Bannon Brothers: Triumph
Written by Janet Dailey
Narrated by Brian Hutchison
3.5/5
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Janet Dailey
Janet Dailey's first book -- a Harlequin romance -- was published in 1976. In the twenty years since, she has written 89 more novels and become the third largest selling female author in the world, with 300 million copies of her books sold in 19 languages in 98 countries. Her most recent bestsellers, Masquerade, Rivals, and Heiress, have all sold more than one million copies each. She is known for her strong, decisive characters, her extraordinary ability to re-create a time and place, and her unerring courage to confront important, controversial issues, like alcoholism and sexual abuse, in her stories. All of her novels are meticulously researched, an endeavor she shares with her husband, Bill Dailey. The couple met in 1963, when Janet worked as a secretary for the construction company Bill owned. The two travel extensively to scout story locations, and have visited all 50 states; these days, they are likely to fly, but miss the time when they drove cross country, a trailer attached to their car. Janet Dailey also reads voraciously about every aspect of any subject she writes about; as she remarks, ""Accuracy is important in genre fiction; you have to get it right, zero in on the real details. That's the way to make writing come alive and not irritate the readers with carelessness."" When they are not traveling, the couple spend time at their home on the shore of Lake Taneycomo in Branson, Missouri. It is the part of the country Dailey loves best, partly because, she says, ""The people around me are more interested in their problems and their lives, and that sort of keeps me in touch with reality. They think it's nice that I write, but they really couldn't care less."" Allison Janney has been featured on Broadway (Present Laughter), in films (Big Night and First Wives Club) and on television shows on all four networks.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Though Janet Dailey is a well known author this is the first book of hers that I have read. Overall, I did not mind the story, it was a good beach read but there was not a lot of substance. I found the romance between Kelly and Deke to be forced and not very natural. At times the story seemed to drag and I thought it was funny that the author kept talking about a local news host as being a huge celebrity. Overall, it was not a bad book.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I just couldn't get into this book. Other than the damsel in distress aspect (although, gladly, the damsel wasn't a 'woe is me' sort), there didn't seem to be much of a plot. Nor was there any chemistry between the two main characters. I know that this is a fairly popular author, but I'm not sure I would pick up another of her books.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I have been reading Janet Dailey's work for many years now and I always enjoy her fascinating stories. Triumph in the Bannon Brothers series is another wonderful examples of Ms. Dailey's work. It has been a while since I have had the chance to read one of her books and I truly enjoyed this one.Ms.Dailey has created intriguing characters with charm and charisma that are involved in a story line that kept me turning pages quickly.Kelly Johns is an on air anchor who misses her reporting days. She gets involved in an investigation with Deke Bannon that leads to a lot of mystery, some drama, and a whole lot of danger for Kelly. I really found Kelly to be a fun heroine, she is smart, charming, and really good at digging into things she maybe should stay out of but doesn't want to. I loved how she was willing to dig right into this case and help Deke solve some of the mysteries.Deke Bannon is a HOT hero, that is really good at being in the right place at the right time to help save Kelly. I loved Deke's way of getting involved in his case and doing just about anything to get the bad guys or gals.I have to say I was surprised who some of the bad guys and gals were in this book but it sure was fun unraveling the mystery as I read. I have not read the other two books in this series but if this book is any indication I sure wouldn't mind reading them. I sure they are just as much fun to read as Triumph was. I didn't feel like I was missing any pertinent information to take away from my enjoyment.If you enjoy a good book with plenty of mystery, some romance, danger, characters that can get themselves in the middle of the investigation for better or worse, I think you will enjoy this one.If you are a Janet Dailey fan like myself, I think you will find this is more of her fantastic writing.I actually grabbed this book off the top of my Mom's to be read pile, I just happened to get to it first :) My Mom is the person who helped nurture my love of reading so we tend to like a lot of the same books and authors.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Bannon Brothers; Triumph by Janet DaileyIn this family saga the book is about Deke and he works with the agencies.Kelly and her photographers were filming how the city is wasting money at an abandoned building when shots ring out and she's brought to the ground by a man who is now her guardian angel. She would've been shot without him being there.She remembers who he is now and she's trying to advance her anchor career and thinks this might be her time.Lots of action and adventure as they try to help each other out without getting killed. She agrees to tape a conversation for Deke and Hux who are working a banking investigation.In return they have information they share with her about the shooting and she agrees to travel and help them with her expertise.As they try to solve the murders more are committed and they are tied in with the financial and art worlds. Enjoyed the different career paths and their reasoning behind the case they are all determined to solve.Some facts the men know before Kelly does, her life is threatened and some things she figures out before the men. I received this book from The Kennsington Books in exchange for my honest review.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I was given this book in exchange for an honest review. I enjoyed this book, even though it was tame compared to what I normally read. The main characters danced around the relationship. The only physical contact that they really had was kissing (it was Hot kissing, mind you). I found that even though it didn't have all the sexy love scenes, I really enjoyed the story. The book is well written. The characters are all developed well and they interact with witty banter. I would definitely recommend this book to a friend. Looking forward to tracking down other books by this author.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I found this book to be a little boring. Nothing really happened. Where was the romance? I really got tired of reading how famous Kelly was....she's a local news anchor not some television or movie actor. I guess this book just feel flat with me, like I said earlier, nothing happened. There was a lot in the book I didn't care about reading. I also didn't feel much of a connection between Deke and Kelly.