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Mr. Tough Guy's The Target!
Alex, super-cop, tough guy, rigid-with-the-rules, heart of stone, DeMarco is caught half-naked in the bedroom of a married woman. She is lying dead on the bed, nude, with signs of having been asphyxiated during a session of kinky sex. He pleads not guilty. No one listens...including Private Investigator, Valerie Parker. She had been hired by the woman's husband, who believed his wife had been cheating on him. And all Val saw, from the bar where Alex met the now dead lady in question, to the house where they returned together, was Alex and Mrs. Corpse - no one else around who could have done the deed.

Now Alex & Val have a history with lots of baggage. He was her superior officer when she was in training at the Police Academy, five years before. She was a wild lady who broke too many rules and got too creative with the solutions to be a good cop - so Alex believed. He decided to recommend her dismissal from the Academy. The evening before she was to be told bye-bye, in a meeting with the Lieutenant and Alex, Alex decided to tell her personally. He thought it would be less painful. So he dropped by her apartment, they had wild sex, he left her sleeping in the middle of the night...and he never told her. The next day, at the meeting, she learned she was no longer a police cadet - and she totally flipped out. Wouldn't you?

Val doesn't really believe that Alex, a stickler for the rules & Mr. Control Freak, would commit murder. All evidence to the contrary, he is a basically decent guy. But, no one else was with the victim at the time of her death - and Val knows because she was surveilling the place. When someone takes a shot at her, however, she really begins to believe that Alex is innocent. So Val & Alex wind up taking off to find the murderer.

Adventures ensue, i.e., wild animals, an attack by a Bengal Tiger, a burning barn, an "almost" rape by a sadistic ex-con, some terrific sex, etc., and we meet some interesting folks along the way, including a goofy deputy sheriff who means well but can't make a right move. Who said the path to love was easy, especially when facing a 20 year sentence for manslaughter.

I enjoyed this sequel to "I've Got You Babe." Alex was so hard-boiled in that 1st novel, that I really looked forward to reading more about him. There had to be a softer, more vulnerable side. But this book is not as fast-paced as Ms. Graves's first attempt. And the characters are not as endearing as John and Renee. The action does pick up midway through, and the romance gets passionate - but it just doesn't rate 5 stars.

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Fantastic!!
Alex DeMarco is a hard man...the man who broke Valerie Parker's heart and destroyed her chance at her dream job. Now, he's accused of murder. Val's the prosecution's chief witness. But despite the evidence she doesn't believe Alex could have murdered anyone...and she's going to help prove it. Along the way old sparks are ignited. Will their passion burn itself out, or can they keep the flames alive this time?

A wonderful romance, with characters you'll love. Jane Graves tells a story you won't be able to put down!

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Fabulous Hero
All of Jane's books are so good, but I never thought she could make Alex a hero after my heart. Boy was I wrong! Alex unseated Bobby Tom Denton of Heaven, Texas as my all time favorite hero. The book is incredible, the characters fantastic. And you'll LOVE the DeMarco family.