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I was very disappointed in this book! It started out great but the more I read the less interesting it became. There was also just too much sex in it and not enough mystery! I think what makes a great romance is when couples abstain from sex until you can't wait for the moment they get together and in Desperado they were doing it every time you turned the page. I could pretty much predict how everything was going to turn out. However I must say that I love all Diana Palmer's novels but must agree with others that the "sexually abused act" along with the "too innocent" act is getting old. I am very happy that Diana writes about virginal heroines because I believe women should abstain until marriage- but let's face it- it is the year 2002 and I doubt there is any woman on the face of this earth as naive and dumb as her heroines are about men. Desperado starts with Maggie coming home from a job she accepted overseas to take care of Cord whom she fears is blinded- however after they leave the ranch because there lives are in danger I just felt the plot weakened from there on!
Just my opinion! However, I think Diana Palmer is a wonderful author and I may of felt different about this book if I hadn't read some of Palmer's earlier works that were so great they were almost magical.

No one beats Diana Palmer for sensual anticipation; this most recent story is no exception. Maggie introduced in "Lord of the Desert", hops a plane back to the states to be with Cord, who is recuperating from an eye injury sustained while disarming an explosive device. Cord lashes out at Maggie, who is heartbroken over his hostility, and what she gave up overseas to return to Cord's side.

The pace picks up from this point on; the sexual tension flying like sparks between Cord and Maggie. Enter the Lassiter Detective Agency, and the mission to bring down Gruber and his international bad boys is off and running.

Cord and Maggie struggle throughout with their tormented pasts, especially Maggie, who has been through more than any woman should ever have to face. Can any man ever convince Maggie to trust again?

This book is what we have come to love and expect from DP. The hero is DP's usual arrogant alpha male, the heroine vulnerable, but they get beyond their usual bickering and on to the main story line rather quickly. Plus we get to find out what characters from past books are up to, and leave us wondering whom the next Soldier of Fortune book will be about. Makes for a light enjoyable read in-between the heavy-duty stuff.

I am a big fan of Palmer and because of this i rushed to borrow this book ASAP.
I finished reading the book with hopes that it would get better, i kept hoping that Cord would stop feeling guilty and get out of the Texan-mercenary-regretful role. The development of the characters was weak. For all of Cord's intelligence he seemed pretty dumb in regards to Maggie.
Maggie desparately needed to bone up and stop acting like al love sick female i mean considering all that she has been through in regards to the oppositie sex
This book is sooooooooo predictable- Maggie's secret can be seen a mile away
There was no suspense- from Chapter 3 i could already tell how it would end and what would be the fate of the bad guys
A true novel should allow the possibility for the love birds being seperated for life
That was not the case
From the onset it was evident that they would be together as soon as Cord got his act together.
I regret to say that Diana Palmer is suffering from writer's block and because of this cannot come up with an original plot but just keeps reusing the innocent female- who has always loved the experience male- who was always to blind to see her
This book was not a total waste of my time though
The conversations between the two major characters and the romance was off-the-hook
Palmer i am a big fan so pleaaaaassseeee come up with a less predictable plot