Kiss and Kill

by Karen Young

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821766589
• ISBN13: 9780821766583
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Zebra Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Good but romance seemes superfluous

Anyone would envy the life of Anne Atwood at first glance. After two decades of marriage to Texas Senator Parker Atwood, most of them spent in DC, Anne has obtained an excellent reputation. However, the fifty-two years old political flunky, who is how she sees her role as a wife to a Congressman, hates her very existence. Worse yet, not only is her relationship with her spouse strained, her relationship with her teenage daughter Barry is falling apart. Life abruptly changes when Parker's private plane vanishes in Montana. Accompanied by Barry, who blames Anne for her father's disappearance, reporters begin making inquiries. The worst news hound is Ian McKay, who is investigating alleged criminal activity by Parker. When an unknown blackmailer insists she continue her spouse's payments, a stunned Anne turns to Ian to uncover the truth behind the facade she lived with for twenty years. KISS AND KILL is an exciting romantic intrigue that hard core suspense fans will enjoy. It is well written and never eases off the throttle but readers will sometimes question motives and relationships of the key characters when they don't gel. Karen Young is clearly a talented author as the novel retains a fun to read, suspense-laden quality, but the romantic elements seem inappropriate. Still, anyone who relishes a political thriller will gain pleasure from KISS AND KILL.Harriet Klausner

The word "Politician" almost scared me off........

.....however, since I've enjoyed each of Karen Young's novels, I went for it anyway. So glad I did because, as always, I totally lost myself in this book...even though it's a shade different then what I've come to expect of Ms. Young. She can't crank them out fast enough to suit me and I keep wondering after each one I finish....why isn't she a major best selling suspense/romance novelist? "The O'Connors" is one of the very best books I've read & should be a 'must read' on anyones list....but, I think barely heard of in the literary world. Such a shame! Anyone that hasn't taken the time to read a Karen Young book....pick one up. Doesn't matter which one...they're all excellent. You'll become an instant fan of Young's....I promise!

Secrets, Lies and Sensuous Romance

This is the kind of book you pick up and cannot put down until the last page is turned. Ms. Young has written an outstanding tale of a politician's secret life. His widow discovers the lies he lived after his death, and her search for the truth makes for a compelling read. She is aided in her quest by an old friend who becomes her lover in a warm and believable love story.Buy this book--you will not regret it!

The Husband was a Stranger

When Anne Atwood's husband of twenty years dies suddenly in plane crash, the widow learns that her husband was not the loving, respectable, husband, father, and United States Senator that she and the country thought he was. Anne discovers that Senator Ashwood's past held ugly secrets, incuding unsolved murders and their beloved daughter's origins. This fast paced mystery is relevant, questioning if we realy know those closest to us.