"Forever Blue is too good to be true."
Suzanne Brockmann's sophomore re-issue with Mira after the
hugely successful Prince Joe is foremost a crackling
romance and a passionate salute to the Navy SEALs of
America at its core like its predecessor. However this
time round in Forever Blue, Ms. Brockmann notches up this
saccharine romance with elements of small-town murder and
mayhem when the hero, Blue McCoy is suspected of killing
his stepbrother Gerry after his wedding reception. It
reveals later to be a decoy to frame McCoy given his
former attachments to Gerry's soon-to-be-wife Jenny Lee. Lucy Tait, who harbours a teenage crush on the SEAL is
implicated when she is assigned to investigate. She takes
him in when the community at Hatboro Creek repudiates him
and accuses him of cold-blooded murder. Sexual tension
arises with their closed proximity and as Blue comes to
terms with his love for his ardent tenacious worshipper.
Yet Lucy is reluctant to believe that this fairy-tale
romance could ever come to fruition with the more
beautiful Jenny Lee as a rival. This wildly schmaltzy tale, coupled with a to-die-for
brooding hero and a feisty rookie, is a top-notch dazzling
romance. What with the frenetic pacing of action and twists
to compliment the soaring romance, this book under
Brockmann's glorious pen vows to enthrall and leave you
swooning with passion.
Reviewed by Desmond CHan
Posted February 15, 2003
SummaryBlue McCoy was once the hero of Lucy Tait's teenaged
dreams -- quiet, dart and dangerous. After high school he
left Hatboro Creek, South Carolina, to join the military.
Years later, now a Navy Seal, Blue was a man who embodied
all of Lucy's fantasies.
Now Blue is back in town, and Lucy is not the person he
remembered. She's a no-nonsense police officer -- and a
woman Blue can't take his eyes off. But then Blue is
accused of murder. And Lucy is assigned his case. Now their
brief affair has became part of an extensive investigation,
where what's at stake is critical -- Blue's future . . .
and maybe Lucy's heart.
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