Always Ready

Oh my! This was the perfect distraction for a rotten afternoon. I was in a bad mood when I picked up this book, but as soon as I started reading everything else faded to the background. The length was pefect for a quick trip into escapism, and the storyline kept me glued to the pages. I love romantic suspense, and this book had great love scenes and lots of action too. And who doesn't love a man in--or out of--uniform? I'm going to check out more Joanne Rock books!

Always Ready Joanne Rock Harlequin Blaze March 2009 March is Harlequin Blaze's Spotlight month and they could not have chosen a better author than Joanne Rock to entice new readers of the line to become long -time fans. Ms. Rock is a consummate writer. Her Blazes are very passionate and emotionally packed. She flawlessly balances a steamy-hot read with dangerous illegal activity in Always Ready and still manages to have her characters form a strong and healthy relationship. She definitely gets your heart pounding and your fingers eagerly turning the pages. A trip to Puerto Rico might be the key to saving Lacey's internet dating service web-business. It would give her some great content for some blogs. Her business has been failing lately due to some new competition. But Lacey has a new program she hopes will change everything. Plugging her profile into her test run, reveals her near perfect match, Nicholas Castine, is in Puerto Rico. If all goes well on her working vacation, the new program should result in a dramatic increase in success stories and prove to herself and her competition that the key for a lasting relationship is compatibility and not physical attraction which her biggest competitor believes. Lacey is a firm believer that passion dies and if you don't have a solid foundation of compatibility so also will your love die for each other. Damon Craig, Coast Guard lieutenant, is the embodiment of the Coast Guard motto, Always Ready, which is one of the main reasons he is still single. He's tried serious relationships but they always fail. It will take a special woman who can put up with her lover leaving in the middle of the night to go on precarious rescue missions or perilous drug busts, basically risking his life daily. He thought his ex might be the one but she proved him seriously wrong. Damon was so burnt by her that he hasn't even thought of trying to find someone new. He was all work and no play. Currently stationed in Puerto Rico, Damon is watching a suspected big-time drug smuggler, Nicholas Castine. He is a total scumbag that Damon will be happy to haul in. He will sit in every seedy bar he needs to if it will help him get the information needed to bring him in. Nicholas liked the date rape drugs the most and it was suspected that he was waiting on a big shipment. So it was a bit of a shock to Damon to watch a beautiful woman approach Nicholas with a smile on her face in a small tavern. She looked respectable so what was her business with him? She was the first woman to catch and hold his eye in months and Damon didn't like the distraction or the thought of her with Nicholas. What if she was part of his smuggling ring? It soon becomes obvious that she wasn't thrilled with Nicholas and his groping hands and was in need his help. Damn, he didn't want to come within the creep's radar but neither could he abandon the woman. Damon wasn't expecting the strength of his instant attraction or the complications to his case that h