Dare is not this type of hero.Īs for Lyra, she's been distrustful since she was fifteen, escaped before she could be married off to the cult leader (read deflowered) at eighteen then managed to stay undiscovered for 5 years by being careful. But when the heroine finally brings him down, it's gotta be worth the wait. My heroes have to be cool and in control and hard to break. While I don't disagree with his feeling obligated to help Lyra since he led the bad guys to her unwittingly, Dare came across as a man who lives on his feelings and impulses. Protective is one thing but this man hasn't got much sense of proportion nor priorities. When her worst nightmare does happen, she could stop and enjoy a kiss when the baddies are at their backs? Where are your brains, people? At least get to the ranch! What made me roll my eyes, though, was that the protagonists are running for their lives, the evil cult members are a hair's breath away, Dare, the hero, is all battered and the heroine is supposedly terrified yet they can stop to kiss in their getaway car? Dare couldn't even wait till he got her to his ranch? Lyra has been hiding for 5 years, terrified of being found by the cult. Though the captured-by-evil-cult plot has been done to death, I didn't mind trying one more. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.Ĭhosen Prey was annoying and unbelievable. ![]() Many thanks to the author for the digital copy of this Romantic Suspense. WARNING: Plenty of hot steamy interaction done in great detail. The suspense starts on the first page and increases until the surprising, unexpected conclusion. the older woman who lives next door with her cat, Dare's partner, Nick, who Lyra categorizes on their first meeting, and then realizes how wrong she is, and Lyra's mother who she blames for having to live with the cult. Lyra and Dare are terrific characters, interacting with each other with humor, and plenty of steamy heat. When several cult members do show up, Dare is determined to help her with or without her permission.Īs with previous books of this author, it is well written with plenty of action from start to finish. The fanatical leader of the cult was waiting for her to turn 18 so she could make her one of his wives and bear the next leader. She thinks he's from the Temple of Light cult that held her and her mother hostage for years before she finally escaped, having to leave her mother behind. She opens the door and shoots a face full of mace at him. She thinks she's been found and needs to run again. She didn't know this guy and he was tall and powerfully built. When private investigator Dare Lancaster shows up at her door, she panics. 'Sandford has always been at the top of any list of great mystery writers.Lyra has been running for five years, always looking over her shoulder. This is a series you must be reading if you are not already' 'It appears there is no limit to John Sandford’s ability to keep new breath and blood flowing into his Lucas Davenport series. 'Sandford’s trademark blend of rough humor and deadly action keeps the pages turning until the smile-inducing wrap-up, which reveals the fates of a number of his quirky, memorable characters' Publishers Weekly on Golden Prey The man has a fine touch for outlaws' Stephen King on Golden Prey 'John Sandford knows all there is to know about detonating the gut-level shocks of a good thriller' The New York Times Book Review Drawings that, no doubt, hint at more murder victims to come. Then Davenport makes a grisly discovery - more drawings just like those of the first victim. ![]() When the murder is connected with an erotic drawing of the victim, the police call on Lucas Davenport's expertise. In the mist and rain of a Minnesota spring, the body of a woman is found in a shallow grave. **Don't miss John Sandford's brand-new thriller Ocean Prey – out now**Ī Lucas Davenport thriller by internationally bestselling novelist John Sandford
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