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    Against the Odds
    Against the Odds
    Against the Odds
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    Against the Odds

    Written by Kat Martin

    Narrated by Jack Garrett

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    The best-selling author of over 50 historical and contemporary romance novels, Kat Martin has more than 13 million copies of her books in print. In this seventh exciting installment in the Raines of Wind Canyon series, former stockbroker Rina Eckhart and PI Alex Justice journey to Texas to inspect a valuable mine Rina has inherited. But when Rina is forced to depend on Alex, the two rekindle an old connection.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 18, 2013
    ISBN9781470331863
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    Kat Martin

    Top ten New York Times bestselling author Kat Martin is a graduate of the University of California Santa Barbara. Residing with her Western-author husband, L.J. Martin, in Missoula, Montana, Kat has written 70 Historical and Contemporary Romantic Suspense novels. More than 17 million of her books are in print and she has been published in twenty foreign countries. Kat is currently hard at work on her next novel.

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    • 4/5
      Good book. Rina's life as a stockbroker has taken a bit of a downturn, but she feels that she can turn it around if she can find the silver mine on the property her uncle left her. She needs a pilot who can fly her over the land to look for it, and the best man for the job is Alex. She hires him to do the job, and ends up grateful for his skills, as the helicopter they use is sabotaged and they end up stranded in the desert for a couple days.Rina thinks Alex is pretty sexy, but that he's also an arrogant, egotistical jerk. Alex doesn't have a very high opinion of Rina either, though he's certainly attracted to her. Those two days in the desert make them see each other very differently. After their rescue and some recovery time, Rina is ready to resume her investigation when she's involved in a suspicious car accident. Alex suspects that someone wants her dead, and that it has to do with the mine. He is determined to keep her safe and if that gives him a chance to get her into his bed, so much the better.The chemistry between Alex and Rina is hot and they can't keep their hands off each other. Neither one is looking for a relationship and agree to just enjoy each other. But Rina worries that it will be far too easy to fall in love with Alex and she doesn't want that. She sees Alex's past, with his playboy ways and avoidance of any kind of commitment and knows there's no future with him. Alex avoids commitment like the plague. He feels that his life is too unsettled to be able to add a wife to it, so he sticks with the light and fluffy affairs. He is a bit of a control freak and feels that he has to be able to be sure of all parts of his future before committing. But his time with Rina is changing him. He feels things for her he hasn't felt for anyone else and it confuses him. I wanted to smack him for his reaction when Rina told him she loved him. It took one of his coworkers to point out that some things just can't be controlled for him to realize what an idiot he had been.I really enjoyed the mystery aspect of the book. I loved Rina's confidence in her uncle's claim about the mine. She is determined to follow up on it and find the silver. The attacks on her get more intense as the culprit gets more desperate to obtain the mine. I really liked the way all the guys work together to figure out what is going on. I also enjoyed seeing Rina insist on being involved every step of the way. She wasn't going to allow herself to be left out of the loop. I did understand Alex's frustration sometimes when she would interfere with what he wanted to do. There were a couple interesting twists to the final reveal that I didn't see coming. I also enjoyed the secondary story involving Alex's sister. I loved seeing the relationship the two had, as it showed a different side to Alex. I got very frustrated with Becca when she was trying to force her daughter into the same kind of mold her mother had forced on her. She also had kind of a snobby attitude toward Joe until she finally saw that she was still trying to please her mother. Once she saw her mistakes, things really improved for her. The addition of the murderer/molester to the mix gave Joe an extra chance to show his love for Becca and her daughter. The rescue operation was really intense with some question as to how it would all turn out.
    • 4/5
      This excellent series by Martin continues on a high note. Alex Justice and Sabrina Eckhart are the main characters in this book. Sabrina is friends with Sage, Jake's wife.

      There is a parallel story about Alex's divorced sister, her daughter and a friend of Alex's from the navy. Lots of intregue, lots of unexpected turns in plot, lots of hot sex and the bringing down of a world class playboy is executed to prefection.

      Sabrina has inherited a silver mine. Three attempts on her life tell her someone does not want her to explore the mine's potential and to develop it. At least three people would benefit from the mine if Sabrina dies... but which one is it? Meanwhile there is a child molster on the loose and Alex has a strong reason to want him caught.

      A fast moving, high intregue great read. Martin has done it yet again.
    • 3/5
      This one was just okay. I have been enjoying the series, and this was a decent addition to it--just not as strong as some of the earlier books. Alex and Rina are both likable characters, and it was nice to see some of the characters from the other books again as well. This story just didn't knock my socks off, that's all. It was a decent read. Its only real flaws are that it felt as if it went on for far longer than it should have and there seemed like an excessive amount of repetition throughout--some elements were explained, and explained again. And then explained again later on. More than once. Neither of these aspects was really a problem; but combined they just didn't make for a gripping read. Some of the sense of urgency of the previous books was missing here. I'm still planning on going on with the series, though, hoping that the next one is a bit stronger.
    • 4/5
      I will admit that when I started reading Against the Odds I was a bit afraid. I have not read any of the previous books in this series so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I was thrilled to find a story that kept me on the edge of my seat and did not make me feel like I missed anything by not reading the earlier books!Due to the recession Sabrina Eckhart is strapped for money. She is selling off expensive car and jewelry and now wants to find out is the land she inherited from her late Uncle Walter is worth anything. She asks private eye Alex Justice to fly her out there. While in the helicopter they have a terrible almost deadly accident. Once they finally make it back home they discover that the accident may have been planned. But was it to kill Alex who had found evidence to put a child killer behind bars or is someone after Sabrina and her inheritance…There is such a perfect mixture of romance, action and suspense in this book. Quite a few surprises and several scary moments had me not wanting to put this down. I can tell you for sure I will be picking up the previous 6 books this year and reading them all!
    • 4/5
      4 STARSAgainst the odds keeps you guessing right to the end who is trying to kill Alex and Sabrina. The action and drama are nonstop. Thier a few love scenes that I skipped over.Sabrina Eckhart hired Alex Justice former Navy pilot now P.I. to fly her out to the property she inheirited and help her find the mine her Uncle found.On thier way out to the deseret to find the property the helicoptor they rented started to have problems. Alex used all his skills to get them down without killing themselves. When they got down the copter got fire.Sabrina had sprained ankle and concussion. Alex had bruised rib. They were lucky. After a couple of days they started to walk out. They were found and flown out of the deseret. On thier way in they found the mine.Sabrina and Alex were attracted to each other. After they got back they slept together and then Sabrina paniced. She did not want to ruin thier friendship. Plus her best friend was married now to Alex's friend and boss Jake.Then Sabrina was in a car accident when her steering gave out she almost got hit by semi truck. Instead with quick thinking she avoided the semi and got rear ended instead.The mine her Uncle discovered before he died was actually worth a lot. A few days before her Uncle's death he left everything to her instead of his children because of the way they treated him.So was someone trying to kill Sabrina because they knew them mine was rich or was thier a different reason.The women are strong willed, they are likeable. A lot of the men who work with Alex are hot and brave. They are willing to help each other anyway they can.I have read a few books in this series The Raines of Wind Canyon of books and look forward to reading the rest of them.I was given this eboo to read in exchange of honest review from Netgalley.Publisher: Harlequin MIRA (December 18, 2012) 400 pages ISBN-13: 978-0778314226