The story of Captain Marvelous shows how love can win out over dreams for our futures. When Annie, a doctor's assistant, first meets State Trooper Ronen Marvelic, she never imagines that she will become a mother. Coming from a broken home, she has a hard time dealing with love and trust, and she believes that her past will not allow her to be a good mother. Her love for Ronen is tested in many ways as she seeks to become a medical doctor. RonenÕs son, Chris, plays a big role in revealing her love for medicine and he even introduces her to her mentor, John Latamir. They are working on a case which will eventually involve the deaths of seven women--most of whom are immigrant girls.

Many tumultuous battles occur between the two before Annie finally says good-bye to Ronen and goes off to medical school. While working at a hospital, she meets a woman whose life includes having a successful carreercareer, being married to an equally successful man and also having children. After that meeting, Annie resolves to abandon her career and marry Captain Marvelous. Meanwhile Ronen has just learned that his mother gave up a successful music career to marry his father. Ronen sees how much her career means to her and realizes how much she missed because of marriage. He feels badly that he has done the same thing to Annie.

I found Captain Marvelous to be very good. Though I wasn't able to read it all at once--due to our move out of state--I didn't have any trouble keeping my focus. The storyline was well-developed and held my interest even when I wasn't reading it. I think the sensual scenes were tasteful without being too graphic.

I was annoyed by the HTML marks which showed up on my Palm Pilot. I didn't understand all the place/names references, and I found a few typographical errors, but those things didn't detract from Captain Marvelous. However the author's inconsistent use of the name of God and other Biblical charactersÑespecially in contrast to scenes such as when Annie was praying to God for His help--did detract from my enjoyment of the story.

Reviewed By: Julie Thomas-Zucker
© October 2004