When you sit down to read a book do you chose it by the
title, the author, the blurb or the cover? Do you pick it
because of a review or a recommendation from a friend? When
I sat down to read HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO by Helen Kay Dimon
all I knew was that it was an author I had read previously
and enjoyed, so what the pages would bring to me were quite
surprising.
HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO is basically the story of Deanna
Armstrong who hails from a well to do family, and whose
nephew is currently in jail having been convicted of the
brutal murders of his parents. Deanna however believes that
her nephew Ryan is innocent and willing to use her vast
resources to hire someone to help her prove this.
She sets her sites on Josh an embroiled DEA agent. She is
certain that for the right amount of money he can look at
the evidence and prove that Ryan couldn't possibly be guilty
of the crime of which he was convicted.
Josh himself isn't sure that Ryan is innocent or that he
should be working for Deanna in any capacity. However, he
takes the case on, and tries to set ground rules, which
don't truly last long for either Josh or Deanna. Their
chemistry takes time to turn from enemies to friends to
lovers, but that's what helps to make HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO
a page turner...reading to see who truly committed the crime,
and how long it's going to take for a relationship to go
from infancy to full adulthood.
Who is going to be right... Josh or Deanna? For that answer
you have to read HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO yourself.
I know that there are huge fans of Ms. Dimon's out there,
and for them HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO might be a great way to
start a new reading year. For people new to Ms. Dimon's
work I would suggest Your Mouth Drives Me Crazy as
the first
read because characters from that story make cameo
appearances in HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO and if you're like me
you want to meet them in their first book rather than
working backwards.
Now I have to investigate Ms. Dimon's website and find out
if Derek is going to get a story. While I do that I hope
you have fun reading her other titles!
Deana Armstrong needs a hero - not for herself, but for the
nephew all her money and time can't seem to get out of jail.
Unfortunately, the best hero in all the Hawaiian Islands is
set on turning in his badge and getting his excellent butt
into another line of work. If that wasn't enough, Josh
Windsor also has a big-time grudge against Deana herself.
But if there's anything being rich, smart, and stubborn has
taught Deana, it's never to settle for second best...Josh
has had it with saving people. He's had it with getting
hauled into court. And boy, has he ever had it with Deana.
Or well, he hasn't had it. Yet. But the more she pops up
sounding infuriating and looking good enough to eat, the
more her hot bod and her cold case wriggle into his mind.
And there's only so much even a hero can resist...
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