Standoff
Sandra Brown, Author Warner Books Inc $28 (224p) ISBN 978-0-446-52701-9
Workaholic Dallas TV reporter Tiel McCoy thought she would take a well-earned vacation, but while driving to a secluded condo in New Mexico, she hears a radio report that changes her plans. Teenager Sabra Dendy, only daughter of Fort Worth multimillionaire Russ Dendy, has been kidnapped. Soon Tiel learns that Sabra, who's pregnant, has run away with her boyfriend, Ronnie Davison. Smelling a story, Tiel heads for the remote town of Hera to interview Ronnie's father, thinking the couple might go there for help. But when she stops at a convenience store for directions, Tiel encounters Ronnie and Sabra bungling a hold-up attempt. As Sabra goes into labor, Ronnie takes everyone in the store hostage, and Tiel and a handsome cowboy who seems to know a lot about medicine deliver Sabra's daughter. Tiel learns that the desperate young couple are fleeing to Mexico to escape Sabra's dictatorial father, who has vowed to separate them and put their baby up for adoption. He has even threatened to kill the child, and Sabra and Ronnie have vowed to commit suicide if they are thwarted. Bestselling author Brown (The Alibi) sets up believable conflicts (Ronnie once killed a puppy, rather than return it to an abusive owner). If the dialogue and sex scenes occasionally seem stilted, this popular author's tale still hits hard and keeps moving briskly to its satisfying conclusion. (May)
Details
Reviewed on: 05/01/2000
Release date: 05/01/2000
Genre: Fiction
Hardcover - 327 pages - 9780375430541
Mass Market Paperbound - 272 pages - 9780446609616
Compact Disc - 6 pages - 9780743532624
Open Ebook - 130 pages - 9780446598064
Paperback - 261 pages - 9780340836453
Paperback - 336 pages - 9780375728044
Mass Market Paperbound - 304 pages - 9781455545469