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A man who can't walk away from trouble—and a woman who's nothing but
Traveling incognito, Zane MacAllister, Hollywood's hottest heartthrob, has at last eluded the rabid gossipmongers and curiosity seekers who trail him like a pack of coyotes hoping for a bone, and now he has the time and space to sort through his life and see what he's become.
And then he comes upon Roan O'Hara, pale, thin to the point of starvation, a woman at the end of her rope. She's determined to survive the harsh winter in a ramshackle cabin in the Smoky Mountains—and her grit and vulnerability compel him to stay and help her out.
This mountain woman has secrets, and so does he. But just when they're about to come clean with each other, the outside world catches up.
Can they find a way to be together, this man who at every turn proves he's a real hero and this woman who has battles she must fight alone?
Anonymous
Posted January 31, 2013
Don't waste your money.....not good. And what's up with the terrible cover? This guy is supposed to be a hollywood hottie. NOT.
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Posted April 3, 2004
A Real Hero A Review Like Forest Gump¿s momma, my mom always offered gems of wisdom herself. Her favorite, probably, was ¿You gotta know the rules before you can break them.¿ In A Real Hero, Jean Brashear smashes the rules with such success that one can only imagine she must know them by heart. A Real Hero continues her ¿Deep in the Heart¿ series, about families¿united families, and families torn apart. This is the story of Hollywood¿s hottest new star, Zane MacAllister. Zane¿s brothers¿curanderos, cops, adventure photographers¿all seem to be more worthy of recognition than he himself; his world is a plastic one, all money and image, and his opinion of himself is shattered when a private tragedy becomes public¿and inescapable. Still, Zane flees, thinking to hide incognito briefly in the Appalachians, seeking the shelter of those alien mountains before returning to the Davis Mountains in stark west Texas, where he knows he will find true love and refuge. Along the way, however, in a ramshackle roadside store, Zane bumps into Roan O¿Hara¿a gaunt, defeated rail of a woman, treated like a leper by the store¿s unfriendly clerk. When Roan faints in front of Zane¿s $60,000 luxury SUV, he realizes that he must offer help¿and quickly finds that Roan is unwilling to accept even a candy bar. Brashear¿s rule-smashing begins with her choice of characters; any perusal of writing guidelines for publishers such as Harlequin will say to avoid Hollywood types. Throw in a recovering addict as heroine, and you can see why only a devilishly skilled writer could pull off such a story. Romance is the domain of ¿happy ever after,¿ and sympathetic characters let those of us in busy, often harried lives escape. How to sympathize with ¿The Sexiest Man Alive¿ and a junkie? Writing with grit and compassion, Brashear does her usual stellar job, making characters compelling and real¿and avoiding the traps of easy solution to impossible problems. Each new ¿Deep in the Heart¿ series makes me wonder how the next can measure up, then has me rereading the other to see which truly is my favorite. The Real Hero settles that question¿at least until Jesse¿s story, Most Wanted, is released. Then I¿ll have to start deciding all over. Mom, she knows the rules. And just how to break them.
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Posted April 4, 2004
Though Ms. Brashear is a good writer, this particular story is NOT a romance. A heroine who's a former hooker and drug addict, who's 'thin to the point of starvation,' and angrily resists every attempt the hero makes to help her?? Not my idea of a romance, or a hero. No man in his right mind would stick around longer than ten minutes with this woman. I forced myself to read it through Chapter 8. Maybe the story gets better after that.
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Posted March 30, 2004
I'm always on the lookout for another good author. I believe I've found one in Ms. Brashear. 'A Real Hero' is a wonderful story that exhibits fine elements of romance and the human spirit. The characters exhibit depth and credibility in managing the harshness of their realities while re-learning the capacity to love. In the end, like so many really good stories, a valuable lesson is learned about the true nature of heros.
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Posted March 11, 2004
In A Real Hero, Jean Brashear creates complex, unforgettable characters. Roan O¿Hara is a woman who has been used by those who should have loved and cared for her--and by those who had no reason to. When the reader and hero Zane MacAllister meet her, she¿s weak, vulnerable and at the point of starvation. She has no money and no future, nothing but the pitiful cabin her grandmother left her. In spite of her appearance, Roan is not weak and doesn¿t want pity. With tremendous strength of will, she has decided to turn her life around, a tough job. A talented man from a loving family, everything has always come easily to Zane--fame, fortune and women. However, because of the one failure in his life, Roan is not the right woman for him. Even knowing that, he can¿t help but admire her and, finally, fall in love with her. This is not an easy story to resolve, but Ms. Brashear brings it together with great skill. Roan O¿Hara is a heroine you¿ll never forget; A Real Hero is a book you¿ll want to reread.
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Posted January 24, 2004
Hollywood heartthrob Zane MacAllister just wants to get away from the glitz and glamour of his ¿normal¿ life and back to what matters most: home, family and his very pregnant sister-in-law (Caroline from ¿The Healer,¿ another great book from Brashear¿s ¿Deep in the Heart¿ series). <p> On his way back home to Texas, a stopover in a tiny North Carolina town ends up changing the course of Zane¿s life forever when he crosses paths with Roan O¿Hara, a thin woman who telegraphs sadness and desperation. The gentleman in Zane won¿t let him leave Roan to fend for herself, but Roan¿s past won¿t permit her to relax and trust in his intentions...but the two are irresistibly drawn to one another. <p> Zane and Roan¿s connection, both emotional and sexual, is powerfully drawn. In Zane, author Jean Brashear has created ¿a real hero,¿ a character whose story is compelling, dramatic and very romantically satisfying. Brashear¿s writing is simultaneously crisp and lyrical, and she draws a portrait of the North Carolina mountains and woods as artfully as a painter. ¿A Real Hero¿ pulls the reader in deeply and irrevocably to care about Zane and Roan and their discovery of life and love together.
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A man who can't walk away from trouble—and a woman who's nothing but
Traveling incognito, Zane MacAllister, Hollywood's hottest heartthrob, has at last eluded the rabid gossipmongers and curiosity seekers who trail him like a pack of coyotes hoping for a bone, and now he has the time and space to sort through his life and see what he's become.
And then he comes upon Roan O'Hara, pale, thin to the point of starvation, a woman at the end of her ...