Dying to Please

This book is romantic suspense, heavy on the relationship drama and light on the suspense. I loved some parts. The dialogue/banter between the two main characters had me chuckling at times. I liked both characters and the storyline was interesting, if not a bit predictable.

Unfortunately, for me, too many things didn't work. I found the story dragged, with lots of repetitious inner thoughts about the merits of each character getting involved in a relationship with the other. I didn't actually see much of a relationship. The two characters only seemed to interact when having sex. Then, at the end when the killer is revealed, the story feels suddenly rushed. I didn't think the investigation aspect was well thought out or enacted. The last show more of several times that Sarah is considered a suspect verged on the ridiculous.

Overall, the drawbacks took away from otherwise great writing and made this on okay read. show less

While deciding what to do with my life, I ran across an article about butlers and butlering schools (for a few months I was dying to move to England and become a butler). This book brought back how cool I thought being a butler would be. The book also scared the heebie-jeebies out of me. Stalkers are a frightening subject to begin with, but add a couple dashes of insanity to the stalker and fright can become much worse. Good thing there are smart, sexy detectives to protect kick-ass female butlers.

Very good book even on second reading. I was reading a hard copy of this and I kept wanting to press the bookmark button to reference lovely bits of romantic dialog that the hero said to the heroine but dang it, I wasn't reading on my Kindle. I couldn't bring myself to dog ear my book. Maybe I should buy some of those flag tapes. ;-)

I liked the strong competent heroine and the cop who seems at first to be humorless and cold but when he warms up, wow what a sweetie.

If you like well done romantic suspense with a satisfying well done romance then you should really read this one.

Sarah Stevens likes her job as a butler and bodyguard to a retired Judge. As his only full-time employee she's quite close to him and really likes her job. When he dies she finds herself at a loss but then finds herself a new job. When those employers die she finds herself as a major suspect.

It's an interesting read that I really enjoyed. Sarah is a very interesting character with a lot of backbone.

I just can't stop. I think I'm going to read every Linda Howard book available in both the BPL and NYPL systems. Even when her books don't exactly work for me I find myself reaching for another, in some cases twice. I've read [b: Now You See Her |420731|Now You See Her|Linda Howard|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347803244s/420731.jpg|409864] twice, even though I only moderately like it. I think that after Prey I would have given up on an author, but nope, somehow I just keep on borrowing them, even when I don't mean to.

This is my 4th Linda Howard book. I enjoyed it alot. Good suspense and the main characters were fun and refreshingly honest. I will be on the look out for other books from her.

Good book, pretty entertaining. It was the typical thriller/romance, but with an interesting different story line. I love books that keep you turning the page and this was definitely one of those.