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ccgwalt's review
4.0
TBR Challenge 2012: Personal Challenge-- I put this on my Amazon wish list in Feb 2010.
I put this book on my wish list over on Amazon over two years ago. I can no longer remember who recommended the book, but when I was given a copy of the book I jumped at the chance to read it. One more book off my ever-lengthening to-read list! Yay!
I wish I remembered who recommended the book because I'd like to thank them. This is a very enjoyable, sometimes humorous, romantic suspense novel about a woman who fines out her boring long-term boyfriend, Scott, might just be involved with the Mexican mob. Last year on her 39th birthday, Sabrina was going through chemotherapy for breast cancer. This year, she wants a 39th do-over birthday. Instead, her apartment is broken into and her her personal trainer, Evan, turns out to be a federal agent.
While the novel has a light touch, thanks to the writing, the contents aren't always light. There are references to sex trafficking and descriptions of violence. The story is told in first person, but the dialogue is well done and helps the reader get to know the other characters. The suspense plot was interesting and well paced. The writing was above average, especially the dialogue.
Sabrina is a normal person. She is smart and brave, but she's also flawed and human. I like her, and while she doesn't always make (in retrospect) the best decisions, her character was consistent and believable. I like that she is older (40) and that she's had surgery for breast cancer, so has a less than "perfect" body. Evan is 6 or 7 years younger, so this is a "older woman/younger man" romance, also refreshing for a change.
Overall a good, solid book.
I put this book on my wish list over on Amazon over two years ago. I can no longer remember who recommended the book, but when I was given a copy of the book I jumped at the chance to read it. One more book off my ever-lengthening to-read list! Yay!
I wish I remembered who recommended the book because I'd like to thank them. This is a very enjoyable, sometimes humorous, romantic suspense novel about a woman who fines out her boring long-term boyfriend, Scott, might just be involved with the Mexican mob. Last year on her 39th birthday, Sabrina was going through chemotherapy for breast cancer. This year, she wants a 39th do-over birthday. Instead, her apartment is broken into and her her personal trainer, Evan, turns out to be a federal agent.
While the novel has a light touch, thanks to the writing, the contents aren't always light. There are references to sex trafficking and descriptions of violence. The story is told in first person, but the dialogue is well done and helps the reader get to know the other characters. The suspense plot was interesting and well paced. The writing was above average, especially the dialogue.
Sabrina is a normal person. She is smart and brave, but she's also flawed and human. I like her, and while she doesn't always make (in retrospect) the best decisions, her character was consistent and believable. I like that she is older (40) and that she's had surgery for breast cancer, so has a less than "perfect" body. Evan is 6 or 7 years younger, so this is a "older woman/younger man" romance, also refreshing for a change.
Overall a good, solid book.
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