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	• A Stranger's Game (Bitter Creek Novels) Joan Johnston Pocket, 2008 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 10 reviews view larger image
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DISAPPOINTED

One of my favorite books is "The Next Mrs. Blackthorne" I was disappointed to read "A Stranger's Game" I really liked both Kate and Breed in the previous book and I expected more from their characters. I felt like alot of details were left out, the relationship between the two main characters was rushed and I didn't feel any chemistry between them from the beginning. There was no "big ending" for their relationship - the ending was more about the beginning of the next book.

interesting Bitter Creek FBI romantic suspense

Ten years ago Merle Raye Finkel was convicted of killing her abusive father Austin police detective Big Mike; something she dreamed of doing many times when he assaulted her or her stepmother or flushed her live turtle down the toilet to punish her, but she never did. When she was freed from an Austin youth facility, she changed her name to Grace Caldwell and began a quest to uncover the identity of the true killer.

Her clues begin to point towards FBI Assistant Special Agent Vincent Harkness, whose current assignment is security for the president's visit to the University of Texas at Austin. Grace meets FBI Supervisory Special Agent Breed Grayhawk, who she hopes will provide her insider info about his superior. As they fall in love, he hides her when he realizes the Feds are gunning for her; especially when he knows she is innocent yet accused of planning to assassinate the president.

This is an interesting Bitter Creek FBI romantic suspense starring an intrepid heroine and the gutsy hero who risks his career and his freedom for the woman he loves and believes in even when the evidence condemns her. The storyline is action-packed and filled with entertaining twists. Although a spin involving a Texas Ranger is more a set up for the next tale and feels out of place in A STRANGER'S GAME, series fans will appreciate this dynamic entry.

Harriet Klausner

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Riveting

Dirty little secrets --- addictions, infidelity, murder, cover-ups, betrayal, desertion, lies. Not one of these vices can stop romance from blossoming between accused murderer Grace Caldwell and FBI special agent Breed Grayhawk in A STRANGER'S GAME. Grace and Breed play with fire, hot on the trail of a murderer and hotter as they explore their insatiable passion for each other.

"A few husky words. A look of invitation." When Grace meets Breed's eyes in the mirror above the bar, "the attraction was immediate. And powerful." Breed is soon uttering, "What would it take to get you into bed?" Sex under the Texas stars with a handsome, Stetson-wearing FBI agent launches Grace's plan to clear her name of this tragic double murder. This all sounds like the latest Alan Jackson song, but the scene is expertly played out on the pages of A STRANGER'S GAME. New York Times bestselling author Joan Johnston leads the novel with violence, inserts the power and passion of romance and closes with trust.

Johnston rivets the reader with an opening scene of domestic violence. Homicide cop Big Mike Finkel physically abuses his 13-year-old daughter Merle Raye; he then turns on her stepmother Allie and beats her too. Merle Raye hates Big Mike and wishes he were dead. When both Big Mike and Allie are found slain, Merle Raye is wrongfully convicted and imprisoned. She emerges on parole, takes the name of Grace Caldwell and sets out with a plan to seek revenge against whoever framed her. After eight years in the Texas Youth Commission's high restriction facility at Giddings, east of Austin, Texas, Grace had learned to be a criminal.

As she pursues the clues to her parents' murders, Grace uncovers a shocking string of secrets that leads to a respected FBI special agent, Vince Harkness, and his wife, Stephanie.
Grace turns to Breed to help her prove her innocence and expose Vince, who happens to be Breed's boss. Breed is torn between his duty and Grace's plea. But can Breed trust Grace? Lust is a powerful motivator, and Breed succumbs to Grace's blue eyes and the compelling evidence in the diary she stole from Stephanie. The race begins to clear Grace's name --- before she's set up again.

Addictions (sex, gambling, abuse, alcohol) and the powerful role they play in shaping Grace, Breed and Jack create believable characters who face fears born of painful childhood experiences. Trust is a major issue, and how each finds the courage to close the door on the past and indulge in a little fantasy defines Johnston as a writer who can combine romance side by side with tragedy, proving that there is magic in relationships and that love is worth the risk.

--- Reviewed by Hillary Wagy

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Johnston's "Stranger" is a good familiar read

If you are a fan of Joan Johnston and the Bitter Creek series, "A Stranger's Game" is a must read. Two strangers in a bar with nothing but lust and secrets between them weaves into a race against time to find a killer, stop terrorism, and fall in love. Breed and Grace are typical Johnston characters, equally stubborn and headstrong with major trust issues which makes them easy to fall in love and want to follow their story to the end. With a great sub-plot starring Kate Grayhawk, the back story helps to not only move the book forward, but foreshadow what is probably to come in another novel. I could not put this book down and the ending only left me wanting more. Since it was a bit of cliffhanger at the end, I expect Johnston will be giving us Kate's story in her next book. I can't wait!

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