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Hot on Her Heels (Lone Star Sisters) |  | Author: Susan Mallery
Publisher: HQN Books
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Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0373773846
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780373773848
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Publication Date: October 27, 2009 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Dana Birch vowed never to put herself at the mercy of a powerful man. She became a deputy so that she could take care of herself, and protect those she loved. Especially her best friends, the Titan sisters.
Twenty years ago, Garth Duncan swore revenge on Jed Titan for abandoning Garth and his mother. Now he s back to fulfill that promise, even if Jed s daughters get caught in the crosshairs. All that stands between him and his goal is Dana, her gun, and a growing passion that can t be denied...
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A great ending to a wonderful series November 19, 2009
Deborah Haupt (Portage des Sioux, MO United States)
Susan Mallery finishes up her series of the Titan sisters with Hot on Her Heels, which is actually Deputy Dana Birch and their half brother and antagonist Garth Duncan's story and it's a roller coaster ride full of action, romance and drama.
In this read Susan keeps us up to date the the goings on of the three sisters and their partners while bringing us this wild ride of a romance. Her story is the ongoing Titan World drama starring the insufferable Jed Titan patriarch and classic jerk and his relationship or non-relationship with his three daughters, in walks his long lost illegitimate son Garth who's story has been hinted about through out the series and finally gets it's due in this installment. Her dialogue is witty and shows a sense of humor even in the toughest of times. And her words paint pictures for the reader of the scenes they portray. The characters are larger than life, exciting and sometimes scary. Her hero and heroine in this read are the most unlikely of matches which makes it that much more interesting and she gets to the romance through a series of actions that will make the read keep turning the pages without stopping. The romance is hot and steamy and yet she let's you see the intimate sides of these two people and how vulnerable they really are and how the up bringing they had really made them the way they are. The love scenes are sizzling and will leave you breathless and fanning yourself and yet it's very sweet and the intense feelings these two have for each other come across on each page devoted to them.
So if you're ready to be wowed by the rich and famous and brought to your knees by love, to be brought to tears, and to laugh out loud, to meet unforgettable characters, then this is your read. This is the fourth book in this series and I would highly recommend that it be read in order.
 Lukewarm on the eyes November 11, 2009
Deborah Verlen (Park Ridge, IL USA)
After reading the prior three Titan sister books, Under Her Skin (Lone Star Sisters), Lip Service (Lone Star Sisters), and Straight from the Hip (Lone Star Sisters) I was hoping for more from this one. The whole series seemed a bit forced and contrived and I was hoping for a bit more insight from this one as to why Jed became the man who was willing to sell and/or kill his daughters to reach his goals. Nor does the book do a believable job of showing the reader how Garth became a good person.
In the prior three books, Garth had orchestrated an ugly, cruel campaign against Lexi, Skye and Izzie, the Titan sisters. He has smeared their reputations, tried to ruin their businesses and this hot shot business man who has made gazillion dollar deals somehow misses the fact that their father (also his father) hates them and could care less about what happens to his daughters.
Dana, Lexi's best friend and an honorary adoptive Titan sister, has been recruited by the sisters to keep an eye on Garth. She is a cop, but seems remarkably inept in this book in shadowing techniques, finding information out, and generally performing comparable police duties as a recruited private eye.
Both Dana and Garth have a lot of hurt in their pasts. Actually they reminded me a bit of Roarke and Eve in J.D. Robb's In Death series. However, Mallery never quite fleshes their characters out to support the story and the romance. Garth has been pretty awful in books one through three and you get a small glimpse in Izzie's story Straight from the Hip that all may not be what it seems with Garth, but there wasn't enough to justify this book excusing his behavior inspite of Izzie wanting to save him from himself.
This book also touches upon Jed Titan (the father) and what made him the cruel and evil human he was, but again, there didn't seem to be enough there to have turned him into a man who would set an explosion and not care if he killed one of his daughters.
I had high hopes for this book, but in the end it was average.
 Emotional, sexy read with a relatable heroine November 9, 2009
Jenel
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this book! Dana, the heroine, is fantastic. As a police deputy, she's tough and keeps her defenses up at all times, but Mallery shows through Dana's thoughts that she's not as confident as she appears. I was able to connect with Dana emotionally right from the start. I understood who she was, why she made the decisions she did. She is fiercely loyal to her friends, so she's prepared at the beginning of the book to hate Garth, who was mean to her friends in the first three books. It's very confusing to her to realize that Garth isn't the bad guy she'd thought he was. And that she's attracted to him.
Garth was a fabulous hero, too. He's strong and determined to reach his goal of making sure Jed Titan can never hurt anyone again. Ever since his mother's injury when he was in high school, Garth has been forced to stand against the world alone. Now that his half-sisters have decided to bring him into the family fold, Garth maintains his tough exterior but on the inside, there's a hopefulness that really touched me.
These two characters were made for each other. They share so much in common - abuse in their past, the sense of always being on the outside, looking in - that you know they understand each other in a deeper way than anyone else ever could. Their relationship reminds me in some ways of Eve and Roarke in the Nora Roberts J.D. Robb books. These characters aren't perfect people. They're flawed in a way that makes for a compelling read. And when Mallery shows how they're willing to make sacrifices for each other, I was moved to tears. (Dana's sacrifice made me laugh. I won't say more than that; I don't want to spoil the book for anyone.)
This is a happy ending I believe in! Highly recommend this book.
Ho Hum, snore November 7, 2009
Dog Lover
Mallery has really lost her touch. This was just an ordinary book as were all the previous three in this series. Typical ending. Wonder if any other reader just never felt the outrage that Mallery tried to instill about Jed. Too overdone - no reasoning and no buildup. Without that, the "suspense" never formed and, therefore, the relief or satisfaction when Jed was brought to justice never formed either.
The "relationship" was so predictable as to be snooze worthy.
So much potential. So little accomplished.
Love, family, acceptance, revenge November 7, 2009
Marilyn Shoemaker (Seattle, Washington USA)
Author Susan Mallery has crafted an emotional and very moving book, the last in her Lone Star Sister series, HOT ON HER HEELS. It was the two characters who drew me into this incredible story, Dana and Garth. Like all of Mallery's books, the message is about family, friends, trust and love as only she can pen.
In the first three books one is introduced to the head of the Titan family Jed and his beautiful and spirited daughters, Lexi, Skye and Izzy, the three women who took Dana into their home and made her part of the family due to an abusive father. What was so wonderful to read throughout all three books was the love and support the four of them gave each other. So in the end, Hot on Her Heels was about trust, love, family, belonging, believing in those around you and in yourself.
Hot on Her Heels is Garth and Dana story, one that for me personally was an emotional roller coaster. However, Susan's character development the bantering between the girls and Dana's smart mouth to Garth had me howling with laughter. The authors humour shines though and it's no wonder that Hot on Her Heels hit #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list this past week.
Throughout the series there are two apparent factors Jed and his illegitimate son Garth who vows to take down Jed because of what he did to Garth's mother, Kathy. Garth's plan is to get to Jed through his daughters so in each book it focuses on each sister, their father and their half brother with Dana in the wings ready to take Garth down. In the end, Garth plans to legally destroy Jed, take his business, home and all assets, everything making sure he goes to jail.
For Dana, Garth was the evil one, he messed with her friends the Titan sisters and she would take him down. She agrees to follow Garth and find out what he's up to and is amazed also to learn that the youngest Titan sister Izzy is determined to reform Garth, love him and make all of the sisters forgive and bring him into the family. They've learned it's not Garth to fear but their father Jed. The sisters agree with Garth's but want Dana involved in the investigation to make sure everything is legal.
The story is fast paced in the beginning and things begin to happen quickly, Jed pays Dana a visit, she is run off the road and her rental car shot at. Garth decides to move Dana into his condo because now like his sisters she needs to be protected. Dana's not sure what to think of the situation because he unsettles her and she likes being in charge. She's tough, determined and not like the women he's used to....no make-up, no designer clothes like his sisters and he knows she's hiding something from her past. But he also realizes in the end what he wants is someone who stands up to him, someone who is a challenge.
Garth was a wonderful addition to the book because at first you hate him and then you forgive him for the way he treated his sisters. Watching him struggle with the "family thing", learning to interact with his sisters and their husbands was humorous to read and then so was his relationship with Dana as it became more intense and serious. Could this woman who didn't trust, who was strong be in danger of loosing her heart? And how about Garth, would he take down his father, become a part of a family and would he let his guard down and let Dana in?
Towards the end of the story, as a reader who loves a happy ending, I began to wonder would Garth and Dana find their happy ever after? As much as they seem to be a great couple with incredible chemistry, there are many obstacles they both face. Dana struggles with the fact that the women he has dated are models, socialites who wear designer clothes where she hasn't worn a dress in years. With the love and support of the Titan sisters, they help her with some of those issues. However, it's constant in her mind that Jed reminded her she would never fit in because she was "white trash". Then on top of everything else she meets Garth's ex-fiancé and again questions her place in his life. Does she dare take a chance, risk heartbreak and when she figures it out, tell him how she feels?
But the same applies to Garth because for most of his life he has had to trust himself and has only had one friend he could count on. Like Dana he has a past, one that left both physical and mental scars plus a mother because of a tumour would never be the same as Jed Titan refused financial help years earlier. Vengeance at what cost and would it is worth it? For Garth, love doesn't factor into the equation as he tells his sister. Prepare yourself, there will be lots of tears shed while reading this love story, especially in the final chapters.
Again, Susan Mallery has written such a beautiful, intense and wonderful story. It's undoubtingly one I will cherish and long remember.
Behind the Book (A Border's Interview)
Question: Scene you like most and would never cut:
"Hmm...I'm not sure there's one scene in particular that I love the most, but there are a lot of scenes that I loved. The first kiss ranks high, of course. The realization that the heart is in danger, that sort of combination of panic and giddiness.
The scenes that mean the most to me are those scenes that show internal growth. Love changes a person, and I like to see those changes. One of my favorite scenes in HOT ON HER HEELS comes about midway through the book. Dana has never been a girly-girl. She prides herself on her toughness and her ability to take care of herself no matter what happens. She doesn't do dresses or high heels. But then Garth invites her to be his date for a fancy benefit.
Despite her best intentions, Dana is falling for Garth, which feels as scary to her as falling backward from the roof of a Dallas skyrise. She wants him to like her, wants almost desperately for him to look at her with that special fire in his eyes that a man gets when a woman dresses up for him. For the first time in her life, she wants to be feminine. So she calls the best fashion expert she knows, Lexi Titan. Pregnant Lexi takes great delight in playing fairy godmother to Dana's Cinderella. That scene was a lot of fun to write... and the scene in which Garth sees Dana in her finery was probably even more fun!" Author, Susan Mallery
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