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No Good Deed |  | Author: Lynn Lorenz
Publisher: Amber Allure
Category: Book
Buy New: $13.50
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Rating:  reviews
Media: Paperback
Pages: 186
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 160272816X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781602728165
ASIN: 160272816X
Publication Date: January 18, 2010
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Product Description
(Gay / Erotica / Mystery / Detective / Suspense / Thriller / Action / Adventure / Interracial / Multicultural / Contains Some Heterosexual [M/F] Content) They say no good deed goes unpunished. Two men are about to find out if that old saying is true... Captain Daniel Chan works for the Riceland Police Department. It's a small town in Texas and he's the only Chinese American on the force. He considers himself bisexual, but when he meets Mark Montgomery, a gay man, he falls hard. But being with Mark means he'll have to commit to being gay. Mark won't have it any other way. Mark's a man with a terrible past and he's in hiding from it and the man who tried to kill him so long ago. When he meets Dan, it's a chance at healing old wounds and finding a new life. But it also means exposure, and that's something Mark's avoided for years. When he's thrust onto center stage after a shooting, he turns to Dan for protection. But even in a small town, things can get complicated. Political maneuvering, shady real estate deals, and men's ambitions all collide, catching Dan and Mark in the middle. Will the forces they encounter destroy them and their newfound love, or will it bind them together?
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 no good deed April 28, 2010
Anthony Jj Travick (Mishawka , In usa)
I liked it ,It strated out slow but that was good .then it grabed you and you could,nt put down and you just had to konw what happend next.
Excellent cop romance! February 14, 2010
R.Parklane (Tokyo, Japan)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love a good cop romance and this is what I get in "No Good Deed". I like Captain Daniel Chan's character. In his early forties, this 4th generation Chinese man has come a long way in life. He is not only the captain of the police force but to be one in a small town in Texas is quite an achievement for this Asian man. But this has come at a price. He is so alone. There are moments when he feels he has nothing much going for him. Times like this when he gets so depressed and lonely that he puts a gun into his mouth. If only he has the courage to pull the trigger. He has come to a crossroad in life and meeting Mark may just be his turning point.
A hero in a disastrous road bully incident, Mark has his own horrifying past. A victim of domestic violence, this gentle gay man is still struggling to heal.
Both men are wary of any relationship despite the felt attraction. For Mark understandably so as he fears to be touched. For Daniel it means coming out of the closet and what could be worse than a gay Asian cop.
I love a well narrated story and this is what I get in No Good Deed. Self deprecating, a trait ingrained from all the Chinese jokes, Daniel's narration is absorbing and engaging. And what I enjoy about his character is he is not the 100% goody-goody straight cop. He is practical and not afraid of deviating slightly from the straight path if it serves him. I enjoy the well thought out plot with its exciting moments. It is not the usual crime thriller and that is what makes this story unique. And I enjoy the growing relationship between Daniel and Mark. The writer has avoided the usual instant attraction and sex. Mark's problems are real. It takes time for him to trust again. And how could it be easy for Daniel when it is a huge step for a man who feels he is bisexual with a failed marriage behind him. Their love is convincing with its ups and downs. And even if this is Daniel's narration, Mark's hidden strength is a wonderful revelation. No Good Deed is one captivating narration as I read it straight through. Highly recommended!
No Good Deed by Lynn Lorenz January 29, 2010
Elisa (Italy)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I suppose that, when you start a cop themed story, violence and danger is what you are expecting, and probably the cops in question to not have a particular deepness, macho man sure, but nothing more. Plus if the cop is also bis exual, you lift your brows with a bit of scepticism, bis exual men usually are not so well welcomed in romance, they have give the idea to be undecided. Actually this is a point that would be worthy of more attention, why bis exual men, or women for that matter, aren't allowed to be hero, but maybe this is not the time, and it would distract people from the book in question, and it's a too good book to have it.
Anyway Daniel Chan, the Chinese-American captain of a small police department in an even smaller Texan country town, is probably the first bis exual man I like in a romance. He has always known to prefer men, if he can choose, but sometime he couldn't, like when is ultra-conservative family wanted him to marry a good Chinese girl, or when he moved in a small town USA where being g ay was not an option, but a calling for bashing, and so he had his share of women in life; and then he is also honest with himself, and he can recognize when a woman is attractive, and he has even an ideal when speaking of them. Daniel has quite a straight mind, no pun intended, he likes men and women, more men than women, but he knows that he can love only men, and since for him it's not allowed to love men, so he is alone. If asked he replies that he is bis exual; but when he falls in love for a man, and that man is g ay, and he wants a monogamous relationship, than that means that Daniel is g ay, simple like that, no sweat on it.
It's so simple for Daniel, as it is simple for him to admit that he is in love for Mark, the man he met in the line of duty and that now seems to be the only important thing for Daniel. All right, Daniel knows that it can't be simple for them to openly live their relationship, that they will have to face some cold attitude, but again, balancing the pro and cons, to have or not to have Mark, for Daniel again the solution is simple, Mark comes before anything else. And if with Mark come also all his trouble, a very traumatic past experience that left him broken, first in body and now in soul, Daniel, with all his patience and love, is ready to patch him up. It's like dealing with a skittish horse, but if someone is up to the task, Daniel is the man.
Daniel is really a wonderful character. He is not a brooding cop, so deep in the closet to have lost the feeling to be free. The people who are really near him, like his best friend Jeff, know what he is and who he likes, only that Daniel is not making of it a public question. Probably there is not even a reason, he has not a special someone in his life; but when that special man makes his appearance, then Daniel has no doubt that, to love him, he has to do the right thing. But it's not even a question of sacrifice, there is not tortured decision, not beating himself on the bad fate, it's again, the simplest thing to do, smooth like that, simple like that. One glance in the deep pools that are Mark's eyes, and Daniel knows that the time is arrived.
I also like that Daniel is not a self-righteous man, sincerely that type of man are boring and sometime even nasty. Daniel has his weak points, he sometime is even depressed, and if it's convenient, and not dangerous for any living souls, he is also able to forget the book and stretch the law a bit. Basically Daniel is a good man, with all his faults that make him even more good.
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