Undetected, Book #14

Ok, I'm gonna let the secret out.  With my birthday money I bought myself a Paperwhite Kindle. I know some of you are not believing your eyes right now, but it is indeed true.  I have been debating off and on for awhile now and decided just to take the plunge.  (No pun intended with the book I just read!) It is a lot different than having the paper book in your hand, but it is sure nice and easy to slip in my purse and takes up a lot less room.  And now I can clear off that night stand even faster!!  

That said, I just finished my first book I read on the Paperwhite.  I have always loved Dee Henderson books of late because they have so much more than just a simple love story in them.  I'm not opposed to simple love stories, but sometimes I want to read something with a little more depth or plot line.  This puppy had nearly 500 pages (on the PW) stock full of info about the Navy, submarines, warfare, solar flares, being a Commander on a submarine, Control Room sagas ... it took me the first quarter of the book to even figure out where the love story was going to come in!!  The only thing I didn't like about it was the ending.  It was really, really getting good and then BOOM! It's over.  And this "series" does not feed off other books like other series' of hers or other authors. This is just a fill in the blank of how you think they are going to live happily ever after.


When asked what he does for a living . . .
Commander Mark Bishop is deliberately low-key: "I'm in the Navy." But commanding the ballistic missile submarine USS Nevada, keeping her crew trained and alert during ninety-day submerged patrols, and being prepared to launch weapons on valid presidential orders, carries a burden of command like few other jobs in the military. Mark Bishop is a man who accepts that responsibility, and handles it well. And at a time when tensions are escalating around the Pacific Rim, the Navy is glad to have him.

Mark wants someone to come home to after sea patrols. The woman he has in mind is young, with a lovely smile, and very smart. She's a civilian, yet she understands the U.S. Navy culture. And he has a strong sense that life with her would never be boring. But she may be too deep in her work to see the potential in a relationship with him.

Gina Gray would love to be married. She has always envisioned her life that way. A breakup she didn't see coming, though, has her focusing all her attention on what she does best--ocean science research. She's on the cusp of a major breakthrough, and she needs Mark Bishop's perspective and help. Because what she told the Navy she's figured out is only the beginning. If she's right, submarine warfare is about to enter a new and dangerous chapter.
(picture and description at amazon.com) 


For anyone who is wondering, I do still plan to read real paper books, I mean who could ditch your first love?!?

O:)
Melissa