Published since 1933, Suzanne is widely recognized as one of the leading voices in suspense romance genre. They divide their time between Boston, Massachusetts, Sarasota, Florida and New York City. They have two grown children, Melanie, who is a personal trainer, and Jason, who is an actor and tap dancer. Married with Ed Gaffney, a lawyer and published writer. Major ad/promo six-city author tour.Suzanne Brockmann was born in 1960.
This is a good hardcover debut for the author since it supplies the eagerly awaited finale to an ongoing romance. (July 15)įorecast: Brockmann's paperback titles have a huge following (particularly the SEAL Team 16 series). New readers, meanwhile, will find that Brockmann has gone to great lengths to get them up to speed, and those who aren't discouraged by the book's slow start will find themselves drawn in by the characters' snappy dialogue and jam-packed lives. Still, the author's fans will find plenty of enjoyment in watching passion-and tempers-flare between Sam and Alyssa. Although Brockmann has effectively juggled several story lines in her previous romances, here she simply has too many balls in the air, and inevitably she loses track of a few. To top everything off, Brockmann throws in snippets of Sam's childhood friendship with Noah Gaines, a black boy he rescued from bullies, and includes her trademark-a WWII love story relayed through letters. At the same time, Alyssa's boss, renowned FBI negotiator Max Bhagat, must deal with his attraction to a much younger woman, and Sam's former SEAL commander, Tom Paoletti, is all but accused of aiding terrorists. As the pair scour Florida, they slowly learn to trust each other. The book's primary and most compelling thread focuses on Sam and Alyssa's search for his daughter and almost ex-wife, who may have been kidnapped by terrorists. Unfortunately, the oft star-crossed lovers must share the limelight with a plethora of characters from Brockmann's earlier SEAL Team 16 tales, which makes for an overstuffed and somewhat disjointed read. Tough-talking Navy SEAL Sam Starrett and FBI sharpshooter Alyssa Locke, who played supporting roles in Brockmann's four previous romances ( Into the Night, etc.), finally claim center stage in the author's suspenseful hardcover debut.
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