Never Say Never

When Helen Bradshaw announces her engagement to Collin Marlow her twin sister Torie decides to go prove that he is not the man for her. Torie gets more than she bargained for when she arrives on a South American Island to visit a day early while Helen is off shopping for the perfect wedding gown. When Torie is caught taking photographs of Collin’s murder she is forced to run for her life.

The twin’s father, General Bradshaw, is also in dislike of Helen’s choice for a husband and sent Matt Callahan, a national spy to save his daughter Helen from a bad choice. When he arrives on the island and finds Torie hiding and running for her life, he helps her escape -- and then learns she is not Torie, but the “evil” sister who is disliked by many for her choice to be a paparazzo.

Matt manages to save both Torie and himself and get them off the island, but only after getting shot. After months of surgery and physical therapy, they have pronounced him as good as new, but he finds his leg is too weak to be working in the field and is not interested in a desk job, so he takes himself home to recoup his life. When Torie shows up on his doorstep he is not interested in helping a woman who ruined his life, but cannot resist when he realizes how scared she is of her stalker.

NEVER SAY NEVER is definitely a tale of never going to happens. This fast paced novel is well written and intriguing but left this reviewer thinking “never gonna happen” more than once. This is the novel James Bond stars in, not your everyday romance. The plot is hard core and well planned, fast paced and yet this reviewer still felt on the outskirts of the entire storyline.

Geralyn Dawson has definitely written a novel worth reading. Her characters are need driven; her scenes are tight and tidy. She brings mystery and intrigue to the contemporary romance world in a way this reviewer was not expecting. Two phrases that continued to pop into this readers mind was “wow, hot” and “ouch, painful” from her sex scenes to her running for her life scenes Ms. Dawson has her writing style down pat.

This novel is a fast read because Ms. Dawson creates a need to know what is going to happen. The drama in Torie’s life when she is running scared is a powerful motivator. This is a book to be devoured! This reader may not have connected emotionally with the characters but they did leave her reeling and wanting to know just how the plot would turn out.

March 2008