Reckless (The It Girl, No. 3)

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Popular Gossip Girl character Jenny Humphrey is making a splash at Waverly Academy, an elite boarding school in New York horse country where glamorous rich kids don't let the rules get in the way of an excellent time. It's less than a semester into school, but Jenny's already become notorious, just like Tinsley Carmichael - who won't give up her Waverly "it girl" crown without a fight.

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Amazing........2007-07-01

The other two books have been disapointing on how things turn out. Though they are still both very good books, I like this one the best. I like better endings rather than bitter and based on that fact I naturally loved reading this book! I couldnt put it down.

It's FAB-U-LOUS!!!!.......2007-04-22

This book is amazing! In my opinion it's the best in the series. Alot of the characters secrets were revealed in this book which leaves youwanting more. In the first book I had a bad feeling about Easy Walsh. In book 2 I still wasn't sure but I did like him more then I did in the 1st. Then in this one I realized my felling was correct! He turned out to be a total (to put it nicely) jerk!! I won't tell you why but I'm pretty mad about. I like Jenny, she's a tie for my favorite character with Callie and what he does to both of them will make you have the same exact feeling I do. I can't wait for Unforgettable. YOU SHOULD READ THIS BOOK!!!!!! Remember that. TA!

I liked but............2007-04-19

With the book previous to "Reckless", Zeigesar published it later than the due date. And it was a great book. However, this one came out a little earlier and i did not get the satisfaction that i got with the previous 2. the tone of the book made me feel that she rushed into stores and did not pay attention to the quality like she did for "The it girl" or "Notorious". Hopefully, the next book,"Unforgettable", she gave hersself enough time to meet her release date and give the book the quality that any book deserves.Even though "Reckless" was an okay book and left me disappointed, i will continue to follow the series.

Great Read .......2007-04-15

The 3rd installment in the It Girl series was the best so far. It starts off kinda slow but but after I got about 40 pages in to it couldn't stop reading it. It was so addictive! The ending has alot of twist to it but i think just enough. I won't say what but some are going to make you want to read the next in the series Unforgettable. i recommend The Clique, Gossip Girl, The A-list, Private, Internet Girls (TTYL,TTFN, L8r, G8r), Summer Boys, and of course The It Girl.

Started slow and the ending lacked something, but an enjoyable read anyway.......2007-03-01

This latest book in The It Girl series is the first one where I have noticed the ghost writers who have started writing for Cecily von Ziegezar. The beginning lacked punch, enough so that it took me three tries to get involved enough to keep going with it. But about a third of the way through, the book picked up speed and became a lot more of what I have come to expect from these books - smart and sassy writing with a lot of wicked plot twists.

Jenny and Easy continue their new relationship, but with Jenny having to share a room with the girl she stole Easy away from, and with Tinsley and Brett sharing a room now (Tinsley had been, shall we say, indiscreet with Brett's teacher/ boyfriend last semester!) things are beyond awkward in the dorms. When a wild party gets the girls locked down in their dorm for the weekend, tempers flare, more partying ensues, and nothing is the same for Jenny, Brett, Callie, and Tinsley afterwards.

The ending felt a little too rushed, but the middle of the book provided enough entertaining times and moved the book forward in such interesting ways that I will continue buying the books in this series to find out what happens.

Reckless Disregard: How Liberal Democrats Undercut Our Military, Endanger Our Soldiers, and Jeopardize Our Security

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Robert Patterson is a Great writer.
Facts are facts ,whether you like them or not!
Great read, tells it like it is....
Polemic, not scholarship
Liberal, reform, intelligence impotency

Reckless Disregard: How Liberal Democrats Undercut Our Military, Endanger Our Soldiers, and Jeopardize Our Security
Robert Patterson
Manufacturer: Regnery Publishing, Inc.
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Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America's National Security
The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House
Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years
Losing Bin Laden: How Bill Clinton's Failures Unleashed Global Terror
War Crimes: The Left's Campaign to Destroy Our Military and Lose the War on Terror

ASIN: 0895260867

Book Description

Reckless Disregard shows how liberal Democrats are wasteful of American military lives, and have committed themselves to policies that are inimical to America's national security. This is a frontline soldier's report on how liberalism and national security don't mix.

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Robert Patterson is a Great writer........2007-08-08

Patterson has such a great way with his writing. I loved this book. I was also fascinated by his earlier White House tell-all, 'Dereliction of Duty'.

"Buzz", if you're reading this, I think you should consider writing a novel.

Facts are facts ,whether you like them or not!.......2007-01-21

Lt.Col.Patterson now follows up his book "{Dereliction of Duty" with another in depth look at the differences between the performances of the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Republicans in several ways. Differences in the past,differences while in office,differences when in opposition,actions of the party leaders before being elected and finally what you can expect from them if elected to power;and particularly as Commander in Chief.
The book clearly summarizes the successes and failures of the performances of the two parties particularly since WWII.It is abundantly clear which party has done a better job of protecting the security ,keeping the best standards of military readiness,best supported the troops,which has engaged the enemy; and which party put political correctness,social entitlement programs,and preference for the well being of America in the hands of Europe,the United Nations and anti-Americian "isms".
You may wonder why a Canadian would read and review a book of this nature. Well,the reason is very simple. The only reason we live in a Country with any degree of security during this War on Terror is because of our great and dependable neighbour to the south;that meaning to the south of Canada,not to the south of the USA. You may also wonder what has happened to Canada,and Canadians who were once much more friendly and appreciative to the great relationship that used to exist between us.Very simple,what you hear coming out of Canada is the voice of the Liberal,Socialist Left ;which slants the Media to a far greater extent than yours does. The Government Oracle,the CBC,and other TV and Print media,continually look for and emphasize anything they can find negative about the US; while ignoring anything positive. You might even wonder, that since we recently changed from a Liberal to a Conservative government, won't things improve. Not likely,it would take years for the judicial,government employees and government to change;and the media is so massively left,that the change will be insignifient for decades. While it seems that there is a conservative government:it is a minority government.The Conservatives hold only 125 seats,the Liberals 101,the Bloc Quebecios (Quebec only Socialist Party) 51, the NDP (Socialists)29 and 2 are independent.As you can see, the Liberals and Socialists greatly outnumber the Conservatives. Talk about over government,we have 308 Members of Parliament plus a large UNELECTED Senate ,compared to the US with 550 including about 100 ELECTED Senators (I think).With a population 10 times Canada's maybe the US should have 3000 Congressmen,then maybe you'd understand our problem!
The Liberals and Socialists of Canada have similar views and agendas as the Left in the US,if not worse, so that is why our Military has been reduced,ignored,and so ill maintained that even with our paltry and token effort in Afghanstan our planes were useless (communications weren't secure),uniforms weren't even suitable for desert use,and we didn't even have means to transport them and their equipment to the war zone.This is the kind of security our Left has built.The new leader might like to change that,but his hands will be severely chained.
A book of this nature needs to be written for Cansda,but don't hold your breath!
A couple of good quotes from this book;

"Liberals believe we will be safer if we transfer responsibility for fighting terrorism to the United Nations. Liberals believe that we can opt out of a war on terror. The terrorists are praying for that to happen."

"So long as there are men there will be wars."...Albert Einstein

"Only the dead have seen the last of war."...Plato

"We fight wars that we may live in peace."...Aristotle

"The military ethic is based on LOYALTY TO NATION, COMMITMENT TO DUTY,and SELFLESS SERVICE,all alien concepts to the Left."

I also reviewed "Dereliction of Duty" on October 28,2004.The idea that the Clintons could once again occupy the White House is frightening.

Everyone who values Liberty and Freedom ,as wellas those who would like to see it trampled;is interested in what happens in America.If you don't believe this,and the left seem to fall into that sphere...

IMAGINE THE WORLD WITHOUT AMERICA!

Great read, tells it like it is...........2006-10-03

Which is why libs hate it. They don't want the truth to be told because if it ever was (which is to say if CNN and other lib talkers told the whole story), nobody would even think about voting for them.

Bush is the right president because unlike Bill, George doesn't just shake his finger at enemies while getting off on interns. He actually sees a war when its right under his nose, and doesn't ignore it. Clinton spread out our military while cutting their numbers back drastically. Thus, he proved that, just like other Liberals like Carter, he is ignorant to the ways of war. Then again what do you expect from a draft dodger who protested Vietnam in the UK while our actual patriotic americans (something that NO liberal will ever be) were dying in Vietnam?

Key facts here
* In the 45 years prior to the Clinton years, we deployed armed forces beyond our borders 8 times. In Clinton's 8 years in office, he deployed our forces 44 times. So we went from one deployment ever 5.6 years to 5.5 deployments a year. Why? Clinton used the armed forces as a peace keeping force in any and every area he could. To him, our men and woman in uniform could be sent in very small groups all over the world to be international police. He was ignorant to the job of being Commander In Chief. Maybe if he handn't been a traitor to the US in the 60's and actually served his time via his draft notice, then he might understand what honor and duty meant. Instead he he focused on "on her" and "booty."

* Clintons inaction during all the terrorist attacks we had in the 90's made us look weak. Afterall, if an enemy never fights back are you going to surrender or are you going to cheer in victory and fight more? Like Patterson says in this book "Pacifism never won wars, soldiers did."

I'm proud to be an American because of what our constitution and those who protect it stand for. From time to time we find those that live up to it, such as Reagan and Bush. Luckily enough Americans agree, as the red and blue election map of 2004 showed. As for those that want to point to our problems and try to find a better way, that is what needs to be done. Yet for those like Clinton, Kerry, Ted "the swimmer" Kennedy, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, and anyone who follows them and is ignorant enough to believe the war and Bush are wrong, I say to you "read this book" so that you might actually be able to learn from history. Then again, you liberals make it and art at ignoring history. In the end your beliefs and cries of protest are backed only by socialists, communists and extremists. Thus you are they, they are you. You have no home here, you are not Americans. To be an American requires more than just living here. You need to support the Americn ideals, which you do not. A die hard anti-war on terrorism liberal is basically saying "I don't believe we should be free, its ok for terrorists to attack us, leave them alone." Thus you are nothing more than an athiest who says he is a Christian.

Do us Americans all a favor you socialist libs - if you hate America so much, then move somewhere that you think is better. Like Alec Baldwin, you won't though because you know no other country is going to put thier butts on the line to save yours. People like Mr. Patterson here are the ones carrying on the American ideals, you libs are the ones who do all you can to destroy them.

Polemic, not scholarship.......2006-05-15

This is not a work of scholarship, not a work that examines its sources or parses ideologies for truth. This book certainly does not focus on truth.

For example, the author considers the "disastrous" presidency of Jimmy Carter to have fostered Islamic militantism. This position is unalloyed by any truth of the US-driven 1953 coup that installed the Shah, destroyed democracy in Iran and established all the groundwork for the 1979 crisis.

Nor is there any mention of the fact that Al Qaeda was created out of thin air by Ronald Reagan - who proceeded to fund and arm our future enemies.

Sadly, no, this is not a work of scholarship.

Liberal, reform, intelligence impotency.......2005-12-10

Robert Patterson wants a commitment to national security; believes the democrats can not be trusted to handle national security, saying the liberals have weakness on national security issues. Patterson blisters the liberal indicting, "liberals have done everything to ensure America's military defeat". Patterson blames Clinton force reductions, as the primary reason for dismantling America's military might.

Liberals are disloyal and get defensive about their patriotism. Patterson accusations are more than anger; he exposes Freedom of Information records detailing Ted Kennedy collaboration with KGB officials. The collaborations disclose to KGB interests an offer to "speak against Jimmy Carter on the condemnation of Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan" designed too advanced Kennedy's own political and business interests. The KGB took, the offer as military policy counter against Reagan. Patterson chops away at Kennedy sponsered 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that prevented the Executive Branch from monitoring foreign enemies in the US.

The liberals have weakened America. The liberals handcuff police enforcement and protect the enemy. FISA required agents to demonstrate to a special court sufficient specific or international terrorism. FISA allowed Zacarias Moussaoui slips through, after being arrested on immigration charges; agents wanted to search his computer but were denied; had they search his computer, his terrorist connections would have been revealed. Hostilities between the CIA and FBI left intelligence toothless. CIA reform open the door for 9/11; liberal infiltrated CIA jobs and caused functional breakdown.

Liberals hate America calling it evil and the enemies are good. Liberals advocate surrender to Soviet aggression. Liberal bilateral nuclear freeze is an admission of surrender; Soviet military hegemony walk away with a commanding lead in total number of warheads. Liberals oppose missile defense. Liberals would rather blame "America First" and are uncomfortable fighting war against Islamic fanatics. Liberals admire Islamic extremist. The Democrats of Jimmy Carter wrecked the intelligence community; liberals are weaker on terrorism than communist; liberals believe in police action not military action; liberals believe the fight of terrorism should go to the United Nations. The Guard and Reserve Units represent 97% of the civilian units, 70% of the engineering, 60% of police force, and 50% of combat units.

Under the Eagle: A Tale of Military Adventure and Reckless Heroism with the Roman Legions

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Outstanding Historical Fiction
Weak
Couldn't put this book down!
Change of Pace
If you know Roman history....you'll hate it

Under the Eagle: A Tale of Military Adventure and Reckless Heroism with the Roman Legions
Simon Scarrow
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin
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It is the year 42 AD, and Centurion Macro, battle-scarred and fearless, is in the heart of Germany with the Second Legion, the toughest in the Roman army. Cato, a new recruit and the newly appointed second-in-command to Macro, will have more to prove than most. In a bloody skirmish with local tribes, Cato gets his first chance to prove that he's more than a callow, privileged youth. As their next campaign takes them to a land of unparalleled barbarity - Britain - a special mission unfolds, thrusting Cato and Macro headlong into a conspiracy that threatens to topple the Emperor himself.

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding Historical Fiction.......2007-08-30

Under the Eagle is a great historical fiction read. The characters are well developed and the story pace is fast and engaging. There is never a dull moment in this story. I actually like Simon Scarrow's writing better than Bernard Cornwell in the historical fiction area!

Weak.......2007-08-06

While some of the insights into Roman conquest were helpful, the plot line and characters were distracting at best.

The secondary plots of intrique and spies contributed little to the action.

I will not further read anything by Scarrow.

Couldn't put this book down!.......2007-06-29

Simon Scarrow's book was awesome! His characters are a nitty-gritty, down in the trenches view on the Roman Legions in the early Roman Empire. Focusing on two main characters, there's enough to love and hate here for everyone. A great adventure, with some serious historical flavor!

Change of Pace.......2007-02-25

I've just finished a book by Nicholas Nicastro and I loved the change of pace and exciting events in this book compared to nicholas's. This was definitly a page turner with multible events and storylines to keep the reader interested. I've already purchased the other books to this trilogy and can't wait to get them. This is fiction but also has historical facts within it.

If you know Roman history....you'll hate it.......2007-02-15

This is much better written than the Steven Saylor FINDER series. The story of a Roman second-in-command on the verge of invading Britan is interesting. Emperor Claudius has selected our hero to deliver instructions to Vespacian on the Gaul-ish front. OK. But why do I feel the author wants this to be made into a movie? Ever feel like your being tricked? Well, this novel is gripping enough but it could have been set in the Civil War, WWII, or the Invasion of Grenada. The characters are slightly cartoonish, but if you want an action packed quasi-historical read, then by all means, buy the book, get on the plane, and finish it before you land at the coast. If you want adventure with sandals and swords....here 'tis. If you want history to wash it down with, then Robert Graves, Stephen Dando-Collins, or Adrian Goldsworthy is just the refreshing saloon you are looking for, pilgram.
It is a tricky balance keeping the interest of the masses looking-for adventure-stories weighted against the couch-historians like myself. I'll buy one more, because Scarrow is a good writer. But one more like this will throw me back in the (metaphorical) arms of Michael Curtis Ford.

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Reckless
Classic Amanda Quick
Quite dissappointing
Another winner from Amanda Quick!
Reckless

Reckless
Amanda Quick
Manufacturer: Bantam
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 055329315X
Release Date: 1992-11-01

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Reckless--Phoebe Layton had always imagined Gabriel Banner a brave and valiant knight, which was why she went to him when she was in desperate need of help. but when she lures her shining knight to a lonely midnight rendezvous, Phoebe finds herself sparring with a dangerously desirable man who is nothing like the hero of her dreams. She fears she's made a dreadful mistake when Gabriel sweeps her into his arms and passionately embraces her. Yet it's a kiss that seals her fate. Now Gabriel must possess her -- even if he has to slay a dragon to do it!

*A New York Times Bestseller

Customer Reviews:

Reckless.......2006-12-09

Reckless is a great read with strong main characters. Gabriel and Phoebe are both likeable (though they both have their frustrating moments). They were well suited to one another. It was a very believable and amusing romance. I loved the ending.
I'd recommend it to a friend.

Classic Amanda Quick.......2006-03-22

If you are already familiar with Amanda's books then this will not disappoint. It is written with her classic formula. Brooding hero + naive heorine who loves him dispite his flaws. They marry and she hopes that someday he falls in love with her. It is predictable, but written very well. A good read and a keeper.

Quite dissappointing.......2006-01-02

I enjoy most of Amanda Quick's book but i have to say, this is not one of them. It was a bad read. I couldn't seem to get into the book because the charcters seemed to unreal. It is definately NOT Amanda's Quick's best. Save your money and time.

Another winner from Amanda Quick!.......2004-10-07

_Reckless_ is the captivating tale of an impetuous heroine and a hero who appears cold at times but is really a romantic at heart. Ms. Quick always delivers a unique premise and a wonderful break from the mainstream romance. _Reckless_ is no exception. She wields a tale full of romance, mystery and danger while keeping a working balance between all the elements. The result is a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat and up until the wee hours of the morning.

I love the way she always seems to tie her characters together with some sort of shared history. It gives a feeling of destiny to the books. Ms. Quick's characters are always well developed and three dimensional. The main characters in this book are some of the best! Phoebe is very admirable. Right away you like her spunk and you can identify with her love of romance. You'll also laugh uproariously at her fashion sense. Gabriel is . . . hard to explain. One moment he endears himself to your heart and the next instant you'd like to throttle him. They are not only well suited to each other but also play well off one another. The interaction is entertaining and endearing.

Also, in the form of secondary characters, you have Phoebe's charming family. A group of oddly hilarious socialites who try to keep the adventurer of the family, Phoebe, under control. They don't realize that they all possess a good portion of Phoebe's impetuosity.

All in all it was an excellent read, which is what I always expect from Amanda Quick.

Reckless.......2002-07-02

Loved it! I love all her books. Very readable.

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Bleed-through Between Series Gives Romantic Romps & Iconic Intrigue: Florida Flows in NYC
Not One of Wood's Best
She turned to Stone
Skip it
Maybe the next one will be better

Reckless Abandon
Stuart Woods
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ASIN: 0451213173
Release Date: 2004-09-28

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Cop-turned-lawyer Stone Barrington tracks a mobster hiding deep within the witness protection program in this new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series-with a little help from beautiful Florida police chief Holly Barker.

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Bleed-through Between Series Gives Romantic Romps & Iconic Intrigue: Florida Flows in NYC.......2006-06-14

A couple of Stuart Woods recent novels had caught my eye as I was looking for something sort of similar to Robert Parker's Spenser series.

This being the first of those two eye-catchers which I read, I can say I enjoyed the easy opening of the main characters from separate series making a slow jazz, "no problem" connection. The situation, setting, and dialogue were refreshingly, realistically simple and natural. Even with periodic shocks of abrupt overturnings of a flow of events, the plotting clicked along with no reading-resistance from moi. Chief Holly Barker was clever with her quips and guts, dancing through nonchalance; and Stone Barrington was so smitten and intrigued by Holly, the two melted like butter on a hot day, sliding right into a business mixing pleasure thing based from his home.

I noticed that a few reviews don't recommend this novel as a "starter kit" for readers who haven't read most of Woods's other novels, due to the fact that this story uses a sort of patchwork quilt of past plots. So, I wondered, would I be lost?

I was carried without effort by the interaction and dialogue among characters and didn't find the brief recaps of the past to be any different than what would be necessary in any novel. No plot works without a past, and segments of that history have to be plugged into an ongoing action.

Loved the way Woods stitched the title into the book as a true and actual THEME, becoming obvious with chapter 10, in which Stone interviewed his client-from-hell, professional photographer, Herbert Fisher. Of course Herbie was not the only character for whom Woods used "reckless abandon" as an identifier of personality traits.

Feel free to buy and read the novel to do this thought-provoking discovery of for whom, what, where, when, and how this "reckless abandon" plays off, from the simplest, to the most symbolic, to the most legal of meanings.

This book had more "live in" capacity than most, like a world was opened and I could simply step in each time I opened the pages.

The relationship between Stone and Holly continued the flow established in the novel's opening, and grew easily and naturally, without the usual blocks in romance novels or other P.I. persona series. The sex scenes were simple and gutsy and were slipped within the daily doings without much difficulty or unnecessary production. It was interesting to see how a man like Stone reacted to an aggressive partner like Holly. He was just there, and certainly had no trouble enjoying the ride, taking Holly at face value, which was refreshing both ways, with the blessed absence of the usual emotional games. Jealousy was toyed with on both sides, with a realistic touch, and like everything else, the two rambled through those glitches without over concern, no growing roots for those bleeps of green.

Given the way most of us live out our days, this novel might seem unbelievable. But, having worked and lived several years on the inside of criminal justice systems, my experience confirmed that the characters, dialogue, pacing, actions and reactions, the ways of dealing with a very different system of ethics, was on target with the reality Woods was describing. Though Woods's critical slant on the FBI and CIA might be slightly skewed based on his political leanings, it's plausible that those types of casual behaviors toward killing and execution could exist in facets of such agencies and bureaus. I also know from experience, however, that a good number of honorable, admirable men take on these types of responsibilities and jobs, with a type of pride and integrity which many of us will never know or live. They're to be admired and thanked.

I'm pro President George W. Bush. Woods is not. At least he's not, based on the info on Stuart Woods's web site, which is well done and very direct and clear in exposing his opinions, his work, and his trade. He comes across to me as a crisp, to the point, no nonsense, male of the species, and I can't help admiring his candor and directness.

Lest we forget, however, RECKLESS ABANDON is a work of fiction, a well done and highly entertaining one, in which, yes, the author expresses and dramatizes his political opinions about the world. As he notes on his web site, whose opinions should he write about, other than his own?

Though the whole novel was engrossing, the last quarter of the plot kicked up in reader capture enhancement. I was in high entertainment awe of the ways Stone, Holly, Dino, and Lance extricated themselves out of several seemingly untenable, end-of-the-road, into-the-grave, impossible scenarios. There's a term for what Woods accomplished repeatedly with incredible finesse throughout the last quarter of the book:

Deux ex machina.

Though ... I'm not sure how firmly that applied there, in the meaning, "saved by an unexpected event interjected by a `Higher Hand' of a God, or The Author." In most cases one of the characters saved the situation from disaster due to tangy thinking or fluid footwork. ANYway, all snafu's were undone in very cool, ingenious ways.

Also felt right on with the way Holly and Stone handled their budding relationship, as the book's sunset arrived.

Yes sir. This is great entertainment of the purest type given just the right complexity, with subtle, interesting wisdom extended simply (without heavy agendas imposed) through character contemplations, conversations, and choices.

I'll go for more.

Linda G. Shelnutt

Not One of Wood's Best.......2006-02-06

You'd think that if Holly Barker teams up with Stone Barrington, you'd have a rip roaring murder mystery. Not this time! Stuart Woods has missed the mark on this book. The reader finds out the two main characters like to jump into the sack; but the author has not developed his characters very well. It's like he wrote this book "on the spur of the moment", while sitting in a New York apartment, with nothing else to do. The story line involving the FBI, NYPD and others looking for the murderous bad guy, Trini Rogriquez, is not very realistic. No high tech equipment (except powerful firearms) is referred to in this book. As the book concludes, it doesn't take much effort to guess how it may end. On the positive side,however, this book, like most of Wood's others, is easy to read.

She turned to Stone.......2006-01-27

I gave this book five stars to catch the attention of prospective readers.

Amazon's 5 star system is the equivalent of the greenish grassy stuff that falls out of a horse's backside in such nice twinkie-shaped parcels.

Stone Barrington is fun. Simply put. I found some of the characters a little thin, but I think all in all the combination of Stone's unique lifestyle (what a house!) and his personality and Woods' plotting drive this book (my first by Woods) along very nicely and make up for the problems I have with the tome. As a matter of fact, I think Robert Crais' novels get a lot better review and that is not necessarily justified. Poorly plotted sentence, but you catch my unique odor I am sure.

I think this is a particularly good vacation read, for those of you who can afford vacations. Fatherless offal you all are.

I will certainly read more of the Stone books at least.

Rick

Skip it.......2005-08-19

This was my first Stuart Woods novel and I wasn't impressed. Stone Barrington character is like James Bond and I never liked him. The whole story is just too unbelivable. I like something a little more realistic. Sorry, this just doesn't fly.

Maybe the next one will be better.......2005-08-12

Since I seem to have seen the same comments/complaints in the reviews of the two latest Stone Barrington novels by Stuart Woods (Reckless Abandon, Two-Dollar Bill), I'll do two quick reviews in one and address them, while adding my own two cent's worth. I'll post this effort on the Amazon pages for both books.

First, a few general comments.

1) If you have a favorite restaurant, you eat there. If you can afford to do so, you eat there often.

2) Why so upset about the sex? Jealous?

3) Remember the Constitution? Despite our clueless leader's efforts to repeal it, it still guarantees all of us freedom of speech, expression, etc. Now if Mr. Woods wants to use his free speech to criticize the war-mongering, right-wing, conservative administration currently in power, he is totally within his rights to do so.

Well, enough ranting. On with the review.

I'd have to say that the two most recent Stone Barrington novels were not the best of the series. To me, the series seems to be veering into the realm of the ridiculous, which I had hoped was left behind with the psychotic Mob daughter that nearly became Stone's wife. The earlier stories had more believable plots (the possible exception being the one where not one, but two killers manage buy their way out of a death sentence.) Contributing to the comic opera tone of the novels is the reappearance of a photographer who has raised stupidity to an art form. I sincerely hope we've seen the last of him.

I am not going to give up on this series by Mr. Woods. Not yet, anyway. However, the same cannot be said for his Orchid series. In my opinion, in transforming his protagonist from small town police chief to "Jane Bond, Superspy," Mr. Woods has caused a promising series to pole vault over the line of believability. That's one reason I'm going to stop reading the Orchid series. The other reason can be summed up in two words: Lance Cabot, who is probably going to end up playing a bigger role in the Orchid series. He comes off as a pompous, arrogant, jerk, who is more than willing to let killers walk free because of "national security." Over the course of two books, he coerces Stone into signing a contract with "the agency," orders him around like a flunky, threatens him with induction into the military, and even threatens to shoot Stone in the knee. All I can say is that I hope in future books, Stone uses his legal skills to break his contract with "the agency," so he (and we) won't have to put up with Mr. Cabot anymore.

In a nutshell, I think the best thing for this series would be to lose the CIA/SIS connection entirely, and give the readers back the serious plots of the earlier books.

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Great Insight
Why we love John Kennedy
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JFK: Reckless Youth
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ASIN: 0679412166
Release Date: 1992-11-10

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John F. Kennedy Jr. remains one of the most fascinating and controversial politicians of the 20th century. This bestselling first volume of Nigel Hamilton's biography has caused unprecedented controversy by its frankness and its overturning of myths. But whether or not family and the political establishment like it, it is the nearest we will ever get to the JFK story from JFK's own point of view. Reckless Youth is based on a wealth of hitherto unpublished material from JFK's closest surviving friends, from FBI, Navy college and National Archives records, as well as new material in JFK's own words.

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Where is the 2nd Volume????.......2005-04-29

Excellent book...Still waiting for Mr. Hamilton to come out with his second volume. I highly recommend the movie starring Patrick Dempsey. Mr. Hamilton we are still waiting for volume 2...

Great Insight.......2004-10-27

Our fascination with JFK continues. Even now, there are still aspects of his life and career which remain hidden from public view.

This book relies on meticulous research and avoids speculation. It acquaints us with a brutal and psychotically competitive family, an aloof and cold mother of too many children who accomodates her husband's self-centeredness by a peculiarly Catholic form of emotional abandonment. This remove, however, strikes her own children as collateral damage from her intended assault on her husband.

A family of highly competitive people, with singular ambition. The theory is not hard to establish: the ambition is to attain mom's love (which is unattainable) and to impress dad.

The story is archetypal of American in the mid-20th century. We achieved so much because of qualities of competition, ruthlessness and self-interest. We also learned to worship glamour and celebrity. Wasn't Kennedy the best-looking president by far?

I never understood him better than after reading this book. I also believe that he was addicted to sex, and that we knew way too little about how to treat that addiction back then.

Why we love John Kennedy.......2004-09-16

Anyone who truly loves John Kennedy (as I do) owes it to themselves to delve deeper into the formation of the character of this fabulously flawed human being. Nigel Hamilton's minutely-detailed "JFK: Reckless Youth," which recounts Kennedy's early through his first run for Congress, is one helluva place to start.

The myth of Camelot has suffered death by a thousand cuts -- shredded by the disclosure of presidential affairs, murder plots and political machinations. But while other celebrities have generated renewed interest and sympathy by openly airing dirt and scandal, the Kennedys have endlessly recycled the Camelot myth of the heroic young president slain before his time. Hamilton's book is the antidote to this pious tripe, serving up a John Kennedy fighting against (and sometimes embracing) forces that should have destroyed him. Young John Kennedy suffered from a mystery ailment that landed him in the hospital countless times. He courted disaster and scandal with a string of amours. He chose to fight the Japanese on a "plywood coffin" known as a PT boat rather than sit out the war in a safer place. He was saddled with a father whose pre-WWII appeasement policies undercut the national interest. Kennedy, from a young age, was one familiar with the knife's edge between life and death, learning to skate the blade with grace and aplomb. Hamilton exhaustively chronicles these episodes using interview material and an extraordinary trove of personal letters to and from Kennedy himself.

It's a shame that the Kennedy family blocked Hamilton's access to additional JFK material. The next volumes would no doubt have shown the moral excesses and almost suicidal risk-taking increasing as JFK grew older. While this material might have threatened the maudlin serenity of Camelot, I would have welcomed the change. Paradoxically, my love and admiration for John Kennedy did not wane as I read the incredible details of his life. Instead, I was amazed that such an extraordinary, compassionate and visionary man arose from the chaos of a life lived as a constant roll of the dice.

Simply the best JFK bio anywhere ..........2003-08-24

JFK RECKLESS YOUTH has only one drawback: It covers only the part of his life up to his election to Congress. Hamilton has promised two more volumes, but they have so far not appeared. That said, it is the only negative that can be said for this remarkable volume, for my money the best JFK bio anywhere (including the new but hardly impressive JFK: AN UNFINISHED LIFE by Robert Dallek). There isn't an aspect of Kennedy's life that goes unexplored. Hamilton, however, did not have the access to JFK's medical records that Dallek did -- therefore he probably did not realize how very serious JFK's health issues were. (Of course, he is writing about JFK's early life, when he was obviously a lot healthier than he was later.)

What is made painfully clear here is that JFK became president not because of his parents, but frankly, in spite of them. It was the force of his intellect and personality, more than his father's money, that made him who he was. Hamilton spends a lot of time in comparisons between Joe Jr. (the heir apparent) and Jack, the second son. According to him, Joe Jr. was ponderous, prejudiced, hardworking but abrasive and often nasty, and in general, simply did not attract people to him as Jack did. Jack, on the other hand, for all his natural rebelliousness (almost certainly fed by his parents' endless hectoring and marital issues), had enormous charm, warmth and endless humor. Hamilton even uncovers evidence of a surprisingly tender heart and his attempts to hide his concern for his friends with sarcasm and wit. His friends note that he constantly looked for new friendships and never lost a friend, even when the friends treated him with less than kindness and respect. He was loyal to a fault.

Hamilton does reserve tremendous ire (and who can blame him?) for JFK's parents, two of really the most awful parents it's possible to imagine. Rose was a mother who constantly went off and left her children with the help, never home even when her oldest children were babies, and was never, never affectionate or even perhaps very interested in them, due to her unending though silent opposition to her husband's abuse and philandering. While she inspected them daily for missing buttons or loose threads, she was completely uninvolved in their interests, games and problems. Their father Joe was, as Hamilton makes clear, good at only one thing: manipulating stocks in order to steal himself a fortune. Every other thing he tried, including banking, shipping, movies, politics and diplomacy, was a failure. (Joe was so unscrupulous that even during his stint as Ambassador to the Court of St. James, he had people buying stocks he had inside information about. It says something that when FDR appointed him the first chairman of the newly formed Securities and Exchange Commission, and FDR's cabinet protested vigorously, FDR's answer was, "Set a thief to catch a thief.") What made Joe rather insidious (and this only in comparison to Rose) is that if he did have a good point, it was his genuine love for his children, misguided as his childrearing experience was. Unfortunately, he taught them to win at any cost and that women were to be treated with contempt and used like tissue. But because he expressed affection and care for them, even dropping his own work schedule to appear at their schools when Rose wrote letters but never bothered to visit her sons even when Jack was deathly ill in boarding school, Joe comes off as, ironically, the much better parent. He was loving and affectionate, though his affection came with a price: That they think as he thought and do as he did, which Jack simply rebelled against.

Hamilton has to be commended for his sense of balance. While never shirking his responsibility to point out Jack's flaws, he is careful also to show from where they sprang -- the terrible, dysfunctional union of his parents and their awful sense of what raising a family meant. The children were socially isolated (partially because of his parents' desperation to enter Boston's WASP society while being Irish Catholics themselves), turning to each other for comfort and thus becoming close, but then separated when Rose decided she couldn't handle them anymore and sent them to boarding school, some as young as age eight.

There is so much in this book that has value, but what I personally appreciate the most is Hamilton's constant underlying (though silent) thesis that Jack's gifts were so many that had he been born to different parents, he still would have been remarkably successful, yet probably been a less tormented and far less complex personality. For Hamilton sees his sexual yearnings as nothing less than looking for the love he missed in his mother, yet unable to express his need for it because of her coldness during his formative years and what that coldness did to his ability to express and receive affection.

I could go on and go (actually, I have), but I do heartily recommend this. It's an absorbing read about the formation of a remarkable and pivotal personality in American history. I'd love to see the next volume -- imagine what he'd do with the marriage of Jack and Jackie? -- but must wait till he gets there. Meanwhile, this volume is a five-star, fifty-carat gem. Don't miss it.

One of a kind!.......2002-09-28

It is now virtually impossible to find a good biography of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Most are interested less in telling about his life, every aspect of it, than about his love life. But Nigel Hamilton returns some honor and polish, eschewing sensationalism for the sake of actually writing a book about his life.

This book recounts JFK's life until his election in Congress, beginning years before his birth with accounts of his grandparents and parents and what drove Joseph Kennedy to obsess on politics. While it includes JFK's assorted premarital affairs, there is also a great deal of complicated and in-depth information on his Navy service, his health, his political life, his family life, and the things that would affect him when he later became president of the United States.

Hamilton manages to pull more material -- only a portion of Kennedy's life -- into more pages than most Kennedy biographers could if they tried. He does this by incredibly in-depth investigation into just about everything in Kennedy's life. This approach not only gives much-needed depth to Kennedy himself, but to other people in his life. While his parents are no more sympathetic here than they ever were (meaning that they probably were as they seem), people that he interacted with (and in some cases, slept with) are given new attention. For example, his first serious lover Inga Arvad is explored in greater depth. Here she is not a promiscuous gold-digger or a clingy adulteress, but a woman who is willing to give up her love for his own good. Her Nazi sympathies and marital status are not downplayed, but her emotions and feelings are presented to the readers to make us realize what she was like.

And Hamilton's skill as a writer shows in how he is able to include all this detail and all these anecdotes without boring the readers silly. The eight-hundred-plus pages fly by like those of a book half its length, sprinkled with occasional pictures of JFK, his parents, "Inga Binga," Lem Billings, and others. These pictures are relatively few and far between, but make up for it in quality rather than quantity.

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The Matador's Cape delves into the causes of the catastrophic turn in American policy at home and abroad since 9/11. In a collection of searing essays, the author explores Washington's inability to bring 'the enemy' into focus, detailing the ideological, bureaucratic, electoral and (not least) emotional forces that severely distorted the American understanding of, and response to, the terrorist threat. The author's breadth of knowledge about the War on Terror leads to conclusions about present-day America that are at once sobering in their depth of reference and inspiring in their global perspective.

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A measured, well-reasoned and deftly persuasive treatise.......2007-09-03

New York University School of Law research director Stephen Holmes presents The Matador's Cape: America's Reckless Response to Terror, a scholarly examination of the failures, mismanagement, and worse rampant in the Bush-Cheney administration's response to the September 11th attacks, especially the deleterious ramifications of the war in Iraq. The Matador's Cape strongly condemns acts of terror and genocide, yet examines with equal suspicion the Bush-Cheney's administration's insistence in sequestering its intelligence and decision-making process from the public - and therefore from any solid opportunity to vette or cross-check its ideologically driven conclusions, with disastrous results. Also discussed is the significant yet by no means unilateral role of religious fundamentalism in propagating terrorism, the impact of rising birthrates in the Islamic world contrasted with falling birthrates in the Western world, the harmful and psychologically twisted effects of the Bush-Cheney administrations embrace of torture, and much more. A measured, well-reasoned and deftly persuasive treatise about the need for an immediate reexamination of America's current administration and foreign policy. Highly recommended.

Brilliant account of the 'war on terror'.......2007-08-06

Stephen Holmes, Professor at the New York University School of Law, has produced an exceptionally good book exploring the tangled arguments for the US and British governments' `war on terror'. He sums up that this war has been a disaster.

He describes the US state's "excessively violent, too broadly targeted, and patently counter-productive response to 9/11." He notes the odd assumption that "American immoderation will produce Muslim moderation." As he writes, "America's bellicose response to the 9/11 provocation was not only dishonourable and unethical, given the cruel suffering it has inflicted on thousands of innocents, but also imprudent in the extreme because it was bound to produce as much hatred as fear, as much burning desire for reprisal as quaking paralysis and docility."

Holmes demolishes the arguments used to try to justify the shift from getting Al Qa'ida to `America's gratuitous invasion and horrifyingly bloody occupation of Iraq'. He criticises idealist warmongering about the clash of civilisations, humanitarian intervention and democratisation. He notes, "Senators and Representatives who originally voted to approve a war on false pretenses have subsequently hesitated to criticize it, no matter how calamitous the outcome, because after-the-fact dissent embarrassingly reveals their own prior gullibility and lack of foresight."

He points out, "In Administration rhetoric, terrorism (a method for waging asymmetric war) is routinely opposed to liberty (a principle for organizing a modern society). The antithesis of liberty, however, is not terrorism but tyranny. So, when the Administration tries to place jihadism in the space vacated by Communism, turning it into the new global enemy of liberty, it confuses both itself and others." Gordon Brown uses the same bad comparison to continue Blair's war policies.

Holmes writes, "On the one hand, neoconservatives assert that Islamic radicals despise American values (such as religious toleration), not American policies (such as support for Israel), and deny that America's past behaviour has in any way provoked anti-American violence. On the other hand, they imply that the 9/11 plot was inspired and implemented by terrorists radicalized by Arab autocracies allied with or sponsored by the United States. This suggest precisely that 9/11-style terrorists hate American policies (backing the oppressors of Muslim peoples), not American values. They hate not the principles of American liberty but, rather, America's unprincipled support for tyranny. ... That is to say, jihadism, however repugnant, is not simply `evil' but has a perfectly comprehensible rationale. If we do not honestly grapple with this rationale, we will not be able to reduce the jihadist appeal."

He concludes, "the war on terror is bound to fail when conducted, as it has been so far, against the rule of law and outside the constitutional system of checks and balances." "To `go around the law' when combating terrorism is to regress into collective punishment. ... Waiving the rules will do the work of terrorists in this sense: it will recreate a world where violence breeds violence - where terrorism breeds torture and torture breeds terrorism. This will not be a safer world."

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Okay Read.......2007-08-14

Ailis abducted by Alexander on her wedding day.

This book was okay, but slow at parts.

Hannah Howell is wonderful.......2007-07-19

I always enjoy a good Hannah Howell book. She has not disappointed me yet.

Entertaining- Sort of.......2006-06-29

I have always liked Hannah Howell. This is an entertaining read. If it was one of the first books that I have ever read from this author I would probably be rating it higher. After reading many of her books it begins to feel like the same story different character names.

I liked Ailis. She had spunk.

Strong, extremely handsome Laird meets beautiful, feisty lass and eventually falls in love. Same story many, many times over. But what else do we want in a romance novel?

I thought it was kind of weird how Ailis never really interacts with her newborn at all. He is hardly mentioned toward the end. Also, the betrayal with Malcolm seemed a bit much to me. I did enjoy Jamie & the children.

Stars Good Book.......2006-02-22

I thought this was a very good read. I'm not sure what one of the reviewers was talking about when she stated that the hero said that he could not be faithful to her (Ailis)at the end of the book. I did not see that at all so that's not true it had the typical ending as all romance novels. Pick this one up it's a must read.

Hannah Howell.......2005-10-12

How can you beat her? She is Nora Roberts writing 800 years earlier! I try to read everything Hannah puts out and I am never disappointed.

Reckless Faith: When the Church Loses Its Will to Discern

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A timeless book on Biblical Discernment
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Powerful, Critical But Biblical Views On Reckless Faith
As a dying man to dying men
A Call to Discernment in modern evangelical Christianity!

Reckless Faith: When the Church Loses Its Will to Discern
John F. MacArthur
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A timeless book on Biblical Discernment .......2006-06-18

This book is one of the finest books written by Dr. John MacArthur. We live in a day when discernment is ridculed and as Christians we need not fear using our rational faclties in order to discern. Truth from Error. This book is a plea for discernment and a reminder that God's Word is the Christian's Foundational Truth. The book has been out of print for several years but if you can get a copy, it is will worth having.

Well Worth Reading.......2006-04-22

It seems unusual, does it not, that at a time when the church is in such dire need of discernment, there are few books to be found that address this critical issue. Or perhaps it is this dearth of books dealing with discernment that have contributed to the problem. Regardless, at a time when the shelves at Christian bookstores are groaning under the weight of the tens of thousands of books published each year, it is exceedingly difficult to find one that deals with discernment. A survey of several of my friends, avid readers all, yielded a grand total of one suggestion: John MacArthur's Reckless Faith, which is out of print.

We are fortunate, I suppose, to live at a time when even books that are out of print are not terribly difficult to acquire. I was grateful to see that Amazon and other companies selling used books have many of this title available. I quickly purchased one and am glad that I did. Reckless Faith, in classic John MacArthur style, began as a series of sermons. MacArthur argues for the importance of reason in the Christian faith, proving first that a reason-based faith has largely been abandoned within the evangelical world. In its place has arisen a faith based on feelings and, humans being what they are, a faith that feels good. It is this faith, faith that bypasses and ignores the mind rather than being built upon it, that MacArthur terms restless. Opposed to reckless faith is true biblical ministry. "We must take an unmovable stance on all issues where the Bible speaks plainly. What if people don't like such dogmatism? It is necessary anyway. Sound doctrine divides, it confronts, it seperates, it judges, it convicts, it reproves, it rebukes, it exhorts, it refutes error. None of those things is very highly esteemed in modern thought. But the health of the church depends on our holding firmly to the truth, for where strong convictions are not tolerated, discernment cannot survive." Later MacArthur teaches that discernment cannot survive in an atmosphere of doctrinal confusion and will not survive where relativism is tolerated. "It cannot survive if we compromise with the world."

The heart of the book is "The Biblical Formula for Discernment." Expositing 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22, MacArthur teaches the three requirements of a discerning mind. First, we must judge everything. Paul sets this exhortation in the context of some very basic commands for the Christian life, showing that it is not an extraordinary duty, but a part of what He expects of every Christian. Having judged all doctrine, we are to cling to what is good. We need to cultivate our love for truth and have a faithfulness to sound doctrine. And finally, we must shun all that is evil. We are not given permission in Scripture to expose ourselves to evil or to tamper with it. We are to flee evil doctrine as we flee sins such as sexual immorality.

The final chapters of the book deal with specific issues where the church has failed in its discernment. MacArthur first provides some teaching on the fundamental doctrines of Christianity and then points to the ecumenical movement and the Word Faith movement as examples of the church failing to judge doctrine and flee from what is unbiblical. The chapter dealing with Evangelicals and Catholics Together is particularly useful as a brief examination and refutation of that dangerous document.

When I began this book I thought it was the only book available dealing with spiritual discernment. I was glad to see that MacArthur often referenced a book written by Jay Adams also dealing with the topic. A quick Internet search shows that this book is also out of print, but like Reckless Faith is widely available from used bookstores. I ordered it immediately.

Reckless Faith is an excellent book and one that ought not to be out of print. I hope that, like other MacArthur titles, Crossway will see fit to publish it again. Rarely has the church needed this type of teaching more than it does today.

Powerful, Critical But Biblical Views On Reckless Faith.......2004-07-20

Dr. John MacArthur is one of the best evangelical Bible teachers in America. His books, sermons, and leadership are full of God's Word. His call to the Church of Jesus Christ is simply to faithfully obey the inerrant Word of God.

In this work, Dr. MacArthur calls for the Church to learn to discern truth from error by the teachings of Scripture. He calls for Christians to base their doctrine and practices from the Bible and not from personal experience (1 Timothy 4:16; Titus 2:1). His fear is justified by numerous examples of cultic to simply strange teachings and subjective experiences from the Catholic Church to the charismatic movement. He in turn gives a biblical examination of these movements and leaves the reader with a deep hunger to remain committed to Scripture.

A great book with a powerful message for the modern evangelical church.

As a dying man to dying men.......2003-03-08

There are some books where the passion is so intense it bleeds through the pages, Macarthur's is one of them. This is the first Mac book I read and also the best one. Charismatic and liberal infidelity had stormed the ranks of my campus; my back was to the wall and my sword broken, then God raised up from the ranks John Macarthur to combat higher criticism on one front and Charismatic chaos on the other. When I read this book, my blood boiled. For I could relate to the trampling of the Word of God that was mentioned in the book and that I had seen in my schools. But really...is it necessary to "shoot our own wounded" when the gospel needs to be preached? I think it is. Please hear me out. The Gospel must remain pure (read Galatians if you disagree) to be effective. First, a liberal would never preach Christ crucified, adn a Charismatic would preach anyting that sounded good, as long as it does not draw theological lines which would expose his error. THis book also sheds a good light on evangelicals and catholics together. Does Macarhtur try to get his message across? I think a quote from Richard Baxter would suffice : "I preached as to ne'er preach again, and as a dying man to dying men."

A Call to Discernment in modern evangelical Christianity!.......2001-09-10

This is a book that more than meets a critical need that is facing modern evangelicalism today. Timely written in an era where biblical Christianity is simply intolerant in an age of tolerance, it presents to the reader a biblical case for discernment based on the Word of God.

When most books choose to overlook and skimp over the vital importance of doctrinal accuracy and anitithetical thinking (with a tendency for unscriptural ecumenical unity), "Reckless Faith" choose to handle the issue head on, with the precision and passion of solid biblical teaching.

Pervasive in the Church today is the anti-intellectual spirit that has caused thousands to be deceived and manipulated by the numerous false doctrines, heresies and cults that stormed into the ranks of Evangelicalism.

Popular Bible expositor and teacher John MacArthur exhorts and encourages believers to rightly handle the Word of Truth, and to contend earnestly for the Faith. With passion and sharp wit, he sets forth for us timeless chapters that touch on the nature of Reckless Faith, the philosophies that lead to such a thinking and attitude, reasons that lead to the rise of Reckless faith, biblical teachings on sound discernment, and use those principles as he analysed modern controversies such as the Laughing movement, Prophecy movement, as well as the Roman Catholicism controversy.

This is a book with a purpose. It is a book with a message for the Church that needs to be heard and comprehended in these last days where false prophets abound and seducing spirits and doctrines of devils seek to deceive even the elect of God.

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Janna Wayland has survived in treacherous Utah Territory by using her wits, her grit and her knife. She is as bold and free as Lucifer, the wild stallion she vows to protect from men who would stop at nothing to possess him. Men like Ty McKenzie, whose will to survive is as strong as her own.

Nursing Ty back from death's grasp, she realizes that neither Lucifer nor her heart are safe from this man's fierce determination. Now Janna must follow Ty on a perilous trek through the badlands, battling renegade warriors, the elements and her own reckless heart with a fury that can be tamed only by love itself.

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Reckless Love.......2007-09-27

Not as great an introduction to the MacKenzie-Blackthorn saga as I had hoped. Books 2,3,4and 5 were much better and remain among my favorites.

I didn't care for it at all..........2007-06-25

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Bold choices...daring dreams

Utah Territory. A forbidding world of mesas and steep canyons, a land as harsh as it is beautiful, as treacherous as it is beguiling--the last place a woman would call home.

Janna has survived in the badlands by her wits, her determination and her knife. She is as bold and free as Lucifer, the wild stallion she vows to protect from those who will stop at nothing to possess him. Men like Ty MacKenzie, whose will to survive is as strong as her own.

Nursing Ty back from death's grasp, she realizes quickly that neither Lucifer nor her heart is safe from this man's fierce strength and determination. With no choice but to live as his ally, Janna must follow Ty on a perilous trek through the blazing land, battling the elements, danger and her own reckless heart with a fury that can only be tamed by love itself.

* I want to start off by saying that I am a bookworm & that all I read are romance books & most of them happen to be historical. I'm a big fan of Historical romances & I read on average 1 per week. Having said that I also want to point out that this is the first book that I've read by Elizabeth Lowell & I wasn't impressed. Her writing wasn't bad I just didn't care for this book. I didn't like the setting & I absolutely hated Ty's pet names for Janna that you used a million times & I didn't get the attraction between the two of them. Too much horse & nature/outdoors talk for me. I was bored with it. I was really pushing myself to even give it a 2 stars. I think the only reason that I did is that I liked the ending & the last 1/3 of the book finally picked up a bit. Had I not had the rest of this series on my bookshelf I probably would've stopped reading this book & went on to another author but seeing as how the rest of the books in this series are contemporary I thought that I may enjoy it a bit better.

Wish I could recommend this book but I can't. Hopefully I'll enjoy the rest of the series though.

Enjoys Laurel Merlington's warm and professional reading .......2007-06-10

Elizabeth George's RECKLESS LOVE enjoys Laurel Merlington's warm and professional reading as it tells of one Janna, who has braved the wild west and faces the warriors of El Cascabel along with a wild stallion and a stranger who may steal all their heart.

Former Harlequin Historical.......2006-05-28

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"A Woman's Wild Heart

Janna Wayland braved the wild challenge of the Western frontier with a fiery spirit that became legend. The savage, magnificent land was her only passion--until Ty MacKenzie's hungry eyes made her ache for things she'd never known.

But Utah Territory in 188, was as dangerous as it was beautiful. The steep green mountains and red rock canyons hid renegade Ute warriors-led by the dangerous El Cascabel--and nothing was safe. Not Janna, not Ty, not the wild stallion Lucifer . . . nor the gold buried in the rich land. But no danger could destroy the proud, consuming dream of love that ruled Janna's tempestuous heart."

A Wonderful Love Adventure!.......2001-06-19

Elizabeth Lowell has a wonderful gift of taking you into the adventure with her descritions of the Utah landscape, the excitement and terror of the terrain and the urgency of hiding from the renegade Indians. The love and the agony caused by the unrequited love Janna feels for Ty is very heartrending, you really get a sense of her loneliness and yearning for Ty's love to be returned. Dunce that he is , he almost leaves it too late to come to the realization that he really does love Janna. I would love to see the terrain in Utah that was Janna's world. This book will be a part of my permanent library.

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