Bare It All

Love Undercover, Book 2

By: Lori Foster

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 14 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

As the person responsible for taking down a brutal human trafficker, Alice Appleton fears retaliation at every turn. No one knows about her past, which is exactly how she prefers it…until the sexy cop next door comes knocking. Detective Reese Bareden thinks he knows what makes women tick, but his ever-elusive neighbor keeps him guessing like no other. Is his goal to unmask Alice's secrets? Or protect her from a dangerous new threat? One thing is certain: Their chemistry is a time bomb waiting to explode. And with no one to trust but each other, Reese and Alice are soon drawn into a deadly maze of corruption, intrigue and desire - and into the line of fire….

©2013 Lori Foster (P)2013 Recorded Books

Good Book

Would you listen to Bare It All again? Why?

Sure I would

What did you like best about this story?

It was nice how it picked right up from the ending of "Run the Risk"

What about Jim Frangione’s performance did you like?

It was fine, not my favourite but overall fine.

Sexy Cop and Cute Puppy

I immediately loved Reese (police detective) because he rescued then adopted an abandoned puppy (Cash). In the middle of murder and mayhem, Cash added some humorous moments that kept this book from being too bleak.

Cash helped Reese (32) connect with Alice, an attractive neighbor who seemed afraid of people but loved animals. Alice (25) was smart and caring but sadly allowing a traumatic experience from her past to cripple her personal relationships.

While I liked Alice, I found her character too inconsistent - armed to the max but basically living like a prisoner in her apartment. I wished Alice had invested in some self defense training and counseling, but she was incredibly gutsy when she noticed some bad guys had invaded Reese's apartment.

Bare It All was entertaining, if slightly improbable. Men involved in human trafficking would not keep a woman captive without assaulting her.

Steamy

I absolutely loved this book. Characters are great. It was definitely a page Turner. I will recommend to my friends.

Loved it

I have to say - HUMOR. Intrigue, romance, etc. I am now a huge fan......lookijg forward to more.....hope the next installment won't be to long in the future!

Another five star story by Author Lori Forster

If you could sum up Bare It All in three words, what would they be?

A must read.

Which character – as performed by Jim Frangione – was your favorite?

I love all performance done by Jim Frangione.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes I couldn't stop till the end.

Any additional comments?

This series is one of the best I have read. Buy it. You will love it

Great read, but could have been better

This could have been so much better. The plot and characters are fantastic. It just tays waaaay too long to hey where he eans to

It ok too read.

The book was ok. The story was long and took forever to get to plot.

Yikes...TSTL Lead Character

What disappointed you about Bare It All?

Alice is really, really stupid. At first, I thought perhaps the whole wide-eyed innocent disingenuous thing might work. Not. I have read all of these books and found that as time goes on, each book Foster puts out, the lead female becomes more and more annoying to me. This one tops the list of TSTL (too stupid to live). In this book Alice takes a risk that is beyond stupid - when all she had to do was make a phone call to her POLICE DETECTIVE boyfriend and get help in a very dangerous situation. But because of some atonement crap issues she seems to have, she figures she is smarter and better able to handle a dangerous situation. When in truth, she not only endangered herself but also the other person she was "rescuing." What if the bozo bad guy had killed them both, which he could have easily done, then what? Yikes, I cannot stand dumb characters. And her absolute oblivion to logical thinking and understanding why her now lover is upset over her actions is beyond ludicrous. I also found the secondary character Rowdy to be a very confusing character. He is supposedly a stand-up guy - but in one scene between him and a woman he is interested in - he acts like a complete a** - basically letting her know that if she won't put out - another woman will. Too bad, so sad honey, it could have been you, but well - I'm gonna get me some action tonight either way. And that is supposed to make him sexy????? Ugh is too mild a word.

Would you ever listen to anything by Lori Foster again?

Probably done with her. I don't even know if I can finish this one...

How did the narrator detract from the book?

He drones when he reads...dragging out certain words in a way that takes you out of the story.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Bare It All?

Definitely the one with Rowdy in the bar with Avery described above.

Any additional comments?

I used to really like Lori Foster - but I don't get why she seems to want to portray women as dumb and needy and her male characters arrogant to the point of total jerks. I like a strong alpha male as good as the next woman, but some of the actions and words that come out of these guys mouth - well if someone talked to me that way, I'd knock their block off. And I sure wouldn't find it sexy. I don't think that is Foster's intention, but I don't see how any intelligent woman could read these characters and view them in any other light.

Don't Bother

What disappointed you about Bare It All?

It starts with a long description of the perfect male sex partner and just would not stop. That is all the further I got. If you are into that I suppose it might be OK. However I am looking for a story that grabs me in the first 20 minutes or so and this just kept getting worse.

Would you ever listen to anything by Lori Foster again?

No

How could the performance have been better?

There needs to be a story

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Bare It All?

I would say that long interminable descriptions of sexual attraction that seem to be totally unrealistic would have to go. Tell me a good story and let sex be a spice.

Any additional comments?

Not worth even the little bargain money that this cost me.