Standoff Hardcover – May 2, 2000

Continue Sandra I know it takes a while to write a good book and my patience is there for you I loved every book that I’ve read of yours and I think I’ve read most of them. I don’t watch TV anymore. I read it so far on my tablet, it says I read 348 days straightlove it thank you.

Great read, as all Browns are!

I LOVE Sandra Brown books. Read many. This one is very suspenseful.

The book is fine, was on time.

STANDOFF, a novel by Sandra Brown, takes place in the desolate West Texas town of Hera. Tiel McCoy, a hot Dallas TV news reporter is forced by her boss, Gully, to take vacation time or lose it. While driving to Angel Fire, a resort in northern New Mexico, Tiel hears on her car radio about a possible kidnapping of the teenage daughter of multimillionaire and Dallas businessman, Russ Dendy. After contacting Gully, Tiel changes her mind about a vacation and heads for Hera. She’s betting that 18-year-old Ronnie Davidson, the alleged kidnapper and Sabra Dendy are also heading for Hera where Ronnie’s father owns a ranch. While making a call from a convenience store pay phone in Hera she becomes a witness to a holdup. Tiel, an older couple on their honeymoon, a rugged and handsome rancher named, Doc, and two swarthy and dangerous looking Mexican men are taken hostage by the young couple. We learn that the high school kids are madly in love and running away from Sabra’s despotic father who has vowed to kill Ronnie. We also learn that Sabra is in the final stages of pregnancy and her father has told her that she would not be allowed to keep the baby. The next few hours are filled with high drama. As Ronnie holds his hostages at gun point, the convenience store is surrounded by SWAT, FBI, local sheriff deputies and a flock of Dallas metroplex media. Oh, yes, Brown didn’t forget to stick in the requisite sex scene toward the end. I enjoyed the story, particularly our heroine, Tiel. Brown would be wise to plug Tiel into a future novel. I give Standoff 3 ½ stars.

Her characters and plots areAlways complex!

Really enjoyed these characters. They were actually people I might meet or know in spite of the roles they played in the story. Loved this book and highly recommend it.

I’ve read and enjoyed many of Sandra Brown’s books. This book took a different approach from her other stories and it scored a home run!A hostage and high-anxiety situation mixed with with serious family dynamics made for a gripping story that will keep that book in your hands until the very end! Don’t miss reading ‘Stand-off’!👍