Whenever I am looking for a feel good, love triumphs over
a bad life, I know author Diana Palmer will deliver just
that. Her latest novel, DEFENDER, is that type of book as
both the hero and
heroine have troubled pasts that must be overcome for love
to prevail.
Paul Fiore and Isabel Grayling have a history. She was the
daughter of a millionaire that Paul worked for as a
bodyguard. Fearing the closeness he feels for her he decides
to move on -- from his job and from Isabel. Years later he
is a member of the F.B.I. and assigned to
to a case involving her. It is only now that he is back does
he realize the damage that was done to her on his leaving.
Isabel is no longer a love-struck teen but an assistant D.A.
with a stalker. She wants to forget the horrible past and
and look to the future. She knows Paul will protect her but
will she be able to protect her heart. Because despite the
pain she still wonders what might have been.
DEFENDER is an amazing story of second chance love. Ms.
Palmer storytelling ability is at its best with
this one. Isabel looks as if she has it all, but underneath
she suffers terrible abuse. The only bright spot in her life
is Paul.
Then he is gone and she loses her outlet. Paul is running
from his past blaming himself for things out of his
control, but he refuses to believe that. Back in Isabel's
life and realizing how blind he had been he is once again
guilt ridden. While looking for the stalker they have time
to look at the past and reaffirm that what they felt then
is a mere shadow of what they begin to feel for each other now.
I loved seeing the gang from the little town of Jacobsville
in this one as they mix into this storyline coming to the
investigation and protection as needed. Cash Grier and Tippy
are still favorites of mine but so are the others who fill
the pages of Ms. Palmer's books. DEFENDER is going into my
TRA (to read again) shelf with all her other books.
New York Times bestselling author Diana Palmer delivers a
breathtaking story of second-chance love.
When Paul Fiore disappeared from Isabel Grayling's life, he
told himself it was for all the right reasons. She was young
and innocent, and he was her millionaire father's lowly
employee. Three years on, Paul is the FBI agent assigned to
Isabel's case. Too late, he realizes what life in her Texas
mansion was really like back then—and how much damage he did
when he left.
Once love-struck and sheltered, Isabel has become an
assistant district attorney committed to serving the law, no
matter how risky it gets. But right now, the man she can't
forgive is the one thing standing between her and a deadly
stalker. She knows Paul won't hesitate to protect her life
with his own. But if she can't trust herself to resist him,
how can she trust him not to break her heart all over again?
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