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merlesstorys's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
A pretty run-of-the-mill romance with a slight Thriller twist.
I liked it okay, as I read better ones before and I found the various POVs a bit confusing.
I liked it okay, as I read better ones before and I found the various POVs a bit confusing.
laurenjodi's review against another edition
4.0
Then You Hide
4.5 Stars
Fast paced and exciting - definitely one of the best in the series.
Vanessa initially comes across as hard and abrasive but it quickly becomes clear that she is loyal to a fault and her cool facade is really a defense mechanism concealing her fear of being hurt and losing someone she loves. Wade is simply gorgeous with his soft, sweet, sexy southern drawl that just makes you melt. He is dead set against liking Vanessa but she gets under his skin and he cannot help falling for her. They have excellent chemistry and rather than an immediate and unrealistic infatuation (as in the previous installment), Vanessa and Wade's relationship grows and develops into a believable emotional and physical bond.
The suspense plot centers on locating Vanessa's colleague who seems to have gotten himself into a bind and includes several interesting twists and turns as well as a surprise at the end that is virtually impossible to see coming. The secondary storyline about the search for the daughters of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder continues and the compelling developments make me eager to read the next book. Looks like Lucy Sharpe and Jack Culver will have to come to terms with their relationship in order to find a killer. Should be good.
4.5 Stars
Fast paced and exciting - definitely one of the best in the series.
Vanessa initially comes across as hard and abrasive but it quickly becomes clear that she is loyal to a fault and her cool facade is really a defense mechanism concealing her fear of being hurt and losing someone she loves. Wade is simply gorgeous with his soft, sweet, sexy southern drawl that just makes you melt. He is dead set against liking Vanessa but she gets under his skin and he cannot help falling for her. They have excellent chemistry and rather than an immediate and unrealistic infatuation (as in the previous installment), Vanessa and Wade's relationship grows and develops into a believable emotional and physical bond.
The suspense plot centers on locating Vanessa's colleague who seems to have gotten himself into a bind and includes several interesting twists and turns as well as a surprise at the end that is virtually impossible to see coming. The secondary storyline about the search for the daughters of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder continues and the compelling developments make me eager to read the next book. Looks like Lucy Sharpe and Jack Culver will have to come to terms with their relationship in order to find a killer. Should be good.
jonetta's review against another edition
4.0
For some time now, former Marine sniper Wade Cordell has accepted consulting assignments from Lucy Sharpe and now she wants him to join Bullet Catchers. To help him decide, she throws him an "easy" assignment in St. Kitts. The effort to contact "vacationing" Vanessa Porter and bring her to Charleston, South Carolina turns out to be anything but easy.
Wade makes this story with his deceptively easy Southern style that masks some seriously deadly skills. His instincts are exceptional and the job would have possibly gone a lot better without the brash and strident Vanessa interfering. You have to admire her work skills where she competes and wins against Wall Street capitalists but subtlety isn't even in her vocabulary, which was in high demand as she was trying to find her friend and colleague, Clive Easterbrook. She and Wade might have located him sooner if she'd just. stopped. talking!!!!
Despite her frustrating behavior, Vanessa and Wade ended up being a pretty good team, her yin to his yang. The search for Clive took a sinister turn that made the story very exciting. It was difficult to figure out exactly what was going on, made murkier by a motley bunch of characters in these Leeward Islands. The continuing story arc involving imprisoned Eileen Stafford was always in the background, helping to make this a good and suspenseful story.
I liked how this story developed even with Vanessa's clumsy moments and am looking forward to the conclusion of this trilogy within the series. We're guaranteed more Lucy Sharpe time, too, enough for us to get more insight about this mysterious leader of Bullet Catchers.
Wade makes this story with his deceptively easy Southern style that masks some seriously deadly skills. His instincts are exceptional and the job would have possibly gone a lot better without the brash and strident Vanessa interfering. You have to admire her work skills where she competes and wins against Wall Street capitalists but subtlety isn't even in her vocabulary, which was in high demand as she was trying to find her friend and colleague, Clive Easterbrook. She and Wade might have located him sooner if she'd just. stopped. talking!!!!
Despite her frustrating behavior, Vanessa and Wade ended up being a pretty good team, her yin to his yang. The search for Clive took a sinister turn that made the story very exciting. It was difficult to figure out exactly what was going on, made murkier by a motley bunch of characters in these Leeward Islands. The continuing story arc involving imprisoned Eileen Stafford was always in the background, helping to make this a good and suspenseful story.
I liked how this story developed even with Vanessa's clumsy moments and am looking forward to the conclusion of this trilogy within the series. We're guaranteed more Lucy Sharpe time, too, enough for us to get more insight about this mysterious leader of Bullet Catchers.
bananatricky's review against another edition
3.0
The second in the trilogy (but book five in the Bullet Catchers series). We now know that Eileen had triplets which she gave up for adoption. Miranda is not a match for Eileen so the hunt is on for the other two daughters.
Lucy wants former sniper Wade to join Bullet Catchers and offers him a dream assignment. Track down a blonde (Miranda's sister) in the Caribbean.
Unfortunately, Vanessa is a potty-mouthed, Wall Street Fund Manager trying to track down her best friend who has gone AWOL on a Caribbean cruise – she doesn't understand the word no and is on a one-woman mission to find Clive. Clive is hiding from an unknown murderer with the help of a somewhat sinister man who says he is in love with Clive but wants to control him.
Vanessa is well aware who her mother is and has no interest in seeing her – or donating bone marrow to a woman who abandoned her as a baby. Especially because her father was killed shortly after visiting her in prison. Rightly or wrongly Vanessa blames her birth mother for his death (and she hates guns as a result).
So, Wade the soft-spoken southern gentleman who kills for a living and Vanessa the potty-mouthed woman who hates guns are thrown together. They make a pact, he will help her find Clive and in return she will meet her birth mother. But someone is sending Vanessa on a wild goose chase, and someone (maybe the same person) is trying to frighten or kill her – what was Clive into and why is someone trying to kill him and Vanessa?
This was probably my favourite in the series so far. Although Vanessa occasionally exhibited signs of being TSTL she managed to draw back from the brink (for me). Also, her tendency to rush in was totally explained by her 100 miles a minute attitude to everything.
Ms St Claire mixed it up a bit with the villains this time – although I thought the body count was a bit high considering (for once) that the culprit(s) weren't totally bonkers – I won't spoil it for you but there wasn't her usual two! Yeah, I know shocking.
We still don't know who the mysterious villain is who framed Eileen and has scared her so much that she daren't tell Jack his name … but all will revealed.
Oh, and I liked Vanessa (apart from her TSTL tendencies)- I liked her swearing.
Lucy wants former sniper Wade to join Bullet Catchers and offers him a dream assignment. Track down a blonde (Miranda's sister) in the Caribbean.
Unfortunately, Vanessa is a potty-mouthed, Wall Street Fund Manager trying to track down her best friend who has gone AWOL on a Caribbean cruise – she doesn't understand the word no and is on a one-woman mission to find Clive. Clive is hiding from an unknown murderer with the help of a somewhat sinister man who says he is in love with Clive but wants to control him.
Vanessa is well aware who her mother is and has no interest in seeing her – or donating bone marrow to a woman who abandoned her as a baby. Especially because her father was killed shortly after visiting her in prison. Rightly or wrongly Vanessa blames her birth mother for his death (and she hates guns as a result).
So, Wade the soft-spoken southern gentleman who kills for a living and Vanessa the potty-mouthed woman who hates guns are thrown together. They make a pact, he will help her find Clive and in return she will meet her birth mother. But someone is sending Vanessa on a wild goose chase, and someone (maybe the same person) is trying to frighten or kill her – what was Clive into and why is someone trying to kill him and Vanessa?
This was probably my favourite in the series so far. Although Vanessa occasionally exhibited signs of being TSTL she managed to draw back from the brink (for me). Also, her tendency to rush in was totally explained by her 100 miles a minute attitude to everything.
Ms St Claire mixed it up a bit with the villains this time – although I thought the body count was a bit high considering (for once) that the culprit(s) weren't totally bonkers – I won't spoil it for you but there wasn't her usual two! Yeah, I know shocking.
We still don't know who the mysterious villain is who framed Eileen and has scared her so much that she daren't tell Jack his name … but all will revealed.
Oh, and I liked Vanessa (apart from her TSTL tendencies)- I liked her swearing.
labraden's review against another edition
3.0
Another Bullet Catchers book I had trouble finishing. The story was a good one, continuing the story line about the triplets separated at birth and sold on the black market. For whatever reason, I just can't seem to connect with these stories.
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