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I really enjoyed this book. Best action/romance I have read in ages. Had just the right amount of steam. Recommend!

Linda Howard is an auto-buy for me. Her latest, The Woman Left Behind, has compelling characters & ripped-from-the-headlines premise—especially if you've read the nonfiction, Ashley's War. However, the title telegraphs the Black Moment/high concept plot point & the “balance“ of the story seemed off. By that I mean 3/4 of the book was about the heroine training for a tech/Spec Ops position; 1/4 was about relationship/romance/love. 4 of 5 stars

This story centers around a group off former military men who work for the govt. in secret. A computer nerd is recruited to join the team. Jina is trained as one of their own. There are several missions that lead to one where everything goes wrong and Jina gets left behind. Highly recommend.

I thought this book was going to be more suspense but it was more of a love story.

This is the book I won from the William Morrow/HarperCollins grab bag giveaway. I haven‘t read a Linda Howard in years, but this one sounds interesting.

Eh. I liked Jina & was interested enough to finish reading but the premise was completely ridiculous & the suspense part of the plot very underdeveloped. The #romantsy part was also lame. 🔫🔫🔫

Happy Memorial Day. Been recovering from surgery and haven't felt like reading. Finished this just now. It was good, though from the title you knew what was happening. Steven, my husband, is about ready to fry fish, can't wait because I am fish hungry.

Although there were things I liked about this book, there were also things I did not. I really enjoyed the training portion and technical details of the story but the characters weren‘t particularly well developed. I had a hard figuring out what the story was about beside the obvious. #buddyread #may2018

I used to read all of Howard's books but at some point in University I stopped. I think I'm going to have to go back and pick up where I left off because I really enjoyed this. The character development of the team was great. I loved all the characters and they travelled to many exotic areas with the main characters great sarcastic narration. I didn't find the romance overwhelming in this book either.

This is the second Linda Howard book I've read, and I'm guessing most of her books follow the same formula. This one was unrealistic and I only recommend it if you're a romance fan.

This was quite a good romantic suspense by Linda Howard. It was definitely suspenseful as I was eager to get back to reading it each time I left it. I do have a couple of nitpicks though; the woman left behind part of the title and in the blurb only took up one chapter; the prologue/conspiracy storyline seemed rushed and finished abruptly.

A solid romantic suspense, this book isn't really a suspense and the romance is pretty slick. However, Howard concentrates on the story of the tech geek woman training to become part of an elite tactical team, and it's a very good story! It focuses more on the team's camaraderie, and the protagonist's bull-headed (yet endearing) stubbornness that won't let her quit until she proves herself.

Another wonderful suspense novel to add to my shelf. The heroine was perfection, foul-mouthed, gutsy, smart, and determined. Most of the story involves the training of an IT geek to be part of an elite top secret fighting force. But Howard should have spent more time on the romance at the end of the book. After teasing the reader with the sexual tension for the majority of the book, she should have rewarded the reader with.more interaction.

Jina Morrell likes her job as a professional nerd. Then she gets switched as intel operator on a covert team and has to be trained accordingly...This is a fun romantic suspense. I love Howard‘s books!

#ARC #Review: The Woman Left Behind by Linda Howard with @WilliamMorrowBooks. This was a great romantic suspense, with danger at every turn!⠀
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Echoes of All the Queen‘s Men: 2 field operatives ignore their fierce attraction during training till a near-fatal incident triggers the sexual consummation. With Howard‘s standard alpha military dude & scrappy GI Jane heroine. Sex scenes include her trademark vocab, including “lash” of pleasure. Interesting for being 1 of the rare acknowledgements that we‘re still at war in Afghanistan. But as always, Howard doesn‘t question US actions abroad.