Book 72: Sleeping with the Agent

NUMBER: 72
TITLE: Sleeping with the Agent
AUTHOR: Gennita Low
STARTED: December 23, 2007
FINISHED: December 25, 2007
PAGES: 371
GENRE: Romance

FIRST SENTENCE: Love's like riding a wave dude.

SUMMARY: [From barnesandnoble.com] Lily Noretski is as dangerous as she is beautiful. She's also a sleeper in possession of a devastating weapon.
As a sharpshooter, Navy SEAL Reed Vincenzio is as emotionless as they come. Armed with a file on his target, Reed knows what he has to do.
Reed must win Lily's confidence, find the weapon . . . and eliminate her if necessary. Yet his files don't even begin to hint at this extraordinary woman's fire and courage, making this assignment harder than any Reed has ever undertaken.
Lily knows that someone is pulling her strings, but if she is to survive, she must put her life in the hands of this charming, magnetic man who appeared out of nowhere. Her head tells her she's in grave peril, but her heart dares her to put everything on the line. Will the price of her passion prove to be more than she bargained for?
REASON FOR READING: It was part of Almost a Lawyer boyfriend's Christmas gift to me.

THOUGHTS: The story felt forced. I think Low was trying to impress her reader with how much she new about military tactics and politics. The book also suffered from a case of too many characters and too few pages. Throw in the rather unbelievable "love at first sight" connection and we're bordering on a book that should not have been published.

That said, I did like several things. First, the chemistry between the characters was nice and steamy. Secondly, I love it when books are not set in "the usual" locations - a romance set in the war torn Balkans, wha? Thirdly, anything that throws in the military is fine by me.

MISCELLANEOUS: What guy falls in love with a girl who shoots at him?

RATING: 4/10 [An "okay" book]

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