July 31, 2006
Prolific romance novelist Brockmann returns with the next installment in her popular "Troubleshooter" series following U.S. Navy SEAL Team Sixteen. Here the focus is on Petty Officer Mark "Jenk" Jenkins and Troubleshooters operative Lindsey Fontaine. As part of a winter training exercise in the New Hampshire mountains, the SEALs team up with civilian counterterrorism outfit Troubleshooters Incorporated, run by former SEAL commander, Tom Paoletti. On Jenk's recommendation, Tom hires eye-candy Tracy Shapiro as a Troubleshooters receptionist. Jenk has a crush on the clueless Tracy, while it's Lindsey who appreciates all his jokes. And, that's just for starters. All the women are smart and sexy; all the men are brave, handsome and sensitive; and all the sex is hot-and safe. Everyone carries emotional baggage, or as the author notes, "they all had their pain." As the SEALs and Troubleshooters train together and work out their relationships and emotional issues, they discover a serial killer is on the loose. The multiple subplots converge when the killer, who scalps and mutilates his victims, snatches Tracy, setting off a frantic race against time and nature-an inconvenient blizzard socks the area-to rescue her. Jenk and Lindsey must put aside their feelings and work together to save their friend. Brockmann knows her readers and doesn't disappoint in this suspenseful and entertaining action romance.
August 15, 2006
SEAL Team 16 rolls on in the latest from Brockmann ("Breaking Point"), here combining with security firm Troubleshooters for training ops in the San Diego desert. The competition between the groups is ferocious, as former team leader Tom Paoletti's new crew wants to stick it to the navy guys. Troubleshooter Lindsey Fontaine plays hostage in the operation, all the while keeping a creeping interest in SEAL Mark Jenkins at bay. At the same time, a serial killer is preying on young women, with one of them becoming a deadly pawn in his game. It's pretty gruesome stuff, and it only gets more graphic as the training op and the killer collide on a snowy night in New Hampshire. Lindsey is front and center at the denouement, but the romance between her and Jenkins seems too hurried to be credible. The serial killer sequence has numerous plot holes, especially when details about his crimes are revealed. Also, lingo and -mantalk - infuse the tale, which will make Brockmann's longtime readers perhaps wonder whether they picked up the wrong author. Libraries, however, will see demand for this one. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 4/1/06.]" -Bette-Lee Fox, Library Journal"
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August 1, 2006
At first Lindsey Fontaine can't think of enough ways to "thank" U.S. Navy SEAL Team Sixteen member Mark "Jenk" Jenkins for his role in gifting Troubleshooters, Inc. with its totally clueless, completely inefficient new receptionist, Tracy Shapiro. Even if Jenk is hopelessly in love with Tracy, Lindsey quickly discovers that he really is a great guy when the two of them are assigned the task of coordinating a winter training exercise in New Hampshire between Team Sixteen and Troubleshooters, Inc. What starts out as a friendly competition soon turns into a real-life rescue mission when Tracy disappears just as evidence of a serial killer is discovered in the area. Brockmann's latest adrenaline-laced Team Sixteen--Troubleshooters, Inc. novel has all the right ingredients, including terrific characters, a riveting plot rich in action and adventure, and expertly witty writing. " Into" " the" " Storm" is sexy, suspenseful, and irresistible.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)