Rescue Me by Cherry Adair, Cindy Gerard, Lora Leigh Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Rescue Me
Book Review: AWESOME!
Summary: 4 Stars
Okay 1st story "Tropical Heat" gets 4 stars! Loved Sam & Beth together. 2nd story, "Atlanta Heat" AWESOME. Gets 4 stars. Emerson & Macey were white hot together, this short story was executed perfectly. The last story "Desert Heat" I give 4.5 stars. Elena & Seth were off the chain, their story in my opinion had the best intrigued when it came to the bad guys involved, and they had the sweetest, sexiest, and most hilarious ending to me out of all the stories. Over all I give this book 4.5 STARS. All authors did an excellent job with these short stories. They were executed properly where you got a feel for the main characters involved. An intimate understanding of what made them tick as individuals and why and how they could care for one another so deeply. The danger elimate of the bad guys was just the icing to a very delicious cake! I highly recommend this read.Book Review: Anthologies R Us
Summary: 4 Stars
This is more of a 3.5 star rating. All three of the stories are by favorite authors but in terms of personal preference, I liked the first story the best. I won't rehash the plot, suffice it to say the hero is endearing and the heroine is smart and resourceful. Now here's the real nice thing about anthologies such as this one; it's easy to keep the book in your car and read the stories while waiting for the school pick up line to move along. That's the beauty of short stories. Easy to pick up or put down when time allows. The down-side to anthologies such as this is the fact that the characters are not fully fleshed out and the plots may have holes...but hey, this ain't Faulkner folks!Book Review: Cindy Gerard was my favorite
Summary: 4 Stars
I picked up this anthology because of Lora Leigh and Cherry Adair. I've never read anything by Cherry but I've heard good things and I've read one Breed book by Lora and know her to be one of the reigning queens of smut. When I read Rescue Me, I was kind of eh about the first two stories though but I kept going just to say I finished it and am so glad I did! I loved Cindy Gerard novella, Desert Heat and would recommend it for her story alone.
Cherry Adair's Tropical Heat:
I liked it. It starts right away with Dr. Elizabeth Goodall held prisoner by a group of African militants. She is being 'asked' to surgically alter the face of wanted terrorist and unfortunately for her, they have the wrong doctor. She decides to brazen it out, hoping for rescue and it comes in the form of Sam Pelton, a teacher from her town who kissed her and left her months ago. What the heck is a teacher from the town of Brandon, Montana doing deep in the Congo, coming to her rescue? Luckily for her Sam is a teacher, a tactical instructor specializing in special ops in weaponry for high risk environments and he's loved her from afar for over a year, patiently waiting for her to be ready for him. Now that he's almost lost her, he's determined not to waste a single moment without her.
I liked this story. It was certainly fast paced and had an interesting change of scenery, being deep in the Congo. Unfortunately that came part and parcel with the jungle atmosphere and all the bugs. In fact both Beth and Sam are covered in bug spray and I just found that to be a downer. Yuck. Not romantic. Especially considering the two are running for their lives from a well known sadistic warlord this just didn't seem the setting for a romantic interlude. But I liked it. It's a nice introduction to what this author is capable of.
Lora Leigh's Atlanta Heat:
I've never read Lora's Navy Seals before. I realized this was part of a series when I read about some happenings that had occurred earlier but it wasn't anything crucial. I followed this story quite easily.
Emerson Delaney is the goddaughter of Macey March's commanding officer, Admiral Holloran. He's been mooning over her for the last two years. This isn't a case of lust, Macey March knows Emerson Delaney is the one. She's the one who could slip that ring on his finger and make him like it. So he stays away from her, until her constant presence wears him down and he snaps and kisses her passionately, right in front of the Admiral. It jumps to a month later and Em is kidnapped by a gang of terrorists and the Admiral has ordered Macey to bring her back and hide her until the person betraying the Seals is found. Macey chooses his home which has a safehouse deep underground as the hiding place.
This places our hero and heroine into close proximity with each other and forces them to confront their desire for each other. The sex was okay. I didn't think it was on par with Breed sex, but I guess even a Navy Seal can't compare with animal DNA. This story was okay. I found it kind of boring to be honest. Because they were stuck underground for awhile, they didn't do anything. She avoided him for a length of time too, since she was hiding from him and her feelings for him. We were told more about their romance then actualy see it unfold. There was a rather weird supporting character in Macey's pet anaconda, Drack. Drack injected some needed humor to the story but then it got strange when Lora wrote a bit from the snake's POV. That kind of squicked me out. Luckily I've read Megan's Mark from Lora Leigh's Breed series so I know that she can really write a sexy story and not to judge her by this.
Cindy Gerard's Desert Heat:
This starts with Assistant DA Elena Martinez and police detective Seth King competing in a charity scavenger hunt through the Arizona canyons. Elena had been threatened by a family member of a man she had prosecuted and the isolation and dangerous terrain of the canyon is a perfect setting for the bad guys to kill her.
I really liked this story. I wished this could have been a full length novel. Cindy Gerard could have really stretched it out, added a few twists and turns and I would have loved it. This story was so exciting and had such a brisk pace. Both Seth and Elena were well fleshed out characters and their romance worked in the story. When they finally have sex, it's a celebration of life and passion and was steamy for that alone. Elena isn't some TSTL heroine nor is she a perfect Mary Sue, able to take down all the bad guys. Nor is Seth some super strong male, able to vanquish all in his path. He actually spends some time woozy in the book, proving that a well placed kick in the head can bring down even the toughest alpha male. I loved the ending of this story as well. It was so cute! I can't wait to read more by Cindy Gerard.
Book Review: Five Blue Ribbons from Romance Junkies!
Summary: 5 Stars
Rescue with a bit of heat is the theme of this intense and sultry anthology penned by three of the most talented writers of romantic suspense today. Don't miss it!
TROPICAL HEAT by Cherry Adair
Unwittingly kidnapped by terrorists, Dr. Elizabeth Goodall is being held at knifepoint and informed that she is going to reconstruct the face of one of the most wanted men in the world. Being a doctor has its perks but this isn't one of them, especially since Beth is not the world renowned plastic surgeon the criminal thinks she is. Biding her time before she has to perform surgery, Beth convinces her captors to allow her to rest. As she frantically tries to find a way out, rescue comes in the form of Sam Pelton, a counterterrorist operative. He also happens to be the man in love with her.
TROPICAL HEAT by Cherry Adair starts this enticing anthology with a bang. Sam has been in love with Beth ever since he first laid eyes on her, but his honor would not let him hurt Beth's marriage by revealing his desires. Now, when she and her husband have gone their separate ways, Beth is taken from Sam before he can act on his suppressed feelings. Acting as the extremely well trained killer he is, Sam is going to get his woman back.
ATLANTA HEAT by Lora Leigh
Emerson Delaney is the type of woman to get under a man's skin - or as Macey March desires, just simply under him. Desire is a vastly underrated word when it comes to what Macey feels for Ms. Delaney. However, having been threatened by his superior and holding the demotion papers to prove it, Macey knows that Emerson is off limits. That is, until he receives a midnight phone call informing him that Emerson has been kidnapped. All bets are off with this Navy SEAL, and it is his job to get Emerson back. Macey knows that once he rescues her, he will never let her be taken from him again.
Lora Leigh's contribution, ATLANTA HEAT, is flat out scorching. The chemistry between Emerson and Macey is instantaneous and as such kept me glued to the pages. Macey knew that Emerson was going to be the one woman to bring him to his knees and the fact that he welcomed this made me love him all the more. As for Emerson Delaney? Every girl needs a best friend like Emerson. I can only imagine the trouble she can get into when she is not with Macey. Charismatic, flirtatious, and innocently tempting, Emerson took great pleasure in keeping her man on his toes. When he fell, he fell right into her arms - just where she wanted him to be.
DESERT HEAT by Cindy Gerard
Elena Martinez is an assistant district attorney and her nemesis, the man she butts heads with in court, Seth King, is a detective. More than once sparks have flown in the courtroom because of their different personalities. Imagine their surprise when they are teamed up in a charity scavenger hunt in the Grand Canyon. It seems that for all their bluster and blunder around each other, they are more in tuned with each other than either of them expected. When two crazed killers come after them with murder on their minds, Elena and Seth rely on more than their training; they rely on each other - with sizzling results.
DESERT HEAT is the third contribution to the RESCUE ME anthology and as such nicely sets the tone for the reader to be satisfied at the book's end. Elena and Seth were oil and water - but, mix up what is normal for them and add a bit of suspense and danger, and the results were an alluring and highly charged read. Seth was dreamy and resourceful and I loved his irreverence when trying to entice Elena. She gave as well as she got and when the smoke cleared, what Elena got was the love of her life.
When three of the best authors I have ever read team up to write a common themed anthology, I can't help but hope that all three of their contributions would be installments that I'd enjoy. With RESCUE ME, my worries were for naught. Each installment, while having a common theme, carried its own weight and as such, was magnificent in its own right. TROPICAL HEAT by Cherry Adair kept me on my toes with hot, fast paced action and a hero worthy of cover model status. DESERT HEAT, Cindy Gerard's contribution, while full of intense drama, made me smile more than once while reading the banter between Seth and Elena. Then you have ATLANTA HEAT by Lora Leigh. This was the middle novella in RESCUE ME but it is by no means `middle of the road'. The first scene grabbed me and I was held spellbound the entire book. Macey's bad boy looks and Emerson's delightful and curious nature drew me in and I found their romance breathtaking and beautiful. The heat and passion between Macey and Emerson made me blush one minute and laugh the next. I couldn't get enough of these two characters and was actually sad to see their story end.
RESCUE ME is an anthology to be savored and read over and over. Emotionally charged and highly powerful at times, RESCUE ME combines three talented authors and comes up a winner. No matter which author is your favorite, this anthology is a decadent and romantic read and a worthy addition to any keeper shelf.
Book Review: Good Read
Summary: 4 Stars
Since the first two reviews have given a great re-cap of all the stories I will not do it again.... I really enjoyed this book. The only reason it did not get 5 stars is because all the stories in this book deserve to have a full book themselves. Each story is good but all I could think about is how great each story could have been with more pages. Still, I would highly recommend this book.