- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Books (January 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 074346740X
- ISBN-13: 978-0743467407
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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Setting: New York City, present day
Sensuality rating: 8
High-powered attorney Victoria Kensington knows how to protect herself. In fact, she's spent her whole life protecting her vulnerable sister, Audrey, from their stern father's disapproval. But when Audrey, who's supposed to be painting in Venice, collapses at Victoria's feet in Central Park dressed only in a hospital gown, Victoria doesn't know what to think. And when Audrey disappears without a trace, Victoria will do anything to find out what has happened to her sister, even if it means allowing FBI associate Zachary Hamilton, the only man she's ever loved, back into her life--and her heart. Even if it means finding out her father knows a whole lot more than he's letting on, Victoria will let nothing stop her from saving Audrey. But when Victoria has several close calls, Zach insists on sticking close to her, really close. Will Victoria find a second chance at having the kind of family she always wanted and maybe even a second chance at love? Andrea Kane creates a knockout of a suspenseful romance, one that will keep readers guessing until the very end.--Alison Trinkle --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
Following a string of historical romances, Kane (The Theft; The Gold Coin) plunges into the popular world of contemporary romantic suspense. Kane's strong suit is her ability to create memorable characters; consequently, the plot is driven not only by events, but also by the wants, fears and histories of heroine Victoria Kensington, a 28-year-old Manhattan attorney, and hero Zachary Hamilton, a brilliant 30-something intelligence expert. Victoria's fear of dependence, rooted in her relationship with her Machiavellian father, caused Victoria and Zach's initial breakup four years earlier and hinders their getting back together after an incident in Central Park involving Victoria's unstable sister, Audrey, apparently running from unknown pursuers in a hospital gown. Audrey's flight and disappearance somehow involves the secretive Hope Institute, and not only forces Victoria to face her relationship with Zach, but also to deal with her father, who may be involved in drug smuggling with the Institute. What sets this book apart from other romantic thrillers is Kane's deft skill in defining the actions of her lead characters: her love scenes, for example, are exceptional, neither euphemistic nor clinical. Though slow to start, her latest marks a decisive transition for Kane from genre fiction into the mainstream. (Nov.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A suspenseful page turner...,
This review is from: Run For Your Life (Mass Market Paperback)
The day Victoria Kensington found her sister, Audrey, unconcious in Central Park, she realized that something more was going on than she originally thought. With a whispered word to Victoria, Audrey blacks out leaving Victoria no option but to go for help. When she returns, Audrey is gone. Victoria's only course of action is to go to her father, who always knows where Audrey is. When she gets the run around from him, she starts questioning his motives for keeping the truth from her. In her family, it was always Victoria that ran interferance for her mother and sister against her father. Soon Victoria realizes that there is more going on than she ever expected, especially when the only man she's loved has come back to Manhattan to find the same answers that Victoria is looking for.What is the Hope Institute? Zach Hamilton has spent his life waiting for the day to bring the drug syndicate that killed his father to justice. Ever since that day that his father mistakenly stepped into the crossfire, Zach realized that the course of his life had changed. When he finds Victoria several years later, he finds more than a lover, he finds a soulmate. It has been four painful years since their parting, but Zach knows that he won't let her go this time around. The only question is, will they be alive to work out all their differences? In my first Andrea Kane book, I was not dissapointed. Kane brought so much life into her charachters, that while to plot was far fetched, it was definetely believeable. While Victoria works on her issues about her obsession with independence, Zach comes to terms with the fact that he can't let his life be ruined by the people that killed his father. You also have Victoria's father who obviously loves his daughter, but doesn't show it in the best way possible. Don't miss it!
3.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Run For Your Life (Mass Market Paperback)
The beginning of the book is very good, you think that you will never put the book down, the fight of Victoria with her father, the way she found her sister the first time, the way she help married woman and the way she save her sister, all that part of the book was well written and you will never put the book down while you read this.BUT, the love story of Victoria with Zach is really very boring, it takes you out of the story so many times that you will want to leave the book, but the end of the book is very good...don't leave the book. What happened in the love story?...when a writer writes FOUR explicit sex scenes with the same couple (Victoria and Zach), for me, that is a signal that the writer doesn't have anything else to write and he or she wants to write many pages in the book...
2.0 out of 5 stars
A Disappointment...,
By A Customer
This review is from: Run For Your Life (Mass Market Paperback)
What a disappointment!! Run for Your Life had such a promising premise - brilliant lawyer Victoria trips over her sick sister Audrey while jogging in Central Park, but when she returns with help, Audrey is gone! She and old flame Zach dig deep to discover if the exclusive Health Institute Audrey is being treated in, is actually a cover-up for a drug syndicate. This novel was full of wooden, 2 dimensional characters, stilted situations and false tension. Besides needing about 150 pages edited out ( as many others have mentioned) the editor was sleeping on the job so many other times: Victoria was described as having a sharp, analytical mind and half a page later Zach was described as having a sharp, analytical mind!! I got to page 250 and realized I was pretty much wasting my time with a story and characters I did not care about, so I skimmed through to the end just to see how it came out. No big surprises. So - read at your own risk. It's hard to get involved with a story when you really don't care about the characters and the plot.
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