, BUT the female character (Isabella) shows my most hated factor in a book: INFATUATION.
Holy freakin' cow! It infuriates me that after a couple nice words and MAYBE a smile or two and him protecting her in a situation of danger the woman falls in loveeeeeeeee with all her heart. "He must be the man for her! He treats her like a lady!" God forbid that is just because he’s a gentleman. *Puke* Please. Please reassure me most women are not that gullible and idiotic. If THAT is in fact “love”, I’ll kill myself. I have no hope in Earth’s future then. LOL.
But seriously, the man thinks she’s a whore, treats her like so, directly tells her that he thinks that and when brokenhearted and in a surge of lust he goes to FUCK her, she dares to think she has feelings for him. *Insert gun now and kill her*. That would’ve been a preferable ending lol. I’d have rated it 5 stars for preserving her dignity and coherence.
In any case, once I could pass over that aspect (purposely ignoring it so I wouldn’t break my phone -yes, I read in my phone-), the story gets somewhat interesting and emotional with the desperation of a mother trying to find her son and slowly building a relationship (not officially) with Alex. I dunno what else to say. It’s hardly memorable but not bad enough not to give it a try. I might check the next ones in the series. Mr. Julian caught my eye ;)
Well, mainly because while the lhusty scenes were indeed dheadly lhusty, BUT the female character (Isabella) shows my most hated factor in a book: INFATUATION.
Holy freakin' cow! It infuriates me that after a couple nice words and MAYBE a smile or two and him protecting her in a situation of danger the woman falls in loveeeeeeeee with all her heart. "He must be the man for her! He treats her like a lady!" God forbid that is just because he’s a gentleman. *Puke* Please. Please reassure me most women are not that gullible and idiotic. If THAT is in fact “love”, I’ll kill myself. I have no hope in Earth’s future then. LOL.
But seriously, the man thinks she’s a whore, treats her like so, directly tells her that he thinks that and when brokenhearted and in a surge of lust he goes to FUCK her, she dares to think she has feelings for him. *Insert gun now and kill her*. That would’ve been a preferable ending lol. I’d have rated it 5 stars for preserving her dignity and coherence.
In any case, once I could pass over that aspect (purposely ignoring it so I wouldn’t break my phone -yes, I read in my phone-), the story gets somewhat interesting and emotional with the desperation of a mother trying to find her son and slowly building a relationship (not officially) with Alex. I dunno what else to say. It’s hardly memorable but not bad enough not to give it a try. I might check the next ones in the series. Mr. Julian caught my eye ;)
May 8, 2015
Started off really well - in fact I thought it was going to end up as a 5-star till approx 30% of the book when I began to have issues with the heroine. For one thing, her justification for "sleeping with the enemy" so to speak, was rather weak, secondly, while one can admire her determination to get back her son, her methods of doing so came across as not very bright. I must however admit I was very impressed with the author's writing style and will probably check out her other works.
May 8, 2011
This was a ripper! A real page turner that kept me heading back to my Sony every chance I got.
April 30, 2012
3.5 Stars
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