The Mercenary
HQN Books - HQN Books
Release date: 2008-02-01
Mass Market Paperback
Author: Cherry Adair
American Light Romantic Fiction, Fiction, Fiction - Romance, Romance: Modern, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / General, Romance - Contemporary, Bookkeepers, Missing persons
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The Mercenary
Date undefinedThis is a nice introduction to Cherry Adair's books. I really enjoyed it and encouraged me to purchase more or her books.
The Mercenary
Date undefinedI'm new to Cherry Adair's writing. This is the second book I've read by the author and so far, I'm a fan. This book is a re-release of the 1994 title, expanded by the author. The additions seem to flow very well, nowhere did I see an obvious patch.
One thing I loved about this book was the heroine, Tory. She fully admits to being a coward who likes things to stay the same. She wants her home, her job and her life to be boring, safe and routine. I think the blurbs are a bit misleading in that they make her seem to be more driven and heartless than she is protrayed to be. She simply wants to save her brother and pushes herself beyond what she felt were her limits to do so. Even as she proves her courage and determination, she wishes she was back home in her safe little world.
I wasn't so enamored of Marc. Throughout the book he is a jerk to Tory. Even when he's not being deliberately mean he's insensitive and rude. A few times he seems to remember that she's not a trained operative, but most of the time he seems to expect more of her than is reasonable. On those rare occasions when he does remember she's not prepared for the kind of mission he's forced on her he makes up for any show of compassion with calculated cruelty.
Some of the action did seem to be glossed over a bit to me, cleaned up off-camera, so to speak. That's a minor annoyance. I also think the "romance" was a bit forced. I would have liked to see a bit more of Marc's heart.
Despite my issues with Marc and the action scenes that weren't, this was a great book and I look forward to reading more in the series.
The Mercenary
Date undefinedOK, I actually started reading this series (T-FLAC) out of order with the 'Edge' books, Edge of Danger, ...Fear, ...Darkness and liked it so well, that I had to go back to the beginning. This first book was not near as good as I was hoping it would be, but sometimes the first in a series is not. Yet you know it has the potential to become an awesome series, which this one has become. I thought the main character, Victoria Jones was a bit of a wimp, she read more like a 'romance novel' female character and Marc was the usual brooding male. This book does fall way short of later books. I don't think you'd necessarily have to read it to understand the series, unless you are like me and have to read them in order! But I agree with another reviewer, if I had read this one first I don't know if I would have continued in the series, I am so glad I read these out of order because this series is great!
