![]() ![]() ![]() Roberts likes to play around with stereotypes, and this is refreshing to read-the hot blonde who loves shoes but can complete an obstacle course, the sexist redneck who concedes he’s wrong about women smoke-jumpers. More interesting are the secondary characters, even though there are so many of them it’s sometimes tricky to get them straight. The romance develops gradually, but it’s not quite central to the story. Curry’s a nice guy…and remains so throughout the entire book. One of these recruits is Gull Curry-perhaps one of the least romantic names I’ve seen in the genre-who is immediately attracted to Tripp’s ‘package’ and ‘attitude’. There’s also the newest batch of smoke-jumping recruits-firefighters who get flown into a middle of a bush fire. Aside from staff at the base station, there’s her fellow fire fighters, who rely on each other’s trust for survival. ![]() There are a pool potential suspects, even though Rowan isn’t comfortable thinking that any of them could be capable of sabotage and murder. She lost a jump partner in a freak accident the previous season, and it seems someone has put the blame squarely at her feet. Rowan Tripp is an experienced firefighter with the US equivalent of the rural fire service, but it’s a little different this time. The thing about Nora Roberts is that I almost always enjoy her books-just never enough to want to buy her next one and let’s not even contemplate her backlist. The romance lacks intensity, but a decent mystery plot keeps the pages turning. By Nora RobertsĪ satisfying romantic suspense with a capable heroine. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |