Tough Customer (Mitchell & Associates #2)

Story wasnt great.

A wild ride with this book and as an avid reader, I was surprised! A type of sweet talking cowboy, with a mean demeaned if he did not like you, yet could act if it was the job. In comes the woman he always love who had his daughter, that he has never met till now. The ride begins!

I\’m glad I did not have my blood pressure checked while reading this book because it much higher than normal the entire time it took me to read Tough Customer. Having met Dodge while reading Smash Cut this book was like visiting a distant relative. The flash backs were excellent and explained how he and Caroline got together. The undercover police work was explained very well. Owen and Berry\’s conflict kept me guessing and the ending was a complete surprise. I hope we get to visit this family again some day.

I really loved this book! The characters and theme really stayed with me after I finished the book. I actually listened to it on CD during my drive time to and from work. The narrator was excellent. I usually worry that a male speaking for female roles would not be able to convince me of the individuals in the plot. But this actor did an exceptional job. I am sometimes not a big fan when current plot goes back and forth to the past, but in this case, it was well written, and timing was perfect and did not confuse, but clarified well. I truly was taken by Dodge. Caroline summed it up completely toward the end of how Dodge viewed himself and life. His passion, commitment and loyalty as well as other characters in the story was convincing and touched me. I would recommend this book.

I agree with another reviewer who said this book could have been half the length that it is. The flashbacks have nothing to do with the present dilemma, except to pad pages. I found myself skimming this material because I could sense the irrelevance of it. (and it was) Sandra Brown really needs to decide whether she is going to write suspense or romance. It feels like she wants to have the relationship between the damsel and the sheriff to be the main story. Unfortunately, anytime she introduced that kind of material, I felt myself saying, \”oh brother.\” As a result of the dilemma, the main character gets to reunite with her long missing father. Can they accept each other? Okay, I can accept this being part of the fall-out of the crisis they were thrown into, but the sexual tension between her and the deputy, felt like the gratuitous sex scene, without anything really leading up to it. And the ending was disappointing too. We think the bad guy has been caught, but then there are about 50 pages of trivia before we find out he hasn\’t. The plotting really needs to be tighter than this. French Silk by Sandra Brown, much better choice.

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