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WORTH THE TRIP

Worth The Trip, November 2010
by Penny McCall

Berkley Sensation
Featuring: Norah MacArthur; Trip Jones
304 pages
ISBN: 0425238474
EAN: 9780425238479
Mass Market Paperback
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"It's hard to tell who's conning who in this fast-paced, action-packed adventure/romance."

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WORTH THE TRIP
Penny McCall

Reviewed by Viki Ferrell
Posted October 18, 2010

Romance Suspense

Norah MacArthur's normally calm, "medium" life has been a whirlwind since her book about relationships hit the New York Times Best Seller list. She's a professor of psychology at the university and not comfortable with publicity spots and talk shows. Hollie Roget is getting on her nerves and making her mad. Enter Trip Jones to save the day. He walks onto the set of Hollie's talk show, kisses Norah passionately and steals her away. But as they are making their way to her car, they are almost run down by a car that pulls up on the sidewalk. This was not an accident!

Norah's father is about to get out of prison after 15 years for his part in a bank robbery. The 50 million dollar loot has never been found. Everyone thinks Norah knows where the valuables are. The FBI has sent Trip to protect Norah and try to find the loot. Norah knows nothing, but welcomes Trip being here to keep her safe from other would-be gold diggers. He's not bad to look at and the kisses are melting her heart.

After visiting her dad in prison, the two discover the whereabouts of the loot from Lucius MacArthur and set out to retrieve it. Their journey takes them to a remote area on the upper peninsula of Michigan and then to the Detroit Zoo. Being run down by a boat, shot at and run off the highway are only minor troubles that slow them down on their scavenger hunt. Lucius, the con artist, has conned them right from his prison cell.

The journey is wild and wicked as they are in pursuit of this valuable loot and are being pursued by others who have a vested interest in it as well. Things are hot and steamy between Trip and Norah, and Norah is constantly psychoanalyzing everyone and everything they do.

You're never sure just who's conning whom in this story. Can Norah be as good a con-artist as her father and get him to tell where the loot really is? WORTH THE TRIP is a fast- paced, action-packed adventure that will keep you riveted to the pages to see where the escapade and romance lead next. It's "worth the trip!"

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SUMMARY

For behavioral psychologist Norah MacArthur, relationships
and family are stressful and
messy. That's why she leads a quiet, clinical, solitary
life. That is, until the days
leading up to the release of her con artist father from
jail. For fifteen years, Julius
has managed to conceal the location of his stolen bank loot
but now everyone, from two-bit
crooks to the Feds, is scrambling to get their hands on
itβ€”and Norah is the perfect leverage.

It's a quick leap from β€˜control group’ to β€˜out of
control’—as FBI agent Trip Jones knows
all too well. He might like to strangle Norah himself, but
he's been sent to protect her.
Besides, behind Norah’s psycho-babble and ugly suits there’s
something special. Something
way more valuable than ill-gotten gainsβ€”and just maybe a
real life study in love...

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