Reviewed by Audria L.
June 20, 2005
"...be Ready not to be able to put this book down!"
Lise Barton has interviewed plenty of mercenaries for her kick-butt women's fiction books, but never expects to end up living with one. When her life is turned upside down by a stalker, she finds herself in the company of a true blue mercenary with whom she has a slight past.
Joshua Watt is determined to take Lise back home to Texas to her brother's and his sister's for Thanksgiving until he finds out she's being stalked by some lunatic who is trying not only to scare her but possibly kill her. So, what's a mercenary to do but move in and protect the damsel in distress so long as he can keep business and sex separate. Yeah, right!
I really enjoyed reading this book about Lise and Joshua. I think the heroine acted like any woman would, given the situation she was in. You want to protect the people around you that you love and sometimes that means not telling them you're in trouble. I also believe Lise thought her stalker was just playing with her at first, but would eventually tire and move on to something else. The author did a great job with the heroine. I think she reacted in all the ways that any woman would have.
When Joshua came into play you could tell that the whole atmosphere changed. There was already history between the two characters which I thought was well written into the book. You didn't have to wait for a long played out story between the two, it pretty much started from their second meeting, which was good because it made the book flow.
Joshua is a mercenary, which means he cannot or will not discuss a lot of the work that he partakes in which is intriguing, it makes Joshua more mysterious. Joshua has a very loving capability which shows in the author's writing, it heightens the sensuality level all that much more.
I believe the title Ready is a play of words, for Lise it was time for her to get Ready for a new sexual being to be awakened and to learn to let that inner woman out and for Joshua it was for him to get Ready to receive a love that he had never experienced before. For the reader I believe it's for you to be Ready not to be able to put this book down!
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Book Description for Ready
They're the good guys fighting the bad guys. They'll get the job done—if the price is right and so is the cause. And what cause could be nobler than the heart's desire? Rough and ready, tough and tender—when it comes to love and security, these hunks are definitely for hire...
As a writer, Lise Barton is used to coming up with wild scenarios for her characters, but the one that's playing out for her right now is no fiction—it's frighteningly real. Someone is stalking her, someone who knows where she lives and what she does. Someone who has even threatened her family—her brother, his wife, and their precious baby girl. Lise isn't about to let someone hurt them, so she packs up and leaves Texas for the anonymity of Seattle. And then the threats start again...
Joshua Watt's mission is simple: Go to Seattle and bring Lise home for Thanksgiving or he'll never hear the end of it from his sister. It's not like "Aunt Lise" to stay away from their adorable niece, and Joshua's pretty sure he's the reason for it. He's spent months trying to forget the taste of her lips, the feel of her soft hair in his fingers. Yeah, okay, he wants her—badly—but family comes first. But the minute he sees the fear in Lise's eyes, his survival instincts kick in. The former Army Ranger isn't about to let some creep terrorize an innocent woman—not on his watch. He's going to do what it takes to protect Lise and try to keep his personal feelings out of it. Because if there's one thing he's learned, it's that sex and work don't mix. Not ever. So far...
