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**系列說明: Visitation, Book # 1 **
**本書男主角Joe為Winston Brothers Series的堂兄弟**
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Zebra (August 1, 2003)
You met Joe Winston in Lori Foster's Wild. Now, the Winston brothers' seductive, bad-boy cousin is back and up against a woman who's immune to his considerable charms...or so it seems...
Joe Winston has a routine with women: he exists; they swoon; roll credits. With his smoldering looks, macho style, and irrepressible charm, Joe can have any woman -- except the one he really wants. Secretly, Luna Clark may lust after Joe, but she's made it clear that she's too smart to fall for him. He can just keep holding his breath, thank you very much. But now, Luna's inherited two kids who need more than she alone can give in a small town that seems hell-bent on driving them away. She needs someone to help out...someone who can't be intimidated...someone just like Joe. Becoming an instant family wasn't exactly what Joe had in mind, but hey, it's a start, and you can't blame a guy for trying every angle.
After all, where there's a Joe, there's a way...straight into a woman's heart.
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Re: SAY NO TO JOE? by Lori Foster
我原本是在想，既然林白已經要出版Say No To Joe?的中譯本了，我就別來貼報報，但是，說實話，Say No To Joe?真是Lori Foster少數長篇佳作之一（連一向痛惡她的咯咯笑女士也大方給了86分哩 http://www.mrsgiggles.com/books/foster_joe.html ），所以最後還是忍不住爬上來嘮嗑一下。
對 於新接觸Lori Foster的讀者來說（我指目前只看過Wild中譯本「我心狂野」的童鞋），妳們在看這本Say No To Joe?「無法拒絕」時，可以摒除架構薄弱的印象了，Lori Foster在這本書中很難得地稍稍淡化了男女主角之間的性張力，將主力擺在Joe如何展現出一個值得去愛的英雄本色，從一塊不是結婚的料，轉變成戀家男 人，人物個性設定或許有些矯情，但看到Joe和Luna亳不吝嗇以言語和行動來關愛兩個小孩，內心就很溫暖。這本書以很長的篇幅描述他們如何解決Luna 堂妹兩個遺孤Willow和Austin所面臨到的生活困境，扶助他們從倍受鄉親欺侮到可以抬頭挺胸，尤其是Austin坦承他的夜遊壞習慣，其實只是單 純地想享受一段不受惡言惡語的時光時，令我忍不住揪心。
在懸疑部份，以我這顆推理力不強的腦袋來看，Lori Foster舖陳的不錯，也許是因為Lori安插了一個神秘人物Jamie裝神弄鬼，再加上壞人似乎不只一個，雖然猜得到誰是幕後主使欲逼兩個小孩離開，但至少我猜不出來跟蹤Joe者的意圖啦～
Joe維持Lori一貫的男主角甜言蜜語風格，火辣場景雖然比起上一本Wild「我心狂野」少，但還是很有看頭。Luna也是一位很率直的女性，她趕走惡劣親戚和花痴管家那一幕，值得掌聲鼓勵鼓勵。
Say No To Joe?的主角雖然是Winston家族的人，但因為Lori Foster接下來的作品延伸另一套懸疑羅曼史去了，所以嚴格來算，Joe不算Winston系列，而是新系列的第一本，但又因Joe和Luna在 Wild中初登場，實在太難將系列別分的很清楚。Lori在這本書安排了不少人物登場，這批人都是接下來系列作品的主角，是的，幾乎所有出現在這本的未婚 人士都是，我個人是蠻期待Joe小妹Alyx的愛情故事，希望今年六月出版的新書，Lori不會讓我再失望，因為說起Joe之後的兩本書Bryan和 Bruce，唉，唉，唉。