Rage in the Page: Incredibly Bad

Saturday, April 07, 2007

Title: Born to be Bad
Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon

Remember this book? Yeah, so the current one is actually three short novellas involving people from the same “agency.”

First up, Samantha’s sent after Jason, an agent who’s suspected of having gone rogue. Of course, having worked together for a few years, there’s always been a great deal of sexual tension that wasn’t acted upon. They’re in Germany, where Samantha quickly learns that Jason was set up, and the two of them end up on the run from the real bad guys. They spend a lot of time, when they’re not running, naked and in bed, and the bad guys are stopped in the end.

Then Kyle’s on an island for R&R, and he’s bored out of his mind. Marianne’s also on the island, having won a contest from the back of some romance novel to get to live out her favorite book. Kyle sees Marianne and immediately falls for her; she’s already bored with her “vacation” because her favorite book involves the super-hunky agents I too seem to enjoy, and the actor/models they hired are not up to snuff. Kyle kidnaps her from her fake kidnappers, and then they spend a few days hiding in a cave and having sex. I didn’t really read this one because it was so preposterous.

And finally there’s Rhea, an agent who’ll be sent undercover to get info from a terrorist, but she’ll be going undercover as a dominatrix, so she has to learn how to be a convincing one. Of course, Ace, another agent, will help out with the learning process. Again, they’ve never acted on the sexual tension that’s been around for years, but put her in pleather with a whip…

If I hadn’t been bored and in need of some really mindless reading (and had had any other books…) this would have joined the long list of books I start and don’t bother finishing. Maybe I should start a separate category for those…

Labels: crap, hunky armed forces or government operatives, romantic "suspense", trashy romance