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Shadow and Silk
by Ann Maxwell
from Zebra

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• A hair-raising roller coaster ride
  Danielle Warren, a professor of Archaeology, is in pursuit of a rare piece of silk for sale on the black market. She agrees to meet with the seller in a secluded place, but before their transaction is completed, all hell breaks loose when the Chinese army moves in to arrest her and an assassin murders the seller before her eyes. But before she is captured, Shane Crowe, an ex-mercenary and current member of Risk Limited, swoops in and rescues her.
  Shane's mission was to recover the silk for the rightful... more info

• Good, but a reprint
  For new Maxwell readers, this will be a treat. For other Maxwell readers, be aware that this is a reprint of an earlier publication date.

• Romantic suspense as it should be done
  I quite liked Shadow and Silk. In fact, it reminded me a bit of my favourite Lowell, Tell Me No Lies. It had interesting characters, an intriguing suspense element and a nice (if a bit underdeveloped) romance.
  In S&S Lowell introduces Risk Limited, a seeming precursor to that other organization, Rarities Unlimited, which she wrote about in Moving Target, Running Scared and Die in Plain Sight. While Rarities had Dana and Niall, Risk Limited has a similarly intriguing and well-rounded couple at its... more info

• well researched, but emotionally flat
  The best thing about this book is the research involved. Maxwell did a great job adding lots of little details that give the book a fine edge.
  The plot was fair. Some plot holes and some other nice twists so it was overall a mixed bag.
  However, the romance was just blah to me. I've dated an ex-military man with the scars to prove it and Shane Crowe was a pale imitation of the real thing. Throughout the whole book, I kept thinking of people I have known in real life and how flat these fictional... more info

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