It has been a beautiful week here in North Mississippi. I drove down to Oxford (William Faulkner’s hometown) on Wednesday with my cousin…may do a book signing there. Anyway, on to the book I read this week, Blind Betrayal.
Here’s the back cover copy:
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Deputy U.S. Marshal Casey Sloane has worked at the St. Louis Marshals office for two years and is given a routine assignment to help transport a reporter to D.C. to testify before a grand jury. Valerie, the reporter, was writing a story about an up-and-coming environmentalist who suddenly disappeared and, she later discovered, whose backers purportedly have ties to a terrorist.
When the seemingly ordinary assignment suddenly takes a shocking turn, Casey is forced to put aside her own feelings about the unexpected reappearance of a man from her past as she and two other Marshals take Valerie on the run. And as it becomes dangerously clear Valerie’s testimony has even bigger implications than they knew, they’ll do whatever it takes to make it out alive.
Now for my thoughts. I got a little put out with Nancy Mehl about one o’clock Monday night Tuesday morning. I.Needed.Sleep! But I had to find out how the book ended, so I kept reading until almost two.
Mehl has crafted believable characters in this page-turner. I really liked Casey Sloane and E. J. Queen. And Valerie and Doug. And their supervisor. But I was really rooting for Casey and E. J. Not only to stay alive but to fall in love. The story had plenty of twists and turns and just when you thought everyone was safe…BAM! Something else happened.
If you like romantic suspense, then I think you’ll really like this book by Nancy Mehl. But unless you want to lose sleep, start on it early enough to finish before bedtime. 🙂
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I have stayed up as late as six, reading a Fracine Riivers book
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When I was in the 10th grade, I read Exodus by Leon Uris and I.Could.Not.Put.the.Book.Down! My English teacher didn’t believe I had read it until I told her some of the details. I still remember that book, Phyllis. Oh, and you are the winner of April’s book. I’ll send you a selection you can choose from 🙂
I’ve stayed up til 1 or 2 myself. I have more than once feel asleep on a book or dropped them on my face haha!
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I did that last night, Jeanne! I was trying to finish a book but I was sooo sleepy and even though the book was very good, I couldn’t stay awake. Welcome to my blog! Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Stayed up all night though was exhausted next day reading a book by Dee Henderson
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I know that feeling, Sue. And welcome to my blog! Thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment.
Hee hee. I stayed up until 3:30am once….
In my younger days, I could stay up reading until pretty late, but now my ligjhts out time is 10:30! I can’t survive the next day if I stay up late!
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Mary, if I’m not on deadline, I can stay up until one and sleep until seven and still get six hours sleep, which is all I usually get anyway. But if I’m trying to beat a deadline, I have to get up at 5:30 or 6…and that makes for a grouchy me when I read late. lol
I have stayed up till 2. Sometimes you just have to finish. Blessings
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Absolutely, Lucy! Thanks for stopping by.
Probably 3, also. I have this book! And the two that go before it. Thanks for the warning!
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Aren’t they good, Paula! Thanks for stopping by.
I have stayed up until midnight reading a book because it was so suspenseful! I finished Blind Betrayal by 10:00, but only because I started it much earlier in the evening. 🙂
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I wish I could start earlier, Elizabeth, but most of the time I only get to read right before I go to sleep…that’s what makes a lot of late nights for me.
I’ve enjoyed Nancy Mehl’s books in the past and look forward to reading this one.
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Nancy really knows how to draw a reader in, Suzanne. Thanks for dropping by!
I don’t usually stay up straight through reading a book, but when I wake up during the night, I grab a book for another few pages, and sometimes recently that has led to reading until dawn and then there’s that, “Oh, no, I’m not quite ready for the day” feeling, but, “It sure was a good book!
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I wish I could do that, Delores, but when I wake up in the middle of the night, my eyes don’t want to focus. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Oh gosh. Books are my downfall when it comes to bedtime!! I have gotten better about it as I get older, but there are still nights…. As a teen, there were times I got no sleep at all in order to finish a book before having to get ready for school/work.
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Diane, we are sisters in crime! I don’t know how many first period classes I wanted to sleep through. lol. I remember reading Hawaii by James Michener in the 11th grade.
I have stayed up until 4 am to finish a book. I had a hard time getting myself and my kids up the next day, but I had to finish the book!
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I know exactly what you mean, Beth. Every time I do it, I promise I won’t do it again, then I get hooked and can’t put the book down. Blind Betrayal was like that. Thanks for stopping by!
Probably as late as 2am, but that was a lomg time ago. These days probsbly no later than 11.
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I admire your self-control, Perrianne! I tell myself I’m only reading one more chapter…thanks for stopping by!
Thank you so much, Pat. I’ve spent many late nights (okay, early morning hours) reading your books! Love them!
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Thank you, Nancy! Can’t wait for your next one. Will you continue the Justice series?
I have a crazy schedule because I work nights Sunday-Thursday. So during the week I can stay up to 3pm which equals an hour or two of sleep and on weekends 4:30am which equals 3-4 hours of sleep. I try not to do this, especially during the week but, it happens. 🙂
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Oh, my goodness, Jessica, how do you function? Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
I have stayed up until 2 am to finish a book. I think that is my time limit! I am glad I am more of a night owl instead of an early bird.
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Maryann, I am an early bird and used to get up at 4:30, but I got over that. lol However, when I was a kid, I was always the first one up. We lived near a scope of woods, and I would sneak out of the house and stay there until my mom would call me in.
I have been known to stay up most of the night to finish a book. Regrets when that alarm clock goes off in the morning!
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I did that earlier this week, Vicky D…thankfully I didn’t have to be anywhere, so I turned my alarm off and went back to sleep for an hour. lol Thanks for visiting my blog!
I’ve stayed up until midnight to finish a book. I’m a morning person so I begin reading early and read ALL day!
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I’m a morning person, too, Caryl. Always have been. That’s when I do my best writing. Thanks for stopping by!
I have stayed up into the wee hours many, many times! I lie to myself when I say, “Just one more chapter.” LOL! I routinely will read until 12-1 am but if my hubs is gone, it can be later than that!
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I’ve told myself that same lie, Cyndi! Thanks for stopping by and I’m glad you like our books!
I love both of y’all’s books! Thanks for the giveaway!
This looks like my kind of book! I TRY not to stay up past 12, reading…..but sometimes I do slip! LOL
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I think we all slip up, Jackie. Thanks for dropping in and leaving a comment!
When I can’t sleep I will stay up all night to read. I always read before I go to sleep and if I get caught up in a book I just keep reading.
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Faith, I do that, too. Unless it’s nonfiction–nonfiction will put me right to sleep. lol Thanks for stopping by!
Oh, I am so glad that I am not the only one to read late before sleep. I recently stayed up until 3 to finish a book but usually no later than 12 or 1, which is still too late.
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Gloria, I bet you’re like me, looking at how many pages to go and thinking it won’t take but half an hour longer to finish. lol Thanks for dropping by!
I think I stayed up till midnight to try to finish a book, but never past that….yet.
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You don’t know what you’ve missed, Victoria! 😉 Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
When I was a kid, I would wait until my parents went to sleep and then get up and read. They caught on so I had to hide a flashlight so I could read under the covers. I don’t have to hide it any longer, but I often stay up late reading. I think 4 a.m. is the latest. Since I am retired, I can stay up late and get up late. My kind of day!
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I never thought about using a flashlight to read, Sue. Maybe because we only had one. 🙂 4 a.m., though is tough. Thanks for stopping by!
Well it don’t happen very often, once maybe twice a month at the most. However when it does happen, I run on coffee :).
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Yep, Jessica. Coffee will do the trick. I have learned that when I don’t get at least 6 hours sleep, I stay hungry all do. lol Thanks for stopping by.
Patricia, thanks for the review. I won this book in a giveaway in February and received it in the mail Thursday. I had so much else going on that I just got around to my email for Thursday and Friday a short while ago. I have stayed up until three or four in the morning to finish a book, but I am less inclined to do that now than in the past.
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Hi Edward. I think you’ll really enjoy Blind Betrayal. Nancy creates such good suspense. It’s been many years since I stayed up until 4 to finish a book. Thanks for stopping by!
Would love to win a print book! I especially enjoy romantic suspense. . . Thanks for the opportunity to enter a giveaway! Take care and God bless you. Lual Krautter
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Lual, welcome to my blog! Romantic suspense is my favorite, followed by cozy mysteries. Look forward to ‘seeing’ you here!
I just recently won a copy of Blind Betrayal from Nancy herself. It will now complete my Defenders of Justice collection! Since I’m an early bird to bed (by 9:30pm), the latest I can feasibly stay up to read a book is about midnight. After that, I just get way too tired and my eyes no longer cooperate with me…lol!
Thanks for your take on Nancy’s newest book, I love reading your thoughts!
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Isn’t it a great book, Trixi! Thanks for stopping by.