Dangerous Attraction is a story about Travis, the ex-SEAL investigating a serial killer; Bliss, the intended victim's sister; Daniel, the killer, and Wendy, the intended victim. As this is a romance, most of the story is about Travis and Bliss, as Daniel wanted Wendy for his dastardly purposes, but Travis was very good at hunting him down, except Bliss keeps getting in his way. In fact, this book was filled with too-stupid-to-live moments that are positively cringe-worthy.
Exhibit 1: Travis told Bliss "stay in the car, I'm going to check out the house". Guess what Bliss does? Yep, when her panic sets in, she drives up to the house, goes in alone.
Exhibit 2: Wendy was told NEVER go outside without an escort. Her housekeeper arrived and she went outside to help with groceries, only to find housekeeper's husband in the trunk and Daniel waiting for her. (Yep, Daniel got to her housekeeper the night before)
Exhibit 3: Bliss, revealed to Daniel, the killer, that Wendy he had abducted earlier was wearing a tracking device, so that police will not show up so that he will not kill everybody just out of spite (really,? You trust the words of a serial killer?)
Exhibit 4: Bliss had both a tazer and a pistol on her. Except apparently either her Tazer is really a stun gun, for she can only use it in contact mode. She dropped it, pulled out the pistol, except it was never cocked (or safety still on), so it wouldn't fire. (Why take a pistol or tazer if you don't know how to use them?)
These kinds of "characters doing the idiot dance" plot make the book hard to recommend. I'm giving this 2/5 instead of just 1 because I feel there are **some** parts of the book that are actually not bad. But I still don't recommend it.
Category: romantic suspense
Primary Plot: serial killer wants woman, hero wants to stop serial killer, woman's sister keep getting in the way of the hero and hero falls for the klutz
Tropes: stalker, SEAL, law enforcement
Overall Rating: 2/5
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