Linsey Lanier
Sally Kilpatrick
Sia Huff
Romily Bernard
Darcy Crowder
Marilyn Baron
Tami Brothers
Sandra Elzie
Carol Burnside
Debbie Kaufman
Maxine Davis
Tammy Schubert
Susan Carlisle
Pam Asberry
Lindy Chaffin StartCharmed and Dangerous by Toni McGee Causey
Charmed and Dangerous (Bobbie Faye, Book #1)
St. Martin’s Paperbacks
ISBN-10: 0312358490
ISBN-13: 978-0312358495
Romantic Suspense
Bobbie Faye is having a really, really bad day (The original title – go figure. I found this out after I had written the review).
The book starts off with Bobbie Faye waking up to her trailer being flooded by a leaking water pipe, then her brother gets kidnapped and the kidnappers are demanding her mom’s Contraband Days tiara as ransom.
When she goes to the bank to get the tiara out of her safe-deposit box, she has no idea she’s about to get tangled up in a bank robbery, carjacking, police chase, hostage situation, and a bear attack; all with her as the instigator. With two hunky men trying to keep her safe, Bobbie Faye has it made. Now, if she can just get through the day alive.
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I have never been so exhausted while reading a book than I have with Charmed and Dangerous. I picked this book up from my “to-be read” shelf one evening after a long day at work and school with every intention of running a warm bath and sinking in to the written word. Before I knew it, I was sitting in ice water, turning pages faster than my eyes could read, and not wanting to take the few minutes required to get out and dry off. I stayed up until 4 am to finish the book and didn’t even regret the late night when I got up an hour and a half later to go to work. Yes, it was that good. Toni McGee Causey has a real knack for creating a character like Bobbie Faye and making her relatable to everyone. I was torn between rooting for her cause and being appalled that one person could have that much bad luck.
What I loved most about this book was that even though she had two men trying to keep her alive, it was Bobbie Faye who took matters into her own hands and kicked some serious ass.
It’s a good thing I didn’t have the other Bobbie Faye novels that night because I might have (okay, yes, I would have) called in sick the next day so I could read them. I’ll be picking up the others in the series but will wait until the weekend to start reading because I now know I’ll have to dedicate several hours to them (I say this only because I’m all out of sick leave…grin…).
Rating: 5 Petit Fours and 2 Hot Tamales (but with serious potential to be a scorcher if the author heads in that direction)
Tags: book review, Charmed and Dangerous, Romantic Suspense, Tami Brothers, Toni McGee Causey
About the author
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Tami Brothers | http://www.tamibrothers.com I’ve always wanted to live a fun, sexy and exciting life. But when my clumsiness left me with an aversion to high heels, my fear of wardrobe malfunctions cut out those plunging necklines, and my skydiving instructor politely suggested I take up golf; I decided the only way to keep from breaking my neck would be to write about such a life.
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April 10th, 2010 at 11:08 am
This is absolutely fabulous! My kind of read. Can’t wait to get it and settle in . . .