O'Hurley's Return: Skin Deep
by:
Nora Roberts (author)
A New York Times Bestseller Chantel O'Hurley has parlayed talent, breathtaking beauty - and indomitable will - into stardom. But though she needs Quinn Doran's protection now, the sexy, cynical P.I. utterly infuriates her . . . threatening to melt her icy façade and ignite her heart.
A New York Times Bestseller Chantel O'Hurley has parlayed talent, breathtaking beauty - and indomitable will - into stardom. But though she needs Quinn Doran's protection now, the sexy, cynical P.I. utterly infuriates her . . . threatening to melt her icy façade and ignite her heart.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780786276363 (0786276363)
ASIN: 0786276363
Publish date: 2005-09-09
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 335
Edition language: English
Category:
Romance,
Adult,
Mystery,
Contemporary Romance,
Contemporary,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Suspense,
Romantic Suspense,
Fiction
Wow. I am amazed at how such an awful character can be cast as the love interest in a romance novel. I waited it out long enough to see if Quinn's behavior was a ruse to gain information from Chantel, which would be assholish but at least explainable. But, nope his inner monologue matches his behavi...
I didn't like the narrator's voice for the heroine!
Really dated characters -- it reads more like a 1970s Harlequin than 1988.
In the past books my impression of Chantel wasn't that good, she came across as a sophisticated Hollywood actress and in this book she is that but as we find out it is all a facade, a carefully cultivated image to succeed in show-biz. I actually kind of found it a cop-out, that she isn't a man-eater...