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	Fearless Diana Palmer HQN Books, 2008 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 25 reviews view larger image
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Rodrigo Ramirez is sent undercover as an itinerant laborer on Gloryanne Barnes's stepbrother's farm in Jacobsville, where he's looking to bust a new and vicious cartel operating south of the border. Gloryanne is smart, savvy and fi ercely independent, but her job has put her in danger from the same criminal Rodrigo is investigating. She's drawn to the enigmatic new farmhand, Rodrigo, a man who is much more than he seems, and who stirs a desire that leaves her breathless. But secrets are about to shatter all their lives, for better, for worse?and maybe forever.

Gloryanne's sweet innocence is too much temptation for a tormented man. Confused and bitter about love, driven by his dangerous job and searching for answers, Rodrigo is not sure if his reckless offer of marriage is just a means to completing his mission?or something more. But as Gloryanne's bittersweet miracle and Rodrigo's double life collide, two people learning just what it means to trust must face the truth about each other, and decide if there's a chance for the future they both secretly desire.

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Not So Bad

I really hesitated to buy this book after reading the reviews but I have to admit I did like it. It is typical Diana Palmer but it was a smooth easy read.
Now tell me if She can't make you dislike her heros or what! And her heroines are usually shy and virginal,but back when sex wasn't laid on a plate it was what most of us tried to hold onto until marriage. Most of her heroines are not beautiful or breathtaking with huge breasts , lets face it they didn't use silicon that much in days past.
The only part of the story that annoyed me was the she's poor and I'm wealthy and that makes me better than her. It doesn't make you better just richer. Another area was after Rodrigo made reference to her plainess and background to his former girlfriend , She forgives him and swallows every word out of his mouth. I wouldn't be able to believe one word he said. Again though it is a fact that a man will cheat and lie and get caught and it will be made public, the wife will stand there humiliated but stoic beside her man. I can't see where Diana's portrayal of the hero is any different than most of our politicians today.

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Dreck. Linda Howard, Jayne Ann Krentz why did you endorse this book?

I'm amazed that two of my favorite writers Linda Howard and Jayne Ann Krentz endorsed this book. Both of them are known for their independent, intelligent heroines, and heroes who, no matter how rough their edges, have a core of class. Diana Palmer must be a very nice lady for these two authors to endorse this dreck.

There are numerous, series flaws with this book. To begin with, the writing can be extremely clumsy, as when Palmer writes that a character, "was feeling anger at the man . . . ." Hum, let's compare this with three lines from a Krentz book "Sharp Edges": "She wondered what the penalty was for strangling very large men who wore tacky aloha shirts, khaki chinos and moccasin-style loafers. Surely no judge or jury would convict her, she thought. Not when they saw the evidence."

Palmer also confuses a classy character with someone who bears the trappings of wealth and social position. She gives us hero Rodrigo, a son of both Spanish and Danish minor nobility, who's incredibly wealthy, great looking -- tall, dark and handsome, etc., etc., etc. Yet he seduces our virgin heroine Glory within an hour or so after a meeting with the married love of his life -- who sees him only as a good friend.

He never misses an opportunity to put Glory down such as describing her as one of the "plain, country hicks . . . who has no hope of a better life than working in someone's kitchen," He does this type of thing behind her back with every person he discusses her with. Then, he excuses his betrayals, claiming he didn't mean them. Would a classy character do this to a virgin he's deflowered, then married? Are these the actions of a hero, or the mark of an arrogant, self-absorbed womanizer?

Her characters also are just not believable or consistent with how the author describes them. Glory, our heroine, has not only been physically abused and maimed, sexually abused leaving her a terror of men, she has congenital heart problems and has had a heart attack at a young age, already. Violins, anyone?

Glory is supposed to have a horror of men due to her childhood. Yet, She handles our hero with tact, wit and sophistication. She doesn't give an inch in their bantering. She knows that Rodrigo is hung up on his married love, and yet falls into bed with him after seeing him watch his married love drive away from him. Does this ring true of a tough-minded assistant District Attorney who's terrified of men? Come to think of it, if she's so afraid of men, and tramatized by her childhood, how did she get through law school and become an Assistant District Attorney?

Should we read an the author who awards the heroine to a guy who blatantly betrays her? What is attractive about a self-absorbed, arrogant man no matter how handsome or how heroic his actions described off stage? Especially when the author introduces a secondary lead guy who would admirably fill a hero's boots?

There are all kinds of other contradictions Palmer doesn't appear to think through. Roderigo, a former mercenary, works undercover for the DEA, speaks 5 languages, is tall, dark and handsome and has a price on his head in every country but the United States. Ms. Palmer seems to be confused. Don't mercenaries work only for money? Isn't their allegiance only to the contract they sign with their employer? How would a mercenary stay in business if his former employers want to off him? Or was he working undercover as a mercenary and Ms. Palmer forgot to tell us? By definition, if such a character has a good guy core, isn't it because there are some things they don't do for money? No such depth is show to us in Ms. Palmer's hero.

Ms. Palmer also writes that the hero dates socialites and actresses. REALLY? An undercover operative traipses around publicly and retains his cover? We're told that Rodrigo is special, but he's in no way drawn convincingly by the author.

Diana Palmer is a popular enough author that her works appear in hard cover. It's a pity that she doesn't use her clout to create characters and plots that rise above cardboard stereotypes that she seems to think her books should reflect.

There are occasional witty scenes, and if you forget HOW the author describes her, Glory turns out to be a somewhat engaging leading lady. This saves the book from a minus 1 star.

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