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His Witness, Her Child
His Witness, Her Child by Ann Voss Peterson released on May 25, 2001 is available now for purchase.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published June 1, 2001
About the author
Ann Voss Peterson
106 books102 followersAnn Voss Peterson is the author of over thirty novels and has millions of books in print all over the globe. Winner of the prestigious Daphne du Maurier Award and a Rita finalist, Ann is known for her adrenaline-fueled thrillers and romantic suspense novels, including the Codename: Chandler spy thrillers she writes with J.A. Konrath and her own thriller series featuring small town Wisconsin police chief Val Ryker.
A creative writing major in college, Ann worked all manner of jobs after graduation, ranging from grooming show horses to washing windows, and now she draws on her wide variety of life experiences to fill her fictional worlds with compelling energy and undeniable emotion.
She lives near Madison, Wisconsin with her family and their border collie.
A creative writing major in college, Ann worked all manner of jobs after graduation, ranging from grooming show horses to washing windows, and now she draws on her wide variety of life experiences to fill her fictional worlds with compelling energy and undeniable emotion.
She lives near Madison, Wisconsin with her family and their border collie.
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April 17, 2018
His Witness, Her Child
July 22, 2001
Ann Voss Peterson's second Intrigue, "His Witness, Her Child," is an action packed story that falls short of her remarkable debut, "Inadmissible Passion." Jacqueline Schettler's ex-husband was going to be the star witness in a high profile murder trial. His murder destroyed Assistant District Attorney Dillon Reese's case. Now he needs the testimony of Jacqueline's daughter, the only witness to her father's murder. Dillon had promised to keep her ex safe. Did Jacqueline dare listen to the cowboy lawyer when he said he could protect her daughter from the killer who now wanted her dead?
"His Witness, Her Child" is a hard book to review, not bad but not close to being what it should. There aren't any huge problems. There are many little ones that undermine the story. As a mother, watching Dillon put Jacqueline through this ordeal for his own selfish motives (and the ultimate revelations about his past only makes them seem more selfish) was painful. I find it hard to sympathize with a "hero" when he makes the heroine's life even more miserable than the villain does. Perhaps Peterson did too good of a job portraying Jacqueline's panic and desperation, because I was rooting for her to get away from this guy. Forget justice. She had every right to try and save her child.
Very little in this story rings true. Every time they discuss Dillon's Texas roots, he tends to speak with an accent, something he never does at any other point in the book. Inconsistent characterization isn't limited to Dillon. Jacqueline's reaction to certain characters in the epilogue doesn't square with the way they were portrayed through the rest of the book at all. This is especially egregious with one character. Dillon and Jacqueline's relationship is also strangely lacking in passion. The only time they demonstrate any fire is in the sex scene, which feels obligatory and seems to come out of nowhere. It felt more like they were having sex because this is a romance novel and romance novels are supposed to have sex scenes, not because they were that inspired. The author's choice of similar names for her characters (Kit and Britt, Janey and Jancey), occasionally slows the pace. There were several instances when I had to go back and read a line to remember who was Janey and who was Jancey, in particular ("I thought her name was Janey...no, wait. This is that other woman...") The ending also isn't much of a surprise.
"His Witness, Her Child" isn't a bad book by any means. The story flows smoothly. There's plenty of action. Jacqueline is a strong and sympathetic heroine. There are just so many little flaws that I had trouble getting past. Other readers may not have the same problems.
July 22, 2001
Ann Voss Peterson's second Intrigue, "His Witness, Her Child," is an action packed story that falls short of her remarkable debut, "Inadmissible Passion." Jacqueline Schettler's ex-husband was going to be the star witness in a high profile murder trial. His murder destroyed Assistant District Attorney Dillon Reese's case. Now he needs the testimony of Jacqueline's daughter, the only witness to her father's murder. Dillon had promised to keep her ex safe. Did Jacqueline dare listen to the cowboy lawyer when he said he could protect her daughter from the killer who now wanted her dead?
"His Witness, Her Child" is a hard book to review, not bad but not close to being what it should. There aren't any huge problems. There are many little ones that undermine the story. As a mother, watching Dillon put Jacqueline through this ordeal for his own selfish motives (and the ultimate revelations about his past only makes them seem more selfish) was painful. I find it hard to sympathize with a "hero" when he makes the heroine's life even more miserable than the villain does. Perhaps Peterson did too good of a job portraying Jacqueline's panic and desperation, because I was rooting for her to get away from this guy. Forget justice. She had every right to try and save her child.
Very little in this story rings true. Every time they discuss Dillon's Texas roots, he tends to speak with an accent, something he never does at any other point in the book. Inconsistent characterization isn't limited to Dillon. Jacqueline's reaction to certain characters in the epilogue doesn't square with the way they were portrayed through the rest of the book at all. This is especially egregious with one character. Dillon and Jacqueline's relationship is also strangely lacking in passion. The only time they demonstrate any fire is in the sex scene, which feels obligatory and seems to come out of nowhere. It felt more like they were having sex because this is a romance novel and romance novels are supposed to have sex scenes, not because they were that inspired. The author's choice of similar names for her characters (Kit and Britt, Janey and Jancey), occasionally slows the pace. There were several instances when I had to go back and read a line to remember who was Janey and who was Jancey, in particular ("I thought her name was Janey...no, wait. This is that other woman...") The ending also isn't much of a surprise.
"His Witness, Her Child" isn't a bad book by any means. The story flows smoothly. There's plenty of action. Jacqueline is a strong and sympathetic heroine. There are just so many little flaws that I had trouble getting past. Other readers may not have the same problems.
August 19, 2017
Repeat words made this tedious to get through in spots. This is the first Harlequin book where I've seen so many repeats (the word little, for example, or the hero's black eyes) and redundancies. I also agree with the reviewer who pointed out the cliches. And there were so many places where it felt like ideas were overdone just to up the word count. For example: It was worse than that. Much worse. She understood. She understood perfectly. Even if he didn't mean to put Amanda at risk, even if he didn't mean to endanger her, the result would be the same. Couldn't-wouldn't, too this, too that, too...
I did enjoy the story, though. Harlequin Intrigue is one of my favorite imprints. If you can get past the above-mentioned issues, there is a good story here, with suspense that's nicely done. I am glad I read this one.
So far, my all-time favorite is Harlequin's Imminent Thunder (Rachel Lee). Pretty sure that's a Silhouette Shadows title.
I did enjoy the story, though. Harlequin Intrigue is one of my favorite imprints. If you can get past the above-mentioned issues, there is a good story here, with suspense that's nicely done. I am glad I read this one.
So far, my all-time favorite is Harlequin's Imminent Thunder (Rachel Lee). Pretty sure that's a Silhouette Shadows title.
January 8, 2013
It was a mostly enjoyable read, although very cliched.
August 30, 2013
i really enjoyed it.my favorite kind of books.some romance and some suspense.trying to find out who the leak is thats getting witnesses killed
February 6, 2014
A very good book, kept you wondering until the end.
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