Close Up

by Virginia Kantra

Book Overview

The mountains hold secrets... None more dangerous than the survivalist militia that kidnaps photographer Lexie Scott and hold her deep in the woods of North Carolina. Lexie escapes their compound only... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425206793
• ISBN13: 9780425206799
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.4" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

emotionally gripping page-turner

Close-Up is exciting, suspenseful, romantic, sexy, and emotional. Lexie Scott and Jack Miller meet in the woods outside a survivalist compound. She escapes while he's watching and getting ready to rescue his sister. Jack's a cop who was suspended for beating up a suspect, and he can't tell Lexie the whole truth because he believes she's an abused woman running away from her abuser, and his experience tells him that she'll end up going back and telling the abuser everything. Lexie is the daughter of the director of the FBI who'd been kidnapped to teach her father a lesson, and she can't tell Jack the whole truth because if he notifies her father, his sister will be in even greater danger. Yet they have no choice but to trust each other, and working together to elude the pursuers and to try to rescue Jack's sister makes them develop respect and admiration for each other, in addition to the physical attraction they feel. Close-Up is a definite page-turner. Don't start this one late at night, because you won't find a good place to stop and put it down until morning. It's full of non-stop action, sexual and emotional tension, and a very believable developing romance. One thing I always look for in a romance is an equal relationship, and Close-Up delivers. Jack may have the edge on Lexie when it comes to training and physical strength, but Lexie holds her own with brains, guts, and determination. Character growth is another aspect that pushes a book over from just good to excellent, and Close-Up has that, too. Both Jack and Lexie learn that there's more to them than they thought there was. Jack's been beating himself up for his loss of control, but he learns that his real strength is in his ability to care. Lexie's lived all her life in the shadow of her strong-willed parents, always being the flexible one and going along with things, but she learns she has emotional strength of her own. I highly recommend Close-Up, and will be looking for more of Virginia Kantra's books.

Kantra

I recently discovered Virginia Kantra and have been purchasing back titles to catch up on all I may have missed. Ms. Kantra is on my list of keepers.

uncomfortable but gripping

Virginia Kantra always has edgy characters and scary stories, but now the gloves are off. The religious cult made me feel sick and the situations Lexie and Jack were in always went from bad to worse. As someone who likes a fast paced, suspenseful read, I enjoyed it, but I felt relieved when it was over. This is not a novel for unwinding over after a stressful day.

Don't pass this one up!

Virginia Kantra created a tension-packed romantic suspense about a woman trying to escape a cult in the woods of North Carolina, and a suspended cop who helps her, to the detriment of his own agenda--saving his sister from her husband who is one of the cult leaders. This one is a page-turner. You won't be disappointed.

Loved this book!

This was a great debut for her first single title! Lexie and Jack were a joy to read. The suspence didn't over take the romance which was a nice. Now and auto-buy author for me!