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	The Mercenary Cherry Adair HQN Books, 2008 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 19 reviews view larger image
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Now she'll do anything to find him?lie, cheat, even subject herself to the predatory advances of Alex's T-FLAC partner, Marc Savin, if it will help get her brother home safe.

But trusting the sexy, brooding operative might just be the risk of a lifetime.

The Mercenary is back, and better than ever!

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Loved it!

I think authors of romantic suspense have to be very adept at balancing the romance with the suspense in this genre. Too much of one or the other, and the book sags under the imbalance. Too much romance, the writing often tips over into the treacly, the overblown, the gushy. (I'm not a big fan of alpha males who will "just die if they don't have a taste" of [insert heroine's name].) Great writers can imply their hero feels that way without using the overblown language. Too much suspense, and either the alpha male is so harsh you can't believe (or respect) any woman would want to look for the deeply hidden squishy parts or you feel like the romance is added as an afterthought. For me, the only two authors who consistently deliver the perfect, believable blend of romance and suspense are Nora Roberts' J.D. Robb series of In Death books and Anne Stuart's Ice series. Neither of those authors ever indulges in the flowery language that for me is so off-putting. In this book, Adair succeeds. I never read the original version of this novel, so I don't know how much she "improved" upon it, but I found this revision believable and interesting. I was sad to say good-bye to the characters, and wish the author would have included an extended epilogue. Or better, have her revise it again and go much further with both characters :)

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Mercenary

I enjoyed this romanctic action mystery. I have read serveral books by Cherry Adair and find her an enjoyable author. My only comment is I wish she wasn't so fond of four letter words.

Dottie



I loved the story and Tory

I'm new to Cherry Adair's writing. This is the second book I've read by the author and so far, I'm a fan. This book is a re-release of the 1994 title, expanded by the author. The additions seem to flow very well, nowhere did I see an obvious patch.

One thing I loved about this book was the heroine, Tory. She fully admits to being a coward who likes things to stay the same. She wants her home, her job and her life to be boring, safe and routine. I think the blurbs are a bit misleading in that they make her seem to be more driven and heartless than she is protrayed to be. She simply wants to save her brother and pushes herself beyond what she felt were her limits to do so. Even as she proves her courage and determination, she wishes she was back home in her safe little world.

I wasn't so enamored of Marc. Throughout the book he is a jerk to Tory. Even when he's not being deliberately mean he's insensitive and rude. A few times he seems to remember that she's not a trained operative, but most of the time he seems to expect more of her than is reasonable. On those rare occasions when he does remember she's not prepared for the kind of mission he's forced on her he makes up for any show of compassion with calculated cruelty.

Some of the action did seem to be glossed over a bit to me, cleaned up off-camera, so to speak. That's a minor annoyance. I also think the "romance" was a bit forced. I would have liked to see a bit more of Marc's heart.

Despite my issues with Marc and the action scenes that weren't, this was a great book and I look forward to reading more in the series.

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Series shows promise

OK, I actually started reading this series (T-FLAC) out of order with the 'Edge' books, Edge of Danger, ...Fear, ...Darkness and liked it so well, that I had to go back to the beginning. This first book was not near as good as I was hoping it would be, but sometimes the first in a series is not. Yet you know it has the potential to become an awesome series, which this one has become. I thought the main character, Victoria Jones was a bit of a wimp, she read more like a 'romance novel' female character and Marc was the usual brooding male. This book does fall way short of later books. I don't think you'd necessarily have to read it to understand the series, unless you are like me and have to read them in order! But I agree with another reviewer, if I had read this one first I don't know if I would have continued in the series, I am so glad I read these out of order because this series is great!

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