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I give To Trust a Stranger four stars. Although the plot falls flat, the hot-n-steamy sex and the fun and sexy banter between the lovers saves the day and keeps you smiling throughout the book. The heroine is the stereotypical stubborn damsel in distress, but the P.I. hero is a memorable character with his Hawaiian print shirts and his willingness to dress in drag to catch his bad guy. This is the first book I've read by Karen Robards and it won't be the last!

Mystery & romance. Great story

ROBARDS AT HER BEST.

bone chilling suspense - humerous and sexy romantic suspense

I liked the book but was hoping the ending with be more detailed. Easy reading! If you liked her other books, then this would be a good choice of reading. Definitely worth the read!

She trusted her husbandand got burned. Now she's playing with fire and daring to trust a stranger.

Very good book .. lots of action....

great suspence!!!(and romance)

Suspicion burned within Julie Carlson-the heartbreaking,infuriating,suspicion that her husband, a wealthy and powerful contractor,was having an affair.Not sure whom to trust,Julie turnst to a handsome stranger.....Private detective Mac McQuarry ignores his better judgement about not mixing women and work when he is hired by Julie Carlson. Not only is she drop-dead gorgeous,but Sid Carlson was a player in Mac's inglorious downfall from the Carleston P.D. adn revenge would be sweet indeed. Buth when Mac witnesses and explosive hit that targeted Julie,the tables are turned and Mac and Julie become the hunted. With their fiery flirtation sparking into full blown passion,they must crash their way through a maze of buried secrets and deadly deceptions.

She trusted her husband and got burned. Now she's playing with fire and daring TO TRUST A STRANGER

Suspicion burned within Julie Carlson - the heartbreaking, infuriating suspicion that her husband, a wealthy and powerful contractor, was having an affair. Not sure whom to trust, Julie turns to a handsome stranger...Private detective Mac McQuarry ignores his better judgment about not mixing women and work when he's hired by Julie Carlson. Not only is she drop-dead gorgeous, but Sid Carlson was a player in Mac's inglorous downfall from the Charleston P.D. - and revenge would be sweet indeed. But when Mac witnesses an explosive hit that targeted Julie, the tables are turned - and Mac and Julie become the hunted. With their fiery flirtation sparking into full-blown passion, they must crash their way through a maze of buried secrets and deadly deceptions.

Karen Robards electrifies the page with thrilling passion and suspense in this heart-pounding New York Times bestseller.

"A top-notch romantic suspense write ... A steam nove." - Booklist

"A top-notch romantic suspense writer...a steamy novel." - Booklist

The usual ingredients bubble and boil in Robards's latest romantic suspense thriller. Julie Carlson, once a poor girl from the wrong side of the tracks but now the beautiful owner of a successful boutique in Charleston, S.C., seems to have it all. As the novel begins, however, a hit man circles her suburban mansion: Julie's rich husband, Sid, has hired thugs to kill her. Unaware of the danger she is in but convinced that Sid is cheating on her, Julie slips out of the house just in time and follows her husband to the red-light district, where she serendipitously and literally runs into private detective Mac McQuarry, dressed up in drag to spy on a client's husband. Julie isn't sure whether she should trust a man in a dress, but she has no one else to turn to, and soon she and Mac are working together to get the goods on Julie's crooked husband. As it happens, Mac holds a personal grudge against Sid, a prominent builder in Charleston, because Sid was involved in the disappearance of Mac's half-brother 15 years before, and then got Mac kicked off the police force when Mac tried to prove it. Robards's fans will enjoy the machinations before Julie and Mac get together, though cliches clutter every page ("The truth hit him like a hammer over the head: He had a galloping case of the hots for his newest client, who was not incidentally his oldest enemy's wife"). Of course, true love solves past mysteries, while hot kisses get as much play as life-threatening confrontations. A bodice ripper at heart, the novel is the equivalent of a box of junk candy.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW

makes you want to keep reading

Another great book from Karan Robbards!

She trusted her husband and got burned. Now she's playing with fire and daring To Trust A Stranger
Suspicion burned whithin Julie Carlson--the heartbreaking infuriating suspicion that her husband, a wealthy and powerful contractor, was having an affair. Not sure whom to trust, Julie turns to a handsom stranger...Private detective Mac McQuarry ignores his better judgement about not mixing women and work when he's hired by Julie Carlson. Not on is she drop-dead gorgeous, but Sid Carlson was a player in Mac's inglorious downfall for the Charleston P.D.--and revenge would be sweet indeed. But when Mac witnesses and explosive his that targeted Julie, the tables are turned--and Mac and Julie become the hunted. With their fiery flirtation sparking into full-blown passion, they must crash their way through a maze of buried secrets and deadly deceptions.

Wife has a heart throb of a P.I investigating suspicions of her husband's infidelity - passion and murder follow and they become the hunted