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| Tempting Evil (Prison Break, Book 2) | 
 enlarge | Author: Allison Brennan
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 36003
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0345502728
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780345502728
ASIN: 0345502728
Publication Date: May 20, 2008
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Product Description
BIG DIE COUNTRY
Joanna Sutton can cope with the fierce winter storm bearing down on the small rural community of Centennial Valley, Montana; the popular romance writer has survived much worse in life. Haunted by the loss of her husband and child, Jo has found refuge at her family’s secluded lodge, but her haven soon becomes a hell. During the ferocious blizzard, a local Boy Scout troop is stranded in the wilderness, compelling Jo to spearhead a desperate rescue mission, aided by a newly arrived stranger with an unknown agenda.
Meanwhile, Sheriff Tyler McBride hears that three escaped convicts are fast approaching Big Sky Country. Hoping to warn Jo, he faxes over the men’s mug shots. But they never reach their intended recipient. Then Tyler makes a shocking discovery: Two people are dead, and a killer is among the group, along with the woman Tyler loves, searching for his lost son.
More than one innocent life is at stake. For the sake of those Jo cares about most, and for her own survival, she’ll need all the cunning, courage, and passion she can muster to survive the mounting terror.
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Needed An Editor But Still Good December 31, 2008
This is the second book in the Prison Break Trilogy. You need to read the first book in the series, Killing Fear first. It sets the stage about how the prisoners got out and what they want to do. This book tells about an author who moved to Montana after her husband and son were murder. She has a prisoner that is obsessed with her and when he escapes wants to be with her. I thought this was a good book, however it definitely needed an editor. It was very stilted and repeative in parts. The storyline wasn't as crisp as it could have been. The killer kept outwitting everyone even though he's supposedly not that smart. It was like he had nine lives. I enjoyed the interactions between the killer and all the other characters though. I was hoping that Quinn Peterson would have a bigger part or that Hans Vigo would. Both are in the book, but don't come into play in a major way like you would expect in a book of this size by Ms. Brennan. If you are looking for a romance book then this isn't it. If you are looking for a romantic suspense book then I'm not sure this is what you are looking for either. Tempting Evil is more of an action suspense book with very little romance. It's not enough to bother anyone that doesn't read "romance" books per se. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Allison Brennan and if you have never read her before then pick up her Prey series first. It's a lot better.
 Great! December 17, 2008
I really enjoy Allison Brennan's writing style. This book kept me on my toes from cover to cover. Very hard to put down!
 Skip this one September 16, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Absolutely hated this book. The first book in this series was okay, but this one didn't make any sense, was dull and the romance completely flat. I kept waiting for the killers to put me out of my misery. I loved the first series (The Hunt, The Prey, The Kill) she wrote, but they have slowly gone downhill.
Allison Brennan has not let me down yet! September 2, 2008
This book, like the previous ones she has written, was great! It's filled with suspense all the way until the end. I was not able to put it down until I was finished reading it. She hasn't let me down, as of yet, with any of the books she has written. She's one of my favorite writers :)
Will give you chills! August 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It actually didn't take that long to read this one. I had started it on Friday, but because I picked up my copy of Acheron, that one was more important. However, when I finally picked this one back up on Monday, it was damn near unputdownable!
Brennan has a way of writing in descriptions: whether scenery or character development, you get a complete picture of it all.
Joanna still hasn't gotten over the death of her husband and nine-year-old son four years earlier. While she shows a brave front for her grandfather, sister and niece, she aches daily at the loss. Now she's staying with her family at their lodge, working everyday and writing. A successful author, she loves writing the stories that touch and warm so many lives.
Tyler wants Joanna with all his being. He's fallen in love, but is heartbroken when his marriage proposal doesn't receive the answer he had wanted. Still, he pines for her, waiting for her. He's raising his son, Jason, alone after his ex-wife dies of cancer, and moved them to Centennial Valley to be closer to his brother, hoping to reclame the friendship they had in their youth.
Tyler receives an anonymous call... two escaped convicts are headed his way - one infatuated with a woman he cut out of a magazine article. The description fits Jo, and with his son stuck in the wilderness with his brother and their Boy Scout troup, tension and suspense are pushed to the forefront.
And rightly so - for one convict, Aaron Doherty, believes he's in love with Joanna and that she returns his affection. His mental process becomes the header of the novel, and his delusions grow frighteningly. The way Aaron's mind works (the way Brennan wrote it) is enough to give the reader chills and hope that it never happens to them. In some ways, Doherty is even scarier than the second convict, Chapman, a sadistic killer, who was following Doherty.
Action scenes are great - you see them play out in your mind while reading them. The scenery paint a perfect picture, leaving the reader chilled while reading about a storm howling outside the lodge/cabin. While the love scenes are nice, I felt that there could have been a bigger connection between Tyler and Jo than there was. But what pins the reader is Aaron and his delusions - I don't think I've read a character quite that delusional before.
And after reading the excerpt for Playing Dead, the final book in the trilogy, I sooooo can't wait to get my hands on it. September 30th can't come fast enough!
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