Flirting With Danger

By: Suzanne Enoch
Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages
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In her dazzling romantic suspense debut, USA Today bestselling author Suzanne Enoch brings us a thrilling tale about a thief who needs to prove she's no murderer and the millionaire who loves her.

Samantha Jellicoe is a thief and proud of it. Raised to appreciate the finer things in life, Sam has no trouble divesting the wealthy of their treasures. This all changed, however, the night she attempts to steal a valuable item from a Palm Beach estate. Before she knew what hit her, a bomb goes off, a guard is killed, and Sam ends up saving millionaire Richard Addison. She's a good thief and will own up to her jobs, but if anyone thinks to tie her to murder, they better think again.

On any other night, having a one hundred plus pounds of female fling herself at you is a good thing. But on this particular night, Richard Addison is mad as hell. Not only did he just have his gallery blown up-with him about to enter it-but the woman who rescued him didn't stick around to offer any explanations. When the dust settles, Rick knows the only person with answers to his questions is the mystery woman. And if she thinks she can hide from him, she better think again.

 

A good read...

- 9 Jul, 2009
This was recommended to me because I enjoy the In Death series by JD Robb (Nora Roberts). This book is similar, but doesn't have the same depth or skill in characterization as Robb's works. However, it was an interesting read, with good pacing (dragged a little in some parts). The tension/conflict between the characters was well done. If you enjoy romantic suspense, with a billionaire and thief thrown into the mix, you'll enjoy this one. If you want something grittier, more intense, check out the In Death series by JD Robb (starting with Naked in Death).

 

Interesting Mystery, Average Story....3.5 Stars

- 18 Dec, 2008
Okay, so I see I am in the minority here with my opinion on this book, but I thought the characters in this one were so superficial.

The hero was 100 percent stereotype of a rich and powerful man with really no unique characteristics that made him someone to remember. The heroine was an unrepentant criminal (I had a little trouble getting past that). But the worst for me was that she seemed to have the emotional maturity of an unruly teenager, speaking in one word sentences or cheeky comments at all times. I really struggled to find some redeeming qualities in her. It would have helped had she been a bit sophisticated -I could have romanticized the criminal aspect probably had that been the case, but, alas, it was not.

Because I struggled with the two main characters it made it really hard for me to pick this as a winner. I love Suzanne Enoch though. I buy all of her books and will continue to do so. This one just isn't a must read in my opinion.

 

Took a chance, got lucky

- 25 Jul, 2008
This is my first Suzanne Enoch book and I am very pleased. She writes a mystery that is amusing, witty, and suspenseful. I will be reading more of her books in the coming months.

 

Respect is due to Sam.

- 2 May, 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed this restrained romance between burglar Samantha and billionaire Rick. Published in the Avon Romantic Suspense series which means there's a lot of 'who cares' plot which climaxes in a gobsmackingly violent denoument scene. The heroine gets her head battered repeatedly by the baddie. Unbelieveably she seems to make a complete recovery in just about 2 weeks. I felt all her pain even if she didn't.

There are no secondary romances (praise be) and reading Sam and Rick together was a nicely sensuous experience.

Sometimes I didn't really like how Samantha speaks but that wasn't a big concern. After all the story is set in Palm Beach and we all know the wives/girlfriends of Florida millionaires are foul-mouthed. My other criticism is that the brit lord, Rick Addison, is mostly portrayed as refined, rich and classy when at the end of the novel he is shown to be a mean, vengeful shark. And the american heroine is too often called a no-class whore by other characters in the book when she's nothing of the sort. Also 'Mr Wonderful' Rick totally fails to protect Sam from harm. And he stops wearing 'body armor' after only 2 days into their biblical relationship.

With each twist and turn in the plot I kept asking myself 'Why does he stay with her,' or 'Why does she stay with him.' And I liked the fact that the answer wasn't necessarily 'He has money,' or 'She's beautiful and clever.'

In the end I read the story about 2 or 3 times. And each time I felt more sympathy for Sam, the burglar heroine. Ok, she's an unconvicted felon. But basically she goes through the whole story with some quite serious, deep cuts on her back and leg. Which she got when she protected Rick from the bomb blast. Yet she rarely complains nor does she allow her injuries to cramp her style.

Plus. It's not her fellow criminals who are doing all the killing.


 

Pretty Darn Good

- 10 Nov, 2007
This book has the feel of JD Robbs "In Death" series. The main character, Sam, is a thief. Rick is the super-rich love interest who wants Sam to go straight. Mildly familiar or not, it's fun. And like Robb's series, the romance continues past the first book. So often with romances--everything comes to a happy stopping point. In this series, however, the relationship continues to develop in the following books. I enjoy the growth of the story and the return of characters as "main" characters instead of cameo's in subsequent books. I would recommend it. See book 2, "Don't Look Down"; book 3 "Billionaires Prefer Blondes"; and book 4 "A Touch of Minx". If you like the idea of a continuing love story and a mystery check out the In Death series and Brenda Joyce's "Deadly" series. The first books are Naked in Death and Deadly Love.