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Cold Day In Hell (2012)

by Monette Michaels(Favorite Author)

4.14 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Liquid Silver Books

series

Security Specialists International

review 1: 3.5 starsWell, Monette Michaels finally did it right. I'm thinking she may have gotten a lot of flak for her previous heroine, Keely, and decided to remedy this situation with our present heroine, Callie.Short synopsis: Our heroine (frank, earnest supermodel) Callie, gets stalked by creepy Columbian paramilitary leader. Heroine asks for help from old friend Keeley, who in touch contacts SSI to get involved - which brings our hero, Risto, in on the scene. Risto 'saves the day' by escaping with her into the depths of the jungle and even though she manages to escape back to Chicago, the baddies follow her - yet again! Risto arrives after a routine "she's to good for me" abandonment separation and really saves the day in an epic outside winter battle. (I've gotta say, Mon... moreette Michaels really does a great job with the action sequences - quite possibly the best and most redeeming features of the books, alpha males aside.)Callie, unlike Keely, is not "practically perfect in every way" - she admits her limitations and goes with them. A breath of fresh air after reading about Keely. Now, diligent romance readers can willingly forgive the fact that she's a supermodel that just happens to know about tons of guns and shooting, etc. b/c her dad was Marine and oh yeah - she knows about/has been to all kinds of places on earth due to "her Dad's job" and numerous photoshoots. Sure, I'll drink that Koo-laid - but it got really repetitive, really fast when she kept mentioning "her Dad" this and "her Dad" that. Yeah, we get it. Your dad was MacGyver and he taught you to shoot. But to keep up with that after he passed - and to keep up with it while being an internationally known supermodel while going to college and 'raising' twin brothers? Yeah, my Kool-aid is starting to taste a little cloying here.But whatever, it's an escapist romance suspense novel, right?Never mind that parts of the story reminds me of my favorite Linda Howard novel (right down to the snake in the jungle bit - I tsked aloud at that), we have a great "escape into the jungle" set up and I really, really love those, despite how it's been presented.Story is simple - yet it's totally worth it for the jungle scenes and unbelievably hot interactions between our hero and heroine.Definitely give this a shot - I'd say, read it even without reading the first novel. It's much better and you don't even need to know that much back story since you'll be reading it mostly for the Jungle!Escape romance anyways.
review 2: A very good 4.5 stars. Second bk in the series and doesn't disappoint. Strong rugged alpha male (Risto) and kickass female partner (Calista/Callie) picks up just after bk 1.5 of the SSI series. Fun, sexy, fast paced action/adventure story with entertaining side characters that I hope to read about in future bks. Ren and Keely as well as a few other characters are mentioned from bk 1 and 1.5. Hoping Keely's brothers will find their partners as the series moves along. Bring on bk 3, the sooner the better. less

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