J.M. Jeffries

The story centers on a tall, beautiful, sexy, sinfully rich, plus-size successful celebrity who is receiving death threats. Her brother hires a company to act as bodyguards and find out who the threat is coming from.

For as rich and successful as Lulu is, she's also down to earth, generous and cares about everyone. And most everyone would bend over backwards for her. Noah, head of the hired company, tries extremely hard to keep things strictly professional between them, but what Lulu wants, Lulu gets. That aspect is pretty annoying although the chemistry between the two is done well.

We get some interesting characters and different situations not specifically tied in to the threat to Lulu. It appears that there will be at least a couple more books (there is a series name listed with the title) so hopefully the other two relationships that appear to have started will get some closure.

The climax is rushed and doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Not the why, but the where and when considering there would be no way for the culprit to get away with it, especially when they'd been so sneaky before.

If you can ignore all of the editing errors (the missing words caused me problems with stopping to figure out what was meant) you'll find a light, funny read with a great message to all ladies; appreciate who you are no matter what your size. You don't have to have a perfect body to have confidence in yourself and feel sexy. We could certainly use more books along this line.… (mais)

Going into A Dangerous Woman, I found all the makings of a typical romance, typical romance suspense and perhaps typical interracial romance. The hero's a blonde, blue-eyed good ol' boy, while the heroine is a pretty, black, kick-you-back-five-Sundays CIA agent. They even begin with the conventional antagonism between them. Wyatt enters the narrative giving every appearance that he is exactly the caveman that he appears. He's flip with Odessa and his thoughts run something like, "beer, food, woman." They trade barbs throughout the novel, but we later learn, as he realizes the gravity of the situation -and his admiration for the heroine, despite his best efforts to avoid such an intimidating woman- and gets down to business, that he is a sharp, principled detective. Then the real action begins as Wyatt and Odessa unravel each other's characters and find that they're both deeper than first impressions suggest. These two and their dilemmas were believable and real, especially Wyatt. In fact, I really came to admire Wyatt, and that's saying something, considering his beginnings at page one. I found that while I started the book looking at something like a Silhouette suspense, I ended up reading something a little richer.My only complaints were minor, the author's emphasis again and again that someone is to-be-feared, the posturing and machismo (kind of reminded me of a PNR, LOL), etc.-- but it's not altogether surprising in a story about an agent and a cop, I suppose.All in all, the book was quite layered for such a short read, glancing upon themes like police ethics, interracial relationships, etc. It's a little more realistic and affecting than the average romance suspense-- with almost a contemporary feel. The action's brief and infrequent, but I was more caught up in the main mystery of the novel, which is all the more gripping since it's a very personal search for the killer of the heroine's father. Jeffries captures the heroine's rage and ferocity very well (she's mad and she's bad). So if you also like the story of a wrong avenged and justice served (and done good), this is definitely that.FYI: There are two bedroom scenes, explicit and heated but brief. Violence is mild but abuse of power is discussed and implied (often). The heroine's full of violent fury over the murder of her father, and because of her skills and resources, she has the power to get vengeance. That's the question of the novel, along with the mystery and romance. Wyatt's question is what will he do as a cop if she goes too far?… (mais)

Not OMG great, but not OMG horrible. It was a good read. Riley was so sweet. PErfect example of the boy next door. Simple. So unlike, all of the other novels where the guy has 800 million issues and refuses to even acknowledge the fact that he's atracted to the woman. Nah, he was cool. Nell was a nice step away from the norm as well. She wasn't a size negative zero and a wordly sophisticated vamp. She was naive and she was learning. I'm a sucker for friends falling in love with friends books anyway. Two thumbs up. 3hrs 46mins… (mais)