Helpful Score: 4
Action, sexual tension, revenge ... what more could you ask for in Sandra Brown book. She's one of the best and this book is a good one.
Helpful Score: 4
Great book-just a nitpik stands between it and a 10.
Helpful Score: 4
Loved the Book! Sandra Brown is great at Hot Romance mixed with enough to keep you guessing. I could not put it down
Helpful Score: 4
really enjoyed it.good mystery kept me in suspense
Helpful Score: 3
Great story. The book will keep you up all night to finish it.
Helpful Score: 2
This romantic suspence between Laura and Key keeps the readers charging through the book.
Helpful Score: 2
I found Where There's Smoke to be a little off kilter for a Sandra Brown book. I never seemed to get into the hero and heroine like I usually do in books. And there seemed to be more "violence" in this one.
Helpful Score: 1
great story -- lots of twists and turns... will keep you guessing on who is doing what and the ending is really good.
Helpful Score: 1
I didn't really like the book - I'm afraid Sandra Brown just isn't for me. However, that does not mean that she is not for you.
Helpful Score: 1
Good book, reads well, intriguing
Helpful Score: 1
ok book -- won't read again
This was such a great book. I could not put it down. I enjoyed it.
No one knows why Lara Mallory opens up her medical practice in the rowdy Texas town where Tackett Oil owns everything. But everyone remembers her role in the well publicised scandal that caused the downfall of White House hopeful Senator Clark Tackett. Now the ironfisted matriarch of Tackett Oil intends to use her money and power to drive Lara out of town ... especially when Lara meets Key, the hell raising youngest Tackett son. Before long, this determined woman doctor and brash daring flyer find themselves hurtling on a soul searing quest for the one secret that can destroy the Tackett empire, as rumors start flying that Where There's Smoke.
Enjoy reading Sandra Brown and really enjoyed this book. Good strong characters - believable story.
full of twists & turns!
A womanizer and an adventurer, Key Tackett lives fast and loves loosely, savoring life and all its pleasures to the full. As a pilot he flies wherever the mood takes him until, on his return to his Texas roots, he is stopped in his tracks by Dr. Lara Mallory, a woman bound up with the scandal of his family's past. Defying the seething hostility of the entire community, Lara Mallory has come to settle in Eden Pass -- Key's home town. She has come for a purpose.
Her quest is to secure a deal, with the one man who has every reason to refuse her, if not hate her. It is a deal for which she is prepared to risk everything, body and soul, and for which she will go anywhere, from the oil fields of Texas to the violent terrains of Central America.
Her quest is to secure a deal, with the one man who has every reason to refuse her, if not hate her. It is a deal for which she is prepared to risk everything, body and soul, and for which she will go anywhere, from the oil fields of Texas to the violent terrains of Central America.
A great read.
The Tackett oil clan of Eden Pass in East Texas, dominated by hard-driving widow Jody, managed to weather the sex-scandal disgrace of eldest son, Clark, a congressman, five years ago, and his recent death by drowning. Now Dr. Lara Mallory, the woman involved in Clark's downfall, moves into town to take over the retiring doctor's practice, which Clark bought before his death and willed to her. Lara was widowed after her diplomat husband and young daughter were killed in the Third World country to which they'd been posted in the scandal's wake. She is willing to endure the hatred of the influential Tacketts in order to meet Clark's black-sheep brother Key, whose skill as a pilot she requires in order to return to the country where her daughter's body still lies. Virile Key and gorgeous Lara butt egos while Key's plain sister Janellen finds love with an ex-con, and a cheerleader, daughter of the town slut, seeks romance with a handsome football player.
I always enjoy the story this artisit weaves into her books.
Fast moving adventure thriller/mystery/romance--sort of.
No one knows why Lara Mallory opens up her medical practice in the rowdy Texas town where Tackett Oil owns everything. But everyone remembers her role in the well-publicized scandal that caused the downfall of White House hopeful Senator Clark Tackett. Now the iron-fisted matriarch of Tackett Oil intends to use her money and power to drive Lara out of town . . . especially when Lara meets Key, the hell-raising youngest Tackett son. Before long, this determined woman doctor and brash, daring flyer find themselves hurtling on a soul-searign quest for the one secret that can destroy the Tackett empire, as rumors start flying that WHERE THERE'S SMOKE . . .
No one knows why Lara Mallory opens up her medical practice in the rowdy Texas town where Tackett Oil owns everything. But everyone remembers her role in the well-publicized scandal that caused the downfall of White House hopeful Senator Clark Tackett. Now the iron-fisted matriarch of Tackett Oil intends to use her money and power to drive Lara out of town . . . especially when Lara meets Key, the hell-raising youngest Tackett son. Before long, this determined woman doctor and brash, daring flyer find themselves hurtling on a soul-searign quest for the one secret that can destroy the Tackett empire, as rumors start flying that WHERE THERE'S SMOKE . . .
I wasn't crazy about this book.
Twists & turns but always a good story from Brown.
This is the first Sandra Brown book I've read ... I really enjoyed it. I will definitely read more of hers!
No one knows why Lara open up her medical practice in the rowdy Texas town wher Tackett Oil owns everthing. But everyone remembers he role int eh well publicized scandal that caused the dowfall of White House hopefull Senator Tackett. Now the ironfisted matriarch of Tackett Oil intends to use her money and power to drive Lara out of town...
No one knows why Dr. Lara Mallory opens up her medical practice in the rowdy Texas town where Tackett Oil owns everything. But everyone remembers her role in the well-publicized scandal that caused the downfall of White House hopeful Senator Clark Tackett. Now the iron-fisted matriarch of Tackett Oil intends to use her money and power to drive Lara out of town...especially when Lara meets Key, the hell-raising, youngest Tackett son. Following a cataclysmic meeting, this determined doctor and brash , daring pilot find themselves hurtling on a dangerous quest for the one secret that can destroy the Tackett empire - and anyone who dares to challenge its power.
No one know why Lara Mallory open up her medical practice in the rowdy Texas town where Tackett Oil owns everything. But everyone remembers her role in the well-publicized scandal that caused the downfall of White House hopeful Senator Clark Tackett. Now the iron-fisted matriarch of Tackett Oil intendes to use her money and power to drive Lara out of town...especially when Lara meets Key, the hell-raising, youngest Tackett son. Before long, this determined woman doctor and brash, daring flyer find themselves hurtling on a soul-searing quest for the one secret that can destroy the Tackett empire, as rumors start flying that...WHERE THERE'S SMOKE
book has different cover but same book...No one knows why Lara Mallory opens up her medical practice in the rowdy Texas town where Tackett Oil owns everything. But everyone remembers her role in the well publixized scandal that caused the downfall of White House hopeful Senator Clark Tackett. Now the oronfisted matriarch of Tackett Oil intends to use her money and power to drive Lara out of town..especially when Lara meets Key, the hell raising youngest Tackett son. Before long, this determined woman doctor and brash daring flyer find thmesleves hurtling on a soul searing quest for the one secret that can destroy the Tackett empire, as rumors start flying that Where there's smoke.
From the cover...No one knows why Lara Mallory opens up her medical practice in the rowdy Texas town where Tackett Oil owns everything. But everyone remembers her role in the well publicized scandal that caused the downfall of White House hopeful Senator Clark Tackett. Now the iron fisted matriarch of Tackett Oil intends to use her money and power to drive Lara out of town...especially when Lara meets Key, the hell raising, youngest Tackett son. Before long, this determined woman doctor and brash, daring flyer find themselves hurtling on a soul searching quest for the one secret that can destroy the Tackett empire as rumors start flying.
No one knows why Lara Mallory opens up her medical practice in the rowdy Texas town where Tacket Oil owns everything. But everyone remembers her role in the well-publicized scandal that caused the downfall of White House hopeful Senator Clark Tackett. Now the iron fisted martiarch of Tackett Oil intends to use her money and power to drive Lara out of town..especially when Lara meets Key,the hell-raising ,younest Tackett son. Before long, this determined woman doctor and brash, daring flyer find themselves hurtling on a soul-searing quest for the one secret that can destroy the Tackett empire,as rumors start flying that...Where There is Smoke.....
Well, I forgot this was one author to avoid because of the explicit sexual scenes. However, if you can skip over or ignore the perverse need to include this garbage, she is an excellent writer and this story line keeps its twists and turns to the very last page. It is truly a real page-tuner.
cover has a fold mark but inside is clean
Different cover-first time in paperback. Romantic suspense, political scandal, and Texas grit.
