A NIGHT OWL REVIEWS BOOK REVIEW | Reviewed by: Jennj
If you're a fan of Ms. Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series like me then you will probably enjoy the Full series as well. Full Tilt is book two in the series and focuses on Jamie Swift who runs a small local newspaper in Beaumont, South Carolina. On the other side of the axis is Maximillian Holt and his name pretty much says it all accept he's closer to a billionaire than a millionaire the plain fact is he's loaded! And he's also a silent partner in the newspaper and when he comes to town things move from sleepy to full tilt rather fast with not only a hail of bullets, missing tax money, two assassins, and a talking car named Muffin! (That's right Knight Rider move over Kit! Muffin is on the job.) While you can see some of the famous humor and wit that makes the Plum series novels so popular, there is still something lacking from the mix here. And while it is a good fun read, just be sure that when you pick this up you're not thinking it will be too much like the Plum books because if you do that then you could be disappointed by the Full series.
Jun 21, 2007 | 9780312983284
5 - Rare Top Pick | 4.5 - Top Pick | 4 - I Liked It | 3.5 - Enjoyable | 3 - OK | 2.5 - It just didn't click
Book Blurb for Full Tilt
Beaumont, South Carolina, has mint julips, ladies who lunch, good ole boy politics, and Jamie Swift. She's running her family newspaper, ready to marry the town's most eligible bachelor, and getting her future locked in. Then mysterious, high-tech wonder boy Max Holt comes to town. Sexy, wise-cracking Max has turned from computers to crime-stopping. Now' he's got a case in Beaumont and a reason to look up Jamie Swift. He finds her impossible. She calls him infuriating. They're a perfect couple...except for her fiance and the arrival of two hitmen. Sure enough, someone wants to kill Max. Someone else wants a town bigwig rubbed out. And suddenly Jamie's caught in the crossfire of her own emotions, Max's secrets, and the most irresistible desire...
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