Absolutely not expected at all! I'm a contemporary/suspense romance snob. I fully admit it. I rarely pick one up on my own to read and my initial instinct is to assume that I'm not going to like it.

So, imagine my surprise when (because it was our True Love 101 Group Read) I picked up this book and thought it was GREAT!

I read the whole thing today! I couldn't put it down. It was light enough that I didn't feel full of angst, but it was action packed enough to keep me turning the pages unable to set it aside. And while I absolutely figured out who the killer was pretty early I didn't even care because it was still loads of fun to read.

The chemistry between Sam and Jaine was hot! The banter between them made me laugh and giggle and swoon. Jaine was brash and hilarious and Sam was sexy and alllll man.

--The pills were just a precaution, in case her hormones overruled her gray matter. Such a silly thing had never happened before, but then she had never before practically had a meltdown at the sight of a man's sticky-out part, either.

--She turned her face into his throat and inhaled the heat and scent of his body, thinking that if the perfumers of the world could bottle whatever it was Sam had, the female population would be in a perpetual heat.

I liked this read soooo much that I'm pretty eager for my next novel by Linda Howard.... odd fact, my grandmother informed me that she read this book yeeeeeeaaaaars ago. I've been shamed.