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Janelle Taylor

Författare till Love's Legacy [Anthology 11-in-1]

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Om författaren

Romance writer Janelle Taylor was born in Athens, Georgia on June 28, 1944. She attended August State University, but did not graduate. She worked as both an orthodontic nurse and a research techonologist. She has written more than three dozen novels, beginning with Savage Ecstasy in 1981. Her visa mer books have been translated into more than 44 languages, and many of them have been New York Times bestsellers. In 1987, she was put in the Romantic Times Writers Hall of Fame, and has earned a number of other honors, including the Bronze and Silver Pen Awards and a Certificate of Merit for special achievement from the American Association of University Women. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre

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Verk av Janelle Taylor

Love's Legacy [Anthology 11-in-1] (1996) — Bidragsgivare — 128 exemplar
Stardust and Shadows (1992) 89 exemplar
Moondust and Madness (1992) 79 exemplar
Savage Ecstasy (1981) 76 exemplar
Lakota Winds (1998) 71 exemplar
Promise Me Forever (1991) 68 exemplar
Wild Is My Love (1987) 67 exemplar
Follow the Wind (1990) 67 exemplar
Moonbeams and Magic (1995) 63 exemplar
Haunting Olivia (2006) 61 exemplar
Kiss of the Night Wind (1989) 61 exemplar
Watching Amanda (2005) 59 exemplar
Forever Ecstasy (1991) 55 exemplar
Defiant Ecstasy (1982) 55 exemplar
Not Without You (2000) 53 exemplar
Fortune's Flames (1988) 53 exemplar
Savage Conquest (1985) 49 exemplar
Midnight Secrets (1992) 49 exemplar
Chase The Wind (1994) 47 exemplar
Forbidden Ecstacy (1982) 47 exemplar
Destiny Mine (1995) 47 exemplar
Whispered Kisses (1990) 46 exemplar
Someday Soon (1998) 46 exemplar
Sweet Savage Heart (1986) 46 exemplar
Destiny's Temptress (1986) 46 exemplar
By Candlelight (1997) 44 exemplar
Brazen Ecstasy (1983) 44 exemplar
Night Moves (2002) 43 exemplar
Bittersweet Ecstasy (1987) 42 exemplar
Stolen Ecstasy (1985) 42 exemplar
Can't Stop Loving You (2001) 41 exemplar
Wild Winds (1997) 41 exemplar
First Love Wild Love (1984) 41 exemplar
Don't Go Home (2003) 38 exemplar
Tender Ecstasy (1983) 38 exemplar
Valley of Fire (1984) 38 exemplar
In Too Deep (2001) 38 exemplar
Passions Wild And Free (1988) 37 exemplar
Love Me With Fury (1983) 37 exemplar
Kiss of The Christmas Wind (2011) 34 exemplar
Golden Torment (1984) 32 exemplar
Shadowing Ivy (2007) 32 exemplar
Defiant Hearts (1996) 31 exemplar
Wild, Sweet Promise (1989) 31 exemplar
Anything For Love (1995) 31 exemplar
Christmas Rendezvous (1991) 28 exemplar
Love With a Stranger (1996) 28 exemplar
Cherokee Storm (2010) 24 exemplar
The Last Viking Queen (1994) 12 exemplar
Dudley in a Jam (1986) 9 exemplar
Straight from the Heart (2012) 9 exemplar
Necessary Evil (2012) 5 exemplar
A Christmas Surprise (2012) 4 exemplar
Dudley and the monster (1986) 3 exemplar
FOURTH & ONE (2014) 1 exemplar
Weird Illinois 1 exemplar
Vento selvaggio 1 exemplar
Operation DFC 1 exemplar
Operation S&D 1 exemplar
Gezähmter Krieger (2002) 1 exemplar

Associerade verk

Hot Toddy Sizzlers (2011) — Bidragsgivare — 13 exemplar
My First Real Romance (1985) — Bidragsgivare — 3 exemplar

Taggad

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Födelsedag
1944-06-28
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Athens, Georgia, USA
Bostadsorter
Georgia, USA
Yrken
nurse

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I am so excited to get my hands on Operation S&D by Ashley Fontainne and Janelle Taylor. This is the second book n the series and I have high expectations, seeing the first book was amazing, Operation DFC.

I am writing this review, without the benefit of a blurb or synopsis. I have already met some of the characters and know some of what is going on, but I am not sure what to share and what to keep to myself. So, here goes….

The characters are damaged and carry a lot of baggage, much of it through no fault of their own. In 1944 soldiers were experimented on. Could it be passed on to their children? The young men had no idea what life had in store for them, but they man up and do what must be done.

“That’s some paranormal, genetically fucked up shit for sure. I mean, cue the Twilight Zone theme…”

After reading the first book, I knew they would be out for revenge and would make the cartel pay. Along the way Rafe inserts himself into a situation to save an innocent, pregnant woman. I wept WITH him on more than one occasion. The guilt he carries is a heavy load. I hope he learns to ask for help, but right now he is on his own. My heart broke for him. The voices in his head….

Eduardo has no clue the creature he created is on a lethal prowl.

Rabid Wolfe three; cartel zero. I’m on a roll.

S&D: Those we seek…we will destroy. Those who betray them will pay the ultimate price. The problem is, who is the betrayer? There’s always one in the bunch. I thought of one person and….well…I’m not telling, but I was right and it will cost someone their life.

The action began from the opening pages, but when they got to Central America it ramped up to a frenetic pace. My head was spinning, waiting, anticipating the bad to come. The mental and emotional turmoil the four team members go through brings forth many emotions. The richness and depth of the characters make them come to life on the pages. I feel empathy, sorrow, anger, rage, fear, and compassion. I want them to come out of the war they are fighting whole, with hope and a future in store for them.

The ending…awesome! Yeah, I may have been able to figure it all out, but I never even tried. I was so into what was happening in the moment, I let the authors lead me where they wanted me to go. I never paid attention to where I was in the book. A lot of the time I will check to see how much I’ve read, how much I have left, but this time, I was in the moment and stayed there.

I found moments where the authors could have ended the book, but they kept giving me more and it kept getting better and better, leaving me very happy. I love it. That is the excellence of this powerhouse team, Ashley Fontainne and Janelle Taylor.

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sherry69 | Oct 28, 2023 |
Well, my mind is officially blown. I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning two days in a row. The deeper into the book I went, the action, danger, betrayal, brutality, savagery sociopathic and psychopathic action became. At every time, they swept me off my feet, filling me with disgust, barely able to keep from gagging over the things done to John Sims.

I knew Ashley Fontainne could pen an off the chart novel, but this is my introduction to Janelle Taylor. They are both now must read authors for me.

Operation DFC – Die for Country

Operation DFC – Die for Cathy

Operation Seek and Destroy

John Sims had been a POW, so when the CIA recruited him for his first mission, to save POWs and MIAs, he never hesitated when Dave Carter asked him, “So, you’re willing to die?” His answer, “Absolutely.”

John thought the service would give him freedom from the brutality of his father, but he hadn’t anticipated the price. He knew what it was to be tortured and starved, kept prisoner for two years by the North Vietnamese, before he was rescued, the sole survivor of his unit.

I was a teenager during the Vietnam War. I remember a lot of things about it, The Draft, Agent Orange, not being allowed to win and how the service men were treated when they came home. I used to read a lot of WWII & Vietnam history and novels. I cannot imagine what it would be like, whisked from the life you have in the United States and plopped down in the jungle, in the desert.

In John’s case, he also gave up his past, his present and maybe even his future, hiding his real name, breaking all ties with family and friends. BUT, he would keep secret Cathy, his first love and the love of his life and Brad, his best friend that looks out for Cathy, Brad’s cousin, when John was away.

John has no idea what is coming, and neither did I. It was so much more than I expected, even though I knew Ashley Fontainne was capable of doing most anything to her characters. Now, I see that Janelle Taylor will too, so I will be looking for more of her work in the future.

My emotions were all over the place: angry, surprised, shocked, appalled, terrified, sad, heartbroken, horrified, furious, devastated…I could go on and on, looking up words and synonyms to describe my feelings.

I never saw half of what was coming throughout the novel. I read and read, not even thinking about when I would reach the end. I was just reading to find out what came next…UNTIL…DAMMIT…there was no more. I never even thought about it being a series. I guess you could say there is a cliffhanger, because the characters mission is not complete. Now it’s time for Lewis Roger Lee Bradford (Wolfman) from Shreveport, Louisiana to seek retribution. Black Viper, Red Dog, and Raccoon will be along for the ride and they are out for blood.

I sure do hope you Ladies are writing fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I voluntarily reviewed a free copy of Operation DFC by Janelle Taylor & Ashley Fontainne.

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sherry69 | Jan 16, 2023 |
Okay, I knew going in that this was an 80's bodice-ripper, which I often (sometimes) love. But, sweet baby jesus and all his little angels, the opening chapter alone has:

1. Beautiful, aristocratic girl who disdains feminine pursuits, which yeah, fine, sure, if you don't wanna dance and stuff don't dance or whatever, but you know, being feminine isn't necessarily a bad thing.

2. Dead mom, and loving over-protective father who raised his daughter like a son, but she's not at all boyish (see no. 1).

3. Beautiful Girl fighting with Loving Father about whom to marry, because she's 19 and god, that is so old, her ovaries have practically withered and fallen out, but she wants to marry for love just like Daddy did, have some sympathy.

4. Allusions to suspense-y sub-plot, more info later.

5. Aristocratic Lordly-Lord, who is also a spy, who is also a mega dick-wad, whinging to himself about how Dear Old Grand-Dad wants to see his heir married and procreating, yadda yadda, marriage is for losers, all women are deceitful betrayers, blah blah blah.

6. Coincidence that Lordly-Lord's Dear Old Grand-Dad just happened to be thinking that Beautiful Girl would make the perfect wife for Lordly-Lord, seeing as how they're neighbors and such; Lordly-Lord thinking that she's probably a total dog and anyway, he's not marrying some ice maiden who hasn't just married the first dude to ask her, clearly she's a total bitch and god, 19 is so old.

7. Rape, not forced seduction if you were wondering, since plucky Beautiful Girl was asleep when it started and when she woke up in the middle, Lordly-Lord was like "Welp, I've already begun, might as well finish since you're not a virgin anymore".

6. Lordly-Lord making excuses, since you know, Beautiful Girl shouldn't have been asleep, naked (while her nearby pile of clothes obvs belonged to some kind of plebe), asleep, kissing him back whilst asleep, beautiful, asleep, breathing, and/or asleep, oh no the temptation was just too much.

I'll give it another chapter, but I'm pretty sure I'm done.

ETA 8/20/2013: Yep, made it to chapter 5, it's over.
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wonderlande | Jan 1, 2023 |
Holy crap Batman! I don't know as I've ever read a modern book that was so much telling instead of showing. And the showing involved a bunch of conversations between friends that just weren't interesting.
 
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Luziadovalongo | Jul 14, 2022 |

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