Rochelle Rathbone flirts with danger when she accidentally meets Tobias Chandler, Miami drug czar; thus, setting the stage for horrors she never knew existed until after they married. Innocent and vulnerable, she becomes his prisoner. She devises a desperate plan and successfully escapes, despite his threat to kill her if she does. She meets and falls in love with Michael Matheson, knowing Tobias will come after her. She realizes there are only two things that will stop him from pursuing her—her death or his...
Rochelle Rathbone flirts with danger when she accidentally meets Tobias Chandler, Miami drug czar; thus, setting the stage for horrors she never knew existed until after they married. Innocent and vulnerable, she becomes his prisoner. She devises a desperate plan and successfully escapes, despite his threat to kill her if she does. She meets and falls in love with Michael Matheson, knowing Tobias will come after her. She realizes there are only two things that will stop him from pursuing her—her death or his...
Poetry, mystery, and romantic suspense writer Jeanette Cooper lives in North Florida near the Suwannee River. For twenty-six years, she taught elementary school in Orlando, Florida. Following early retirement, she began writing novels, a pastime she had coveted for many years. A love of writing ensued and fourteen other books followed. Jeanette loves to hear from her readers, and invites you to contact her via her web site at: www.jeanettecooper.net.
Titles by Jeanette: Impending Danger, Violent Visions of Murder, Under Suspicion, When Justice is Served, Conquered Heart, Affair of the Heart, Dark Depths of Love, Desperate Choices, A Killer Amongst Us, Seductive Betrayal, Stripped of Dignity, Someone Wants Her Dead, and Nature and Life: A Poetic Journey, Passionate Promise, Vulnerable to Deceptive Love.
I liked most of this book- sex scenes a bit long- but thought if Rochelle was really trying to hide why the hell would she buy a house and make herself so obvious by flaunting her money in a small town? it's just like advertising 'I'm here' & a 5 year old could locate her easily!
This book was very exciting and the plot was well thought of. The only thing I didn't care much for was the language in some of the scenes was a bit rough!
A very lovely read, this would make a lovely movie one day. Some spelling and gramma errors here and there but can be easily overlooked. Touching story indeed.
I liked the book more than disliked it. The first 2/3 of the story was good but then things got a bit wild when Michael went to Miami to rescue Rochelle. Also, I thought there was a bit too much sex and their behavior after the rescue was unreal.
Absolutly one of the best books that I have read in a long time. Could not put it down until I finished it. Looking forward to reading more of Mrs. Coopers books
Wonderful. Full of suspense & true to life events. I for one can relate to some of it in my own life. While reading some parts of the book I was reliving certain events of my own life. It was so powerful that my heart was racing. Don't like remembering such events of my life. Good book, good ending, sex was a little to heavy for me. Worth reading. Can't wait to read Ms. Coopers other books.
It was hard to put the book down. The author does a great job of keeping you glued to the pages.
So much of the story is totally true life - isn't it just like a man to blame the woman for having been raped. It really angered me, Michael's "jealousy" that Rochelle slept with her husband. What a jerk! Michael knew what an abusive man Tobias was; in fact, he was there when Tobias FORCEFULLY abducted her! Michael was shot by this man for the love of mike! And, Rochelle stood between he and Tobias so Tobias couldn't finish him off. For Michael to then have a jealous fit because she 'submitted' to this man is the real clue to his true character. He will end up being just as controlling over Rochelle as Tobias; perhaps not as abusive, but equally controlling.
Next "true life" point of the book: isn't is just like a woman to totally forgive the jerk.
Dear Mrs. Jeanette Cooper,
Take my congratulations especially for the book, Desperate Choices’’. As a Bulgarian who read books at English I can not see misspelling mistakes or anything wrong in the structure of the sentences even if somebody could find some of them. I have read a lot of books at English and most of them written by great English writers. I can dare say that like never before I started reading this book and couldn’t stop until I finished it. That happened only ones in all of my reading life-when I was reading a book by Thomas Hardy. I want to apologize if you see mistakes in my sentences. Great book! Thanks again.
Dimo Dimov/male/
I'm not a big reader, this book caught my attention as soon as I started reading it and it was absolutely hard for me to find a stopping point. I absolutely LOVED this book
This book is fantastic! Definitely a trashy summer leisure novel, but it kept me on edge and wanting more. Literally thinking about the book all day until I can once again turn its pages and take in the action and suspense.
Best book I ever read. Couldn't put it down in the 3 days i read it. Being the victim of such abuse myself, I identified with what she was going through. Yes you have to decide you want to live. Great story. Keep them coming...
It started so well... and fast turned into the most dreadful Mills and Boon style - terrible waste of what could have been a good story. So very corny and I had to stop reading it as I thought the Michael character (who I assume was the hero of the story) was the biggest creep I'd seen in fiction for a while! Real shame as it was so promising before the writer became obviously romantically self-indulgent. Please try again and drop the over descriptive style as well and concentrate on the story.
Hi everyone,
I am the author of Desperate Choices, and would like to apologize for all the typos and grammatical errors that some of you found in my book. Your review comments were valuable inasmuch as they challenged me to re-edit and revise the entire book. A reasonable balance between negative and positive reviews keeps me on target both creatively and constructively. I truly appreciate your taking the time to give me your helpful feedback.
I also would like to say a very special thanks to those readers who enjoyed my book, and whose warm comments of praise serve as the motivation that keeps me interested in writing. Your reviews are the food that nourishes my every writing attempt and I thank you all.
For anyone who downloaded an older version of Desperate Choices, but have not yet read it, you might want to go to Free-eBooks.net and download the recently revised edition
The only thing is despite being under the "Mystery" category it is quite predicable, not mysterious. But its a fine story that keeps you reading until the end.
This was an interesting book, sometimes you can relate to the main character with all the drama that she's going through, it did remind me of the movie "sleeping with the enemy" starring Julia Roberts. Sometimes the writer gave too much detail on certain subjects, I guess that's what made me like the book so much and why I’ve read it on my laptop for 3 nights until finished. Definitely worth a download.
I would've put my rating between yes and no.. It's not a bad book, but I'm having trouble keeping interested and wading through it. Also didn't realize it would have all the sex scenes.. It doesn't really need them.
Great read! I agree with one poster that it did move way too fast from one scene to the next and the ending left me with still some questions as to what happened to certain characters in the book. And what's with the typos and grammatical errors? Fun read, I enjoyed it. A little too predictable though. Even my husband could predict what would happen and he didn't even read the book.
Wow, where to start? I'm afraid I only made it to about page 15, and that was only because I was hoping it would get better, which it didn't.
The very first line was three sentences long, with no punctuation at all. I was out of breath reading it! Within the space of a few pages, Rochelle had 'declared defensively', 'quarrelled defensively', 'shouted defensively' and 'shouted angrily' - in fact there were so many unnecessary adverbs in what I read that it just made me laugh in the end.
After reading the author's profile and seeing how many downloads this book received, I was shocked at the quality of the prose. That said, Jeannette clearly has a readership and I suppose that's all that matters.
Not for me though I'm afraid.
this was an awesome read. it made me laugh, cry, and every emotion in between. you are a wonderful writer and i look forward to reading many more wonderful novels. on a scale of 1 - 10 i give it a 25, it's that good.
It's only been a week since I've downloaded this book and I can't wait to read another one of Jeanette Cooper's books! She understands how women, men and even dangerous people think!
What a great plot and characters! Jeanette Cooper fashions a tale in "Desperate Choices" that makes you live through every gut-wrenching phase of Rochelle Rathbone Chandler'9s mental, physical, and emotional victimization, which leads her to make decisions that will impact her life. But despite the hell she goes through, there is a tender, romantic journey in her future filled with the discovery of love. This is one great novel!
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