| Title | : | Survive the Night (Lost-Inc., #1) |
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| ISBN | : | 0373445091 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780373445097 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2012 |
Survive the Night (Lost-Inc., #1) Reviews
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I enjoyed this book a lot of suspense. Della and Paul, and Wary are great characters.
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This story show a women who fought a war around the world in the Middle East only to come home on emergency leave to find a husband with divorce papers and leaving her alone to plan her son's funeral. In steps a friend who will help her rebuild her life only to have her life threatened by an unknown person. These two shows each other that its okay to find happiness but it also shows them that closer will open up a new being in for each other and to bring back God in the women's life again.
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This author is a great addition to the Love Inspired writers. Her first LIS book is gripping and kept me turning pages.
Lots of twists, turns, and no way you could be sure who the stalker was until the end!
Trying not to put in any spoilers here, but the ending was satisfying for the characters but WIDE OPEN for more books to come. I loved that. Life is rarely tied up in a neat bow at the end.
Had a little trouble distinguishing between Paul's sister Maggie and the Lost Inc team leader Madison-now I can see what my critiquers mean when they tell me two similar sounding names are confusing.
It also got a bit confusing with the wealth of developed characters when we're hearing about their individual stories and how they tie in with Paul and Della. But that just means I fully expect books about every single one of them!
Paul was a great guy who has strong character despite where he came from. Della has survived what no mom hopes ever to have to go through. I love characters I can respect. They don't whine, they just get on with it despite how hard it is.
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I usually enjoy the Love Inspired books, but had a difficult time getting into this new series.
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Della Jackson used to be a military woman, that is until there’s an accident at home and she comes home to find her husband serving her divorce papers at the airport and her 3 year old son dead. Years later, she’s the top investigator for Lost Inc but still stuck mourning what she lost. When the man accused of sending her the bomb that killed her little boy and injuring her then-husband is cut lose from the psych hospital, she worries her problems are going to begin again. Notes and packages start appearing at her house, bombs start going off and she’s convinced he’s back. But is it really him? Paul Mason isn’t so sure.
Paul has been Della’s friend ever since she came to Lost Inc. He has secretly been in love with her for a long time, but knew she needed space. Paul’s a smart man and gives her the space she needs, willing to wait. But when someone starts targeting her, he can’t help but get involved and attempt to shield her from harm.
All in all it was a pretty interesting book. The author does a pretty good job of making it seem like the bad guy is one person, then another, but never really revealing who it is.
I appreciate that these two characters had a great background of being friends for years. They really knew each other, for the most part, making their whirlwind romance seem quite believable. While there is some sort of marriage proposal at the end, Paul once again shows his thoughtfulness by making it a light, open ended question, a but like a joke and let’s Della tell him that someday she’ll say yes, once she has a chance to process and heal from the events of the past several years. -
This book should have been my cup of tea. But it was so bad! I had no idea what was going on because it was 90% dialogue and the author did not actually show anything that was happening.
Very very bad. There are many wonderful Love Inspired Suspense stories. This isn’t one of them. -
Non-stop action and danger in this story! I had a hard time putting it down, but then again that happens pretty easily with a Vicki Hinze book....
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That was thrilling and heartbreaking, and I am super glad my library has the next 2 books in ebook form! If you like suspense books, this is definitely one to check out.
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I remember it being really good. It was, re-reading, but it was missing some oomph factor. Maybe it was because I was reading on a small, large print book? Didn't even know it was a series
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Lost, Inc.
Book 1
In the first of three books, we meet Della Jackson who currently works for an organization who work at finding lost people. She is best friend's with a man who helped her through the most tragic events of her life - the death of her son and marriage. And he's not leaving her again when she starts being attacked.
It's interesting that we've almost stepped into the middle of the mess when the book starts. Della and Paul are very close friends, and possibly in love with each other. Della, of course, fights her feelings. Della has also been threatened and already knows someone is pursuing her. She believes her stalker is the man who murdered her son. As the story progresses, we learn of a series plot about someone leaking information about a highly confidential organization inside the military called "The Nest." People knowing about it can cause severe problems, and the government wants to know who the squealer is. All those involved in Lost, Inc. know about "The Nest," so everyone has the potential of being the squealer. I'm guessing we don't find out the "who" until the end of the third book, which makes this an exciting read and will make you want to read them in order just so you don't ruin the surprise.
There was a lot of action in this book, and the romance was believable. I liked Paul and how he tried to love Della even when she didn't want to be loved. He tried to protect her even though she obviously didn't want his help. He never gave up on her. There was a lot of romantic tension that just added to this book.
Unfortunately, this book didn't hold my excitement and attention like many of the LI books, so I did take off one star. But it's still an excellent book. -
What a great author to add to the Love Inspired series'. This is a great book! I noticed some grammatical errors through out it, but hey, I got the book for $4.75 so I really can't complain! The characters are absolutely wonderful. She has such a knack for accurately portraying how people think, what they are feeling, and why they are feeling it. She really takes you to the depths of some of their souls.
The plot line is really good, it definitely keeps you on the edge of your seat most of the time. The story line isn't too predicable. If you are a writer or very well ready it could be; or you might at least guess things a bit before they are revealed in the book like I did. This is another great christian book that doesn't get cheesy like a lot of them can either.
All in all this is a very realistic, accurate, thrilling adult story line that is intriguing to the end. Definitely worth the time to read, I look forward to the next one! -
Why is it that when life becomes unbearable, we blame God for not being there? Grief did exactly that to Della. I loved learning who she was and her journey to understanding that God is in everything and only He know where we are supposed to land. Della's journey with finding her way back to God came through a terrible ordeal, yet she was not alone, her friends came and gathered to her to help her through the nightmare. Paul most of all, I love that Vicki gave Della a godly man to help her reach peace with the shock of loosing her son and the peace that came with discovering that God had never left her side. I received this book from bookfun.org for my honest opinion. I would recommend the entire series to everyone that loves a great suspense with love for a twist.
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I love the staff and authors at LoveInspired reads/books. They use all the elements to create an enjoyable, intriguing story (a little romance, Faith, and a lot of suspense and challenges). Most LoveInspired books I have read have great, but for some reason this book done nothing for me. I couldn't focus and skipped around a lot. However, because of its intriguing title and synopsis will keep the book and try again sometime. I want to give Ms Hinze another chance at another time.
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In Hinze’s inspirational romantic suspense, Della Jackson is in the process of rebuilding her life after losing everything—her son and her husband. But the past isn’t easy to forget for her—or someone else. Della is being stalked and those closest to her are the targets. Her best friend, former special operative Paul Mason teams with Della to face their worst fears so they can survive what is yet to come.
An interesting installment to the Lost Inc. series. -
"Survive the Night" by Vicki Hinze was a great book and storyline. Della Jackson, who lost everything tries to start again as an investigator. Della is being stalked and her best friend, former special operative, Paul Mason tries to protect Della. This story is about overcoming scars from the past, healing, and loving once again. I received this book for review from The Book club Network Inc. This is a great website for readers.
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Somewhere between 3 1/2 and four. Pretty good for this type of book. It was a little difficult to believe [SPOILER ALERT] that two different "bad guys" would be operating at exactly the same time without any apparent coordination, but perhaps this will be resolved in the next installment of te series.
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I received this book from Bookfun.org in exchange for my honest opinion. I really enjoyed Survive the Night. It was suspenseful from beginning to end. Each time I thought I was ready to stop reading for the night, there would be something drawing me to read just a little bit more. A very enjoyable book that makes you want to read the rest in the series.
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Just finished the book "Survive The Night" by Vicki Hinze. Good, Quick, Easy read. Good topic for some extra thought, although I was unhappy with how things ended. Not a suprise considering it is part of a series.
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Survive the Night by Vicki Hinze
This was so good, loads of action, really wonderful characters, spice and a great read. It's the first in a series called Lost Inc.,the next one being Christmas Count Down, which I've started, and yes, it's even better!! -
While I appreciate Paul and Della's relationship growing over time, the choice of not revealing the name of the real stalker complicated the story too much. In general, Hinze uses too many descriptions for this novel to be effective as a mystery.
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W. O. W. Very suspensful!! Twists and turns all throughout!!!!
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Miniseries: Lost, Inc.
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Miniseries: Lost, Inc.
Category: Inspirational Romance -
Survivors the night (lost,ink,book,1)
The book was good, but I realized I read this book some other time, and I choose to read something new at this time.
