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Colby Agency #4
Solitary Soldier
Solitary Soldier by Debra Webb released on Dec 25, 2001 is available now for purchase.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
About the author
Debra Webb
557 books2,503 followersDEBRA WEBB is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 180 novels, including reader favorites the Finley O'Sullivan and Devlin & Falco series. She is the recipient of the prestigious Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for Romantic Suspense as well as numerous Reviewers Choice Awards. In 2012 Debra was honored as the first recipient of the esteemed L. A. Banks Warrior Woman Award for her courage, strength, and grace in the face of adversity. Recently Debra was awarded the distinguished Centennial Award for having achieved publication of her 100th novel.
With more than ten million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.
With more than ten million books in print in numerous languages and countries, Debra’s love of storytelling goes back to her childhood when her mother bought her an old typewriter in a tag sale. Born in Alabama, Debra grew up on a farm. She spent every available hour exploring the world around her and creating her stories. She wrote her first story at age nine and her first romance at thirteen. It wasn’t until she spent three years working for the Commanding General of the US Army in Berlin behind the Iron Curtain and a five-year stint in NASA’s Shuttle Program that she realized her true calling. A collision course between suspense and romance was set. Since then she has expanded her work into some of the darkest places the human psyche dares to go. Visit Debra at www.debrawebb.com.
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August 29, 2013
★★★½☆ This one was pretty good. It is the first time I've read this author and the story was well done in the short amount of time this type of publication allows. I'm really tempted to give it four stars...
October 9, 2016
I read this book in one sitting. I enjoyed the love story, the pace of the book, and the author's writing. The suspense kept me glued to the pages. I found a new author to follow. I will read more of her books.
August 4, 2012
This was the second book in one of those two for one walmart specials, and I did not enjoy the first one so I was worried about this one. But I was surprised to find I really liked this story. Good story and writing. Believable characters. They were tortured and dark with enough love to help each other. The kid was in it just enough, and was written very well. Sloan was very sexy and tortured. I wouldn't mind reading more by this author.
April 18, 2018
April 24, 2002
Debra Webb's Colby Agency series continues in "Solitary Solider." Rachel Larson is desperate to keep her son away from his father, an assassin determined to take him and kill her. The only man she can turn to is Trevor Sloan. Sloan's wife and son were killed by the assassin called Angel. Can he open his heart to this woman and the son of his mortal enemy?
"Solitary Soldier" is a story that should appeal to readers who like their romantic suspense heavy on the romance and light on the suspense. After a promising beginning, "Solitary Soldier" turns out to be a story with little action and minimal plot, where the characters do little more than sit around and wait for the villain to show up. There's no mystery because we know who the villain is and what his motives are from the start. There's little suspense because almost nothing happens in this story. He teaches her self-defense. They argue. They have sex. Except for one action sequence, this book's middle sags horribly. The story comes to a complete halt for almost forty pages where the characters do nothing but have sex, then worry about their growing feelings, then have more sex. However, readers who enjoy steamy sex scenes and good character development should find plenty to like here. We are allowed to see Sloan and Rachel fall in love and grow into their relationship. It is a very convincing romance about two people opening their hearts to one another. Too bad the romance isn't developed with the suspense. It overwhelms it.
"Solitary Soldier" isn't helped by its scheduling. Once again, the Intrigue editors have scheduled very similar books back-to-back. Regular readers may find this story contains too many similarities to December's "Lassiter's Law" by Rebecca York. Fragile heroine desperate to hide a young boy from his murderous father. Tortured hero who lost it after the death of his wife and child, turned to drinking, and who has a score to settle with the boy's father. The difference is that book is action packed and has some big surprises along the way. For me the impact was lessened because I felt like I had just read this story a month ago.
Webb's growing number of fans should enjoy this tale. Personally I would recommend Gayle Wilson's "The Stranger She Knew," Intrigue 513, a story about a desperate mother forced to depend on a dangerous man that manages to be emotional and romantic without losing track of the sense of danger, instead.
Debra Webb's Colby Agency series continues in "Solitary Solider." Rachel Larson is desperate to keep her son away from his father, an assassin determined to take him and kill her. The only man she can turn to is Trevor Sloan. Sloan's wife and son were killed by the assassin called Angel. Can he open his heart to this woman and the son of his mortal enemy?
"Solitary Soldier" is a story that should appeal to readers who like their romantic suspense heavy on the romance and light on the suspense. After a promising beginning, "Solitary Soldier" turns out to be a story with little action and minimal plot, where the characters do little more than sit around and wait for the villain to show up. There's no mystery because we know who the villain is and what his motives are from the start. There's little suspense because almost nothing happens in this story. He teaches her self-defense. They argue. They have sex. Except for one action sequence, this book's middle sags horribly. The story comes to a complete halt for almost forty pages where the characters do nothing but have sex, then worry about their growing feelings, then have more sex. However, readers who enjoy steamy sex scenes and good character development should find plenty to like here. We are allowed to see Sloan and Rachel fall in love and grow into their relationship. It is a very convincing romance about two people opening their hearts to one another. Too bad the romance isn't developed with the suspense. It overwhelms it.
"Solitary Soldier" isn't helped by its scheduling. Once again, the Intrigue editors have scheduled very similar books back-to-back. Regular readers may find this story contains too many similarities to December's "Lassiter's Law" by Rebecca York. Fragile heroine desperate to hide a young boy from his murderous father. Tortured hero who lost it after the death of his wife and child, turned to drinking, and who has a score to settle with the boy's father. The difference is that book is action packed and has some big surprises along the way. For me the impact was lessened because I felt like I had just read this story a month ago.
Webb's growing number of fans should enjoy this tale. Personally I would recommend Gayle Wilson's "The Stranger She Knew," Intrigue 513, a story about a desperate mother forced to depend on a dangerous man that manages to be emotional and romantic without losing track of the sense of danger, instead.
January 9, 2015
A truly suspenseful, sizzling story. Twisted, in that the victim, Rachel and her son Josh, request the help of Sloan to get rid of the assassin Angel. Angel is Rachel's ex-lover and father of her son and also the killer of Sloan's wife and child. Truly gripping and interesting. Debra Webb is a fantastic storyteller and I truly enjoy her books.
October 15, 2011
Another delightful book on my keeper shelf. I really like Solitary Soldier and over the years have read it several times. The heroine was desperately in need of a hero. The hero, who had problems of his own, had a truly wounded soul, and I really felt for him. Great read! Recommended!
February 15, 2010
Typically harlequin romance, loved it, perfect for a quick read on a snowy day. You must be in love!
May 13, 2011
My favorite book in the series. I've gone back and reread this one many times. I love how it had a nice clean ending that took away the tragedy of the past.
March 30, 2017
This was a sweet story of how love and appreciation can break through barriers people have created!
Loved how it ended! So sweet!
Loved how it ended! So sweet!
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