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Knockout! (2012)

par Emma Calin

Séries: Passion Patrol (1)

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A Mafia conspiracy. A female undercover cop. A honed and fit target suspect: sexy international sports star and billionaire playboy boxer, Freddie La Salle. Emma Calin's #1 Kindle Best Seller in Romantic Suspense. The first story in the Passion Patrol Series, introducing sassy female sleuths, romantic adventures and thrilling mysteries. Interpol cop, Anna Leyton, spirals down into a hopeless vortex of sexual and emotional turmoil as she fights to keep her professional cool in her latest assignment. The action flies from London to Paris, to California and New York - but just who is deceiving who in this fast moving ride across continents? A high stakes gambling syndicate is pulling the strings. A boxing referee is dead in a river and millions of dollars are placed on Freddie's next fight. Anna has to decide what really motivates the art loving prize-bull boxer Freddie La Salle. Can she fake it? Can she nail the gangsters before her cover is blown? What will happen when the charismatic suspect she is tracking turns on his charm and seduces her? Will passion take control as she falls in love with him? The story of a tense and erotic forbidden affair. Can a relationship survive when it is founded on deceit? Can she prove her lover is innocent? When her bosses let her down, vigilante justice is her only option. Will she escape with her life and her man? The power of love and trust stands against greed and crime as conflicting forces grapple for that knockout punch. An action-filled pulse-pounding adventure with a twist of suspense that will take you on a roller coaster ride full of passionate romance, deception, danger and love. Popular Quotations from Passion Patrol 1: "Truth is a line like the Equator. To the South lies the tropic of exaggeration, to the North is the tropic of forgetfulness." "I want to kiss you at every monument and under every bridge." Freddie to Anna in Paris, on the Seine. "You always think that you are headed somewhere, that there is some bus stop ahead where you will know to get off and say - 'Yes, this is the place,' but there is no such stop - the view from the window and the other folk on that bus are your life and it is always now. Each minute is your stop and is your place." "Love is a fact like the Eiffel Tower. It is there and just because you are not in Paris it does not mean it fell down." REVIEWS: "A mix of relentless, buff sexuality, uncompromising, idealistic romance, and sassy, police detective mystery." "Knockout writing and a perfect dilemma." "The language is sensual and gripping and powerful all at once, launching you on a roller coaster of emotions even as the story unfolds."  "The sex scenes are well written and actually play a part within the story rather than being thrown in for the fun of it."  "...will surprise you with its qualities, but do not be surprised if you put it down wishing for more. I did." "What a page turner the plot was held perfectly with shocking twist n turns." "The story is so full of passion, it is easy to be swept along." Please Note: Emma Calin's British detective mysteries feature uninhibited, but straightforward, explicit sexual scenes between consenting adults and true-to-life street language that would occur in high-stress police situations. NOTE: This book is published on Amazon Kindle under the title "PASSION PATROL 1". Scroll up and grab a copy today - Try out the first in this thrilling female detective romance series and feel the passion tonight!… (plus d'informations)
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Very good story! There's romance, intrigue, sports, passion and deceit. Female cop gets involved with pro boxer and the heat is on! Not my usual cup of tea but I enjoyed this. ( )
  KathyC200 | Mar 22, 2020 |
A steamy romance with a well thought out plot and totally likeable characters. Anna falls for Freddie La Salle. When she met him, she had no idea he was a famous boxer, but soon finds out when her department launches an investigation into illegal betting. The prime suspect? Freddie! All bets on! Or is it cuff and protect?! Anna has one heck of a dilemma, plenty of conflict, but will love cloud her judgment or will she stay on task and hold true to her obligations as a cop? A knockout passionate ringside romance that will pull you in and have you begging for more! If you like happy trails ... oh wait. I mean tales, then bite into this treat of a read. ( )
  Lifeisfiction | Aug 12, 2012 |
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I really found three things about this book extraordinary, the first being the originality of the plot. Freddie La Salle turns out to be a famous boxing champion, and Anna's department has launched an investigation into illegal betting and money laundering connected with professional sports. Horse racing, yes. Football, basketball, Formula 1 racing ... when was the last time you read a mystery that centered on corruption in the boxing world? The originality of beautiful Anna falling for a crooked boxer drew me in and never let me go.

The love story juxtaposed with an unfolding crime-solving drama creates an impossible dilemma for the beautiful detective, and this is the second thing about Knockout that really works. Anna falls in love with Freddie before even learning he's a famous boxer, let alone before finding out that her department will identify him as a prime suspect in the mafia ring. The police assign her to watch him, ostensibly to bring him in at the first hint of proof of his involvement, and the stage is set for an impossible choice. Will she choose love, or will she fulfill her duty as a cop? The author carries this fine-spun dilemma to the absolute limit.

But the most extraordinary thing about Knockout is its poetic language. When was the last time you read a mystery with sentences like this....
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A Mafia conspiracy. A female undercover cop. A honed and fit target suspect: sexy international sports star and billionaire playboy boxer, Freddie La Salle. Emma Calin's #1 Kindle Best Seller in Romantic Suspense. The first story in the Passion Patrol Series, introducing sassy female sleuths, romantic adventures and thrilling mysteries. Interpol cop, Anna Leyton, spirals down into a hopeless vortex of sexual and emotional turmoil as she fights to keep her professional cool in her latest assignment. The action flies from London to Paris, to California and New York - but just who is deceiving who in this fast moving ride across continents? A high stakes gambling syndicate is pulling the strings. A boxing referee is dead in a river and millions of dollars are placed on Freddie's next fight. Anna has to decide what really motivates the art loving prize-bull boxer Freddie La Salle. Can she fake it? Can she nail the gangsters before her cover is blown? What will happen when the charismatic suspect she is tracking turns on his charm and seduces her? Will passion take control as she falls in love with him? The story of a tense and erotic forbidden affair. Can a relationship survive when it is founded on deceit? Can she prove her lover is innocent? When her bosses let her down, vigilante justice is her only option. Will she escape with her life and her man? The power of love and trust stands against greed and crime as conflicting forces grapple for that knockout punch. An action-filled pulse-pounding adventure with a twist of suspense that will take you on a roller coaster ride full of passionate romance, deception, danger and love. Popular Quotations from Passion Patrol 1: "Truth is a line like the Equator. To the South lies the tropic of exaggeration, to the North is the tropic of forgetfulness." "I want to kiss you at every monument and under every bridge." Freddie to Anna in Paris, on the Seine. "You always think that you are headed somewhere, that there is some bus stop ahead where you will know to get off and say - 'Yes, this is the place,' but there is no such stop - the view from the window and the other folk on that bus are your life and it is always now. Each minute is your stop and is your place." "Love is a fact like the Eiffel Tower. It is there and just because you are not in Paris it does not mean it fell down." REVIEWS: "A mix of relentless, buff sexuality, uncompromising, idealistic romance, and sassy, police detective mystery." "Knockout writing and a perfect dilemma." "The language is sensual and gripping and powerful all at once, launching you on a roller coaster of emotions even as the story unfolds."  "The sex scenes are well written and actually play a part within the story rather than being thrown in for the fun of it."  "...will surprise you with its qualities, but do not be surprised if you put it down wishing for more. I did." "What a page turner the plot was held perfectly with shocking twist n turns." "The story is so full of passion, it is easy to be swept along." Please Note: Emma Calin's British detective mysteries feature uninhibited, but straightforward, explicit sexual scenes between consenting adults and true-to-life street language that would occur in high-stress police situations. NOTE: This book is published on Amazon Kindle under the title "PASSION PATROL 1". Scroll up and grab a copy today - Try out the first in this thrilling female detective romance series and feel the passion tonight!

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