Veena’s review of Dangerous Lover (Dangerous Trilogy, Book 1) by Lisa Marie Rice
Romantic Suspense published by Elizabeth Jennings 11 Dec 24
Ms. Rice is one of my favorite authors, but, unfortunately, I can’t say the same for this book. While Jack and Caroline are great characters, I just could not get into them or into their romance.
Jack has had a hard life, raised in an orphanage where he imprinted on Caroline. She has become his lodestar and maybe even a reason for living. Free of all obligations, he makes his way back to the town where he had met her, only to find things have changed since the last time he saw her. No longer the pampered rich girl, she has lost her family and is barely making ends meet. Jack becomes her boarder, taking on the rooms she has to let.
On this cold and snowy night so reminiscent of the night and the accident that changed her life forever, Caroline invites a stranger into her bed in a bid to forget her troubles. For Jack it’s like a dream come true, but then a past he didn’t expect comes to bite him.
Can Jack and Caroline survive in more ways than one and live to enjoy a long happily-ever-after life?
Grade: C
Summary:
He’s not who she thinks he is …
Jack Prescott has desired Caroline Lake for what feels like forever. Through bloody battles in the worst hellholes on earth, the thought of her has been his shining star … perfect, but forever out of reach. Now life has given him a chance to reach for that star, and nothing and no one will stand in his way. He’s gone through hell for her, and he’s going to take what’s his.
She didn’t want to be alone tonight …
At her darkest moment, on the very anniversary of the day she lost her family, Caroline finds herself face to face with a grim and mysterious stranger. Jack looks as dangerous as he is sexy, and Caroline can’t resist his pull … certainly not tonight.
But Jack is hiding secrets that could destroy them both …
