Product Description

Lynn Ames, author of the best-selling, critically acclaimed novels The Price of Fame and The Cost of Commitment, is back with The Value of Valor, the third book in the celebrated Kate & Jay trilogy.

Katherine Kyle is the press secretary to the president of the United States. Her lover, Jamison Parker, is a respected writer for Time magazine. Separated by unthinkable tragedy, the two must struggle to survive against impossible odds…

A powerful, shadowy organization wants to advance its own global agenda. To succeed, the president must be eliminated. Only one person knows the truth and can put a stop to the scheme.

It will take every ounce of courage and strength Kate possesses to stay alive long enough to expose the plot. Meanwhile, Jay must cheat death and race across continents to be by her lover’s side…

This hair-raising thriller will grip you from the start and won’t let you go until the ride is over.

The Value of Valor—it’s priceless.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #337961 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Intrigue within our government
I understand this is part of a sequel, but I haven't read the others yet.

This novel had a devastating beginning and the sadness was so overwhelming I had no idea where Ames was taking us. But then we knew Jay was alive, but not knowing what was going on.

Back in Washington, Kate is muddling along after losing her partner. But there's someone trying to tip the balance of the government power and she must find out who and why.

Kate's friend, Peter starts digging into the problem and comes up with a plan.

This novel had me sitting on the edge constantly. I read it in one sitting. Awesome melding of characterization and plot.

Best in the series
There are plenty of surprises in this exciting story and the author has pulled everything together for a book that has pace, interesting characters, and a good ending. Although the writing could be better, Ms. Ames has improved heaps since her last two books and personally, I'd rather read a book like this than a perfectly written one that is boring. The Value of Valor kept me reading and made me finish with a big smile. I can't give it five stars because I only do that with the very best books I read. But you will like this one if you are just looking for some good entertainment.

Midwest Book Review, December 2005 Issue
The prologue of this, the third book in the Kate Kyle/Jay Parker series (The Price of Fame, The Cost of Commitment), starts out by introducing us to a Native American healer tending a young woman with a dislocated shoulder, head wounds, and many bruises, cuts, and scrapes. The blond-haired, green-eyed woman awakens once, long enough to communicate that she doesn't know who she is. The healer and her people have sheltered her for two days, and based upon the testimony of some of the tribal youth, they decide that for her own good, they will keep the injured woman hidden.

In the first chapter, we learn that Kate Kyle has lost her lover, Jay Parker, in a fiery accident in Chinle, Arizona. No spoilers here: It doesn't take long into the first chapter of the book before the reader puts two and two together. The woman the tribe is sheltering must be the same person, right? Can there be any suspense if Jay Parker survived? And will it only be a matter of time before Kate and Jay are reunited-or could that all go wrong?

There's more at stake in this complex novel than first meets the eye. Jay wasn't in an accident; it was clearly a hit, but her head injuries prevent her from remembering much of anything. Not knowing who she is may be more dangerous for her-and for the people who are nursing her-than knowing would be.

And Kate is in terrible grief, but she's still the press secretary to the president of the United States and has a job to do, and therein lies the place where this plot cranks up. It's the president-and anyone with power who is allied with the president-who is the ultimate target here. A treasonous organization hinted at in the first two books of the series finally comes to the forefront with plans that have long been in motion.

After the initial set-up, which also establishes the villainous characters desiring unlimited power and global domination, the tension mounts. Kate struggles to deal with the pain of Jay's death, and she cannot let it go. Despite her anguish, she must learn the truth about what really happened to her lover. Soon she discovers that there is more going on behind the scenes on all fronts than she ever imagined, and only through the help of good friends and patriots might she be able to thwart wicked machinations.

With every chapter that passes, the crosses and double-crosses get trickier and more twisted until the exciting denouement. You'll be left surprised and satisfied by the ending.

This novel can stand alone. You don't have to have read the first two in the series, but this third in the trilogy is a fitting completion to the plot threads brought up in the earlier books. Fast-paced, compulsively readable, and full of twists and turns, THE VALUE OF VALOR will keep you up late into the night. Highly recommended. ~Lori L. Lake, Midwest Book Review