AUTHOR: Pamela Clare
STARTED: October 14, 2012
FINISHED: November 1, 2012
PAGES: 373
GENRE: Romance Novels
FIRST SENTENCE: Natalie Benoit watched the streets of Ciudad Juarez roll by outside the bus window, wishing the driver would turn up the air-conditioning.
SUMMARY: [From Barnes & Noble] Clare's fifth I-Team novel sizzles with constant adventure and romance. U.S. Marshal Zach McBride is the unwilling guest of Mexican drug lords when he meets another prisoner, American journalist Natalie Benoit. The two join forces to escape and make their way across the treacherous Mexican desert toward the U.S. border. Their romance and mutual attraction develop as they share their unhappy life stories and dodge their enemies in one harrowing encounter after another. Natalie's initial fragility is juxtaposed against Zach's stalwart nature as he helps unearth her hidden strengths and she encourages him to listen to his heart.
THOUGHTS: I've loved Clare's historical romances, but her contemporary's need some help. This wasn't the worst I've read, but it was far from good. At least Natalie wasn't completely TSTL. That said, she was a few bolts short of a complete set in the survival skills department. (Why do romance heroine's always insist upon putting themselves in mortal peril all the time?) My biggest beef with this book wasn't the heroine, the plot, or the writing, it was with the hero. I'm all for manly men who do good and kick ass, but dear lord, this one doesn't have any flaws. Clare made Zach so perfect that I actually didn't like him. The few times he did mess up, he beat himself up so much that I was annoyed with his pity party. On a final note, Clare, once again, makes her plots overly complicated. Pick one bad guy, dammit! You don't need to weave this complex plotline of multiple bad guys and there motives. That just drags the story down. You've got 350ish pages. Use them well.
RATING: 5/10 [Meh.]
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