Pursuit

Lawyer Jessica Ford is sent by her boss, the First Lady's personal attorney, to retrieve her and return her to the White House. On the way back there is an accident and everyone is killed except Jessica. After an attempt is made on her life in the hospital and she remembers the events of the crash, she knows it was murder and she is an unwanted witness. Mark Ryan is the Secret Service Agent in charge of the First Lady's detail and sees red flags everywhere. When Jessica is targeted again and then both narrowly escape another try, they start their own investigation. There is lots of action and suspense, as well as romance. A satisfactory read but a little unbelievable in the number of deaths with no one putting any of the links together show more except the 2 main characters. I read book 2 a while ago and was interested in the pre-story. This was a definite stand-alone and did not hint at a follow-up or the change in relationship at the start of the second book. show less

Story: This book started out really well - I was totally engaged in the action and mystery surrounding the First Lady and Jessica. It was shaping up to be a great read. But once Jess teamed up for real with Mark Ryan it lost some momentum: overlong descriptions on insignificant items crept in, lots of repetitive feelings iterated ad naseum by Jessica, some basic mystery plot holes were unconvincingly papered-over, eight ppl karked it by just over half-way and no uncorrupt fed/cop thought it was unusual. Nope - the mysery lost the plot!

Narration by Franette Liebow: 1 star. I found this the most disappointing aspect of this story. Liebow's pitch and volume fluctuate too much for me: one minute she drops her voice so low and quiet that I show more have to turn up the volume by at least half, the next she blares out the next line and nearly bursts my eardrums. And a few times she swallows the end of a sentence (or maybe I just couldn't hear her...). I really disliked her male voices - they all sounded like gravelly older women who drink too much whiskey. ...All in all, I was really pleased to find out the ending of the story so that I could switch narrators. show less

When rookie lawyer, Jessica Ford recieves a call from her boss, John Davenport, to meet the First Lady at a D.C. Hotel, she is thrilled at such a high profile assignment. Two hours later, she lies near death in a coma, the only survivor of a terrible car crash that killed the First Lady. Even though Jess can't remember anything about the crash or what led up to it, she is suddenly the target of several attempts to kill her. The Secret Service don't believe her at first, but as everyone else involved with the situation begins dying around her, she knows she is in terrible danger. She finally convinces Mark Ryan, head agent on the case, to believe her, and he helps her escape to an unknown location. But Jess isn't sure who she can show more trust...even Mark.

This is a fast-paced action-packed book from start to finish. Karen Robards is one of my favorite authors because she combines a suspenseful story with a hot romance and seldom disappoints. show less

Jessica Ford was asked by her boss, Attorney Davenport, to pick up the First Lady. The First lady had fled the White House and was holed up in a bar. Without being noticed Jessica and The First lady quietly escaped the bar and entered the car provided by Mr. Davenport. The next thing Jessica remembers is waking up to a surreal scene with shadowing figures, a burning car, and flashing helicopters. Once Jessica was known as the only survivor of a crash which killed The first Lady, she became the target of killers.
Karen Robards is one of my favorite authors. Her books always include action, romance, murder, and mayhem. What a great combination. Jessica seems like a mousy women but she has a backbone of steel. The man who helps her escape show more death, Mark, is a handsome well-built secret service agent. Thrown together constantly they fall in love. A very good story. show less

Jess Ford is a young lawyer who is sent by her boss to escort the First Lady. Something goes horribly wrong and then there is a car crash which kills the first lady and two others with Jess as the lone survivor. However, someone is out to kill Jess. In steps Mark Ryan head of the Secret Service Team he ends up being Jess' protector and through this roller coaster novel they fall in love.

This novel was classic Karen Robards. Full of suspense and romance, a recommended read.

I was caught up in the twists & turns of who to trust & trying to figure out the "who did it". I had already read the 2nd book before I read the 1st but it was fine. I hope this series continues with more books

First time read this author. The story line was great and really kept your interest through out the book. Great charactors really fell for Jess and Mark.