A NIGHT OWL REVIEWS BOOK REVIEW | Reviewed by: Terri
Marianne Forster is on her first holiday, ever. She’s in her early 20s. Marianne lives in a rural part of England and since she was 15 years old, it has been her responsibility to take care of her dying father. She barely finished school and never had the opportunity to travel or even to hang out with friends! Yet, for her first holiday she decided to visit Morocco based on stories her grandfather told her as a young child. What she didn’t expect was to attract the attention of a good looking man and to get swept into a violent demonstration.
Alan Waring gets his missions from HQ. Usually it was just a simple pick something up and deliver it. He never questions what it is he’s picking up as he puts his faith that someone in the British government knows what they are doing. This time though there is a snag and he’s stuck in Morocco. He’s noticed a young naïve woman and though he doesn’t really plan on acting on this attraction, he ends up spending an awful lot of time with her. He knows that he’ll send her on her way at the end of her holiday and that he’ll probably never see her again. What he doesn’t expect is to get their bags mixed up and Marianne has the item he was sent to collect! Worse still, she disappears and HQ doesn’t seem to want to help find her.
This fast paced mystery kept me interested from the first page until the last. Though romance was intertwined throughout the story, it didn’t overpower the action. The characters were well developed and interesting making the reader hope that other books would be written letting the secondary characters have their own stories. The who did it and why stayed a mystery through most of the book giving the reader a surprise at who did it. While the book could have ended there with a some what happy ending, it continued giving a more satisfying ending and enabled the reader to see how much Marianne had matured and grown. The locations were described with the detail needed to give the reader a visual feel of them, yet readers were not bogged down by needless information. I highly recommend this book to any reader that likes some romance with their mysteries or ones that like some mystery with their romance. Either way, this is an excellent story.
Jan 19, 2009 | 9781934755082
5 = Rare - Top Pick | 4.5 = I Loved It - Top Pick | 4 = Good Solid Read
3.5 = Enjoyable | 3 Stars = OK - Needs a few changes | 2 Stars = It just didn't click / DNF
Book Blurb for Dangerous Lies
In the fatal heat of the Sahara Desert, Alan Waring extracts a smart card from a laptop computer held in the hands of a baked corpse. This is his assignment. This is what he does best. The information this card holds changes the rest of his life. What was once just a job turns into a life-altering experience that brings him in touch with his inner spirit and a woman who reaches into his very soul. When she accidentally walks off with his bag and the precious data it contains, Alan must pursue this vulnerable woman into the dangerous clutches of the Algerian enemy to save his career and to protect the passion of his heart.
Mari Forster has always dreamed of visiting Morocco. Grieving over the death of her father, she visits a dilapidated home once owned by her grandfather. In the decayed, neglected courtyard of this abandoned residence, she encounters Alan. She doesn’t anticipate meeting the man who will bring vigor and joy back into her life. Nor does she realize her chance interlude is with an undercover agent.
Alan senses Mari’s loneliness and cannot focus on his assigned task. Under the scorching sun on treacherous arid terrain, he discovers that Mari fills a void inside that the thrill-seeking part of his character has never acknowledged. He must be her hero . . . or they both will die.
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