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Heroes Are My Weakness by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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really liked it
bookshelves: a-audiobook, a-stand-alone, g-mystery, g-contemporary-romance

Down on her luck, but with the promise of a legacy from her now deceased mother, Annie travels to a remote Island off the coast of Maine. There she must stay in a rustic cabin that sits in the shadow of an ominous gothic mansion. With some serious debts she needs to find the thing her mother left her but it seems someone on the island has it in for her...and the criminal is escalating.

Theo tried to kill Annie when they were kids and now that they are grown he doesn't seem any less cruel. What has changed is that Annie is now willing to stand up to the man who has haunted her nightmares. But with someone on the island out to get her, she may need to turn to the man she fears the most.


Heroes are my Weakness is a fairly clunky title, and the first few chapters of this book are a little shaky. It really seemed like SEP was trying just a little too hard with the puppets and Theo dressing up in period costume and riding his horse around the place.

Thankfully the book settled down and became one of the better SEP books I've read. I actually liked the main characters in this book and the transitions (from enemies to friends to lovers) were much more natural than I generally expect.

And finally an epilogue that does what an epilogue is supposed to do. An extra star for that.
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Reading Progress

August 26, 2014 – Started Reading
August 26, 2014 – Shelved as: to-read
August 26, 2014 – Shelved
September 2, 2014 – Shelved as: a-audiobook
September 2, 2014 – Shelved as: a-stand-alone
September 2, 2014 – Shelved as: g-mystery
September 2, 2014 – Shelved as: g-contemporary-romance
September 2, 2014 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Lisa Kay (new) - added it

Lisa Kay How are you liking this one, Ian?


message 2: by Ian (new) - rated it 4 stars

Ian Lisa Kay wrote: "How are you liking this one, Ian?"

I actually haven't started yet. I'll be starting this afternoon.


message 3: by Leslie (last edited Sep 02, 2014 03:51AM) (new)

Leslie Excellent review, as always, Ian. :)


message 4: by Ian (new) - rated it 4 stars

Ian Thank you Leslie.


message 5: by Ian (new) - rated it 4 stars

Ian Jill wrote: " it's not the usual SEP I'm used to. :)"

Thanks Jilly. In a good or a bad way?


message 6: by Lisa Kay (new) - added it

Lisa Kay Neat review, Ian. Yes, SEP usually write a better epilogue than most.


message 7: by Ian (new) - rated it 4 stars

Ian Thanks LK.


message 8: by Ian (new) - rated it 4 stars

Ian Jill wrote: "Well, I guess I'm neutral atm...just doesn't seem SEP's normal kinda story."

I think it settles down a little. In most SEP books I like the secondary characters more than the main characters. I think she takes more chances with them. In The Great Escape I didn't really care about Lucy at all...she could have wandered off into wilderness and I probably wouldn't have even noticed. But I really loved Bree and Mike's story. I kind of wish the book was about them but I know if it was SEP would have sucked everything interesting out of them and left me with another cookie cutter Hh.

In this book, I loved the main characters and it's the first time in the last few books I can say that.


message 9: by Lisa Kay (new) - added it

Lisa Kay Ian wrote: "...she could have wandered off into wilderness and I probably wouldn't have even noticed."

LOL! You kill me sometimes, Ian. Yes, SEP does write great secondary characters.


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