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Knockout! A Passionate Police Romance (2011)

by Emma Calin(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Smashwords Edition

review 1: Anna Leyton is an Interpol cop that has a jaded past. When she is leaving Scotland Yard, one day she is attempting to hail a cab. As she finally gets a cab an obnoxious Frenchman tried to take it from her. When she takes a closer look she realizes he is an extremely hot guy who is clearly not only French but also American. Before Anna knows it she is developing a report with this stranger who is very much becoming less of a stranger. After having a drink with her handsome stranger she goes home with hopes that Freddie LaSalle will use the number she gave him.Anna is soon assigned to a special assignment that she doesn’t realize at first is connected to Freddie, a very famous boxer. Once the dots are connected she readily volunteers to go undercover to find the infor... moremation her task force needs from Freddie and his connections. Soon the lines get blurred for Anna. She begins to fall for the boxer with more depth than anyone knows. With Freddie’s upcoming fight, the mob circling, Interpol and a number of other dangers Anna’s true danger is that to her heart. Can Anna build a relationship on the lies she’s told or will she lose both her life and her heart to an enigmatic boxer named Freddie LaSalle?This was a very enjoyable story. I liked the relationship between Freddie and Anna. Though the love story is very quick it is also very steamy. I would say that even though I loved this story the love story part moved incredibly fast. So fast that I felt overwhelmed and it made the story a tad bit unbelievable at that moment. Though the love story is whimsical in its quickness the suspense portion with the dangers of the mob was very well done. Emma Calin also does a fantastic job with her descriptions of London, France and California. The scenery almost becomes a character unto itself. Overall, this is a very enjoyable romance story. I would definitely trade a day in Anna’s shoes with the very hot Freddie
review 2: I started this novel with high hopes, some of which were engendered by the delectable torso on the front cover! However, I found it pretty unbelievable.The dialogue was stilted and the heroine who is supposed to be English uses words such as "gonna" and "wanna" which are distinctly Americanisms. I had the impression that English is not the writer's first language.There was no real sense of time or space around the characters with scant imagery to set scenes and I think the investigation becomes messy and hard to follow for this reason.The storyline is highly improbable. The hero is a high-profile and famous man and for him not to know that the woman he loves is a police officer - well, he's supposed to be intelligent and cultured with a sharp mother and plenty of minions to find out things for him. For her to risk her career by having a relationship with a suspect is hardly likely. There is mention of her being photographed with him on several occasions throughout the novel and reporters would have discovered who she is without any trouble.Except for the rather likeable hero, the characters are fairly stereotyped. I have lost count of the number of heroines who have cut ties with their rich families, have no siblings and who have one or no friends. It would be a nice change for one of these females to have a full-blown family and be relatively normal.The ending is unsatisfactory and abrupt. The reader is not privvy to how the heroine leaves her career behind or what the ramifications were to the investigation.All in all, a disappointing read. less

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