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Whistle Stopper - Word of Honor (Honor (Bold Strokes Books))
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List Price: $15.95
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Manufacturer: Bold Strokes Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781602820180
ISBN: 160282018X
Label: Bold Strokes Books
Manufacturer: Bold Strokes Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 264
Publication Date: 2008-06-10
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Studio: Bold Strokes Books
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Summary: Another Exciting Novel by Radclyffe
Comment: There are so many wonderful characters in WORD OF HONOR.
Radclyffe did a great job developing Cam and Blair's entourage.
I love the way these women all support each other. Even if one messes up, the others are there to pick up the slack.
I Like how Rad develops the mysterious Valerie and the OH SO FINE newcomer, Dana.
The interaction between the news reporter, Dana, and the alluring scientist, Emory, is done flawlessly.
There is always something happening in this novel - some new event to wonder about.
Yes, it IS fast paced! The adrenalin rushes as Rad describes the enemy and brings the reader into his 'camp'.
If reading about powerful women trying to find the enemy isn't entertaining enough, one is then dropped into Cam and Blair's Rocky Mountain wedding, where LOVE is the happening assignment.
If only I could talk about the ending! It must have had Radclyffe glowing when she thought of it. It's clever, inspiring, terrifying, powerful, heart stopping, take a breath now, kind of ending. One of the best yet.
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Summary: Good but not as engrossing as other books in the series
Comment: I think Rad has mined the last gold from these characters. I'm glad she tied up most of the loose ends, but if there is another book, I think it will be one book too many. I found myself thinking that the protective arm of the Secret Service is seldom called to fire their guns in this country (much less every six months). The problem with writing fiction that parallels contemporary happenings is that it is difficult to do it without treading on reality and putting some of what we wish will/had happpened in the fiction. It is another good read, but I'm glad the series seems to be at an end. Yes, I know that there are other stories that could be told because she has so many characters that we care about, but for the nonce they should be allowed to live their lives in our imaginations and not on the printed page.
One question: How did Ellen Grant (first two books) morph into Ellen Marks in this book? If she took her husband's name or went back to her maiden name a nit-picker like me would like to know.
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Summary: Good Read
Comment: I am truly an avid reader and love Radclyffe as much as the next lesbian, but this series is starting to wear on me. I mean come on how much physical abuse, i.e being shot etc. can Cam take book after book and how much action can the reader be made to read. I am getting to the point where it is hard for me to believe the story line anymore. It is starting to get too far fetched for me to believe. I really do enjoy Radclyffe's ability to write in the here and now, but this series has been there and done that and I really think she needs to wrap it up soon.
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Summary: Very good & exciting book
Comment: I love this book.
Great love scenes and a lot of action.
Cam & Blair are amazing as always.
also, the new characters are fun & hot.
Great read!
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Summary: A decent book that doesn't quite live up to the rest, but with fun moments and some action interspersed with the romance
Comment: This book was fine. Probably the weakest so far in the series, but decent. I don't begrudge the time I spent with it at all, and fans of Cam and Blair will want to read it, if only to experience the next step on their journey. I long for the depth of the early days of the relationship, though.
Honestly, it's a testament to the strength of the characters that Radclyffe creates that I'm still interested in them and their friends. Particularly as I often get impatient with books that spend too much time on secondary characters, and not enough on the main protagonists, as this series has tended towards.
And there is a lot about their friends in this book. We get regular insight into, or at least spend time with, the relationships of Stark & Savard and Diane & Valerie. And we get the introduction of Dana Barnett, a reporter the White House orders embedded with Blair's team in order to cover her upcoming nuptials. And the return of Emory, who bonded with the team in Boston during an attempt on Blair's life. Dana is a really interesting character, in my opinion, at least as far as providing an outsider's perspective on Cam and Blair, and I enjoyed having Emory fleshed out a bit more. I couldn't help but think Emory and Dana should just get their own book, though.
The romance was top notch, for all that, with a couple of significant moments between our protagonists, and some sweet moments for the other characters. But there was a ton of build-up to the possibilities in the final confrontation, and even though I really like how it was resolved from the character-implication side of things, I feel like it kind of developed and died out very quickly. It was almost anticlimactic, and less cleverly plotted and foiled than I'm accustomed to with this series.
So it was a fun read, but no new ground was really broken, and I think it could have been plotted out a little more tightly. And as I said, with all of these interesting characters, sometimes you feel they should just have their own stories told, rather than taking time and focus away from Cam and Blair. Still, if/when another book comes out in this series I'll certainly jump right back in and buy it right away, anyway, and fondly remember the best times and character insights provided, while hoping for more.
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Editorial Reviews:
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A fast-paced romance shot-through with danger, passion, and excitement.
First Daughter Blair Powell and her lover Cameron Roberts, newly appointed deputy director of the Homeland Security Office, escape to a ski chalet in the Rockies after a harrowing attack by members of a domestic terrorism organization. However, Blair and Cam come under fire both publicly and privately when the media spotlights their plans to wed and an old nemesis resurfaces to threaten their lives. With the nation under attack, the world on the verge of war, and their personal lives the focus of intense public scrutiny, Cam and Blair struggle to preserve what matters most--their love.
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