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Risking his neck is all in a day's work...Tough and relentless, Cord Romero lives for the adrenaline rush that comes with being a mercenary for hire. But this time the job is personal. Having barely survived a murder attempt from an elusive enemy, Cord is determined to neutralize his foe--the head of a multinational corporation that fronts a child labor ring. In order to get closer to his target, Cord joins forces with the Lassiter Detective Agency, where he's reunited with his childhood show more friend Maggie Barton. Maggie is no longer the impressionable young woman he once knew. She is now strong, independent and in charge of her own life--and, professionally, Cord's equal. She has one vulnerability: a tragic secret from her past that threatens her relationship with Cord...and sets her up as a pawn for his deadly enemy.
Cord cannot afford to be distracted during the most important case of his life. But Maggie plays an indispensable part in unraveling the links to his enemy's crimes. Forced to trust each other for their very survival, Cord and Maggie embark on a lethal game of cat and mouse that can leave only one winner standing.
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Desperado was my first taste of disappointment from Diana Palmer and sadly it was only the second book by her that I had ever read. While the storyline and character's are exactly what I've come to expect from this author, I found a large distaste for the hero, Cord Romero, and his antics towards the heroine, Maggie Barton.
While used to the gruff alpha-male slanted twist on all her heroes, this particular one was, to my mind, just plain abusive. He seemed to enjoy hurting the heroine emotionally more than anything else and was, many times, cruel to the point that I was wondering if Maggie should get therapy for wanting to be in an abusive relationship with this man. The line between being a masculine alpha male and being an abusive show more self-centered jerk were blurred here and I found myself unsatisfied with the ending despite it being a "happy" one. show less
While used to the gruff alpha-male slanted twist on all her heroes, this particular one was, to my mind, just plain abusive. He seemed to enjoy hurting the heroine emotionally more than anything else and was, many times, cruel to the point that I was wondering if Maggie should get therapy for wanting to be in an abusive relationship with this man. The line between being a masculine alpha male and being an abusive show more self-centered jerk were blurred here and I found myself unsatisfied with the ending despite it being a "happy" one. show less
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Susan Spaeth Kyle was born on December 11, 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, with minors in anthropology and Spanish, from Piedmont College in 1995. She worked as a newspaper reporter and columnist for 16 years. She writes romance novels under the pen name of Diana Palmer. Since 1979, she has written show more more than 100 novels as Diana Palmer including Heather's Song, The Patient Nurse, The Morcai Battalion, and Protector. She has won several awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times. In 2015 she made The New York Times Best Seller List with her title, Untamed. She has also written under several other pen names including Diana Blayne, Katy Currie, and Susan Kyle. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Entre el amor y el odio
- Original title
- Desperado
- Original publication date
- 2002-06
- People/Characters
- Cord Romero; Maggie Barton
- Important places
- Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands; Morocco; Texas, USA
- Dedication
- To the doctors and nurses of Northwestern Memorial Hospital
in Chicago, Illinois, who saved my life, and to the wonderful staff,
with thanks from a grateful patient. - First words
- The ranch outside Houston was big and sprawling.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And she wouldn't have had him any other way.
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