Review: FEARLESS by Diana Palmer

Oh Diana, how I love thee..... OK, so twice in my love affair with Diana Palmer have I been utterly disappointed. But the good outweighs the bad in my obsessive compulsion to eventually read every Diana Palmer book out there..... wishful thinking right! So......... I digress and will get on with my review of FEARLESS by Diana Palmer. I adored it! That simple, classic DP as far as I am concerned with a sexy angry hero, a virgin (well sort of in this case) heroin and a love hate relationship that bounces back and forth between them throughout the book. Our leading man in this case is non other than Rodrigo Ramirez (first seen in Outsider) a DEA Agent who is undercover as a ranch foreman trying to bust a Fuentes an ruthless drug lord. Who BTW is the same drug lord that is out forGloryanne Barnes's head, laterally. She is the smart and quick witted ADA who is first hand a witness to Fuentes's evil. Growing up with an abusive mother, a father who was in killed in prison, taken into foster care only to be further abused by her foster brothers, Glory has beat the odds throughout her life to become a strongsuccessful woman. Not the normal weaker heroin that DP usually pens in her books. Glory is taken under the wing of her step brother and placed as acaner on his truck farm helping out Consuelo around the house and with the canning of the new fruit line. She is to lay under the radar long enough for them to locate Fuentes and bring him to trial. Day by day Rodrigo is indifferent if not mean to Glory for no other reason but to mask his own pain. He was and still is in love with his former partner Sarina Lane and Glory looks just like her with her flowingblond hair. But as his attraction grows for Glory he seduces her and comes to her bed. Rodrigo squashes his attraction to Glory once again but can't keep his hands off of her as time progresses. He believes her to be a simple minded creature, although she is just playing the part to keep her identity a secret, an uneducated woman who would never fit into his world. Boy little does Rodrigo know, which is so classic DP with her alpha males so blinded by their own thoughts and personal hang-ups (in this case Sarina and his simple minded lover),that they are missing out on really seeing whattruly matters. True love. There is a mystery as Glory finds out that Fuentes has put a hit out on her, not to her surprise but who accept the job was a little shocker. Through all the drama and all Rodrigo and Glories issues, which are many, he finds out her trueidentity , but not before he has made some critical errors. Can he recover Glory's trust.......hum, I sense some major groveling. Which makes this book interesting as Rodrigo and Glory find their path together it was fun seeing some old favorites like Cash Grier and Martinez (when is that man going to find his own woman!). I love the stories ofJacobsville and although on many blogs I found that a lot of folks didn't like this latest edition of DP's I found it classic it's love story, the struggles to the two main characters and the fact that no matter Glory's disabilities, which are pretty bad it in itself, she is not some weak minded simpleton. So take a risk if you are a fan, I don't think you will bedisappointed! This one is going on my Paperback swap list so I can share

SNIPPET: "Even in the wide open spaces of Texas, secrets find a place to hide...in the heart of a shy, determined woman; behind the hard, rugged exterior of a DEA agent; and in the dangerous world of drug smuggling.

Rodrigo Ramirez is sent undercover as an itinerant laborer on Gloryanne Barnes's stepbrother's farm in Jacobsville, where he's looking to bust a new and vicious cartel operating south of the border. Gloryanne is smart, savvy and fi ercely independent, but her job has put her in danger from the same criminal Rodrigo is investigating. She's drawn to the enigmatic new farmhand, Rodrigo, a man who is much more than he seems, and who stirs a desire that leaves her breathless. But secrets are about to shatter all their lives, for better, for worse...and maybe forever.

Gloryanne's sweet innocence is too much temptation for a tormented man. Confused and bitter about love, driven by his dangerous job and searching for answers, Rodrigo is not sure if his reckless offer of marriage is just a means to completing his mission—or something more. But asGloryanne's bittersweet miracle and Rodrigo's double life collide, two people learning just what it means to trust must face the truth about each other, and decide if there's a chance for the future they both secretly desire."