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Causing Havoc (SBC Fighters, Book 1) | 
 enlarge | Author: Lori Foster
Publisher: Berkley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 24527
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0425214230
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780425214237
ASIN: 0425214230
Publication Date: February 6, 2007
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Product Description
Orphaned and torn from his sisters as a boy, sexy extreme wrestler Dean "Havoc" Conor gets a letter revealing how much his siblings want him back in Harmony, Kentucky. To stop his sister from marrying a sleazeball, Dean finds himself teaming up with her pretty-but-smart-mouthed friend Eve-who's heard of Havoc's reputation and doesn't need some hunk trampling on her heart. Now all Dean has to do is protect his sisters, win Eve over, and expose a devious criminal. And he thought winning the heavyweight belt was hard.
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 The story was too ordinary and sweet for me. It was not entertaining enough. I prefer wittier dialogue and unexpected actions. May 24, 2008
All the main characters are likeable and nice to each other. Couples fall in love at first sight. There are a couple of "bad guys" who cause conflict. I do not recommend it because there was nothing creative or unusual about it. I wasn't surprised or delighted. The book reminded me of normal conversations and actions of people living in a small town. I would have preferred wittier dialogue.
Story brief: Dean is a mixed maritial arts fighter. His parents died when he was about 8. His uncle Grover raised him. His Aunt Lorna raised his two younger sisters, Cam and Jacki. Lorna hated Grover and Dean and never told his sisters that Dean existed. 21 years later Cam learns Dean exists and writes him. He visits and becomes involved in their lives. He also meets and immediately falls in love with Eve who is Cam's best friend.
Sexual language: moderate. Number of sex scenes: about four. Setting: current day Harmony, Kentucky. Copyright: 2007. Genre: contemporary romance with a little suspense.
 Havoc April 16, 2008
Lori Foster has fast become one of my favorite authors. I had read a couple of her other books, and liked them well enough to continue getting her books. Then I got my hands on Causing Havoc, and fell hard for Dean "Havoc" and the whole SBC Fighting world.
She writes her heroes just as I like them. A little arrogant, a little alpha, a whole lot of "hottie" and they even have a heart *g* Even if it takes a bit for them to find that out.
Eve & Dean hit it off the moment they met. Then they find out that Dean is actually Eve's best friend's long lost brother. He has a lot in store for him. He didn't actually think he'd be gaining a family, yet that is exactly what happens.
You also get a little bit of mystery in the story. Who hates Dean enough to try and get rid of him? Thankfully, that doesn't take up the whole story.
You see him interacting with his sisters, and trying not to bond with them, but can't help it. In the middle of all that, he is exploring his relationship with Eve. Whom he realizes pretty quickly that he doesn't want to be without.
There are also other relationships forming in the book, but it's not overdrawn. And you still end up happy with all the HEA's :)
Easy read February 13, 2008
This was a good book. I enjoyed the simple, tidy story and it was a fun read.
One of Foster's better novels January 29, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Dean is a champion extreme fighter in the SBC. A letter from his estranged sister has him returning to the hometown he was sent away from 21 years earlier by a maiden aunt who wanted nothing to do with him after his parent's death. He returns with mixed feelings, but soon finds himself falling for the sisters he hasn't seen all these years later. Though he protests being the over protective big brother, he soon fills that role when sister Camille is struggling to put youngest sister Jackie through college and hold on to the family's battered home, while keeping a suitor at arm's length. With the help of some of his SBC buddies, Dean agrees to help fix up the house. A romance blossoms with Cam's best friend Eve, who knows plenty about his sport without being a groupie. Can he forget the past and try small time life?
As always, Foster writes scorching intimate scenes between the Eve and Dean, and provides a couple secondary romances. Though they ooze chemistry, the relationship just didn't seem believable to me. I hate Foster's constant "me Tarzan you Jane and you gonna be in my bed tonight" mentality she assigns her "heroes" the moment that they meet their match. It's so interchangeable that it's just redundant. But having said that, I really found the story to be better than average - she delves into more family background rather than concentrating on her couplings, which is a new territory for her, proving that she can write more than a love scene. The mystery is light, but the interaction between the characters makes this a pretty entertaining read.
Loved It January 16, 2008
As a fan of UFC I really enjoyed the book. The hero reminded me of a few of the fighters that I drool over and that made it even better. Her hero was just the right blend of macho sensitivity and the heroine had a good amount of spunk.
The secondary romance was a very nice add and I was a little surprised at the villian. I also thought that her secondary characters were believable.
I highly recommend this book and can't wait to finish reading the next installment.
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