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"Palmer...is the queen of desperado quests for justice and true love." -Publishers Weekly
"The popular Palmer has penned another winning novel, a perfect blend of romance and suspense."--Booklist on Lawman
"Diana Palmer is a mesmerizing storyteller who captures the essence of what a romance should be."--Affaire de Coeur
"Diana Palmer is one of those authors whose books are always enjoyable. She throws in romance, suspense and a good storyline." -The Romance Reader on Before Sunrise
"...this is a fascinating story...It's nice to have a hero wise enough to know when he can't do things alone and willing to accept help when he needs it. There is pleasure to be found in the nice sense of family this tale imparts."
-RT Book Reviews on Wyoming Bold
"...lots of passion, thrills, and plenty of suspense... Protector is a top notch read!"
-Romance Reviews Today on Protector
"The dialogue is charming, the characters likable and the sex sizzling..." --Publishers Weekly on Once in Paris
"A delightful romance with interesting new characters and many familiar faces. It's nice to have a hero who is not picture perfect in looks or instincts, and a heroine who accepts her privileged life yet is willing to work for the future she wants." --RT Book Reviews on Wyoming Tough
"Palmer, a romance veteran, knows how to concoct a savory chicken-fried love plot..."-Publishers Weekly on Heartless
"Palmer's latest entry in her Long, Tall Texans series is an intriguing story that blurs the line between good and evil...the romance between the main characters builds nicely with some gentle humor, and the moral dilemmas they face are believable and engrossing." -RT Book Reviews on Protector
"The popular Palmer has penned another winning novel, a perfect blend of romance and suspense."--Booklist on Lawman
"Diana Palmer is a mesmerizing storyteller who captures the essence of what a romance should be."--Affaire de Coeur
"Diana Palmer is one of those authors whose books are always enjoyable. She throws in romance, suspense and a good storyline." -The Romance Reader on Before Sunrise
"...this is a fascinating story...It's nice to have a hero wise enough to know when he can't do things alone and willing to accept help when he needs it. There is pleasure to be found in the nice sense of family this tale imparts."
-RT Book Reviews on Wyoming Bold
"...lots of passion, thrills, and plenty of suspense... Protector is a top notch read!"
-Romance Reviews Today on Protector
"The dialogue is charming, the characters likable and the sex sizzling..." --Publishers Weekly on Once in Paris
"A delightful romance with interesting new characters and many familiar faces. It's nice to have a hero who is not picture perfect in looks or instincts, and a heroine who accepts her privileged life yet is willing to work for the future she wants." --RT Book Reviews on Wyoming Tough
"Palmer, a romance veteran, knows how to concoct a savory chicken-fried love plot..."-Publishers Weekly on Heartless
"Palmer's latest entry in her Long, Tall Texans series is an intriguing story that blurs the line between good and evil...the romance between the main characters builds nicely with some gentle humor, and the moral dilemmas they face are believable and engrossing." -RT Book Reviews on Protector
About the Author
The prolific author of more than one hundred books, Diana Palmer got her start as a newspaper reporter. A New York Times bestselling author and voted one of the top ten romance writers in America, she has a gift for telling the most sensual tales with charm and humor. Diana lives with her family in Cornelia, Georgia.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Jael
on August 4, 2014
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Diana Palmer's latest romance brings her readers back to fictional Jacobsville, Texas. It includes a lot of cameos from familiar characters from some of her previous books including Cash and Tippy Grier, Garon Grier, Rick Marquez, Hayes Carson and Calhoun Ballenger.
The heroine Carly Blair is virginal, religious, innocent and not very worldly. Carly grew up in in a small town that borders Jacobsville, called Comanche Wells, and instead of going out with friends, she spends her weekends in her bedroom playing an online game called World of Warcraft. Carly may not be very worldly, but she can hold her own against anyone, including the hero, Carson.
Carson is from the Native American tribe Oglala Lakota Sioux and is a former mercenary, who has a past full of secrets, and heavy baggage that prevents him from accepting or giving love. Even though Carson has a reputation as a womanizer and a lone wolf, and throughout the book, Carly is warned about him by various people that know Carson, Carly falls for the hero.
This book is filled with mercenaries, corruption and suspense. Carly and her father are the targets of a corrupt Texas politician, Matthew Helm. Helm will do anything to prevent them from ruining his efforts to get to Washington, DC as a Senator. Along the way, and in spite of the local and state law enforcement trying to protect Carly, she gets kidnapped, and Carson and her former government agent turned minister father rescues her.
Overall, even though this book was filled with a typical Diana Palmer formula (aka shy, virginal, religious heroine and an overtly alpha male hero), it was an okay read. When I first heard that Diana Palmer would be writing and releasing Invincible, I was excited, as the plot sounded great. I can't put my finger on it, but I was left feeling like something was missing from this book.
The heroine Carly Blair is virginal, religious, innocent and not very worldly. Carly grew up in in a small town that borders Jacobsville, called Comanche Wells, and instead of going out with friends, she spends her weekends in her bedroom playing an online game called World of Warcraft. Carly may not be very worldly, but she can hold her own against anyone, including the hero, Carson.
Carson is from the Native American tribe Oglala Lakota Sioux and is a former mercenary, who has a past full of secrets, and heavy baggage that prevents him from accepting or giving love. Even though Carson has a reputation as a womanizer and a lone wolf, and throughout the book, Carly is warned about him by various people that know Carson, Carly falls for the hero.
This book is filled with mercenaries, corruption and suspense. Carly and her father are the targets of a corrupt Texas politician, Matthew Helm. Helm will do anything to prevent them from ruining his efforts to get to Washington, DC as a Senator. Along the way, and in spite of the local and state law enforcement trying to protect Carly, she gets kidnapped, and Carson and her former government agent turned minister father rescues her.
Overall, even though this book was filled with a typical Diana Palmer formula (aka shy, virginal, religious heroine and an overtly alpha male hero), it was an okay read. When I first heard that Diana Palmer would be writing and releasing Invincible, I was excited, as the plot sounded great. I can't put my finger on it, but I was left feeling like something was missing from this book.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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VINE VOICE on August 3, 2014
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INVINCIBLE was a typical Diana Palmer romance. It was a little repetitious, had a host of characters who all dropped hints about their backstories, and had a romance between the innocent, poor young woman and the cynical older man.
Carlie Blair has spent in life in Comanche Wells, Texas, a suburb of Jacobsville - the town where everyone is apparently a former mercenary. She works for the police chief as a secretary. She has a major crush on Carson who, besides being a mercenary, happens to be Lakota Sioux - giving plenty of opportunity for Palmer to give tidbits about Lakota history and culture. Everyone knows, and tells Carlie, that Carson is too much for her - too cynical, too much like a wolf to ever settle down. Carlie agrees but that doesn't stop her from falling in love with him.
Someone is trying to kill Carlie which unites the mercenaries, government agents, and law enforcement personnel in trying to protect her. Of course, they could also be trying to kill her father - former government covert agent now turned Methodist minister.
The plot of this one is quite convoluted and apparently begun in an earlier book by the author. All the guys on the good side are trying to find evidence to bring down Senator Matthew Helm who is a criminal who used underhanded, and illegal, tactics to gain his political position.
The romance had the usual Palmer tensions. Carlie was a woman of faith who held to old-fashioned values regarding intimacy; Carson was known for the constant parade of beautiful women who came and went in his life. She had faith; he had long since lost his. She had difficulties in her past that could have broken her, but she healed. He had difficulties in his past that he hadn't yet come to terms with.Read more ›
Carlie Blair has spent in life in Comanche Wells, Texas, a suburb of Jacobsville - the town where everyone is apparently a former mercenary. She works for the police chief as a secretary. She has a major crush on Carson who, besides being a mercenary, happens to be Lakota Sioux - giving plenty of opportunity for Palmer to give tidbits about Lakota history and culture. Everyone knows, and tells Carlie, that Carson is too much for her - too cynical, too much like a wolf to ever settle down. Carlie agrees but that doesn't stop her from falling in love with him.
Someone is trying to kill Carlie which unites the mercenaries, government agents, and law enforcement personnel in trying to protect her. Of course, they could also be trying to kill her father - former government covert agent now turned Methodist minister.
The plot of this one is quite convoluted and apparently begun in an earlier book by the author. All the guys on the good side are trying to find evidence to bring down Senator Matthew Helm who is a criminal who used underhanded, and illegal, tactics to gain his political position.
The romance had the usual Palmer tensions. Carlie was a woman of faith who held to old-fashioned values regarding intimacy; Carson was known for the constant parade of beautiful women who came and went in his life. She had faith; he had long since lost his. She had difficulties in her past that could have broken her, but she healed. He had difficulties in his past that he hadn't yet come to terms with.Read more ›
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20 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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VINE VOICE on July 30, 2014
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DP's newest 'romance' "Invincible" is, once more, a rehashing of the last several years' worth of novels she has published. Strong, mysterious hero? Check. Young, uneducated, virginal heroine who somehow knows lots of esoteric information about some (or several) subjects not taught in any small town high school? Check. Ridiculous plot wherein the heroine is in danger? Check. The love of a naive girl saving the hero from his loneliness? Check. Short, choppy sentences, because DP has apparently never heard of this wonderful thing called a compound sentence? Check. Pages of info dumps about online gaming (World of Warcraft)? Check.
This one tries to mix it up a bit, however. The Cartel of Evil Drug Lords (CEDL) is not the primary antagonist, but rather a corrupt politician in bed with the CEDL is the villain of the piece. Of course, everyone and their brother (literally!) from previous related books makes a cameo, guest or starring role appearance, whether it makes sense or not in the context of the plot. We do get a father who is not an abusive jerk (he's reformed and a minister), but he was a neglectful husband and contract assassin! I would read a story about Carlie's father any day, rather than the rehashed junk we've been getting from DP recently.
Carlie, of course, has a tragic incident in her past, and a photographic memory. We are TOLD this over and over, ad nauseum, but never shown any evidence of her photographic memory. Other than that sketch of a dead guy (that occurs in an entirely different book!), of course. Carson also has a tragic past, and gives the heroine a run for her money in the DP tragedy sweepstakes.Read more ›
This one tries to mix it up a bit, however. The Cartel of Evil Drug Lords (CEDL) is not the primary antagonist, but rather a corrupt politician in bed with the CEDL is the villain of the piece. Of course, everyone and their brother (literally!) from previous related books makes a cameo, guest or starring role appearance, whether it makes sense or not in the context of the plot. We do get a father who is not an abusive jerk (he's reformed and a minister), but he was a neglectful husband and contract assassin! I would read a story about Carlie's father any day, rather than the rehashed junk we've been getting from DP recently.
Carlie, of course, has a tragic incident in her past, and a photographic memory. We are TOLD this over and over, ad nauseum, but never shown any evidence of her photographic memory. Other than that sketch of a dead guy (that occurs in an entirely different book!), of course. Carson also has a tragic past, and gives the heroine a run for her money in the DP tragedy sweepstakes.Read more ›
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