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Andie Cochran thought she had at last escaped the clutches of her
ruthless, power-mad ex-husband—but then he abducted the child she loved
more than life itself. And now, alone in a foreign country, she had no
one to turn to but another very dangerous man—a man who awakened
passions she had thought long dead….
Jeff Markum had come to this place in search of revenge, not caring that death could easily be the price he had to pay. But now, against his will, a woman was making him care about something more than vengeance—a woman who had once belonged to the very man he meant to destroy….
Genre: contemporary romance
Jeff Markum had come to this place in search of revenge, not caring that death could easily be the price he had to pay. But now, against his will, a woman was making him care about something more than vengeance—a woman who had once belonged to the very man he meant to destroy….
Genre: contemporary romance
Publication date: June 2012 (for the current kindle version, which is a re-issue from the original book, first printed in 1995)
Mature content: yes
Review: Ugh, when an I going to learn not to bother with my favorite author's older books? I know I should have learned the lesson by now, but somehow I expected The Only Way Out to be different. And for the first few pages, it was.
The story actually started out very well, and I was getting engrossed in the plot. But all that enthusiasm came to a screeching halt when Andie, her son Bobby and Jeff, on the run and temporarily stranded on an island practically owned by Andie's ex-husband Kray (who is not only a notorious criminal but is also responsible for the deaths of Jeff's wife and son years ago) end up taking shelter in a secluded house, hoping its remoteness will give them time to plan their escape - and Andie and Bobby's return to the US. Told like this, it doesn't sound all that bad.
But when they take time to swim in the pool, grill fish in the deck and generally act like they are on vacation on the Caribbean, that's when I started to cringe. If I were in a similar situation, the last thing I would want was to splash around in a pool, set a table for three and do the dishes afterwards. And, most especially I wouldn't want to get involved with a man I knew nothing about.
Andie has made a huge judgment error in the past by marrying Kray - she's the first to admit she was too blindsided to realize he was a criminal until the evidence was right in front of her eyes. How can she take one look at Jeff (she only learns his last name after sleeping with twice - and unprotected sex at that) and decide that (1) he's one of the good guys, (2) he works for the government and is on a mission to arrest her ex-husband (because, really, what other alternatives were there for a heavily armed man snooping around Kay's house) and (3) the she loves him? - ok, the "love" part comes a bit later but still before the learns his last name...
Overall, it's a silly, silly book and not worth your time. I'm rating it with two stars because I really liked the beginning of the story and I think the plot did have potential. But not even Susan Mallery's writing skills are going to convince me it deserves more than that.
Oh well, better books will come. Happy readings,
The story actually started out very well, and I was getting engrossed in the plot. But all that enthusiasm came to a screeching halt when Andie, her son Bobby and Jeff, on the run and temporarily stranded on an island practically owned by Andie's ex-husband Kray (who is not only a notorious criminal but is also responsible for the deaths of Jeff's wife and son years ago) end up taking shelter in a secluded house, hoping its remoteness will give them time to plan their escape - and Andie and Bobby's return to the US. Told like this, it doesn't sound all that bad.
But when they take time to swim in the pool, grill fish in the deck and generally act like they are on vacation on the Caribbean, that's when I started to cringe. If I were in a similar situation, the last thing I would want was to splash around in a pool, set a table for three and do the dishes afterwards. And, most especially I wouldn't want to get involved with a man I knew nothing about.
Andie has made a huge judgment error in the past by marrying Kray - she's the first to admit she was too blindsided to realize he was a criminal until the evidence was right in front of her eyes. How can she take one look at Jeff (she only learns his last name after sleeping with twice - and unprotected sex at that) and decide that (1) he's one of the good guys, (2) he works for the government and is on a mission to arrest her ex-husband (because, really, what other alternatives were there for a heavily armed man snooping around Kay's house) and (3) the she loves him? - ok, the "love" part comes a bit later but still before the learns his last name...
Overall, it's a silly, silly book and not worth your time. I'm rating it with two stars because I really liked the beginning of the story and I think the plot did have potential. But not even Susan Mallery's writing skills are going to convince me it deserves more than that.
Oh well, better books will come. Happy readings,
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